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Signs of the times??
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Saw a medium length southbound on NSC track. This was in the hole in Lex KY. It had a BNSF orange in the lead, with NSC black in trail. Lots of tank cars, maybe a third. Lots of hopper cars, another third? Some misc stuff here and there. Other than the ethanol business I have no clue--any suggestion / idea...
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Amtrak awards maintenance shop contracts
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Amtrak awards maintenance shop contractsYesterday (Feb. 8), Amtrak announced it awarded two contracts totaling $49.5 million for major upgrades to maintenance facilities in Los Angeles and Hialeah, Fla., Progressive Railroading reported. The projects are funded by federal stimulus dollar...
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Amtrak seeks funds to renew fleet
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Amtrak seeks funds to renew fleetAmtrak, the U.S. long-distance passenger railroad, said it needs $11 billion in new rail equipment during the next 14 years and is examining ways to fund the purchases, reports Angela Greiling Keane for Bloomberg news. A report released Feb. 4 by Amtrak outlined th...
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BNSF unveils hydrogen-fueled locomotive
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BNSF unveils hydrogen-fueled locomotive (The following story by Eric Carpenter appeared on the Orange County Register website on January 29, 2010.) LOS ANGELES Freight trains that run through Orange County could soon be powered by cleaner-burning fuel hope given by newly emerging technology a...
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The best Engine in the world..
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The best engine in the world.. A notable gynecologist once said, "The best engine in the world is the vagina. It can be started with one finger. It is self-lubricating. It takes any size piston. And it changes its own oil every four weeks. It is only a pity that the management system is so phuucking...
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An empty NS coal train had come s/b on the exx-NYC&STL line probably from Michigan City.After crossing the exx-NYC&STL Main, it was pushed e/b to a siding parallel to the Main with (N&W) caboose #518666 on the rear. The power pushing the empty coal train was NS SD40-2 # 6141 + NS GP40 #13...
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Breaking News: In Stunning Role Reversal, US Imports Junk To China
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GE's Erie plant sells 300 Chinese locomotive kits (The Associated Press circulated the following on November 17, 2009.) ERIE, Pa. GE Transportation in Erie says it has sold 300 locomotive kits to China, where the engines will be assembled with some other parts manufactured there. The deal comes on...
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Yep I know...bullshit, right? Nope, it's true... A train crew called in ta say a 'dog' was running along the main...and took a shortcut off into our little yard...where he/she now lives. Weird. The damn thing's been hangin' round for two weeks now, and a few guys have started leaving pieces of meat dow...
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Train motor missing from Neb. business
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Train motor missing from Neb. businessOMAHA, Neb. - Authorities are trying to figure out how an 8,000-pound, $45,000 motor for a locomotive disappeared last month from an Omaha train repair business, the World-Herald reports. The General Electric locomotive traction electric engine is the pro...
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Kansas City Southern to retrofit five locomotives
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Kansas City Southern to retrofit five locomotives (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 19, 2010.) Later this year, Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) plans to repower five GP40 locomotives at a diesel shop in Shreveport, La. The locomotives will be equi...
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More EMD news
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EMD gets Danish order; plans Mexico rebuild facility Danish State Railways (DSB) has ordered fuel-efficient emissions kits from LaGrange, Ill.-based Electro-Motive Diesel for half of its fleet of 36 class ME locomotives, which were originally supplied by Henschel between 1981 and 1986. EMD al...
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Tickled
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I figured you and your ilk would still be around. Was quite elated to stumble upon some very familiar folks that are actually RAILROADERS. The wanna-be foamers, Post 80's sites are a dime a dozen in the ON-Line comunities. It's great to see an OL' MACHINIST with his own forum page. I is just awed I tell ya...
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Cleaner diesel engines from EMD
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The fed's EPA begins enforcing their mandates for cleaner 'off-road' vehicles this year... Read railroad locomotives, and other on-rail equipment powered by diesel engines... manufacturers like GE, EMD, and Alsthom will need to comply to be EPA certified to Tier-III by 2012...if we get there. E...
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100 new locomotives plus PTC for Amtrak
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100 new locomotives plus PTC for Amtrak Amtrak will buy more than 100 locomotives, along with hundreds of new passenger cars, reports the Journal of Commerce. Amtrak included the purchase plans in a 2010 outlook statement, but gave no details about how much money it will spend on the equipment. Th...
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Worldwide shortage of sand affects CSX operations.
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I always thought there was a minimum running speed with a full load for locomotives. Seem to recall it was 8 or 9 MPH on most of the SD40-2's. In other words the engines starts to fry/burn up/destroy. I know the GE's are a different hombre's but this video needs some further discussion. [video=http://w...
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Brazilians buy GE locos
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Brazilians buy GE locosERIE, Pa. - GE Transportation has landed another order, this one for 10 freight locomotives to be shipped to Brazil before the end of the year, the Times-News reports. The Lawrence Park Township-based unit of the General Electric Co. did not disclose a sale price. The ACC44 lo...
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GE closer to securing Amtrak locomotive order
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GE closer to securing Amtrak locomotive orderERIE, Pa. -- With today's (Dec. 16) passage of the Jobs for Main Street Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, GE Transportation has moved a major step closer to a potential order for the next generation, higher-speed passenger locomotives from Amtr...
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I was up in the frozen North last weekend visiting my Dad. Dropped him off at home Saturday afternoon and took off for the Twin Cities. Here is the most interesting part of my haul: GN 1914. I thought it was a joke, and when I uploaded it, into the archive it went as BNSF 1914. But this morning I got an email fr...
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What izzit?
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I took this picture in November 1971 of a Cargill switcher in Seattle. No number visible and I haven't a clue as to the make or model.
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Wheres the F on this one??
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GEeeee Sells NBC for cash, and other 'assets' ta Comcast
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America's largest cable services provider, Comcast, struck a deal today to take control of the media empire NBC Universal in a controversial move that creates a new entertainment powerhouse, bringing together production of popular television shows and films with distribution to millions of ho...
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GE, Siemens eye rail market
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GE, Siemens eye rail marketGeneral Electric Co. and Siemens AG are among 32 companies pledging to establish U.S. rail-manufacturing operations or expand their domestic workforce if they get economic stimulus funds for high-speed passenger trains, according to Bloomberg News. The companies a...
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There's that "F" again.....on the wrong end of a locomotive.
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