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    Train Wreck

    For a start, can you find it here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_(2000%E2%80%932009) Bruce
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    Brunswick Green on Pennsy's ALCO locomotives

    https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/prr-diesel-paint-colors-eng-s-12209563?pid=1331249372 and http://www.fact-index.com/p/pe/pennsylvania_railroad.html Bruce
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    New Member With a Question

    Can't answer your question. Maybe ask someone who lives near the track to see if it is a random-timed or regular train. For some history of the lines, here is an old map. https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/ohio/txu-pclmaps-topo-oh-delaware-1901.jpg Bruce
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    Vents on Locomotives

    The short vents are to leave room for the door handles, and the brake wheel takes up vent space on the left side. Bruce
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    MILW Box Cab locomotives

    Bruce
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    Who was the most important individual in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

    Kind of like asking which of your legs is the most important. :D Bruce
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    The tracks by Warriors' Path State Park, Kingsport, TN

    Bruce
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    What is this piece from? Railway Exchange Chicago

    Here is a similar valve lubricator...
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    What is this piece from? Railway Exchange Chicago

    The five easy reading patent numbers are for flange or track oilers. Bruce
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    Need ID on Railroad tool

    Bruce
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    Need ID on Railroad tool

    Maybe: Stick it through the slats of a cattle car while walking alongside. Get them up and moving, A cowpoke. :) Bruce
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    Looking for information 2007 runaway train

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=IRVINE+%28AP%29+%E2%80%94+Four+runaway+rail+cars+struck+two+parked+locomotives+in+east-central+Kentucky+on+Monday%2C+causing+a+fire%2C+spilling+a+chemical+that+prompted+a+limited+evacuation+and+orders+that+others+stay+indoors. Bruce
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    Railroad items

    From Ebay:
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    Railroad items

    Looks like coat buttons, maybe cap badges, and door seals. https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-541/Truck-Seals-and-Security-Seals/Uline-Metal-Truck-Seals-Silver https://www.altamax.net/ball-metal-truck-security-seal Bruce
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    F40PHM-2

    A GP9 is not what you asked about, but the weight of components listed here may get you into the "neighborhood." http://www.trainweb.org/sp5623/facts.htm Bruce
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    South Africa-problems

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60202570 Bruce
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    Question about reused old track section.

    As long as it is not worn out, the rail (not track) would be used somewhere else in the system after being replace by heavier rail on main lines. Or it may be sold to another railroad. As trains got heavier and faster, heavier rail is needed. Rails may be used in several places during their...
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    France bans short flights in favor of train

    The French Government has banned short-haul internal flights when rail alternatives could cover the journey in 2h30 or less. The bill, which was voted in the French Parliament on 10 April, will only apply to a handful of routes, such as those between Paris and Nantes, and Lyon and Bordeaux...
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    Historic diesels moved

    https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/oct/12/historic-locomotives-on-return-trip-from-snoqualmie-to-nevada/ Bruce
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    Amtrak derailed in WA

    "The wheel of a slow-traveling Amtrak train came off the tracks Monday afternoon near Woodland, Washington" https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/oct/12/wheel-of-slow-moving-amtrak-train-derails-near-woodland-no-injuries/ Bruce




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