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The turntable pit was filled in at their facility in Miles City, Montana. Also a good view of the transfer table above. Bruce

Around 200 years ago... Bruce

Like the sign says:"DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS" https://katu.com/news/local/train-strikes-log-truck-in-canby-no-injuries-reported-road-cleanup-underway-clackamas-county-highway-99-barlow-road-traffic-alert?photo=1 From another article with more text and fewer pictures: "Authorities said that the...

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The story about this train: https://www.facebook.com/tanksbeingtanks/posts/in-its-entire-campaign-in-normandy-theres-only-one-confirmed-encounter-against-a/3175485612510162/ Bruce

The front isn't off, it is open. You can see just a bit of it on the tight side. Here is a slightly different angle: I think it has been shot up. The air tank is at an angle, the smokeboox door latch is bent, the cab front and floor are mangled. Bruce

Republic Locomotive RX-500. https://www.republiclocomotive.com/wp-content/uploads/RX500-Relentless-Brochure-2018.pdf Bruce

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Old D&RG roundhouse site in Utah. Now: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B050'57.4%22N+111%C2%B000'28.5%22W/@39.8454557,-111.0117997,160m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d39.8492778!4d-111.0079167?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 1885 Bruce

BNSF fire train. https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/railtalk/safety/fire-train.html https://wildfiretoday.com/fire-train-assists-firefighters-in-washington/ https://railfan.com/wildfires-keep-fire-trains-busy-out-west/ One or more were working on the recent fire in the Gorge. Bruce

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2qll58914o Norfolk Southern + Union Pacific? We could call it Southern Pacific! 😄 Bruce

Ex-Mohawk & Traverse Bay Climax locomotive: https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,385292,385635 From: https://www.msrailroads.com/SIE2.htm Class B Climax 10-1894 50000-28c-10x12- Std. gauge Traverse Bay & Copper Range R.R. #1 Mohawk & Traverse Bay R.R., in 1898 Phoenix Consolidated...

Building a new wooden coach the old way. photo source: WW&F Railway Launches “Finish Coach 9 to the Nines” Campaign to Complete Coach Construction https://wwfry.org/coach9/ Bruce

Sometimes street running is a long train on the main line, not switching. A couple from Oregon: Rainier, Oregon ==================================== Salem, Oregon Bruce

AI doesn't understand railroads and their tracks. Bruce

Vancouver WA turntable, only about 10 years old. The roundhouse and turntable used to be at about the lower right corner of the image. Roundhouse is long gone but the turntable remained until the yard was redesigned. 2014 view: Bruce

The source of many "abandoned locomotive" photos. Article: https://www.drive2.ru/b/504323719624131436/ and...

Looks like some version of a GE centercab switcher. Many versions were made for both military and civilian use...

Railroad: Cando Contracting Locomotive: GMD GMD1u CCGX 1011: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/821065/ Bruce

I think people who live near the tracks learn to "tune out" the train horns. When it is intended for them, it is still "tuned out." Bruce

Another bit. When I get an interesting problem, I simply keep chasing the answer from all directions. Bruce

The Androscoggin and Kennebec railroad (5'6" gauge) was completed through Greene, Maine, in 1849. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad_main_line#Androscoggin_&_Kennebec_RR Couldn't find any mention of a lost train in the LOC collection, or in a Google search, except a reference...

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Trains Magazine: 2 men rescued in B.C. canyon after train derailment Two CN crew members have been rescued after spending seven hours trapped on a steep 50-metre embankment after their train derailed early Thursday morning in the Fraser Canyon. Neither the engineer nor conductor were seriously...

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Most routes aren't owned by Amtrak, so they have to work their way through the freight train traffic, which I think isn't run by a schedule. Bruce

Many people travel by train to see the country. Amtrak scheduling makes the rider miss seeing half the route, no matter which way you go. If I took a round trip, on any route with double blue lines, it would be night in both directions for the full section. A section with blue and red could...

