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    High plaltforms on Cleveland R.T.A?

    Given that the Cleveland light rail runs entirely on reserve, with no stops in the street environment, and even shares tracks with a subway, one might wonder why it doesn't have high platform loading. It may be a legacy systems, but so is the Pittsburgh light rail, which has converted to mostly...
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    Ramped/raised curb lane streetcar stops

    In Melbourne we have a rebuilt a few tram stops so as to improve access to both high and low floor trams simply by raising the curb lane so as the be (almost) the same height above the TOR as the entrances. The first such stop was on Danks street in a bayside suburb called Albert Park...
  3. BN Caboose 12312 Teague, Texas

    BN Caboose 12312 Teague, Texas

    BN Caboose 12312, now downgraded to a shoving platform is on the end of a maintenance of way train at Teague, Texas on Jan 30, 2010
    • SWTexan82
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    • bnsf burlington caboose fe northern platform santa shoving teague texas
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    • Category: Caboose
  4. Cranes...

    Cranes...

    • Romet
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    • 301 310 cn crane cranes flat platform saskatoon toronto vaughn
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  5. CN 313 Special

    CN 313 Special

    • Romet
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    • 313 buldozer cn construction deer flat john mainline platform saskatoon special transcon watrous
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  6. GMC trucks

    GMC trucks

    These were the only trucks included in the popular MSTS Train Simulator game. In real life however, it is them who are on the train! Being cab-overs the engine is fully exposed to the elements toward the back of the cab. Is this smart?
    • Romet
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    • cab-over cn flat load platform saskatoon trucks unusual
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  7. Flatcar with sides

    Flatcar with sides

    Not sure what it's loaded with, but this flat is in good company, a spreader to the right and a 1940's 40' box to the left. The over-patched hopper in the back makes a good modern background. This flat can easily be modelled from a 40' Athearn flat car.
    • Romet
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    • cp flat flatcar mow platform saskatoon sutherland
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  8. Cable barrels?

    Cable barrels?

    Quite a few of these loads coming through on CN & CP recently.
    • Romet
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    • 454 barrels cp flat load odd platform saskatoon sutherland unusual xttx
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  9. Land of bunk cars

    Land of bunk cars

    These days CP's Transcona yard is mostly used to store bunk cars. It's too bad that the relatively new bunks on flats are blocking the older converted 40' and 50' bunk boxcars. You can see them in the background, here's a close look: http://tinyurl.com/2yqstk. Right in front of me were these...
    • Romet
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    • 40' 50' boxcar bunk cp flat flats platform platforms transcona winnipeg
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Yards
  10. AMTK 3 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    AMTK 3 - P42DC - M.J. Scanlon

    The "City of New Orleans" takes off out of Memphis Central Station for its overnight journey to Chicago.
    • mojo628
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    • 58 amtrak central city cn cno depot memphis new of orleans passenger platform scanlon station streak tennessee
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  11. Streaking "City of New Orleans" - M.J. Scanlon

    Streaking "City of New Orleans" - M.J. Scanlon

    The northbound CNO, Train 58, streaks into Memphis Central Station on a balmy Friday night. Lead engine is AMTK 96.
    • mojo628
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    • 58 96 amtk amtrak blur central city cno ghost memphis new night of orleans p42dc platform scanlon station streak tennessee tn
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Night Photos
  12. Intersting load

    Intersting load

    The photo speaks for itself.
    • Romet
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    • buldozer cp load platform tractor unusual winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  13. Double-bogie

    Double-bogie

    The bogies on an 8axle QTTX platform.
    • Romet
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    • 8axle cn factory pauwels platform qttx winnipeg
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  14. 12 axle monster

    12 axle monster

    This 12 axle platform is just short of a load. I had to zoom out to fit it in! It was coupled next to a string of ballast hoppers and other flats. Oddly the one time I did see a loaded one on a IMS, there were no ballast hopeprs next to it.
    • Romet
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    • 12 axle cn depressed flat fort krl platform rouge winnipeg
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  15. Trucks

    Trucks

    Three Trucks on a CN intermodal. It was a very cool train, 20 mixed cars (autoracks, this one, hoppers, gondolas, tankers, etc.) then the containers.
    • Romet
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    • cn intermodal mainline platform trucks winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  16. CSX Remote Platform Car

    CSX Remote Platform Car

    CSX is now starting to use cut down boxcars or freight cars to make remote control pushers They look like a flatcar with a electrical control cabinet standing up at one end of the car with headlights mounted on the cabinet and horns on top The rear end or B end has 3 controllig hoses only ...
    • Coffee
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    • car csx platform remote
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars




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