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    New Enthusiasts

    You may get some good information here, but there is a specific narrow gauge forum. https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/list.php?1 Bruce
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    Why did 0-6-6-0 locomotives have no pilot wheels?

    Leading and trailing trucks support a lot of weight, not just act as guide wheels. An example, after a quick search, from https://www.steamlocomotive.com/ Erie K4 4-6-2, locomotive only, not including tender Union Pacific FEF-1 4-8-4, locomotive only, not including tender Western...
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    Why did 0-6-6-0 locomotives have no pilot wheels?

    Low speed, and more weight on drivers. If it had pilot wheels, it would no longer be an 0-6-6-0. :) Bruce
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    Never-used bicycle/pedestrian bridge over Union Pacific tracks.

    Looks like it was done as part of the I70 rebuild. Bruce
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    Is this a legitimate CSX website and weird logo

    That's a JaveScript symbol...
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    Is this a legitimate CSX website and weird logo

    Links lead to this for login...
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    Amtrak derailed in WA

    No answer that I ever saw, but that is normal reporting. I only see causes after major accidents, sometimes months or years after. Bruce
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    How did they make these sharply-curved rails? (Light rail next to the San Diego train station)

    Here's the modern way: https://www.boschertusa.com/horizontal-bending/benders-for-railroads https://rrtools.com/product/hydraulic-rail-bender/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ The old way, rail was often bent on site with screw jacks. Bruce
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    (o)T(o) cantilever parallels track. Not perpendicular to road.

    The vertical structures were on the roadside first. Then it was rebuilt with the vertical structures in the median when the road was widened. I have no idea why. Bruce
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    Engine Boop??

    It could be a "map trap." https://www.geographyrealm.com/map-traps-intentional-mapping-errors-combat-plagiarism/ Bruce
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    Engine Boop??

    I suspect the map draftsman, who was not knowledgeable about railroads, misread a diagram that said "SHOP." Just a little distortion or smudge on the "SH" could make it look like "BO." Bruce
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    Live Steam forum

    Many seem very inactive. Here is one that has many recent posts: https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewforum.php?f=8 Bruce
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    Vintage live steam Loco id help

    Looks like an Americanized version of this. https://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco74.html A better place to ask would be a live steam forum, especially one for whatever gauge this is. Bruce
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    Are there radar cars?

    Lasers are used, not radar. Here's one system: https://bance.com/lasergauging/ Bruce
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    Did a bridge builder construct a two-track bridge where the tracks "overlapped"? (Gauntlet)

    Probably no closer than that RR track off to the far left. :) Isn't this bridge for an electrified commuter rail line? No box cars. Bruce
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