DollyWood. Road one there myself, they have two IIRC. They run daily. Post #176.
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THE GREAT TRAIN THREAD!!..
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1911Ron
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UP's Northern type 4-8-4
Note I am 6'3"
Note I am 6'3"
It's built for speed!UP's Northern type 4-8-4
Note I am 6'3"
gunner30
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Boston and Maine roundhouse at Fitchburg Mass, at about the end of it's lifespan, in 1978
Another pic from Batum Wa., I think this was just before the MLW closed the branch in 1980. The crew was picking up cars loaded with wheat from the elevator. In 1982 I was trucking wheat out of there.
MLW Othello wa. yard view in 1958. A set of Boxcab electrics, and a GP 9.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the “Living Legend” on a few occasions. That thing is a beast. It’s absolutely awesome that it has never been stricken from the active roster. From what I’ve heard out of the Cheyenne shops, it’s getting some much overdue attention now that 4014 is mostly done. Ed Dickens has done a fantastic job of gutting and rebuilding the UP steam shop. It’s unfortunate that 3985 may never see the main again, but I guess having 4014 and 844 done right and kept operating is worth it. I just hope it doesn’t end up in a park somewhere.UP's Northern type 4-8-4
Note I am 6'3"
In 1973 ish I was in the cab of 844 (8444 then) It was picking up water at Wallula Wa. on the way to Expo 74 in Spokane. Dad was leveling land across highway 12 and saw it come in to the station and dropped everything to jump in the pickup and go check it out. The crew at that time was pretty friendly. And not a foamer in sight.
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I’ve always been intrigued by the old turbine locomotives as well.
Turbines... A lot of power in a medium sized fuel hungry package.
1911Ron
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Converting fuel into noise.
Even though I love trains, this is all I could come up with.
I was sent some current pics of the Alaska RR 557 restoration, this engine used to be a local fixture, I actually rode the cab as a kid in 1969.
This was 557 under steam in 1968-69, the owner would steam it up for the 4th of July in those days and run it on a short spur line, never was a long trip. 
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A1Trigger_Happy
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Apparently the wheel slip bulb was burned out. Or it was a DP engine and it never got the command to stop pushing.
gunner30
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Boston and Maine Bicentennial box car, back in 1976
gunner30
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A shiny new boxcar, 1976
Trains and planes all in one.
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The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War
Strategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War.
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I know this is a train thread, but it's got alot to do with big diesel power so bare with me....
The current project I'm on is more data storage for FB..
32 emergency gen-sets on this building alone (with the same amount going on each of the 3 other buildings going up beside it).
Generator specs;
2500 hp. 16 cyl. Rolls-Royce MTU diesel making 2500 KW of power. Each unit sits on top of a 3k gallon fuel tank..
Alternator in the fore ground. The exhaust from the 4 turbos dump into that big muffler above the engine and out the 20" 90 through the roof.
Intake manifold ( above alternator) feeding the turbos..
The 4 turbos.
Right side of engine. In the foreground is a set of 5 ( big) oil filters.
The oil filters again and for scale, that cooling fan behind the radiator is 6ft. in diameter.
Another right side engine pic. I couldn't access the left side.
16 gen-sets to the North...
...16 South.
The current project I'm on is more data storage for FB..
32 emergency gen-sets on this building alone (with the same amount going on each of the 3 other buildings going up beside it).
Generator specs;
2500 hp. 16 cyl. Rolls-Royce MTU diesel making 2500 KW of power. Each unit sits on top of a 3k gallon fuel tank..
Alternator in the fore ground. The exhaust from the 4 turbos dump into that big muffler above the engine and out the 20" 90 through the roof.
Intake manifold ( above alternator) feeding the turbos..
The 4 turbos.
Right side of engine. In the foreground is a set of 5 ( big) oil filters.
The oil filters again and for scale, that cooling fan behind the radiator is 6ft. in diameter.
Another right side engine pic. I couldn't access the left side.
16 gen-sets to the North...
...16 South.
