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THE GREAT TRAIN THREAD!!..
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gunner30
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I took this picture at Ayer Massachusetts, in October of 1978. All four of the D&H PA1s headed west after their service on Bostons MBTA was completed.
On their way to Mexico.
gunner30
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It was quite a sight to see all four of them together. We had gone to Boston several times to see them as they worked MBTA commuter service.
It wasn't all sad. 18 and 16 made it back to the US for restoration, The other 2 are in museum preservation in Mexico. There are another pair in Brazil that were never US engines.
#18 has been restored to running condition and repainted as Nickel Plate 190. I would have preferred it to have the D&H paint but I'm not the owner. IIRC the D&H units were all Santa Fe engines when new. D&H copied the paint scheme with their colors.
gunner30
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Yes,the four D&H units were former Santa Fe units. D&H ran their own passenger service for a while, after Amtrak had come in to being
T219 is near its termination point in Green Bay in January 1992. The train is seen here coming off the
GB&W New London Division at Hudson Street east of the WC's Oakland Avenue Yard.
GB&W New London Division at Hudson Street east of the WC's Oakland Avenue Yard.
Soviet mining trucks in Sweden! The history of these mining trucks begins in 1962, when the state company Svensk Torvförädling AB (STF) purchased two MD-54-4 750 mm track mining trucks from the Kalininsky Excavator Factory. The mining trucks No1034 were sent to Vissmossen for mining operations, and No1033 to Rönneholms-mosse.
The weight of the mining trucks was over 10 tons, which was unusual for the Swedish mining industry.
For most mining operations, a 600 mm track was used, and the locomotives weighed only 1-3 tons.
Over time, the locomotives wore out significantly, and in 1988, it was decided to carry out a major overhaul. At the same time, the frames and bogies were preserved, and the remaining components and units were replaced. The locomotives received Volvo engines and hydraulic transmission boxes.
The superstructure was completely rebuilt with modern comfortable cabins and air conditioners.
Why did STF purchase equipment specifically from the USSR? At that time, the Swedish and Soviet mining industries were actively exchanging experience, so Soviet mining trucks were chosen for work in Sweden. Soviet technologies and equipment were exported and used in other countries, including Sweden, Finland, GDR, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Later, some Soviet technical solutions and experience became the basis for the development of mining machinery in other countries, especially in Finland.
The weight of the mining trucks was over 10 tons, which was unusual for the Swedish mining industry.
For most mining operations, a 600 mm track was used, and the locomotives weighed only 1-3 tons.
Over time, the locomotives wore out significantly, and in 1988, it was decided to carry out a major overhaul. At the same time, the frames and bogies were preserved, and the remaining components and units were replaced. The locomotives received Volvo engines and hydraulic transmission boxes.
The superstructure was completely rebuilt with modern comfortable cabins and air conditioners.
Why did STF purchase equipment specifically from the USSR? At that time, the Swedish and Soviet mining industries were actively exchanging experience, so Soviet mining trucks were chosen for work in Sweden. Soviet technologies and equipment were exported and used in other countries, including Sweden, Finland, GDR, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Later, some Soviet technical solutions and experience became the basis for the development of mining machinery in other countries, especially in Finland.
Andy2205
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Probably sitting on a siding, stripped of anything of value if it was ever put back in service.
Andy2205
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Gainesville Midland 10 is a EMD SD40 and was built new for the Gainesville Midland in June 1966. At the time of the purchase of GM10, the Gainesville Midland Railroad was owned by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The number 10 is shown here in Tampa Florida far from home on Sunday, March 5th 1978 awaiting shopping. This locomotive would go on to be Seaboard System 0010, CSX8300 and finally CSX
4600.
This SD40 was the only non dynamic braked
SD40 on the entire CSX Roster. The 10 was scrapped by CSX's Huntington West Virginia shops with the cab being transplanted on a wreck damaged GP40-2.
Uceta Shops
Tampa Florida
Sunday, March 5th 1978.
4600.
This SD40 was the only non dynamic braked
SD40 on the entire CSX Roster. The 10 was scrapped by CSX's Huntington West Virginia shops with the cab being transplanted on a wreck damaged GP40-2.
