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  1. papio

    Railfanning Around Northern California

    Nice shot Mr Starks!
  2. papio

    Some photos of my railfanning around the East Bay 2014

    Wow, some great shots there! Thanks for sharing :)
  3. papio

    Waverly, NE

    Part of the problem yesterday was an incident between a train and MOW equipment near Ashland. Not a lot of details and some lousy reporting by the talking head at WOWT in this link... http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Train-Crashes-in-Ashland-this-Afternoon-270066991.html
  4. papio

    tank car question

    Don't know about colored circles, but any car carrying hazardous materials (Haz Mat) will have a diamond shaped placard indicating what materials the car is carrying. In case of any incident such as a leaking valve or derailment, first responders can cross-reference the placard numbers with an...
  5. papio

    BNSF Ashland to Lincoln and Back, Aug 3,2014

    Seems that line is getting backed up more frequently lately. One day a few weeks ago, I heard the Creston Sub DS telling crews that Hobson yard couldn't accept anymore traffic because e Ravenna wasn't accepting anything. One big SNAFU !!!
  6. papio

    Diamond that is a little higher than other is???

    From user CG Tower on the pay-per-view site... These are known as One Way Low Speed (OWLS) diamonds, also known as a "flange bearing diamond" To say there is no flange way is a bit of a misnomer, there IS flange way, but it is shallow and allow for no break in the other lines rail. Be mindful...
  7. papio

    Lincoln, NE area shots

    Nice catches Jurgy.
  8. papio

    KCS Camping at Corning

    Nice catch Lucas. You're right about the Napier being a parking lot at times, this past Sunday I counted six trains tied down on it between Craig and Pacific Junction.
  9. papio

    What happened to the Rock Island railroad and where is most of its stuff today?

    ICC (International Commerce Commission ?) Interstate Commerce Commission
  10. papio

    Some photos of my railfanning around the East Bay 2014

    More nice shots, thanks for sharing
  11. papio

    Champion Dakota Southern, Chamberlain, SD

    Some interesting power in these shots, thanks for sharing.
  12. papio

    Several Dark Nights a couple of decades ago (Part 2)

    Nice work Art, thanks for sharing!
  13. papio

    North Dakota 2014

    Nice work covering that shortline.
  14. papio

    Lincoln, NE area shots

    Busy day at the wye!
  15. papio

    Omaha area.

    Nice set of shots Joe!
  16. papio

    Omaha and Council Bluffs 4-22-2014

    Nice variety of power :)
  17. papio

    Some Old School Track Work

    Interesting video, thanks for sharing.



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