In the whole system, the route timing is such that large sections are night-time both directions. Can't see half the countryside on a round trip. Bruce

The hanging ropes are to warn a brakeman, on top of a car, that a tunnel or bridge is about to knock him off the car if he stays there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell-tale_(bridges) https://www.american-rails.com/tell-tales.html Bruce

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Battery powered shop switcher. Bruce

Union Pacific transcontinental railroad construction. See caption: https://ahcwyo.org/2022/05/09/your-loving-frank-romance-on-the-transcontinental-railroad/ And see back of photo: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/building-union-pacific-railroad-1851048994 The photo is used to illustrate...

Aerial view https://www.google.com/maps/place/Burlinskoye+Ozero/@53.1615996,78.4363421,224m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x42fba191e323f523:0x75ce68c75c2d8ecb!8m2!3d53.1401931!4d78.4164977!16s%2Fg%2F122gfqz1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Using the Google Earth app and looking...

https://www.odditycentral.com/travel/the-salt-shaker-a-freight-train-that-passes-right-through-a-pink-siberian-lake.html Bruce

BNSF has a bunch of rebuilt locomotives from the 1950's. Now classified as GP28's. Scroll down about one screen to the GP28 section. https://www.thedieselshop.us/BNSF.HTML Bruce

Now to the other extreme: Railcar of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Ry, at Trinity, Texas Bruce

Wikipedia: ^^^^^^^^^ Bruce

https://www.newsflare.com/video/652183/train-conductor-hilariously-clears-path-by-shoving-pedestrian-away Bruce

Don't go around the crossing gates in Russia. https://www.instagram.com/mp_kirov/reel/DC3hfLmKYL3/ https://www.instagram.com/chpomsk/reel/C95ZE5FO0Sc/ Bruce

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Some history and newer photos here. Scroll right https://www.rgusrail.com/moslmtyard.html Bruce

For the modelers, here is a railroad you could model in full...

https://www.kgw.com/article/weather/severe-weather/amtrak-cascades-train-damaged-downed-tree-windstorm/283-83fcb056-a7ae-4caa-84d0-0ee781857374 Unpowered cab car: Bruce

Cement truck, not a concrete truck. Knowledgeable writer, or accidentally correct? Must have been a huge gray cloud, if it was full. https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/train-crashes-into-cement-truck-in-eastern-oregon/ Bruce

From Alaska to Colorado: Bruce

Not exactly abandoned. It's a museum. https://en.muvife.cl/...

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"Probable Cause The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the April 3, 2005, derailment of Amtrak passenger train No. 27 near Home Valley,Washington, was the BNSF Railway Company’s inadequate response to multiple reports of rough track conditions that were...

^^^ An engine with two engines. :) Bruce

Nice to see them working as they were meant to be, not just sitting in a museum. Bruce

https://www.xylem.com/en-us/solutions/commercial-shipping-ship-building/ports-harbors-shipping/dry-dock-drainage/ https://www.ksb.com/en-global/centrifugal-pump-lexicon/article/dock-pump-1117216 Bruce

Radio controlled locomotive pushing at rear of train didn't respond to commands when train stopped. Kept trying to push. Bruce

Potholes: :) Bruce

Seldom happens in North America. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2024/10/train-hits-and-kills-2-wild-elephants-in-sri-lanka-as-2-of-its-fuel-carrying-tankers-derail.html Bruce

Want to buy a station? https://www.kgw.com/article/news/community/prosper-portland-buyer-union-station/283-b05bc9c7-07fd-4b3e-894d-678b4231d09a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Union_Station Bruce

Better view, RH side of photo. Bruce

I would like to see a modernized E-7/9 B-unit to be the locomotive traveling with it so as to not break up the lines of the passenger cars. Bruce

Why not put dynamic grids on the tender, fed by the drivers turning that big electric motor in the cab? :) ------------------------ https://www.facebook.com/HistoricSteamGiants/videos/brakes-bearings-and-big-boys/927265758021595/?_rdr...

World railway map. https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ Bruce

With that track arrangement there are many stalls it can go into without turning the turntable. Bruce Checking google aerial, it looks like only three stalls can be reached by a through route across the turntable.

