Going back to 2009, probably in Great Falls, MT we found a Milwaukee Road hopper. And in 2008, a Great Northern Railway trailer also in GTF:
From about 1977 at Barrington, IL, what is likely EJ&E Train #6 is on the move with coils of steel. The road was owned by U.S. Steel at the time. The 652 is an SD-38. The road owned six (650-655), delivered in 1970.
Hello Everyone Saw this while looking into Staten Island Railway (1866- ) Have a Great Weekend everyone...
The Rocket, dating from 1838, left the Franklin Institute through a window last weekend for the first time in 90 years. After off-site reassembly, it will become part of the collection of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
A Brookville! The BL20G doesn't have HEP (which would make it a BL20GH, with an extra radiator panel at the end). They're really good-looking engines.
So the Rocket finally took off into the air?... It's nice to see that some fallen flags have never really left us.
Correct Staten Island Railway in 2009 took delivery of 4 BL20GH diesel locomotives were manufactured by Brookville Equipment Corporation
They are doing a major rework of Railroad Hall. They have too many other heavy items, Baldwin 60000 and Peoples Railway #3 to work around. Their loss is the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's gain.
Where is this? That's a beautiful complex of trackwork from a railfan's or modeler's perspective. Though I'm sure towermen and dispatchers hate it. That's how the trackwork under Grand Central Terminal was, maybe still is, both upper and lower levels. There were constant arc flashes as juice-jack collector shoes moved from one third rail to another.
Wow!! Appreciated and a half! I love that kind of view. Makes me imagine all the different ways to change tracks and back, etc... From a modeler's point of view, that would be awesome! And quite a drain on the bank account... There are about two dozen double-slip switches, at least a half-dozen crossovers, just those that are visible! Probably enough for a year's worth of car payments for me... (if you just heard a thud, that's me passing out from sticker shock ) To think that not too long ago I paid $30 for a simple Atlas #4 turnout...
My bet is that we're on West Polk looking south at the Roosevelt Road bridge in Chicago. Union Station is behind us, several blocks north. Definitely a super cool spot.
You guessed right! The photographer must have used a telephoto lens. The signal bridge is still there, the background skyline is the same. Cool!
Here is the same area from a photo I took in 2012 looking out under the bridge while on the tail end of the Texas Eagle coming into Chicago.
It's amazing that when we combine our knowledge here on TrainBoard, there's almost no photo posted that remains a mystery for long.
