Random Railfan Prototype Photos For All

Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    @BuddyBurton: you sure hang out with some pretty ladies like 261...:love:

    I like the way you use lighting in your photos. This one's beautiful. One might even say gold!
     
  2. Kurt Moose

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    261, what a beautiful loco and consist!

    Thanks for sharing these!!(y)
     
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  3. Hardcoaler

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    From the mid-1970s, C&NW 420 leads a westbound "scoot" out of Barrington, IL. The 420 was originally the 4087C, built 1949. The 420 has had a complex history after leaving the C&NW's roster and serving New Jersey Transit. It now resides at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, heavily vandalized and having recently been sold by the United Railroad Historical Society [URHS] of New Jersey from bankrupt Iowa Pacific storage in MS!

    1970s Mid 063 CNW Barrington IL - for upload.jpg

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    This photo Courtesy of URHS
     
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  4. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Thank you so much! I find as I develop my style, I enjoy glint shots more and more. Mostly because the light I have didn't work with the train I had available! :p
     
  5. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hoping that where it is now, the units are at least safe from the dregs of our "society"?
     
  6. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    As delivered, the Ribsides were friction bearing. I do not recall if at least some of these were upgraded to roller bearings. I would need to do some digging.

    Later orders- Riveted side had conversions. And the final welded side had RB.

    Yes. There were two truck styles. This one is the so-called "straight" frame. The last style was the "drop" frame.
     
  7. Hardcoaler

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    Yes, I think that will be the case.
     
  8. HemiAdda2d

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    San Luis & Rio Grande (SLRG) sublettering on the flanks. Interesting!
     
  9. Hardcoaler

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    Yeah, that's crazy isn't it? :confused: The SLRG was one of the Iowa Pacific's roads, so was wrapped up in the mess of Iowa Pacific's bankruptcy. I'll bet here's a story somewhere about how the Fs got to MS, but I haven't found it.
     
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  10. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    High-contrast, monochrome glint in downtown Minot. Both shots are within a 1/4 mile of each other, at opposite ends of the day.
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  11. badlandnp

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    A few interesting units in the Pumpkin Patch this morning, here a nicely re-lettered GECX, PIC_0082.JPG
    A smidgen of fire damage here,
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    And a CN ACe, which I haven't seen too many of,
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  12. Hardcoaler

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    From about 1978 at Barrington, IL, C&O wood-sheathed caboose 90803 has arrived in Barrington, IL to become part of a restaurant in the relocated C&NW depot.

    1970s Mid CABOOSE Chessie 90803 Barrington IL - for upload.jpg
     
  13. Mike VE2TRV

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    SD70M-2, the ACe's DC brother. CN bought a whole gaggle of them.

    CN actually didn't get any EMD AC locos until they purchased four of the SD70ACe-P6 prototypes (which explains partly why they stuck to DC - the straight ACes had one inverter bank per truck, while the P6s had one inverter bank per axle, like GE - not nice if one traction motor acts up and one has to cut the whole truck off to get it out of the circuit and lose half one's power and half of the tractive effort).
     
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  14. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

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    Thanks for the info. Did not know that EMD made DC units like that. Neat!
     
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  15. Keith

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    A couple of experimental nighttime photos, using my cell phone!
    Using only the available light from the lights overhead.

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  16. BNSF FAN

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    Something about that shot of those boxcars is just really cool, Just grabs your attention. Excellent work Hemi!!!!
     
  17. Hardcoaler

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    From exactly 38 years ago today in 1984, SCL 511 with its original number and nose herald works Montgomery, AL. The SBD soon renumbered these into their 2500-2555 series.

    1984-10-10 LOCO SCL 511 Montgomery AL - for upload.jpg
     
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  18. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    When's the last time you saw a Pillbury car??
    This was on CP a couple months ago.

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  19. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    That's a lotta' dough!:confused:
     
  20. Hardcoaler

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    Thinking of what happens when you break open Pillsbury Grands refrigerated biscuits, someone ought to model one of these with a bulging carbody and dough oozing out the hatchways. :)
     

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