I was talking the other day with one of my dad's friends. He's a supervisor or district manager with American Refining and Exploration, working...
The Conrail Cyclopedia has a pair of pix of the requested locomotives in EL colors. http://crcyc.railfan.net/locos/alco/c424/c424.html -Nick
In "The Railroad Encyclopedia" (Author[s] not stated; Longmeadow Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 1996), states that there are eight Big Boys left:...
:( Its so sad to hear whats happening to my poor Conrail loco's :( If I can recall, some locomotives just have the numbers on the side of the...
This all goes without saying that NS has generally wanted to get CR since its creation. A book that I got from Conrail has a half-decently...
An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review stated that on February 4, 1904, Pittsburgh City Council voted to allow the Wabash Railroad to enter...
Bah chessie! [img] If my counting is accurate, this forum has more posts than 20 of the other Trainboard forums. And it just started up not to...
Whoa, I half expected this thread to slowly work its way to the bottom, unreplied and unheeded. Thanks for the interest everybody! My dad has...
Although this may not relate to all of your hardcore model railroad enthusiasts, this may appeal to the younger folks such as myself: I was...
LoL watash! I await your foot's removal! I shall now bid farewell to the UP forum as my major area of attention, for I have found a new place to...
My choice for fav is clear in my mind: The '80MACs take it, followed closely by the traditional GP38-2. I near a small industrial track; hence...
[img] A Conrail Forum? [img] *Gasps in delight* This makes my day! I believe that was one of Trainboards Great Mistakes: We have a UP,...
I agree its a beautiful locomotive, but its just not the same as one in CR blue... Well at least they left a few still PA for us Pennsylvania...
I know what you mean Mr. Doran!! This summer my family and I slipped out West for a few weeks....I about had a heart attack when I saw that...
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mankind: And you REALLY haven't lived until you see 5 of them on the point of the oil cans,...
Thanks peoples! Ah, my first tunnel motor. I remember thinking in my younger years that I'd never see one of them... Nick
While out west, I saw some Union Pacific GM's with a grill in the lower rear corner of the long hood. Then as we moved farther along the highway,...
That is a beautiful photo, likely one of the best of 3985 that i have ever seen, showing her in all her glory....the stuff we all love to see!...
Ah, the dreaded B word that has plagued so many small railroads... Thanks wabash_one, you've cleared up a lot! Nick
Thanks wabash_one, thats a more than I expected...i asked for an ID and i got train schedules...ah, I love railroading!!! This does bring up...
