Working rail roads and their tracks.

[Fuddy1952]

Ok...a railroad story. Hope it brings a chuckle to someone . Story was told to me by my late grandfather (rip).
When he was a baby (late 1800s) my great grandmother was taking him on the train from Carbondale to Scranton Pennsylvania. She told him train was probably going about 45-50 mph.
She had to change granddad's diaper, then decided to toss the old dirty one out the window. As luck would have it a hobo was walking along toward train on that side. She said that diaper wrapped around the poor guys face as they went by!!!
I can't even imagine what that must of been like!

 

[ArlyA]

Great sound in this short BIG boy video. Anyone else see him down there???

 

[caver]

Big Boy arrives in Poplar Bluff tomorrow afternoon.

 

[bcp]

Anyone realize that the Big Boy has only a 4 cylinder engine?



Bruce

 

[RobS]

Anyone realize that the Big Boy has only a 4 cylinder engine?



Bruce

Yeah, but they're double acting so it's more like an 8 cylinder

 

[RobS]

My fb feed has been full of pics of the CSX Business Train rolling through Michigan lately. Lead locos are painted in retro B&O colors. I don't have any of my own pics to share but a search should find some easily. Pretty cool!

 

[ArlyA]

My fb feed has been full of pics of the CSX Business Train rolling through Michigan lately. Lead locos are painted in retro B&O colors. I don't have any of my own pics to share but a search should find some easily. Pretty cool!

Gee, never heard of a "Business Train" before.

 

[RobS]

Gee, never heard of a "Business Train" before.

I've seen it called several things now. P001 (must be the train designation), OCS (Office Car Special), lead loco is number CSX1 and one poster claimed it has CSX executives on board to inspect operations. Most of the cars are vintage passenger cars. Apparently, it started in Chicago and will terminate in New York. Here's a pic of the train crossing the St. Joe River in St. Joe Michigan (not terribly far from where I live). Not my pic, credit to Jonathan Leese:

 

[RobS]

Well, as long as I've broken the seal on posting other people's pics, here's a cool video of the entire CSX OCS consist (credit to Mark Parren):

 

[MossRoad]

Well, as long as I've broken the seal on posting other people's pics, here's a cool video of the entire CSX OCS consist (credit to Mark Parren):

Bet they were wondering where their AMTRAK was!

We've eaten pizza there several times. Nice place, but very crowded in season.