From 12/21/1976 at Barrington, IL looking east, SD-40-2s 6913 and 6805 are working their train. Check out those open auto racks in the consist. The 6913 is just two years old.
From about 1975, two C&NW "Crandall Cabs" pass by at the coach yard at Barrington, IL. The "Cheap & Nothing Wasted" owned only six of these, designed by Asst. Supt. of Motive Power, M. H. Crandall and fabricated in 1973 from former UP E B-Units. The work was done in Oelwein, IA at the former CGW shop.
"Hey, run down to Hardware Hank and get some of that sheet metal they got there. We're a little short. Oh, and pick up some of the round stop/tail lights. We'll use those for markers." Doug
On the Shinkansen today from Kyoto to Tokyo. All are 700A’s. I’m not certain if it’s purpose but this thing is between a couple of cars in two different spots along the 16 car train. Clean and dirty pics (get your mind out of the gutter). Tail end conductor holding onto his hat as the train is leaving the station. Goodbye Hello Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Wow, that last picture of the locomotive front, Back To the Future. How fast it go, about 20 MPH Man it looks really cool!
Since there's a porcelain electrical insulator (similar to some found on large HV circuit breakers), it must be an electrical feed along the train. I read that the power supply is 25 kV AC at 60 Hz. Traction power is distributed all along the train, and that's how it's fed between sections. There must be some hidden switchgear along the way. Pretty soon he'll be holding on to his head!
A cable snakes all across the roof-between these and the 2 pantographs so that makes sense. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Port or starboard nacelle? Scotty will have to climb all the way up through the pylon to get at those. He'll be in a foul mood.
A nice new graffiti-free CP covered hopper at Columbia, SC [03/26/2022] Build date may be 10/21 - it's tough to read on my photo.
At the Sebring Model Railroad Club last night I got a few shots before dark. First is east bound NS 8000 leading UP 7609 pulling a tanker train toward Pittsburgh. There was a problem farther up the line so this one was restricted to 25 mph or less. Not long after that came NS 4389 and 9904 pulling a bunch of high sided (chip?) cars and a mixed manifest westbound toward Cleveland and Chicago. Sent from my SM-A716U using Tapatalk
From 1975 or so, C&NW freight is on the move behind SD-40 922 and SD-45 937. Q: Say, where's the trademark C&NW bell on the nose of the 922? A: It's not there because the 922 is ex-CGW. Q: Why is Hardcoaler shooting the dark side of the train? A: Because Hardcoaler is a teenager and hasn't a clue.
Kid-stupidness wasn't limited to Hardcoaler. Spring 1957, southbound on US-11 in Roanoke, VA, I see smoke as I crossed the N&W tracks. I swerved into the Roanoke station platform just as two articulated locos roll pass. (forgive me. I didn't know an A from a Y. They were the first articulated locos I'd ever seen.) I heard two Whoops as the lead loco passed, followed by the one right behind it. Then a distant two Whoops from way away. The lead loco was doing about 10 mph when it passed. The pusher was doing at least 25 when it went by. I stood there in awe of the most beautiful steam locomotive sight I had ever seen. The rest of the story, my camera was on the front seat of my car. AAARGH!
Ah, yup. In 1961, my mom, two older brothers and I, flew from Manila Philippines to Seattle with stops in Naha, Okinawa, Tokyo, Japan and Anchorage, Alaska. I took photos of every airplane we flew on but not a single one of the trains we rode from Seattle to Columbus, Wisconsin. Sigh.......
Youth is a time when you can get away with some stupidness without major health or legal consequences. A time to let it all out and learn from it, so that one knows what to avoid doing to make something hurt enough to warrant surgery or lawyers.... Even then, it still can happen (put those roller blades away NOW). Keep your stick on the ice.
