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Administrators Eric Posted May 8, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted May 8, 2022 Two Southern Pacific Railroad workers surrounded by a flood streaming into the Salton Sink in Southern California, what is presently known as the Salton Sea, 1906. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 15 hours ago, Eric said: Steam engines were rarely streamlined in the States. Norfolk and Western’ J class 4-8-4 locomotives might have been the most numerous ones streamlined.Think they even streamlined a few of their K class 4-8-2s. Southern Railway streamlined one of their Pacifics so The Tennessean could be considered a streamlined train from Washington DC to Memphis TN. Railroad passenger traffic was declining rapidly as air travel and better highways competed. So little incentive to streamline steam. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Much railroad business now is unit freight trains. Earlier days a train would arrive in a classification yard where individual cars were shuffled onto various tracks making new trains for different destinations. Hump yards were used, and before that switch engines and poling engines. Poling engines were narrow and ran between normal tracks using a pole swiveled out to push individual cars. Much faster than coupling and uncoupling a locomotive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 The "Tom Thumb". Considered The 1st American Steam Train. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 "Texas Eagle" at St. Louis' Union Station 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 EMD SD45T-2 SSW (St. Louis Southwestern Railway "Cotton Belt") No. 9389 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 UP Veranda Gas Turbine Unit No. 65 & Big Boy Double Header 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Albert. A three foot gauge locomotive. Went from sugar plantation to Cherokee Wonderland early 1960s - bottom picture. Spent the rest of its service life at Cedar Point in Sandusky OH - top picture - and is on display during its retirement there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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