Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

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[Rruuff Day]

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I wonder how many cities had a Williams Ave and an electric trolley. Dress warm for your ride in this prairie town picture....I think he's stuck...

 

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I wonder how many cities had a Williams Ave and an electric trolley. Dress warm for your ride in this prairie town picture....I think he's stuck...

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I think number 45 (or is it 46?) lifted up his catcher too late for this snow drift. Look at number 130 in the previous picture for the sophisticated lift mechanism to understand the root cause of the problem.

 

[Rruuff Day]

Wonder if he had a snatch block inside for the mechanical advantage or if the young helper beside him was his advantage...lol...

 

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They are working on getting them "unstuck"

 

[Dave91TM]

They are working on getting them "unstuck"

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Reminds me of the winter of 1976, HWY 26 from Stayner north, so much snow you could walk the top and grab the hydro lines, although that wasn't really a recommended pastime, and the northbound lane was the east side road shoulder, southbound lane was the northbound asphalt.

 

[Rruuff Day]

They are working on getting them "unstuck"

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And then snow fence was invented.....

 

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[Rruuff Day]

And the radio chatters...."Santa Fe 340. I told you track 17. Just because your first name is Santa doesn't mean you can park anywhere you want".

 

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Wow that Santa Fe with five engines! Must be an awful long freight. Longest train I ever counted was in south west United States, 160 cars with two engines at front and one in rear. What's longest the rest of you have counted?

 

[OL Yeller]

209 I counted at a railway crossing in Ontario once

 

[Black 03 Z06]

In the United States they are on occasion running trains that are 16K long. Multiple locomotives pulling at the front, middle and pushing at the rear. They are massive.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

And yet we somehow survived...

 

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[Black 03 Z06]

WOW.

"Its Billup's crossing, Grenada MS. Illinois Central railroad. It was the only one built, and was taken down in the 1970's. I've never seen anything like this in 40+ years of looking at RR things. It had an air raid siren attached, the neon blinked. What ever dierection the train came from, the arrow would light to warn drivers. I guess it was cheaper than an overpass, on a problematic crossing. This absolutely should have been saved. here's a link to a site with a video recreation of it" The World's Most Metal Railroad Crossing: The Billups Railroad Crossing

 

[Dave91TM]

WOW.
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"Its Billup's crossing, Grenada MS. Illinois Central railroad. It was the only one built, and was taken down in the 1970's. I've never seen anything like this in 40+ years of looking at RR things. It had an air raid siren attached, the neon blinked. What ever dierection the train came from, the arrow would light to warn drivers. I guess it was cheaper than an overpass, on a problematic crossing. This absolutely should have been saved. here's a link to a site with a video recreation of it" The World's Most Metal Railroad Crossing: The Billups Railroad Crossing

Wonder what that did for property values for the nearby houses, especially the one on the left?

 

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[Rruuff Day]

I think he missed his exit....

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I think even GPS would get you lost in that Eric. Incredible pic,