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Yes. White Pass recently bought 6 new much larger and more powerful diesel locomotives. Four other of their surplussed diesel locomotives were bought by the Durango & Silverton. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/white-pass-new-locomotives-1.5499628...

White Pass & Yukon #114 is on the way to the Cumbres & Toltec railroad. https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,465987,465987#msg-465987 Bruce

Not retiring. Changing to oil fired. https://www.durangotrain.com/7th-locomotive-oil-burning/ ^^^^^ "The D&SNG’s last active coal burning locomotive, number 481, will see its final winter as a coal burning engine before undergoing a conversion to burn oil later in 2024." Bruce

Two engines on one frame is an idea that has been around since the 1930's in EMD's E-units. The DD locomotives are probably the last development of the twin-engine locomotive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_E-unit Bruce

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/northrop-grumman-to-conceptualize-moon-trains-for-darpa/ Bruce

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_White_Pass_and_Yukon_Route_locomotives_and_cars#White_Pass_steam_locomotives U.S. Army Class S118. Originally, USA #192, and used by the Army on the WP&YR. Transferred to the WP&YR in 1946. Retired in 1957. Sold to the Rebel Railroad in 1960 (Rebel...

Seldom seen detail. Dual couplers for switching standard and narrow gauge cars on 3-rail track in Colorado. Full photo here: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1120991?keywords=caboose+narrow&highlights=WyJjYWJvb3NlIiwibmFycm93Il0%3D&lsk=386da90b59a98238ebf40b0953b3b759 Bruce

Old with raised brake hoses, new with conventional. Bruce

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Black+Hills+Ordnance+Depot%2C+Fort+Igloo&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

...and no tie-down straps. :) Bruce

There had to be a way to designate the front on center cab, boxcab, and no-cab locomotives. Bruce

https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/bnsf-adopts-rule-change-following-switching-movement-accident/ Bruce

VLA antenna transporter Where it works, aerial view: https://www.google.com/maps/place/NRAO+Very+Large+Array/@34.0786328,-107.6194289,78m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x872119b59e6299ad:0xa9c69a314be2379!8m2!3d34.0733095!4d-107.6223842!16zL20vMDFoNjRq?entry=ttu Bruce

Unloading a strange little locomotive. it is finally uncovered around 1:35:00. Looks like a turntable underneath, and a crane on the rear. Bruce

Yard ornaments! Bruce

Same basic 1880's locomotive with options and finishes as ordered by different railroads. Bruce

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https://alamosanews.com/article/new-colors-adorn-local-locomotives Bruce

Colorado wants a passenger train. https://www.codot.gov/news/2023/december/cdot-explores-market-for-passenger-train-cars-and-locomotives Bruce

Much of the scrap looks like bridge parts. Maybe a dismantled RR bridge to be sent off the property. Bruce

The newer cabs look better if the carbody is full width. Bruce

I've wondered why that special cooling design was needed then, but not now. Bruce

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Locomotive from Knott’s Berry Farm was just rebuilt by Durango & Silverton RR. One of several test runs Bruce

Maybe unused, not abandoned. Or cost of retrieval is greater than income from sale of scrap rail. When truly abandoned, railroads often request bids from scrappers and let them deal with removal and sale of ties, rail, and hardware. Bruce

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/11/max-train-collides-with-portland-streetcar.html Bruce

Patagonia tourist train derails, overturns. http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47732 https://bnn.network/breaking-news/accidents/historic-argentinian-train-la-trochita-derails-injuring-american-tourists/ Bruce

A very quick search shows a classic SW-7 switcher as 248,000lbs, and a light road switcher GP38-2 as 250,000lbs. But many industries have their own much lighter industrial switchers. Bruce

Flat tire. :D Bruce

They can haul wind for the windmills built in calm areas. :D Bruce

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The railroad's website: https://www.festrail.co.uk/ Bruce

