Train Pics

ccheese · Aug 17, 2008

Great pic's Lucky. My heart is with the steam loco's, I loved to see them
pulling a freight along the B&O right of way near where I lived as a kid. Alas,
thos days are gone forever....

Charles

Lucky13 · Oct 17, 2008

Hey guys.....PICTURES!

B-17engineer · Oct 17, 2008

I have a question On the first page syscom had a photo of like 5-6 locamotives pulling freight cars. Is there only one engineer for all those locamotives.

Thanks

Lucky13 · Oct 18, 2008

One engineer and one "fireman"...

syscom3 · Oct 18, 2008

B17 ..... the engines each have a computer that can control and harmonize the "motors" throughout the lashup. All the crew has to do is tell the computer what they have hooked up and which one is the master.

Then any throttle control settings is synchronized for all of them.

B-17engineer · Oct 18, 2008

Ohhh Thanks guys

GrauGeist · Oct 18, 2008

Lucky13 said:
Hey guys.....PICTURES!

Well, ok...but I don't have nearly as many cool Rail pictures to contribute as everyone else has...

But I do have a few unique ones to share.

To the north of here is a cement plant, which is a customer of ours, and they have a number of owned or leased locomotives.

One of them, No. 1235, is on lease from the Wisconsin Central. I did some work on it (two-way radio stuff), allowing me some neat photos of the controls.

They have one called a "cow" that's just about as cool as any railroad machine could get. It's about the size of a large pickup truck!

Redbeard · Oct 18, 2008

those are some cool looking pics bud. I've never seen them before.

GrauGeist · Oct 18, 2008

Redbeard said:
those are some cool looking pics bud. I've never seen them before.

Thanks...yeah, they're from the plant which you can see from I-5, just as you pass the Wonderland Blvd. exit, looking west.

Lucky13 · Oct 18, 2008

nice pics mate!

syscom3 · Oct 18, 2008

The picture of the inside of the cab ..... look at that "thing" wrapped up in duct tape!

tankie1rtr · Oct 21, 2008

I love American Railways, I work for the British Railway Company, "Network Rail" and we have no scenery like the USA, I usually see the "Flying Scotsman" chugging pass me, dropping coal all over the place, we collect the coal and give it to collectors.

Wildcat · Oct 21, 2008

Here's some pics I took on Sunday of our local Historic train the "Steam Ranger". It does day trips down to the coast on two Sundays a month. Its on the to do list.

Lucky13 · Oct 22, 2008

Nice pics Wildcat!

syscom3 · Oct 22, 2008

Thanks Wildcat!

GrauGeist · Oct 22, 2008

Nice shots, Wildcat!

Cota1992 · Oct 23, 2008

Here are some classic locomotives that were brought down ealier this month to celebrate, a nice display.

Last is a shot I took the next day of a Marc train going through Monocacy Battlefield outside of Frederick MD

Art

Lucky13 · Oct 23, 2008

Nice pics mate!

syscom3 · Oct 23, 2008

Yes, nice pics.

GrauGeist · Nov 28, 2008

A couple weeks ago, I was headed downtown on some errands and noticed some UP equipment on a siding near the Redding Depot.

As luck would have it, I had my Pentax with me, and was able to grab a shot.

* corrected image size *

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