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I saw it running on the Grand Truck Western. My dad opened a phone box west of Schoolcraft MI and was listening to the dispatcher to hear where it was. My brother and I were stationed near the road to warn him of approaching cars so he could close the phone box in case any railroad people came...
I'm kind of partial to the UP 1983 in the fog. Where is the red depot behind the Wabash unit?
I shot a train as it stopped to switch an elevator. The conductor got off and walked over. I figured he was going to complain about the flash. Instead he said they were picking up 80 some cars and...
U.P. says:
"According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), when cars are 40 years old, built prior to 1974, they are no longer allowed for "Free Interchange" service. They may be handled between participating railroads on an exception basis or must go through a recertification...
Go to http://www.amtrak.com/home. You can enter departure and arrival cities and see available trains on the date you select or pick the "Routes" tab and look up routes and time tables.
Here's a couple things on identifying hazardous materials.
http://www.boe.aar.com/boe/download/US_HMI.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UN_Numbers
Sweet. I think many people would have waited for the locomotive to be further out on the bridge. As shot is has pause and draws the view back. I like it.
The 1361 passing an I1 on the curve. That would be sweet. But I'll say no NS shouldn't do the restoration. There is a finite amount of resources NS will commit to a steam on their system. Soak that up with one locomotive and you get one locomotive. Use those resources to field steam NS...
Michigan has an RFP out to lease three train sets until the equipment MDOT already has on order arrives in 2016-2018. MDOT confirms they talked to Talgo but that is about all either one is saying at the moment.
Talgo is terminating it's month-to-month lease with the City of Milwaukee at the Century City facility and will move the two idle train sets out of Milwaukee. The Amtrak Unlimited form reports they will move to Amtrak's Beech Grove facility Wednesday night as train 960. Departing Milwaukee...
Ozark Mountain Railcar had it listed at $13K down to $7K.
http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/detail.asp?id=1349&n=Chicago-Burlington--Quincy-Wood-Caboose-13790-REDUCED
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