Here's something you don't see everyday - August 1st with a couple B39's http://rpc1244.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=454150 Ron ... Yahoo!...
Was this movement private? Within realm of company function? Not a public move as in the term excursion sponsored by specific group/organization?????...
Officials from P&W, NECR and CN and people interested in auto racks. The P&W was showcasing the new lowered 3rd rail from Davisville/Quonsett Point deep water...
Hard to read the information block on the photo header. Copy and pasted it reads : After gathering guest at the Amtrak Providence station, the Auto Passenger ...
One last question..... Are any automobiles currently unloaded at Davisville/Quonsett Point???? Toyota to select Port of Entry other than NYH/Port of...
nothing is moving at the moment ... a test train in mid August to test for clearance Ron jackbridge49@... wrote: One last question..... Are any automobiles...
The will only get through to Bellows Falls, VT unless the state of VT already lowered the tunnel there. You can't fit a rack or a container underneath the...
Now available is 29-page Rail Negative List #98 with original black & white negatives for sale below cost of rail operations U-Z. These have been shot from...
I'm away from my books: There is a book on the EP5, one of the '50 odd pp booklet' sort of things. Its older now 8)>>, and as I'm away, i disrecall the exact...
... OHLE?? There was definitely some track damage, despite the fact that the CC7100's had those dampered trucks and a light axle loading of only 17.5 tons....
... Over Head Line Equipment A fancy term for what is (loosely) called 'catenary'. ... The dynamics of 'good' (acceptable) 'tracking are obscure to this day....
(oooops) ... the EP5s were. Yes, they were in main line service, however they were sharing a line, albeit a 4 track, with emus. acceleration, rather than top...
1992
GaryL
glarimer@...
Aug 14, 2006 11:19 am
The only book I have on the EP-5 is CLASSIC POWER #8. Several points are raised there that merit mention here. -The EP-5 was geared for a maximum of 105 mph....
Hello I suppose that a major point in being agressive for the track or not is the way the motors are sprung or "hung to the axles" Until recent years, I...
1994
GaryL
glarimer@...
Aug 14, 2006 1:19 pm
Axle hung traction motors are still the accepted standard for all locomotives in North American practice. The advantages of simpler and easier to maintain...
Now available is 22-page Rail Negative List #99 with original black & white negatives for sale below cost of rail operations beginning with A. These have been...
In a little different view, sun greets CSX YR10 as they make their way east on 1 at CP Gray; crew took over outlawed Q406 at 58th Street for the final 3 miles...
In a new vantage point for me with the high line in Philadelphia, we catch a bnsf "powerbar"/csx gevo combo leading csx general freight Q439 westward across...
Now available is 26-page Rail Negative List #100 with original black & white negatives for sale below cost of rail operations beginning with B. These have...
NS general freight 35A led by horsehead former Conrail unit 8366 works beside another former CR loco still in blue at Reading's Spring Street Yard under late...
NS horsehead unit 9810 pairs with another black GE on special Air Products heat exchanger run on CSX trackage as move W987 rolling west on the single main by...
Former Conrail 6 axle unit leads 3 GP60s on NS intermodal 212 eastbound on the Lehigh Line approaching Port Reading Junction, passing the water tank at ...
Now available is 38-page Rail Negative List #101 with original black & white negatives for sale below cost of rail operations beginning with C. These have...
On days like these this past week, I need a color explosion to brighten things a bit. In May of this year I was in Detroit and found time to snap this image of...
Brand new pair of GEVOs head up CSX unit trash train K277 rolling west approaching Park Junction on a sunny morning in Philadelphia - I sure miss that old ...
GEVO and former Conrail unit team up to pull CSX stack train Q190 west along the high line (CSX Trenton Sub single) through CP Field and over the Septa ...
Now available is 13-page Rail Negative List #102 with original black & white negatives for sale below cost of rail operations beginning with D to F. These...
