PROTOTYPE Weekend PROTO FUN! 08/3/2018

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  1. YoHo

    YoHo TrainBoard Supporter

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    Standing atop the old 40 overpass on Track 1, looking across and above Donner lake, a double stack makes it's way westbound for the big hole aka Tunnel 41 on Track 2.
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  2. ppuinn

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    Last weekend, the Illinois Valley Division of the NMRA held their summer cookout at Peck Park in Galesburg Illinois. The BNSF North-South lines pass over the BNSF East-West lines at the northeast corner of the park, and they border the east and north sides of the park, respectively.

    Close to 20 trains passed by...mostly containers on the E-W line, and mostly freight and a northbound AmTrak on the N-S line. I took these pics of graffiti on freight cars.
     
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  3. co_riff

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    SD40-2 on the Ohio River Sub.

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  4. r_i_straw

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    In March of 2005, the BNSF moved a refinery vessel from the Port of Houston to a refinery outside Denver. They procured a Schnabel car for the move. Here they had to jack up the center of the car to clear the plate girders on the side of the bridge on a tight curve crossing Highway 90A in Richmond, Texas.
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  5. Hardcoaler

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    With several Western Maryland modelers currently posting on our forum, I thought of this Kodachrome taken 11/25/81 of a WM SD-40 leading on the B&O at Sand Patch, PA. Friends and I had turned away from Thanksgiving turkey and instead chose a road trip to see action in the Alleghenies.

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  6. Kurt Moose

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    Love the WM and that scheme, very classy look.
     
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    It was an epic trip from NJ, made in a friend's big ol' late '60s Chevy sedan which ran with perfection the entire weekend. We all piled into a room at the Cumberland Holiday Inn, renowned for its perfect view of the B&O main.
     
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  8. r_i_straw

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    I am finding all kinds of neat stuff in my old box-o-slides. Here is a scruffy looking GP60 from May of 2004.
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  9. HemiAdda2d

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    A pair of CP and BNSF light units rolls east somewhere between Drake and Velva, ND:

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    HemiAdda2d, Aug 5, 2018
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  10. WPZephyrFan

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    I was doing my pre trip before staring work in Petaluma, Ca and a southbound SMART train glided by:

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  11. WM183

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    I love that shot of WM! That speedlettering scheme was so good looking, shame it disappeared under disgusting Chessie orange.
     
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  12. badlandnp

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    This pair of GP's is on the point, with GE's behind, as a Sidney local sits a few miles north of Glendive awaiting a crew. Funny thing is, the power is all shutdown, but the lights are still on! The batteries on these things are huge, 1100 lbs each and 2 per unit, so I guess the batteries will be ok. PIC_0911.JPG
     
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  13. txronharris

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    Ferromex#4630 holds the siding with a northbound grain train at Metro siding 8/3/18 with BNSF#7342 and BNSF#9173.[​IMG]

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    Wasn't going to post again, but ran into this one on the way home tonight. BNSF#7644, CP#9711, and NS#8433 sitting at Metro siding southbound with a grain train. CP#8642 with a little different scheme working DPU 8/5/18.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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    txronharris, Aug 6, 2018
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