Group, I'm looking for photos for T.R.R.A. ( Terminal Railroad of St. Louis )slug units made from EMD NW 2's ? Should be five of them numbered: B 550, B551......
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fl3railrunner
Mar 9, 2005 8:44 pm
I submitted another batch of photos today: First, a couple of shots from the Georgia Central: String of ex-southern U23Bs at the yard in Macon: ...
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Terry
bnsf971
Mar 10, 2005 12:21 am
Just an FYI, the Deerfield station is home to a model railroad club, and they sponsor a couple of swap meets every year. Terry A Florida tri-rail train pulling...
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fl3railrunner
Mar 10, 2005 5:52 pm
I uploaded another set of photos this morning: A couple from Jacksonville: Silver star about to go under Beaver st overpass ...
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fl3railrunner
Mar 16, 2005 8:36 pm
I uploaded a few pictures this morning; only 2 made it: SAN 1400 & 1200 in the yard just back from an early morning run: ...
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Don Riley
steamengine4450
Mar 18, 2005 1:00 am
Nice pictures! Lots of people have had no end of trouble getting railpictures to take there picture! And while I do like railpictures and use it lots I think...
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Shawn Levy, USMC S-2
delta_six_ac...
Mar 19, 2005 3:20 am
All of the following were taken in New Orleans: KCS SW1500 4339: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=97472 CSXT MP15 1143: ...
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Joseph Hinson
jch9596
Mar 30, 2005 3:03 am
Caught the L&C working the SIT tracks in Richburg (SC) with EMD SW1200 #94 leading four sister end cabs elephant style end cab first back to the glass plant...
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Don Riley
steamengine4450
Mar 30, 2005 11:30 pm
What a site! Five end cab switchers all running cabforward! Generally they seem to run them half and half so that the hood is first. This is because most EMD...
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Joseph C. Hinson
jch9596
Apr 3, 2005 5:37 am
... they seem to run them half and half so that the hood is first. This is because most EMD end cabs are set to run hood first. I have heard of EMD engine cabs...
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Don Riley
steamengine4450
Apr 3, 2005 7:33 pm
Joe, Dual controls means there is a control stand facing both ways, This was more common in road engines then end cabs but was done on endcabs. Seems to me...
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Arthur Purchase
urtx26012
Apr 12, 2005 8:11 pm
APRIL 12,2005 MONTICELLO RAILWAY MUSEUM MONTICELLO ILLINOIS PHOTO TRAIN APRIL 30,2005 THROTTLE TIMES SUNDAY MAY 1,2005 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MULTIPLE LISTINGS. ...
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Joseph Hinson
jch9596
Apr 17, 2005 4:54 pm
Seven L&C end cabs are caught approaching the I-77 overpass in Chester, SC running "Union Railroad-style." Nearest us is L&C SW900 #90. ...
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Joseph Hinson
jch9596
Apr 17, 2005 5:04 pm
Folks; My apologies on the links to RP in the last post. Let me try that again -- Seven L&C end cabs are caught approaching the I-77 overpass in Chester, SC ...
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Mike S
mjs_ii
Apr 18, 2005 12:56 am
Joe, I came across an endcab switcher in Sylvania GA coupled to a half dozen old SOU hoppers The swticher was Road Number GMR 101 Wondering if this is the old...
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fl3railrunner
Apr 18, 2005 2:21 pm
I got a few more photos accepted at railpictures.net. TRR 771 from Mobile, Al http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=102329 Local NS power sitting by the...
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hoswell
Apr 24, 2005 1:39 am
Hi, Everybody, I found a web site with a video of the new York and Atlantic Railway. By Hi-Iron Railroad Videos According to the website, they are operating...
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Joseph Hinson
jch9596
Apr 25, 2005 4:04 am
Folks; This is all the railfanning I did over the weekend -- the L&C with an ex Conrail SW1200 up front sat out the weekend at the ADM plant in Kershaw. I ...
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Shawn Levy, USMC S-2
delta_six_ac...
Apr 29, 2005 6:29 pm
<Paulina, LA - Thursday> PGVX SW600 1280 [remote] (ex - CNW 1280) at the former Peavy grain elevator in Paulina. ADM acquired the plant recently, and it is...
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richard stermer
mobiusonemas...
May 18, 2005 7:00 am
does anyone operate a sw1500 or MP1500 with flexicoil trucks? AND own a digital camera? i really want to model after this type of truck but i want to know what...
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hoswell
May 27, 2005 6:00 am
Hi I come across a photograph on Railpictures.net. Port of Montreal Harbour RR MP15 AC number 8406 and slug number 2008 ... can anybody tell me anything...
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Roger Rassche
alco251
May 27, 2005 3:37 pm
Actually, the 'AC' in MP15AC refers only to the traction generator. It still uses DC traction motors. The slug appears to be a cut-down GP9, but I have no...
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Jerry LaBoda
jmlaboda2
May 27, 2005 6:36 pm
... The slug appears to be rebuilt from a GP7 or GP9, though a better identity would be difficult without a full side shot of the unit. No slugs are AC. AC on...
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bob hoswell
hoswell
May 29, 2005 5:46 am
Dear Jerry And Roger Thanks for the reply to the e-mail. I do have one other question regarding slugs , How does the engineer controll, the slug by a...
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Roger Rassche
alco251
May 29, 2005 5:09 pm
The concept of the slug is to provide additional traction at low speed. The normal wiring scheme is to draw off the main traction generator in the 'mother'...
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Terry
bnsf971
May 29, 2005 5:13 pm
The slug gets power for its traction motors from cables run from the main generator on the powered unit. Terry Dear Jerry And Roger Thanks for the reply to...
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David Wiggs
bull_goose_l...
May 29, 2005 6:02 pm
Bob, The way I think is works is like this; DC power to the motors is connected through beefed up MU cables. By beefed up, I mean larger than those just...
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Jonathan Guy
ke4aik
Jun 5, 2005 3:12 pm
Ex-Canadian Pacific SW1200RSu 8161 sits inside the shop undergoing a major rebuild. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=108589 This was a big suprise...
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Jonathan Guy
ke4aik
Jun 9, 2005 8:59 pm
Both appear to be former Mobile Oil units, I could see the remains of a round emblem of a red horse with wings. Any more info about their histories would be...
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Jonathan Guy
ke4aik
Jun 18, 2005 9:45 am
NPBL MP15DC and a GP50 a paired up working the south end of the yard in Macon. That's not a combination you see every day... ...