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https://motoridersuniverse.com/b1305528 https://www.google.com/search?q=davis+motor+mine+harley&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=569882038&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi41IbIv9WBAxUTJzQIHTDLC4YQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1168&bih=650&dpr=2 Bruce

A different Harley Davidson. Bruce

Almost 800 of these narrow gauge locomotives were made, for the US Army in WWII, and others. They saw service all around the world during the war and after, including in the US in AK. Some are still in service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USATC_S118_Class Test run on slippery track: Bruce

Opposites or WOKE and DARVO. :D Bruce

EKOW? OVRAD? :) Bruce

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/warning-signs-we-are-not-going-to-make-it.464583/post-6643757 Bruce

More photos: https://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2013/11/bits-and-pieces.html http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5215517 https://atom.pnrarchive.org/index.php/somers-lumber-company-steam-locomotive-number-s-1-at-sommers-montana-in-june-1961-2 Bruce

BNSF fire train. Bruce

Another view: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/485331/ Notice the black streak below the track Might be here (black streak). Following it to the east, the rails and bridges appear to be gone...

BNSF in Bagdad. https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?media/bnsf-needles-sub-siberia-bagdad-img_6817-jpg.43519/ Bruce

BNSF bridge replacement. https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?media/replacement-bridge-span-jpg.43600/ Bruce

No glass bottom airliners for you! Bruce

Maybe another view of the same bridge at: https://michiganrailroads.com/stations-locations/70-arenac-county-06/7668-rifle-river-bridge-mi-railroad-trestle Bruce

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/every-hour-two-die-by-falling-off-train-or-getting-run-over-in-india-up-clocks-six-deaths-every-day/articleshow/77896799.cms Bruce

This train scene (00:13) is used in many gif memes. I didn't try to trace it. Bruce

Going after a wrecked tank car. I wondered if they are wearing life jackets. No. https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=16083#images-13 https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=16083#images-14 ^^^Two of 314 photos of wreck and cleanup. You can navigate from...

Time-lapse of derailment clearing and bridge repair: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/39cfab281e6f4df08311b7e59a3b811a Bruce

A couple of weeks ago: Bruce

Visa versa is the back side of the card. :) Bruce

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https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,454079 Bruce

Maybe this for the centercab? http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4742571 And the one in La Paz, maybe. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=175047 Bruce

https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm Route: https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@corprel/documents/digitalmedia/img_up_steam_2023_steam_map.jpg Bruce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(railroad) Bruce

Long story at: Log into Facebook News article: From the Archives: Santa Fe locomotive goes through wall Bruce

https://archive.epa.gov/midwestcleandiesel/web/pdf/switchers2.pdf "Idling switchers use between 3 and Il gallons of fuel per hour depending on the ambient temperature. " ============= and: https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/58873/734090.aspx Bruce

From: Nickel Plate Road No. 190 "On March 2, 2023, it was announced that NKP 190 has been sold to Genesee Valley Transportation Company, Inc. (GVT Rail System) for final restoration and excursion train operations on their Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Company, Inc. The locomotive was projected...

ALCo PA in the Columbia River Gorge https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/nkp-190-on-the-move.21417/ Bruce

Article: http://observer-me.com/2022/10/19/news/washout-derails-train-in-orneville/ Bruce

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Maybe this one? http://www.johnmarvigbridges.org/Grand%20View%20High%20Bridge.html https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Grand+View+high+bridge+Wisconsin&iax=images&ia=images Bruce

Electrically controlled pneumatic brakes, from: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/docs/news/69151/electronically-controlled-pneumatic-braking-final-updated-ria-12-4-2017.pdf As previously discussed, for purposes of this updated analysis PHMSA and FRA are using an estimate of...

In case you win a locomotive at an auction... Bruce

https://princerupertrailimages.blogspot.com/2012/01/roberts-bank-rotary-dumper-mishap.html "Unknown said... A non-rotary coupler would just snap off, happens all the time. This is caused by a drunk and/or stoned longshoreman operating the coal dumper, who grabs the end of the locomotive by...

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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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail Photos of the S-1 and T-3a here: New...

