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Not only all that but they would also have to be hauled in by flat car or by truck as they would not be interchangeable on the US rail system. That is not a small shipping bill to add on at the end of the order. There have been cases where equipment with non-standard couplers has been moved, either...

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I've watched several of HinduCowGirl's videos. She is the train driver. Narration in real time is probably something that can't happen.

But you know that the Chargers are out there today with tightlock couplers hauling the various Amtrak cars. For that rumor to be true, California, Washington and the Midwest groups would all have to remove the current tightlock couplers that are on the Chargers. Then they would have to pay to retrof...

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M.D.Bentley wrote: still waiting for the crossing protection to activate !

What happens when you have to stop and flag?

My guess is close, I have the right country. I noticed the tank. Wasn't much help with wild guessing the location.

Should add that there were 2, IIRC, documented instances on the CN in Illinois where the grade crossing protection didn't activate. Plus there are other undocumented instances, some of them by lawyers. Imagine that. There were also rumors that dispatchers couldn't see the trains at times. That infor...

Can anyone guess without closely looking at the hints in the picture. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/24709104797_6750edf4b3_c.jpg IMG_0323 by tcamp7837 , on Flickr Wild first impression guess without looking at the clues. I'll go with Cleveland, Ohio. It's an urban area and has some of those h...

Axle count. CN requires Wolverine Service Trains to have a minimum of 24 axles. CN requires the Blue Water to have a minimum of 30 axles. This is to ensure that the track circuits for grade crossings and track signals/CTC will recognize Amtrak trains. It is the result of a fatal accident in Charlott...

Jochs wrote:R.I.P. Moody Blues singer, Ray Thomas, 76.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... urrey.html

Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.

The paired bases will likely be for directional signage to the exit. Along with some fencing, that would help herd people along a hard surface and minimize potential cross country issues. The 3 larges bases are likely for some tower style lighting along the new platform.

justalurker 66 thank you for that picture of the crossing. It does appear that NS tried to keep all 3 tracks in the same plane. Otherwise it would have been a kidney-buster.

An agreement was reached effective December 1, 2017 granting track rights over CSX to Grand Elk. Part of that agreement included dismissal of the court case.
The decision is available at the STB.

I asked myself the same question. Also, I'm not able to locate Trail 422 or the location where the cars derailed :? How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers? Well the State publishes a map of snowmobile routes. Using that and the fantastic news story. My guess is https://goo.gl/maps/9vrZvBzLvk9...

Stinger4me wrote:Railroaders may not be aware of this. Tracks predate snowmobiles and the trail they ride on. Just my $.02!

Actually, snowmobiles are based on old sleds. Those old sleds predate railroad tracks.

But what I really want to know...

How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers?

The whole mention of the Pontiac Yard wye three me completely off. If this happened in Detroit, we're talking about Milwaukee Junction where they'd have wyed and where all of the movements would have taken place. Curious, though, that if they wyed the whole train at the junction (I'm assuming that ...