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Lucky13
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1txJ6u2b3c
Couple of interesting comments...
'By the end of 1957 and '62 all of them were except for preseved' What??
'The World Largerst Steam Locomotives in the World The Union Pacific Big Boy' Well, they usually are, right?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SspN6D3uF3s
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32KFWbSIRMA
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Lucky13
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Got this book.on Thursday....
Will fit in nicely with the rest..
.....for Milwaukee Road's FT diesels...
Will fit in nicely with the rest..
.....for Milwaukee Road's FT diesels...
vikingBerserker
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Nice!
Lucky13
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Even though I've never been a huge fan of Union Pacific, I do love their streamliners, particularly their automobile inspired M-10004 City of San Francisco, M-10005/06 City of Denver and later ones, City of Los Angeles, LA-1, SF-1....fantastic book this...and again, our friend Martin Blomberg was heavily involved in the first ones, don't know about the later ones, it'll surely be an interesting read!
Good stuff Jan!
some really cool stuff Jan...
vikingBerserker
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That is, I really loved to travel by trains.
Lucky13
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Would have loved train travel back then, today it's so.....I don't know... 
Aaron Brooks Wolters
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Lucky13
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SNCF's best looking electric locomotive....
....and of course, 6513!
....and of course, 6513!
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syscom3
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Good stuff guys!
ontos
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Fascinating information guys, trains from the past to the present seems to stir the imagination of traveling the rail.
and many more: Zabytkowe lokomotywy w Jaworzynie
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Good stuff Dominik!
Lucky13
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In the late twenties and early thirties, the Broadway and Century paused briefly at Englewood and then, in never-to-be-forgotten drama, raced eastward side by side for several miles.
Vestibule doors slam noisily shut. In the lounge and club cars train crews make sure that travelers are aware the race of races is about to begin, and urge them to join the fun. Up front the immortal K-4 and Hudson, wait impatiently with their airpumps throbbing. Enginemen make a last check of Steam gauges and set their watches.
The Century, by the timecard, has the advantage with a 3:39 pm departure but both trains get under way at the Broadway's 3:45 time. The minute the highballs come the engineers ease out the throttles, because the companies do not appreciate a jerky start; then hook 'em up as fast as possible once the train is rolling. The Hudson's 79" drivers gave the Century the lead but soon the K-4 is bucking and swaying with its crew using every bit of experience of their long careers to urge their steaming charge on ever faster. Foot by foot the K-4 overtakes the Hudson as every window is alive with passengers and crew gesturing to the rival. In a final burst of speed the Broadway inches ahead. The race for today is won. The routes divide. Passengers relax in plush seats and enginemen revert to the routine of operating a speeding Limited. The race is over, but with a wink, the genial conductor concedes that after all, regardless of who won, it was lots of fun and the Broadway is due in Fort Wayne at 5:53 and the Century in Elkhart at 5:08 anyway!
Vestibule doors slam noisily shut. In the lounge and club cars train crews make sure that travelers are aware the race of races is about to begin, and urge them to join the fun. Up front the immortal K-4 and Hudson, wait impatiently with their airpumps throbbing. Enginemen make a last check of Steam gauges and set their watches.
The Century, by the timecard, has the advantage with a 3:39 pm departure but both trains get under way at the Broadway's 3:45 time. The minute the highballs come the engineers ease out the throttles, because the companies do not appreciate a jerky start; then hook 'em up as fast as possible once the train is rolling. The Hudson's 79" drivers gave the Century the lead but soon the K-4 is bucking and swaying with its crew using every bit of experience of their long careers to urge their steaming charge on ever faster. Foot by foot the K-4 overtakes the Hudson as every window is alive with passengers and crew gesturing to the rival. In a final burst of speed the Broadway inches ahead. The race for today is won. The routes divide. Passengers relax in plush seats and enginemen revert to the routine of operating a speeding Limited. The race is over, but with a wink, the genial conductor concedes that after all, regardless of who won, it was lots of fun and the Broadway is due in Fort Wayne at 5:53 and the Century in Elkhart at 5:08 anyway!
Vic Balshaw
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Nice to see those old coach shots especially as I have recently done a couple of Amtrak rides, first from New York to Boston and the second an overnighter from New Orleans to New York. Both very enjoyable and relaxing.
michaelmaltby
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
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Looks like it's along Hwy. 54 in Kansas. I could be wrong though.
