Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

[Dave91TM]

View attachment 128787View attachment 128788I think this is a ballast spreader..

Says right on it "CP Rail Service". I've tried a hunnert times and that 402819 phone number just don't work.

 

[dyoung]

 

[Dave91TM]

Might the aluminum vehicle in the first pic be the Little Engine that Could?

 

[1st Vette]

Might the aluminum vehicle in the first pic be the Little Engine that Could?

Maybe. Except for the tow bar …..

 

[1st Vette]

 

[dyoung]

Maybe. Except for the tow bar …..

I think those handles sticking out are for lifting it so you can put it on boards beside the tracks to get it out of the way of the train.. Used to see them in operation on the Great Northern when I was a squirt in White Rock.