railfancwb Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Best looking steam locomotive ever IMO. And one of the fastest. And one of the most powerful non-articulated steam locomotives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks as though logs were skidded between the rails rather than carried on cars. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I visited there as a kid in the '70's. I would like to return for the four hour trip to Bald Knob.Can rent a caboose to stay at Bald Knob overnight. Or could. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 End of the line 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 9, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Eric said: Nice paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Eric said: I would be concerned why they feel the need for the bars on the windshield . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Just now, Dric902 said: I would be concerned why they feel the need for the bars on the windshield . When it's considered a "Prank" to drop a rock on a car from an overpass, I wonder if the bars are enough! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 10, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted August 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Dric902 said: I would be concerned why they feel the need for the bars on the windshield . Zombie crows. They’re real. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Just now, Eric said: Zombie crows. They’re real. I’ve hit most things you would think possible, and some that you wouldn’t. been shot at twice, flashed three times so I figure I’m ahead . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Just now, Dric902 said: I’ve hit most things you would think possible, and some that you wouldn’t. been shot at twice, flashed three times so I figure I’m ahead . The promise of a future flashing makes a determined man go on. For God and Country!! And other things. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) I was on an Amtrak as a small lad. Amazingly, it didn't derail. As a grown up, I got to work with the DEA liaison and the former OCEDEF guy pulling illegals and dope off of them. Edited August 10, 2019 by Moshe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, janice6 said: When it's considered a "Prank" to drop a rock on a car from an overpass, I wonder if the bars are enough! The FRA glazing is pretty tough, the seals and frame would usually give first, its like mega safety glass. Stopped a 223 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Just now, Moshe said: I was on an Amtrak as a small lad. Amazingly, it didn't derail. Me too. For me it was the Zephyr to Chicago. What a thrill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Train related. The Assoc. of American Railroads ( AAR ) has a Haz-Mat training center at Pueblo, CO. They have got an 80 car derailment set up with cars plumbed with water and smoke to simulate spills. One guy has an explosives license and they will blow crap up on you if you don't correct the problems in the correct order. Been there a number of times. They call it " Rattlesnake Junction ". They have a frozen rattlesnake in the freezer in the classroom. The first thing on the first day is show and tell of that frozen rattler saying " run away. run away". Always stopped at the Coors brewery on the way out with my guys. start @ 2:40 Hopefully you visit the Colorado Railroad Museum which is next door to Coors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Westside?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Now operates at Cass WVSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad moving its rotary snow plow to Antonito to be prepared for a winter plowing excursion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted August 13, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted August 13, 2019 Here is a painting of a Bentley Speed Six ‘Blue Train Special’, racing an actual train. Great pic. Here is the real car, or a faithful reproduction of it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Looks a lot like the Lionel center cab switchers of the 1960s and later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Found this on the web, possibly in this thread. From the waist up it looks like a General Electric 44 ton locomotive. Those had four traction motors. Below the waist that truck - to me - does not look like it has two traction motors. Is my imagination wrong? Or is that not the truck the factory shipped with this locomotive?Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Found this on the web, possibly in this thread. From the waist up it looks like a General Electric 44 ton locomotive. Those had four traction motors. Below the waist that truck - to me - does not look like it has two traction motors. Is my imagination wrong? Or is that not the truck the factory shipped with this locomotive? Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That’s not a traction motor looks like a differential . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 That’s not a traction motor looks like a differential .Kinda what I thought as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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