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Amador Wednesday
The Amador Foothills heads back up the hill to Martell, California.? March 2002. 2002-3-27-08_AF-10a | | | | | | | | | | | 2002-3-27-08_AF-10a Amador Foothills Baldwin S-12 #10 heads up hill between
By Mike Tisdale · #147 ·
Dozier Dienstag
An excursion train from Rio Vista Jct.,, California at Dozier in March 1987 1987-image225-mar-dozier-VE-502 | | | | | | | | | | | 1987-image225-mar-dozier-VE-502 The Western Railway Museum at Rio
By Mike Tisdale · #146 ·
Re: Chama Saturday
Thank you, Mike.? The days were beautiful when I was at D&S and C&TS.? I rode the train the day before and someone with the You Tube name of Travelling Tom posted a video of that day's train, which
By Mike Tisdale · #145 ·
Re: Yahoo Groups
Obs Car is set up on both Yahoo and Groups.io .? I post to both and we still have people on both groups.?? If people are getting both Yahoo and Groups.io posts and don't want to see both, I'd
By Mike Tisdale · #144 ·
Truckee Monday
Some 2014 photos in and near Truckee, California,? UP was running an Operation Lifesaver special in addition to freights and Amtrak. Calrailfans Truckee, 16 August 2014 | | | | | | | | | | |
By Mike Tisdale · #143 ·
Sacramento for Sunday
Some of the CSRM's outdoor displays in Old Sacramento this morning, as well as my way of getting there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/10813293@N08/albums/72157712733585248 Mike Tisdale
By Mike Tisdale · #142 ·
Chama Saturday
My last day with the narrow gauge on our October 2019 vacation. Cumbres and Toltec, Chama, NM, 10 Oct 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Cumbres and Toltec, Chama, NM, 10 Oct 2019 10 October was my last day
By Mike Tisdale · #141 ·
NYTimes: Ghost Rails of the Holy Land
Not about US rail lines, but a fascinating story anyway. Ghost Rails of the Holy Land https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/opinion/israel-railroad-tracks.html?smid= nytcore-ios-share Phil Burton
By Phil Burton · #140 ·
Re: California Northern Friday
Yes, the old green and cream was a distinctive paint job. I wish I'd gotten more photos in that era before the Orange Borg took over. I guess railroads decided they could rebuild their early Geeps for
By Mike Tisdale · #139 ·
Re: California Northern Friday
I always found the California Northern paint scheme to be intriguing. I relish my few chases of the line, so typically Californian -- and shades of SP. The GP15-1 has always been a favorite, also, and
By Dave Saums · #138 ·
California Northern Friday
A California Northern GP15-1 heads south through spring blossoms in February 2015. California Northern, Dunnigan, Zamora, Yolo. 25 Feb 2015 | | | | | | | | | | | California Northern, Dunnigan, Zamora,
By Mike Tisdale · #137 ·
Hanford Thursday
An Amtrak trip to Hanford, California Amtrak to Hanford, California, 7 November 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Amtrak to Hanford, California, 7 November 2019 Hanford, California is a city of around 58,000
By Mike Tisdale · #136 ·
For Wednesday, Chama in the evening
Some photos of the Cumbres and Toltec the evening I rode the train. Chama Evening, Cubres and Toltec, 9 Oct 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Chama Evening, Cubres and Toltec, 9 Oct 2019 Evening in Chama,
By Mike Tisdale · #135 ·
Two Fer Tuesday
V&T steam in the 70s...I MG0054-CSRM-bw | | | | | | | | | | | IMG0054-CSRM-bw April 23, 1978 V&T 12 and 13 at the groundbreaking of the California State RR Museum History Building. Other th... | | |
By Mike Tisdale · #134 ·
Oakland Sunset Monday
At dusk, a Capitol Corridor train passes the West Oakland, California coach yard. In the distance are the container cranes of the Port of Oakland, the Golden Gate and the hills of San Francisco and
By Mike Tisdale · #133 ·
Re: St. Louis Sunday
Hi Mike - great lighting!? You're on my hometown turf of St Louis MO.?? Growing up in the area, I remember going down to Union Station with my? Dad when it was still a bustling place.? By the
By Mike Tisdale · #132 ·
St. Louis Sunday
St. Louis Union Station, Amtrak 447 on the westbound National Ltd. I was en route from Richmond, Indiana to Kansas City to meet my parents, who were on the Southwest Ltd. This was during a 15,000 USA
By Mike Tisdale · #131 ·
Re: Applegate Wednesday
Excellent question Phil.? SP and Rio Grande were the only railroads to buy SD45T-2 and SD40T-2 locomotives (Rio Grande got 40s, only).? Subsequent SP and DRGW orders were for normal units, with Rio
By Mike Tisdale · #130 ·
Re: Applegate Wednesday
Mike, So what has changed? Certainly the tunnels are the same, that is, no big ventilation fans. So are modern diesel engines less susceptible to the problems that caused SP to run tunnel motors?
By Phil Burton · #129 ·
Re: Applegate Wednesday
Phil, as far as I know, UP has retired or sold all of the Tunnel Motors it got from SP. GP15-1s have the same radiator arrangement, but were not really built for use in the mountains. Mike Tisdale On
By Mike Tisdale · #128 ·