Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

[Black 03 Z06]

Randy, the Illinois Central now owned by CN Rail did run passenger trains to Miami with track rights on the Atlantic Coast Line. IC had extensive passenger service, their City of New Orleans even had its own song written and performed by Steve Goodman and may famous by Arlo Guthrie.

 

[Pep]

I knew they ran to New Orleans and the song et al and that direction I did not know they went to Florida.

 

[OL Yeller]

Hard to believe NO one pointed out that Miami isn't in Illinois before they painted that

Hard to believe that they got 2 pictures of that train in the exact same place so many years apart...amazing. Hardly looks like the grass even grew any.

 

[Rruuff Day]

I knew they ran to New Orleans and the song et al and that direction I did not know they went to Florida.

They didn't intend to go any further than New Orleans but when they took a closer look at those 25 sacks of mail, they realized half of them were postmarked for Miami....

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Pep]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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Does the term Rollin Coal come to mind?

 

[Rruuff Day]

Does the term Rollin Coal come to mind?

Careful Dave. I barely admit I own a chipped diesel truck on the forum.... lol...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

Careful Dave. I barely admit I own a chipped diesel truck on the forum.... lol...

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Awwh, c'mon Ruff, yer just blowin smoke (LOL).
I bet the corvette driver had a few choice words,

 

[Dave91TM]

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It's a resto-mod, look at the 20 inch rims on it, and that chrome bell, not to mention the custom grate mounted low to keep from sucking debris up into the radiator space (this I know, its a C4 thing)

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Pep]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Dave91TM]

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You boys just hold on to those 5 ton wheels and we'll lower that 20 ton engine right down onto the axles....watch yer fingers now!
At least the guys on the sides could back away, seems to me the guys in the trench are just doomed if anything goes wrong.

 

[Rruuff Day]

You boys just hold on to those 5 ton wheels and we'll lower that 20 ton engine right down onto the axles....watch yer fingers now!
At least the guys on the sides could back away, seems to me the guys in the trench are just doomed if anything goes wrong.

Guess they figured hard hats were likely a waste of time...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

[Black 03 Z06]