Picture of a CSX hopper that betrays its former Union Pacific identity:
Former Union Pacific hopper on CSX
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
CSX Slug sighting
A half-century after it came off the Alco lines as an RSD-12, CSX MT-6 slug #1006 is still in service, and was seen today. This is the 4th railroad (PRR/PC/Conrail/CSX) that the unit has served.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
American Streamliners Book
A review of a great book on post-1945 / pre-Amtrak streamliners, with lots of large-format photos of a variety of railroads. Good coverage of the EMD E-units, including early slant-nose models
http://www.dataviewbooks.com/streamliners.html
http://www.dataviewbooks.com/streamliners.html
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Alcos for the Kettle Valley Steam Railway
Having been replaced by Gensets, the former Neptune Bulk Terminal S6 (originally an SP engine) and T6 (former Portland Terminals) have found a new home with the Kettle Valley Steam Railway. Only the S6 will be operated initially.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/64319167.html
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/64319167.html
0-4-0T in need of help
Georgia Agrirama's Vulcan 0-4-0T tank locomotive, the only operating steamer in the state, needs help to keep operating:
http://agrirama.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=93
http://agrirama.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=93
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
NKP Bershire #765 ends season
Nickel Plate Road #765 has completed its first active season after a rebuild that spanned over a decade and a half
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091018/LOCAL/310189905/1002/LOCAL
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091018/LOCAL/310189905/1002/LOCAL
Great Northern #1355 100th Birthday
Great Northern #1355, the only surviving H-5 class 4-6-2, has celebrated its centennial mark at its home at the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District. #1355 was originally built by Baldwin as an E14 class 4-6-0, and was in Great Northern service until 1950.
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NS 999 Unveiled
Norfolk Southern entered the "green" locomotive world with the purchase of a handfull of four-axle Gensets, but in September 2009 received a larger, all battery-powered unit in the form of BP4 #999, whose frame and trucks started out life as a GP38 for Penn Central that was subsequently inherited by Conrail and then NS.
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/523002.html?nav=742
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/523002.html?nav=742
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MARC AEM-7 Overhaul
MARC has received a second overhauled AEM-7:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.marc17oct17,0,780752.story
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.marc17oct17,0,780752.story
AT&SF 2-10-2 #940 planning
Plans are coalescing for the restoration and moving of AT&SF 2-10-2 #940, on display at Bartlesville OK.
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2009/10/18/news/news345.txt
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2009/10/18/news/news345.txt
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Norfolk & Western / Wabash Cabbose art print poster
Norfolk & Western streamlined caboose 562813 started out as Wabash 2813, and is now on display at the Atlantic & Danville depot in South Hill, Virginia.
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #261 art poster print
Built by Alco in 1944, Milwaukee Road #261 was only active for a decade before diselization led to her retirement to the National Railroad Museum. Nearly forty years later, she was restored to operation by the Friends of 261
Amtrak AEM-7 art print poster, postage
Amtrak's AEM-7 electric locomotives were built by EMD as replacements for the aging ex-PRR GG-1 fleet, and were based on the Swedish Rc4. AEM-7 #910 is one of the those that did not undergo the AC traction motor refit.
EMD B&O F-unit art print poster
The Baltimore & Ohio first purchased EMD F-units in the form of the wartime FT model, and operated the later F7 well into the mid-1970s, although none were refinished in Chessie colors. Successor CSX rostered several F-units even longer, although these special units were former Clinchfield locomotives.
Baldwin PRR S2 Steam Turbine Locomotive art print
Enormously powerful, the Baldwin S2 6-8-6 steam turbine prototype locomotive for the PRR was unsucessful, as it was fuel-hungry at low speeds and required excessive maintenance. Built in 1944, it was out of service by the end of the decade.
Milwaukee Road FP7 #109A art print poster
Milwaukee Road FP7 #109A was built in 1951, and for many years was part of the Milwaukee Great Northern, before being purchased by the Kansas City Union Station, and later ending up with the West Virginia Central Railroad.
DDA40X Centennial art print poster
The last of the "double diesel" locomotives of the 1960s, the DDA40Xs were out of service by 1980, but enjoyed a brief resurrection to meet traffic needs before being retired for good by 1986. Of the 48 built, a dozen examples survive, with one still operating with the UP. This customizable art print depicts #6905 in the later days of Centennial operations.
Largest diesel locomotive by alwaysakid
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Union Pacific Astradome ad
Union Pacific Gas Turbine article
Largest diesel locomotive by alwaysakid
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Union Pacific Astradome ad
Union Pacific Gas Turbine article
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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