1. SecretWeapon

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    Hey JD,
    Just so you know,Espeeman & I are planning a monster house party(at your new abode,of course),complete with misrouted EL & NJT trains loaded with all the stuff needed for me to make real NYC pizzas. :D [​IMG] [​IMG]
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  2. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I don't know about the NJT, but ATSF and the EL did run piggyback service together. ;) :D
     
  3. Espeeman

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    As did SP and ATSF...
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  4. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Another match.....made in Heaven! [​IMG] ;) :D
     
  5. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I have almost finished downloading all the pictures I want for a Tunnel Motor class, so heres a little teaser of whats coming. ;) :D
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  6. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Oh Boy! This is going to be something! [​IMG]
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  7. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Oooo, a tunnel. Where is the motor? Now lets see if I have this straight. A tunnel motor is installed at each end of a tunnel to provide a opposite centrifugal force from the earth's rotation to keep the tunnel from collapsing?
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  8. Hytec

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    Do What? :confused: :D

    Those Appalachian tunnels in north Alabama, Georgia, and eastern Tennessee are beautiful, so different from those out west.
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  9. HemiAdda2d

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  10. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    How can it get much better than this???
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  11. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Thats a great shot!
     
  12. Colonel

    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Jerry,

    Really looking forward to the new class especially since it is going to be about tunnel motors.
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  13. Espeeman

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    Only this! :D :D :D

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  14. Espeeman

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    Beautiful picts, Jerry!!! Ya gotta love your new "desk"! [​IMG]
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  15. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Only this! :D :D :D

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    </font>[/QUOTE]Well, since you put it that way, only better if it was a D&RGW tunnel motor in the tunnel...
    Motive power not withstanding, Tunnel 7 is where I shot that pic, and man, it is gorgeous out there!
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  16. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    How much of a hike is it to that location?
     
  17. HemiAdda2d

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    About 2 miles. Not too bad, but hiking thru 5 tunnels kinda sucks.
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  18. Espeeman

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    Ahhh yes! The vortex created by a train while rocketing past in a tunnel!!!! :D [​IMG]

    Seriously, were any of the tunnels very long? If so, how much room between the tracks and the wall?
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  19. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Well, to answer your question, doublestacks don't fit on the Moffat route, but autracks do. So, with all that overhang, the tunnels are kinda spacious, width-wise.

    Tunnel 2 is 516', 3, is 369', 4 is 174', 5 is 585', 6 is 536', 7 is 208', and 8 is 753'. Of those, 2, 5, 6, and 8 are tightly curved, and impossible to see in without a flashlite. I don't have the brass to hike thru 8, 10, 16, 19, 23, and 24. (they are all long, or curved, or both) I have hiked thru 17, and it's rifle bore straight, but at 1700 feet and change, it's a long sucker. My nerves and my buddy Mike's nerves were completely shot after that, (I won't do it again) especially w/o a light of any sort. You can see light at both ends, but you can't see anything else. And that's no joke.

    I will add that trespassing on RR property is illegal, and you do so at your own risk. Some areas care more than others; generally, if you stay off the trains, and not look suspicious, nobody bothers you.
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  20. William Cowie

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    So, Jerry, you planning on a trip to Denver to come check out the REAL tunnels? ;)
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