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    Grounding a Searchlight Signal

    I poured a concrete pad and put four 1 inch bolts into that. The signal is bolted down with two nuts to each bolt. It has a flat aluminum cap similar to this one. Thank you for your help and sorry it to me so long to respond.
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    Grounding a Searchlight Signal

    I have put up a 15-foot searchlight pole with a ladder (both made of aluminum) and was wondering how to ground them if lighting was to strike them. It will house a single GRS Searchlight head with a mechanism inside. If anyone has any documents or has signals of their own I would love to hear...
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    RRF Coffee Shop

    Happy birthday Bob. 🥳
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    RRF Coffee Shop

    How tall are the Marion drag lines?
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    P&L and Evansville Western (EVWR)

    Sit back for the saga of the P&L and family. The Paducah & Louisville (PAL) is a Class II railroad. The 270-mile line was purchased from Illinois Central Gulf in August, 1986. The 223-mile main route runs between Paducah and Louisville with branch lines from Paducah to Kevil and Mayfield...
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    P&L and Evansville Western (EVWR)

    The first and last photo were taken in Nashville Illinois the middle photos were taken in Paducah Kentucky.
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    RRF Coffee Shop

    My local shortline Evansville Western (EVWR) is up from two trains a week to a train at 1 P.M. on tuesday, thursday, and friday, and another at 12 A.M. They also upgraded the motive power from 6 gp35s to a SD70M, Sd40-2, and GP35.
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