Re: Driving Wheel Wednesday
Thank you.? This was the morning as the crew was preparing the engine for the day's runs. Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Driving Wheel Wednesday
The main driver and rods of Granite Rock 10, a USATC design 0-6-0T at the California State RR Museum. 5 July 2008? IMG_3440-GR-10 | | | | | | | | | | | IMG_3440-GR-10 The main driver and rods of
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Mike Tisdale
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Delhi Dienstag
On Republic Day, 26 January 1980, we took the Howrah (Calcutta) Rajdhani Express from Delhi overnight to Howrah. Here are the Rajdhani awaiting departure from Delhi behind one of the few EMDs that we
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Mike Tisdale
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For Monday, Saturday Night
Light rail and lights on Saturday night in downtown Sacramento. Lights and Light Rail, Sacramento, 14 July 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Lights and Light Rail, Sacramento, 14 July 2019 After enjoying a
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Mike Tisdale
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Sunday next to el Rio de Los Pinos
Cumbres and Toltec 484 continues on its way to Antonito, following the "Pine River" with the hillsides aglow with fall color. Cumbres & Toltec, Los Pinos to Cascade Trestle, CO, 9 Oct 2019 | | | | | |
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Mike Tisdale
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Gamblers, Wastrels and Lumberjacks: An Old Cemetery Gives Up Its Secret History
Milwaukee Road. Gamblers, Wastrels and Lumberjacks: An Old Cemetery Gives Up Its Secret History https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/taft-cemetery-railroad-montana-boot-hi
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Phil Burton
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CZ at Emigrant Gap for Saturday
The snow is melting at Emigrant Gap, California as the westbound California Zephyr descends Donner Pass at about 5300 feet elevation. F40 395 is leading the way on 27 April 1994, an era when Amtrak
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Mike Tisdale
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Friday Framed in Oaks
UP 3913 leads an eastbound manifest freight into Roseville yard at Antelope, California.? 26 July 2008. IMG_3704-Antelope-UP-3913 | | | | | | | | | | | IMG_3704-Antelope-UP-3913 UP 3913 leads an
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
I got the original DSG around 1970.? Later I got newer versions.? The first one had a supplement in the back with some new models such as the U28CG that were released after the book had been laid
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Mike Tisdale
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El Paso Thursday
UP 4978 leads an eastbound stack train near El Paso, Texas. Shot from Amtrak's westbound Sunset. 29 April 2010. IMG_5500-El-Paso-UP-4978 | | | | | | | | | | | IMG_5500-El-Paso-UP-4978 UP 4978 leads an
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide (hardback) came out in 1973. The Diesel Spotter's Guide Update (softback cover) came out in 1979. The latter has my photo of an SCL BQ23-7 on the cover! Yes, long,
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Ernest H. Robl
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
I remember Es and Fs in service.? I didn't know locomotive model numbers until I got a copy of the Diesel Spotter's Guide around 1970 or so.? The first new model of engine I was aware of was the
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
Mike, Yes, that makes me feel old. And for those of us ¡°of a certain age,¡± I remember when EMD introduced the GP35 and E and F cab units were still in service. No, I don¡¯t remember seeing
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Phil Burton
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
Yes, Phil, that consist was a GP60M, and two B40-6Ws. The B40-8Ws had paint so fresh that I could smell it.?? Now, here is something to make us all feel old.? The GP60M will be 30 years old next
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
Mike, Is the BNSF 544 a 4-axle unit? Phil Burton Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:00 AM To: [email protected]; Observation Car <observationcar@...> Subject: [ObservationCar]
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Phil Burton
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Stockton Diamonds for Wednesday
Some nice light at the Stockton Diamonds last Saturday. Calrailfans at the Stockton Diamonds, 7 December 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Calrailfans at the Stockton Diamonds, 7 December 2019 Our December
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Mike Tisdale
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Tanglefoot Tuesday
Our train from Chama to Antonito sheds its helper and gets water at Cumbres Pass and then begins its descent around Taglefoot Curve. Cumbres and Toltec, Cumbres to Los Pinos, 9 Oct 2019 | | | | | | |
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Mike Tisdale
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Cable Car Monday
California Street cable car 54 crosses Grant Avenue and passes Old St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco's Chinatown as it heads down Nob Hill toward the line's eastern terminal at California, Drumm
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Mike Tisdale
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Ione Branch Sunday
UP is doing trackwork on its branch from Galt to Ione, California.? This is the line that used to connect with the Amador Central.? ?Although the AC shut down some years back and the lumber mill it
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Mike Tisdale
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Starlight Meet Saturday
The northbound Coast Starlight and DPU of a southbound UP manifest at Worden, Oregon in March 2017 Worden, Oregon, #14 and DPUs of southbound manifest. | | | | | | | | | | | Worden, Oregon, #14 and
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Mike Tisdale
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