Uceta Shops
Tampa Florida
Sunday, March 5th 1978.
Wisconsin Central Division,
LO15 is seen here on June 21, 1989 climbing the hill out of Park Falls with a looooooonnnnng string of empty pulp gons bound for the loadouts between Park Falls and Ashland.
LO15 is seen here on June 21, 1989 climbing the hill out of Park Falls with a looooooonnnnng string of empty pulp gons bound for the loadouts between Park Falls and Ashland.
Greek AA 640x Diesel-mechanical Multiple Unit (gauge: 1000 mm, B'2'2'B' axle arrangement, 90 km/ h, 2x480 HP, built by French de Dietrich in 1952) and AA 64xx Diesel-hydraulic Multiple Unit (gauge: 1000 mm, 100 km/h, 1140 HP Ganz-MÁVAG - SEMT-Pielstick Type 8 PA4-185 prime mover and 130 HP Raba-MAN Type D 2156 HM6U auxiliary diesel-engine with an aggregate in the underframe of buffet car, built by Ganz-MAVAG in 1976) at Agiea Afaia Shed in September 1981.
Between November, 1942, and August, 1943, the Illinois Central's shops at Paducah (KY) shops built 20 new 4-8-2's, numbered 2600-2619. These were the only steamers built new at Paducah. IC's company photographers collaborated with a local photography studio, Sacra Studios, to document the construction process from beginning to end.
In this view the boiler and firebox for 2608 can be seen suspended above its frame and drivers.
Meanwhile, over in the tank shop 2608's tender is also under construction. In a few days the locomotive and tender will be mated. After a test run (usually to Princeton, Central City or Louisville) the locomotive will go back to the shops for some minor adjustments and then hit the road hauling wartime freight. The initial assignment for the 2600's was from Chicago's Markham Yard south to East St. Louis and North Cairo. In the mid-1950s new GP9's replaced the 2600's and ultimately all were scrapped.
In this view the boiler and firebox for 2608 can be seen suspended above its frame and drivers.
Meanwhile, over in the tank shop 2608's tender is also under construction. In a few days the locomotive and tender will be mated. After a test run (usually to Princeton, Central City or Louisville) the locomotive will go back to the shops for some minor adjustments and then hit the road hauling wartime freight. The initial assignment for the 2600's was from Chicago's Markham Yard south to East St. Louis and North Cairo. In the mid-1950s new GP9's replaced the 2600's and ultimately all were scrapped.
Illinois Central train 6, the last run of the northbound
"Panama Limited", hustles through suburban Chicago on the morning of May 1, 1971. Leading the train is E8A 4023, with "Last Run" crudely chalked on the nose. Before leaving New Orleans the evening before an unknown worker had chalked "I Saw it Come - I Saw It Go - What Happens Now - I Do Not Know!" below the fireman's window.
"Panama Limited", hustles through suburban Chicago on the morning of May 1, 1971. Leading the train is E8A 4023, with "Last Run" crudely chalked on the nose. Before leaving New Orleans the evening before an unknown worker had chalked "I Saw it Come - I Saw It Go - What Happens Now - I Do Not Know!" below the fireman's window.
Hungarian locomotives,
Mk48.2009 and another Class Mk48 narrow gauge diesel-hydraulic locomotives under construction in the Wilhelm Pieck Wagon and Machine Works at Györ on 29.9.1960 (Type Rába M.041, gauge: 760 mm, 30/50 km/h, 150 HP).
Mk48.2009 and another Class Mk48 narrow gauge diesel-hydraulic locomotives under construction in the Wilhelm Pieck Wagon and Machine Works at Györ on 29.9.1960 (Type Rába M.041, gauge: 760 mm, 30/50 km/h, 150 HP).
Andy2205
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Poland: PKP Intercity Takes Over First 6 EffiShunter 300 Locomotives
UP 25335 caboose is assigned to local service. They are on the caboose set-out track by the 13th North tower. North Yard. Salt Lake City, Utah. January, 1984.