The coal trains will be rebuilt to carry electricity, since the electrical distribution grid can't support all of the electric cars they want us to buy. :) Bruce

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From abour 4:50 to 6:00 on the video at post 2474, The front and rear locomotives are facing opposite directions. They uncoupled, pulled ahead, then the crew could move to the rear, now lead locomotive, and run it "forward." Or that may have been a backing move to the rear of the cars. I...

From: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/15/elk-herd-killed-in-train-strike-east-of-cape-horn/ ...BNSF Railway freight train collided with a herd of two dozen elk just east of Cape Horn Lookout, killing them all upon impact. Operators sounded a whistle and triggered the train’s emergency...

Utah Railway? Bruce

Same artist: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=%22ted+blaylock%22+train+print&iax=images&ia=images Bruce

A good site to find out about surviving steam locomotives. https://www.steamlocomotive.com/survivors/ Bruce

https://www.houghtonhistory.org/ https://www.houghtonhistory.org/uploads/1/3/6/4/136485674/editor/no3steam.jpg Bruce

There are more gauges than you may think. Dominant gauges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge#Dominant_railway_gauges Full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_track_gauges Bruce

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64717605?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Bruce

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https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/05/final-run-of-bellaire-zanesville-and.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River_and_Western_Railroad#/media/File:Ohio_River_and_Western.jpg Bruce

Passenger trains in the days of steam were heated with steam from the locomotive. The cars were still steam heated in the early diesel days. Diesel locomotives intended for passenger service had steam generators to heat the cars. Gradually the passenger cars were converted to electric heat...

A 2-engine 8-axle locomotive far less versatile and useful over its lifespan than two 4-axle locomotives. Bruce

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Looks like here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fillmore,+CA+93015/@34.4068527,-118.9340506,618m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80e9c97b07c08fe1:0x9a57e56b1ea17f6b!8m2!3d34.3991639!4d-118.918154 Video: Bruce

Dirt died. https://railfan.com/dirt-nevada-northerns-famous-shop-cat-dies-at-15/ Bruce

It's getting to be that time of year again. The rivers are rising. Bruce

Logging railroad photo collection: https://foresthistory.org/envira/logging-hauling-railroads/ Bruce

Often it is due to mergers, then abandonment of duplicate lines, them more mergers and abandonments of duplicate lines. And loss of industries that need rail service, until the line operates at a loss, then abandonment. And overbuilding of rail lines in the northern eastern part of the country...

Pictures: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=Sri+Lanka+tsunami+train+wreck&iax=images&ia=images Bruce

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Sri_Lanka_tsunami_train_wreck The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri...

When you don't standardize on one gauge, trackwork gets complicated. Bruce

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/golden-pass-express-switzerland/index.html Bruce

From: "The remains of the Macedon side of the railway line between Sofia and Skopje. Built by the Kingdom of Bulgaria in 1942 and abandoned just a few years later." Bruce

https://www.wgal.com/article/train-crash-at-strasburg-railroad-lancaster-county/41849687# Bruce

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-claim-record-for-the-world-s-longest-passenger-train/48015720 Four engines and 100 cars, narrow gauge. Bruce

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From a webpage about Cedar Point's locomotives: https://www.steamlocomotive.info/F22004.cfm The Judy K. is a 1922 Vulcan 2-4-0 that was originally an 0-4-OT saddletanker. Its last assignment was hauling gravel for the Lehigh Stone Company of Lehigh. Illinois. Worn out, it was acquired by the...

