For all of You Train Lovers

[Ranger16]

Same here. Leaving Chicago, it passed through Elburn Ill., about 30 miles south of me, but circumstances prevented me from being able to see it. I'll bet it was assume.

 

[Dipstick]

I'm ashamed to admit it but.... that BigBoy was just a few miles from me, at the L.A. county fairgrounds, and i paid no attention.

I stopped to see it but the museum was closed that day. Now that it's on the road I hope it comes to my neighborhood.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Who can forget this train episode?

 

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[polywideblock]

brand new

few years later

 

[khryslerkid]

I believe this was converted to oil along with the pusher.

 

[khryslerkid]

Beautiful Scenery and Sound @ the 4:12 mark

 

[khryslerkid]

More of the Same Just in a Different Part of the Country.

 

[khryslerkid]

Class M-1 Turbine

 

[Photon440]

Just your average old Locomotive...a Montreal Locomotive Works M-420, built in the 1970s. Now retired.

But it ended up being the locomotive on the 100 year anniversary coin issued by the Canada Mint.

 

[YY1]

The first of the wide cab/ safety cab designs.

Then called a Canadian cab IIRC.

 

[Photon440]

The first of the wide cab/ safety cab designs.

Then called a Canadian cab IIRC.

CN started calling them 'Comfort Cabs'. But yes, that wide cab design was quickly adopted by just about everyone. Also coming out in the same year (1973) and built for CN was the similar concept from GM's Electromotive Division, the GP38-2W (below). Both the EMD and the LMW designs were 2,000 hp. and had four axles. Besides the wider cab, the Canadian versions of the GP38 also had additional snow shields for the air intakes.

 

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[Photon440]

Wanna see some smoke?

 

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[Photon440]

The 1910 Gyro-car locomotive in London. It could hold 50 passengers.

 

[Photon440]

New York City's first subway - 1869. Single cars were pushed through the tubes with compressed air.