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    ALCO HiAD trucks on the Burlington Northern

    Reading my copy of the Burlington Northern 1976-77 Annual, I came across the statement that the ALCO C636 locomotive were unpopular because of their hi-ad trucks. I would have thought that high adhesion would have been better for pulling long and/or heavy trains. Would it be that the trucks on...
  2. NKP #83-A

    NKP #83-A

    NKP F7A #83-A (The F-unit that never was)
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    Engineer's view of #83-A.jpg

    Controls of NKP,s (MILW's) 83-A
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  4. NKP #99

    NKP #99

    VO-1000 (formerly US Navy/Crane #7)
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  5. VO-1000 engineer's control panel

    VO-1000 engineer's control panel

    Not a very good view, but there was not enough room to take a good photo.
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  6. NKP #91

    NKP #91

    GE 44-ton
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  7. #91's controls

    #91's controls

    Standard GE-44 controls
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    Terre Haute & Logansport Railway

    Question: In 1915, the Pennsylvania Railroad added a line from Indianapolis to Frankfort that would connect with the former TH&L Railway which it has previously acquired. I have always considered the I&F branch to run from Indy to Logansport. However, recently I have discovered that the Line...
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    Brunswick Green on Pennsy's ALCO locomotives

    Question: Were Pennsy's Alco locomotive fleet painted Brunswick Green or Black? Also Were all of Pennsy's EMD F units painted Brunswick Green or were there any in the Tuscan Red paint? Thank you for Reading (& offering any knowledge)!
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    MILW Box Cab locomotives

    This is slightly outside the Indiana area, even though the Milwaukee Riad did run as far east as Scottsburg (?). My question is: how did the electric box cab locomotives from the early 20th Century convert AC to DC current? I can 't find any information on the works of the box cabs. any...
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    Hoosier Lift Intermodel

    I have been absent from Indiana for almost three years & from Railroad Forums for almost seven. Can anyone tell me what happened to the Hoosier Lift Intermodel site between Remington & Wilcott Indiana? I believe it waw a joint venture between Burlington Northern & Toledo, Peoria & Western...
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    Former Atlantic Coast Line Passenger & Freight Station at Jesup, Georgia.
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    Iowa Pacific pulling the Hoosier State upon arrival at Union Station. My, how the mighty have fallen...
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  14. David914

    Hello Everyone!

    While I cannot commit to today's locomotives, business actions by the (few) Class I managers and suffering from a broken heart every time I see a bare roadbed or a "Rails to Trails" travesties, I still enjoy learning all that I can as well as sharing my acquired knowledge of the past 52 years...
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    Whoops! Wrong locomotive.
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