Working rail roads and their tracks.

[bcp]

Outside third rail electrics. You can see the electrified rails here, with a T-3a.

https://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0101/dl636.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Thirdrailillustration.png

Third rail - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Photos of the S-1 and T-3a here:

New York Central Electrics

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Do you actually own half of the trestle? I was under the impression that the railroads had a ROW over your land and that they actually owned the facilities on the ROW.

Yep. We own it. The RR officially and legally abandoned the entire ROW and it reverted back to the adjacent land owners. We got an official letter from the RR and everything.

 

[MossRoad]

I think it’s an abandoned line.

It's kinda interesting. Just because they stop using it, and even if they pull the tracks like they did, it isn't officially abandoned until they file the legal papers to make it official. The summer after if was official, many of the large farms in the area that it ran through went out with excavators and harvested all of the ballast for use elsewhere. In some places they cut slots across the ROW large enough for their center pivot irrigation systems to roll right through to the fields on both sides. They reconfigured a lot of irrigation systems within a few years of that to make more efficient use of them. In others they not only removed the ballast, but they removed the elevated bed beneath it all the way down to level with the fields on both sides and planted like it was never there.

 

[MossRoad]

taken off the River RR page on FB. So this is a electric line engine?
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Somebody Save Me. Former New York Central "T Motor" T-3a 278 (Alco, GE 1913-1926) and "S Motor" S-1 100 (Alco/GE, 1904) sit in Glenmont, New York on Sunday, March 19, 2023. After a career on the electric zone of the New York Central Railroad, the Mohawk & Hudson Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society gained ownership of the pair and had once upon a time cosmetically restored these motors and saved them from scrap, even returning to Grand Central Terminal for a movie shoot. After losing their storage arrangement with the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, they came to a track at the power plant that once occupied this area, and were then displaced again to a spur that became cut off from the rest of the railroad. In recent years, the Port of Albany has acquired this land to be redeveloped, and they are now both concurrently closer and farther than they have ever been to being saved. The Danbury Railway Museum has helped to have them moved to this location, and is actively working to raise funds to have them brought to their Danbury, Connecticut location to be preserved at a safe location.

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Yes.

Here it is in it's glory days, form here:

x-NYC T3a # 278 at Glenmont,NY

x-NYC T3a # 278 at Glenmont,NY

www.rrpicturearchives.net

And a nice article on the two.

Rare New York Central electric locomotives still threatened - Trains

GLENMONT, N.Y. — Red tape, a gas pipeline utility, and a lawsuit have combined to delay and further threaten the rescue of two historic New York Central electric locomotives stranded for three decades along the Hudson River south of Albany. The Danbury Railway Museum of Danbury, Conn., has been...

www.trains.com

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[Hay Dude]

Bruce

Sealed trash containers-what a great idea. More expensive to build and operate, but no trash blowing out and non can spill out.

 

[ArlyA]

Yes.

Here it is in it's glory days, form here:

x-NYC T3a # 278 at Glenmont,NY

x-NYC T3a # 278 at Glenmont,NY

www.rrpicturearchives.net

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And a nice article on the two.

Rare New York Central electric locomotives still threatened - Trains

GLENMONT, N.Y. — Red tape, a gas pipeline utility, and a lawsuit have combined to delay and further threaten the rescue of two historic New York Central electric locomotives stranded for three decades along the Hudson River south of Albany. The Danbury Railway Museum of Danbury, Conn., has been...

www.trains.com

I thought it must be electric with those goofy trucks. Why so many? Four!!!

 

[MossRoad]

I thought it must be electric with those goofy trucks. Why so many? Four!!!

Yeah, you'd think more trucks would spread the weight out and reduce friction, which is required for traction. I do not know why so many trucks. It would be fun to research if you're so inclined.

Notice I said "you". I have about come to my limit of rabbit holes for the time being.

 

[bcp]

Powerful vs impressive







Bruce

 

[ArlyA]

Powerful vs impressive

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Bruce

Maintenance on steam engines is horrid.

 

[Hay Dude]

Nearly everything that breaks must be custom built.

 

[ArlyA]

Nice shot of the Copper Country Limited charging up Hancock Hill which is a 3.9% grade! This was abut 1965.

 

[BravoXray]

Nice shot of the Copper Country Limited charging up Hancock Hill which is a 3.9% grade! This was abut 1965. View attachment 791334

I haven't seen an E series (E7 maybe?) and an F series (F7 maybe?) together on a train before.

 

[topgun05]

I saw "Big Boy" 4014 and "Living Legend" 844 double heading to Ogden when they passed through Laramie, Wy in May. It was quite a sight! Unfortunately, since UPRR only wants two active steam locomotives, Challenger 3985 is retired. It would require a ground up and very expensive rebuild.

Meanwhile in IL...

See Union Pacific railroad history in Silvis

Three famous locomotives are making their way to Silvis, and the public will have a rare chance to see them this weekend, for a price. The Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America (RRHMA) has ann…

www.ourquadcities.com

Latest News | Railroading Heritage of Midwest America

rrhma.com

 

[ArlyA]

Here is a 4 track main line near Bill Wyoming moving power basin coal. I've been looking at these hoping to see the Uni-body cars we commonly worked on but haven't spied any. I'd guess the design was a failure and they are gone.

 

[MossRoad]

I saw another long coal train heading east-to-west here in our town again yesterday.

 

[turbo36]

This is a BNSF main line and they paid for the tracks and there upkeep. If traffic goes down it will still be there. This is how privet industry works. If they have a customers, they add tracks but customers and mines do not last fowvever so things will change whenever that happens.. Whats new?

I couldn’t think of a more fitting example of what you have said here than the UP! Calumet especially.

 

[California]

UP ore train on the mainline between Las Vegas - Los Angeles got off in the bushes yesterday ...

No injuries. I can't find any intelligent details but in summary the crew jumped without injury. Roadside sensor reported the maximum it can measure, 118 mph, speculation is 150 mph.

Unattributed comments on Reddit and Trains .com say the lead few cars detached from a 180 car train on a miles-long -2.2% grade and the crew jumped an hour before this derailment.

TV news reports - all I could find - are pretty useless. The comments - credibility unknown - after these articles add some missing details.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/1245erz

Runaway UP ore train derails in California desert (updated) - Trains

KELSO, Calif. — Two locomotives and 55 cars of a runaway Union Pacific train carrying iron ore derailed near the Mojave Desert community of Kelso today (Monday, March 27), officials from the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District reported. Union Pacific spokesman Mike Jaixen has...

www.trains.com

Aerial photos show massive train derailment scene near Baker

Officials from the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District released information on a train derailment near Kelbaker and Kelso Cima roads southeast of Baker Monday.

www.ktla.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640464916699308032

 

[5030]

Meanwhile in IL...

See Union Pacific railroad history in Silvis

Three famous locomotives are making their way to Silvis, and the public will have a rare chance to see them this weekend, for a price. The Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America (RRHMA) has ann…

www.ourquadcities.com

Latest News | Railroading Heritage of Midwest America

rrhma.com

If they aren't under steam and being pulled by a diesel electric locomotive, they hold little interest for me and looks as though the UP executive rolling stock is a bit ratty too. What is with the EM B unit with no A unit?