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    Help With Tool Found

    Contact these places. https://www.tmny.org/ http://www.nymtmuseum.org/ Bruce
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    Allah Station, Arizona

    Thanks for the update. I've driven by that area on the highway many times but didn't know anything was there. The RR south of Wickenburg along the river has always been interesting, Some bits and pieces of information here...
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    Hello all! New member here looking to identify the make or any other info on this small locomotive.

    From: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel123.html BART Ply DMD 15T #5002 , Hayward, CA 1997, nee Perini, rblt 66" ga cn6377 blt 1963 Robert Lehmuth ------------------------------------------------------------ From...
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    Bell on Specific Trains

    Check here: http://www.brosamersbells.com/railroad/ http://www.railroadcollectibles.com/types-of-collectibles/railroad-locomotive-engine-items/bells/ Bruce
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    Looking for a used EMD TA17 generator. Can someone help?

    https://nre.com/parts-index/ https://www.epowerrail.com/Products/CategoryElectrical-Rotating/SubMain-Generator-Alternator?Category=Electrical%20Rotating&Sub=Main%20Generator%20-%20Alternator#1426345-main-generator---alternator https://lselectric.com/rail/main-generator-and-alternator-services/...
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    re railway cuttings & junctions

    No reason it couldn't be done if that's the only option due to geography. Not exactly what you are looking for, but look up Keddie wye A wye is much more likely to be surrounded by hills, like this: https://ngtrainpics.photoshelter.com/image/I000070u5bpYjS98 Bruce
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    Anyone have any history on Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive 1035 as seen in this image?

    Scroll down to class D7. There is a class description and another photo of 1035. http://www.northeast.railfan.net/prr_steam2.html And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_D7 And http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=d7_olda_anth.gif&sel=ste&sz=sm&fr=...
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    Terre Haute & Logansport Railway

    You can probably find it in these PRR records. https://digital.hagley.org/Coverdale_index Bruce
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    Woodinville, WA Sub being removed.

    Future light rail or trail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastside_Rail_Corridor https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/east-link-extension Bruce
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    The Black Hills 1880 Steam Train

    Yes, worth seeing, but #108 was built in 1926, a long way from 1880. :) Bruce
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    Why Do People on Rafts Moon Passing Trains?

    Probably spread from here. 2010 BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/10588850 Bruce
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    Old Railroad Symbol?

    See: https://rhinomarkers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ventguards-1024x512.jpg Bruce
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    Star Union

    https://thesteelbeam.com/products/early-1900s-railroad-crew-group-photo https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1876-train-pennsylvania-railroad-1854863333 This article has several pages about the Star Union: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43520756 Bruce
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    Star Union

    Looks like Star Union was a freight car management company. https://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/star-union.htm Bruce
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    Star Union

    Welcome to the forum. Google and I can find no railway by that name, not even in Google books of that era. There was a Kansas Star newspaper and a Kansas Star train in a Superman movie. https://moreobscuretrainmovies.movie.blog/tag/kansas-star/ List of current and defunct Kansas railroads...




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