Drone shot at about 54 seconds and about 2:00. And probably in the background of this photo: https://cchi.mtu.edu/copper-country-image-detail?duid=40be4d00-3bcf-4b5c-a069-f3f1c3b72f4b&width=1242&height=732&nid=30065 Bruce

Horses were used to pull streetcars, and also for general transportation. The replacement of the horse-pulled streetcars with smal locomotive-pulled streetcars scared the horses. They built "Dummy" (fake) car bodies around the locomotives to solve the problem. Bruce

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(railroad) Bruce

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Anyone want to build switches? :) Bruce

Their earlier large narrow gauge EMD DDM45 locomotives had 4-axle "D" trucks. https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=239392 Bruce

Smaller traction motors can't handle as much power as standard gauge motors, so they need more of them to handle the horsepower. Bruce

Here it is: https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/GE_BB40-9W And a new order, https://www.railjournal.com/locomotives/ge-wins-first-order-for-new-brazilian-locomotive/ Bruce

Modern narrow gauge, meter gauge, Brazil. https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?media/vale-passenger-train-p02.43475/ Bruce

https://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2017/06/cn-wheel-flatcars.html Bruce

Maybe this one from: https://www.wdel.com/news/east-penn-continues-cleanup-from-derailment/article_0fa79390-b807-11eb-af76-9374d8f53515.html FRA records show the first derailment occurred on December 11, 2019, and caused 135-thousand dollars in damage: 50-thousand dollars in track damage and...

The Government is wrecked. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-WCL1IC-X-162%5DWCL000235 Bruce

Cars may never be repainted to show their new owners name, but tracking and payments still work using the old name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Capital_Rail_Services "In 2015, GE Capital announced the sale of its tank car and services business to Marmon Holdings, and the remainder of the...

Some cars are owned by railroads, some are owned by a non-railroad user, and some are owned by a leasing company. Bruce

Read the reporting mark above the car number, then look it up here: https://www.railserve.com/aar_railroad_reporting_marks.html Bruce

https://www.rtands.com/track-maintenance/lease-of-dormant-tennessee-pass-line-still-very-much-alive/ Brue

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I wish reporters, etc. knew the difference between a locomotive and a train. :) Bruce

Is this that station? https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.25a863cbc4de58df29e48b6a11351fc2?rik=7EYqCA354AxMFQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2frailfanning.kapuscinski.net%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2016%2f01%2fed_kapuscinski_2.jpg&ehk=HLJhCJJA6ask16LVLzIP%2bAQGgOefsEL1GzQCu%2bK9FX0%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 Bruce

Would this be what you are looking for? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=bathtub+gondola&iax=images&ia=images Bruce

200 ft railroad to bypass Jones Act. https://www.thedrive.com/news/44445/canada-has-a-railroad-for-fish-thats-only-200-feet-long-heres-why Bruce

Specifications and history: https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/argent-lumber-co-no-4.26242/ Bruce

I wonder if there were two turntables. The first I indicated shows a circular feature with a raised "roadbed" going toward the track. Then I found another photo that places it at a different location. See below, with the aerial image rotated to match the photo. That photo is from a...

Museum is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/200+Hagley+Creek+Rd,+Wilmington,+DE+19807/@39.7739778,-75.5833894,15.26z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6fc54672a9bdf:0xb9b3f06ae8e6daca!8m2!3d39.7736594!4d-75.5788399 I suspect, from the photo, that it was the end of a commuter run, using that...

Wawa topo map, 1894 Bruce

Wawa turntable, maybe. https://digital.hagley.org/AVD_2001242_01_002_013?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=e72df671c46656a150ef&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0 Bruce

Same junction, derailed on the bridge. Bruce

The old roundhouse and turntable are now part of a business park, but not RR connected. https://dnr.mo.gov/document-search/kansas-city-terminal-railway-success-story...

Looks like an industrial roundhouse and turntable just SE of the junction in the video. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Santa+Fe+Junction/@39.0813673,-94.6066935,879m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87c0f1809bd7c805:0xece157d0482fbf81!8m2!3d39.0825061!4d-94.6074569 Bruce

Cleanup of the derailment above. Bruce

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Sanborn map showing the turntable. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HxEUBqbUE9FvgpPb_vmODvyepLDAy3e7/view Bruce

I always work with my laptop upside down. :D Bruce

Another one of the Darby turntable and enginehouse, from: https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2014198/datastream/OBJ/view Bruce

Darby Creek turntable in the lower left corner of this screenshot from: https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A2014153/datastream/OBJ/view Bruce