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    Train derails in Wendell, Massachusetts. Video by Isaiahs Trains

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    Why are the mee-mool lights (o)T(o) not on the signal mast?

    /\ Was the original cantilever signal deemed too low by today'standard and replaced?
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    Why are the mee-mool lights (o)T(o) not on the signal mast?

    September, 2021 the original cantilever signal istill present. (Could this be what I saw as a child in the early 1960's?) https://maps.app.goo.gl/EkBS3EXyQ6cgXSMo9
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    Why are the mee-mool lights (o)T(o) not on the signal mast?

    US322 in east Lewistown, PA. https://maps.app.goo.gl/XB2VpbFkwRPw7Gqj9 Also another unusual mounting: Dorcas Street and E. Water Street https://maps.app.goo.gl/tXWceU6kbMyJEG9e6 LED (O) ..NO RIGHT TURN They replaced the original cantilever signal whichad (o)T(o) on the mast and onextending...
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    Need help to identify this D&RGW item.

    Any more views available? Thank you.
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    Union Pacific Refrigerator Car Logo

    Wonderful! How fun discovering this excellent reuse of boards and insulation. Painted side of the wood facing out to repel water.
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    How were trolley street rails made? Rail and Flangeway one piece?

    Heading to play the magnificent pipe organ at St. Paul Catherdral in Pittsburgh, PA, when possible I drove our compact ?? on the Fifth Avenue trolley tracks. Went from noisyibrating travel on cobblestones to perfectly smooth quiet ride on the rails. The trolley rail’s flangeways would also guide...
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    Needless deaths. Morons fail to call number on the blue emergency sign at the grade crossing.

    Is the trucking company not required to call the railroad whehauling such things overailroad tracks? Preceeding truck should have called the railroad number while trucker is trying to get off the track.
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    Needless deaths. Morons fail to call number on the blue emergency sign at the grade crossing.

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    Needless deaths. Morons fail to call number on the blue emergency sign at the grade crossing.

    Railroad carts derailed. Dolts failed to call 9-1-1 Sickening
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    Firstime seeing mee-mool lights (o)T(o) with \/ Yield sign. Oil City, Pennsylvania

    8-1/4 inch lamps with yellow glass? Thought it would be large (O) reading .. NO RIGHT TURN https://maps.app.goo.gl/qdowKXizJRjemZCY6
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    Firstime seeing mee-mool lights (o)T(o) with \/ Yield sign. Oil City, Pennsylvania

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/eBwDQHnbFMKuJ3YB8 First glance from a distance thought it was SORS sign Joel Lawrence's YouTube video brought me here:
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    Railroaders Memorial Museum ruins it for travelers wanting to visit Horseshoe Curve on Mondays.

    Will Horsehoe Curve be closed to Thanksgiving visitors by the RailroaDeniers Memorial Museum?
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    Why did 0-6-6-0 locomotives have no pilot wheels?

    Never knew of an articulated locomotive without pilot wheels. Wondered how much weight was taken fromy great uncle's 4-6-2 and 4-8-4 locomotive's drivers by the pilot wheels.
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    Why did 0-6-6-0 locomotives have no pilot wheels?

    Not needed to gethrough switches? (The tender wheels would act as guides when backing.) Did they ever derail other than from track problems? Thank you.
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