The variety is why I run freight, too. I run passenger when a friend makes a gift of a train. Then again, CSX runs zillions of coal cars around...
Yeah, but. I worked on a shipping system for a huge ocean line, but had to track containers from start to finish - as in shipper to truck to port...
It wasn't hard to find - sitting in plain sight under CSX Corporation. :)
Well, too new for your post, but this incident was the basis for the 2010 film "Unstoppable."
A few years ago, I had a train simulation game that had a train length counter in the cab. If the consist was 4,000 feet, when entering a speed...
I'm getting here kind of late by the age of this thread, but ... How about buying the coupler from the website and duplicating it in wood? Sounds...
NOTHING is 100% guaranteed foolproof! I recall a crash on NJT in the late 80's or sometime in the 90's where a work train rear-ended a passenger...
a/k/a rocket fuel :) The Moonshine display is the only area within the Tobacco Museum in Smithfield, NC where smoking is prohibited (ok, that was...
I've always gotten "playground sand" from K-Mart or the local hardware store. It tends to be fine without li'l rocks, pebbles, etc.
That copyright is probably a show-stopper as far as uploads go.
OTOH, I know nothing, well not much, about switch lists, etc., but I do have a link to tariffs for BB, a local railroad:...
With conventional fluorescent lamps, I'd get headaches and nauseated if they were in front of me and close, but overhead in the garage or office...
What I meant in asking your cousin was to find out how communicative they were and how long his hiring process took. Not good statistically, but...
Have you asked your cousin about how his application went? I'd look for a phone number for HR where you applied and call; the online application...
Do you need DPDT or will SPDT do? There's the http://shop.atlasrr.com/p-20-switch-control-box.aspx SPDT momentary contact, with the added feature...
2ยข worth ... I misread "brush" at "motors bearing and bushing" at thought, Whoa! NEVER oil brushes - that's how my brother and I, as kids, would...
64-2/7 today. Now, as other's responses kicked my memory, and in no particular order: First grade teacher? Sr. Mercedes, I think. OTOH,...
Different thought, inspired by DaveH's mention of re-using TO's ... Have you tried swapping a working TO into the position of the sticking TO?...
So it's just been skidding? You must have my kind of ears, more decorative than functional, not to hear that it's running and going nowhere. ;)...
Welcome aboard! Spot yourself on a siding and set your brake. :)
