I watched this little guy being pulled up the Cajon Pass, presumably headed to a cement plant. Later we (Virtual Railfan YouTube channel) watched it being pushed back down the Pass with two extra cars with cement ties added. I guess that makes it a pusher platform car. It was totally sealed/welded shut. I was driving thru Victorville and saw it sitting there so I stopped and took a pic.
It was a scary sight indeed and hopefully no one was hurt or worse. Never found out anything else about it. This unit was facing westbound and maybe 15 miles farther west, we saw the remains of a derailment. This picture doesn't do it justice as there were a whole lot more containers scattered around. Looked like a fair amount had been cleaned up and track repair was underway. Since the majority of the damage appeared to be to the cab, it has me wondering if maybe the train went into emergency and it piled up behind and up against this locomotives causing a container to maybe go forward into the cab, but again, that is just speculation.
Been going through old pictures and here are two more. These were taken at Mid-Continent Railway Museum, a railroad museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States in July, 2009. Here is tie replacement, the old way! And now in better context!
Two more pics from 2009 at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum from inside their refurbished caboose. (I promise I won't post all the pics from the day as there about 200 of them!)
The UP closed tower 17 in Rosenberg, Texas in 2004. The structure was donated to the local railroad museum but we had to move it off their property. While we were making preparations for the move, we had to remove a lot of the conduit and wiring to free up the deactivated tower along with securing the old interlocker cabinet on the second floor. As the trains no longer had to pick up orders, they all went roaring by at track speed. On a dark rainy day, my old film camera was unable to freeze the image so it is a little blurred. Here a dirty and wet SD60M flashes by right outside the window where we were working.
I have been to the museum at North Freedom. Pretty fancy caboose - it has quarter round trim at the wall bottoms. Doug
The Illinois railway museum is a great place. One of my friends volunteers out there on the Electroliner project. I haven’t been in a few years, but lately I have been interested in the Chicago Tunnel Company train they have. Chicago has tunnels dug under the streets of the Loop and a 2 foot gauge train system delivered cargo and took away furnace ash from all the buildings downtown. In the 1990’s, the tunnels, as well as the basements of all the buildings flooded. The train they have was pulled out from underneath Michigan Drive. I assume the rest of the equipment is trapped underground after the system was sealed up following the flood. This picture is from https://thetrolleydodger.com/2016/04/12/lifting-the-lid-in-the-loop/, which is a great article on the history of the system.
It ain't often I see anything from this road! Of course, we are a long way from their usual stomping grounds.
A few images from the Sequatchie Valley Railroad. This is in Bridgeport AL last year where they connect with CSX. It's one of those railroads that probably makes more money storing cars than anything else. This is one of two in this scheme. No idea on the heritage of this one. And this one is from the Walking Horse and Eastern. Not sure if she is a resident of the SQVR now or was in transit somewhere when I saw her.
I can see the builders plate on the 1210, should have a serial number on it you can look up. Tough lookin' switchers!
