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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    Hmmmm -- I never noticed that before. I have not a clue. :unsure:
     
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  2. Kurt Moose

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    :D:p:rolleyes::ROFLMAO:
     
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  3. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    While chasing CP train 498 and CP 7010 leading, we discovered an easter egg trailing, CP 82, the Strathcona.
    Baden Siding:
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    Minot yard:

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  4. Akirasho

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    My HERZOG moments...

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  5. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Continuing my series on distracted driving rail-fanning, I snagged this shot on Texas Highway 6 just north of Bryan near Campbell's Creek.
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  6. digimar52

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    Glad to hear. :)
     
  7. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    From about 1975, what I think is Train 599 is stopped and awaiting a "scoot" (a commuter train) to pass by at the end of triple track main at Barrington, IL. 599 was a Chicago => Madison, WI manifest which was often heavy with tonnage for the big Chevy plant at Janesville, WI, now closed.

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  8. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    BNSF 1669 leads the Northgate Local south just north of Niobe, ND. My oldest son bags a shot:

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  9. Philip H

    Philip H TrainBoard Member

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    Snagged on a railroad-NB CSX freight last week.

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  10. ddechamp71

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    If you consider this CP AC4400W I shot in Montreal, QC, some years ago, number board colours don't seem to deal with any regulation nor significance.;)

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  11. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    From July 1976 somewhere in the Newark, NJ metro area, I snapped this grab shot of LV SW-8 "pup" 268 from the open window of a CNJ commuter train.

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  12. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    That parallel S-curve looks great. I could envision a nice tele there!

    "Juke's Tree of the Northgate: Northbound"
    The northbound Northgate Local digs into the grade and climbs another hogback on the Niobe Sub MP 12, a few miles north of Bowbells, ND following a frosty morning storm.

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  14. Hytec

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    Philip, please decipher the inscription. I'm an Olde Pharte and much modern hieroglyphic art is lost on me. Though this, I must admit, is quite clever and artistically pleasing. Thanks.
     
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  15. Hytec

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    Dom, obviously the supervisor or quality control inspector was neither for/nor against apathy. Frankly, I don't think he/she gave a damn. ;)
     
  16. Doorgunnerjgs

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    Damn, that's some ugly trackwork there! Looks even worse than mine!
     
  17. Akirasho

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  18. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Is it not odd that this branch is welded rail? Seems juxtaposition to me...
    CP train 293 rolls at track speed and crosses a feeder tributary of the Des Lacs River, just south of Bowbells, ND.
    And a little see-through scene.

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  19. Philip H

    Philip H TrainBoard Member

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    The big silvery letters say Thirty Four. In between a split 2020. No idea what it all means.
     
  20. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    From 1976, a four-car Chicago-bound "scoot" is nearing Barrington, IL and will soon cross the EJ&E at Barrington Tower to the right.

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