TBX 3401 :: TrainBoard Lease Car!!

Mark Watson Mar 28, 2010

  1. eric220

    eric220 TrainBoard Member

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    For anyone who was interested, the "surprise" was the addition of a little PRR graffiti.

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  2. Flashwave

    Flashwave TrainBoard Member

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    That's better. For a moment, I thought I was goingm to have to hunt you down and threaten not-nice things to you with my Horribly Oversized cannon to find out what the surprise was. And I don't thnk you'll want to know what an HO Howitzer shell qwill do to a Rundhouse...

    But at least you wouldn't have to replace the roof!
     
  3. eric220

    eric220 TrainBoard Member

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    :D

    That's all Altoona needs. More cleanup.
     
  4. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Got word that TBX 3401 was heading back to the Bay Area. Went to one of my favorite spots and caught the special car on a freight headed to Oakland behind SP AC-9.
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  5. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Engineer of this Lima giant is leaning way out to make sure he can see along the huge boiler at the track ahead.
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  6. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Its men like this that help get freight to its destination safely.
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  7. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Close-up look at Trainboards special gon.....
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  8. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Later this week found TB 3401 with a cut of empties in a siding waiting to be interchanged to the Santa Fe as Commuter trains roll by. Have to check later this weekend and see when the ATSF is going to be handling this car.
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  9. RBrodzinsky

    RBrodzinsky November 18, 2022 Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter In Memoriam

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    Hmmm. Heading to Sacramento tomorrow, wonder if I should swing from Pinole over to Concord via Franklin Canyon, see if we can catch sight of it along the rails. :pbiggrin:
     
  10. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    That might not be a bad idea Rick! Maybe we can meet for lunch. ;)
     
  11. OC Engineer JD

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    Caught TBX 3401 in Franklin Canyon taking the siding behind a ATSF 4-8-2.
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  12. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Looks like a load of ties has been added to the gon since yesterday.
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  13. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Going by the Glen Frazer station board.
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  14. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Caboose enters the siding and the Brakeman has the switch lined back for the main. I think I hear a whistle in the distance. :)
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  15. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Good timing too....a fast moving passenger train with a 4-8-4 passes by the headend of the Trainboard cars train.
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  16. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Engineers got the stack raised and the passenger train cruises by.
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  17. OC Engineer JD

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    Train eases into the curve by the caboose. In about an hour she'll be in Richmond.
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  18. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Went and had lunch with Rick and came back to find the freight had left, but TBX 3401 had been spotted at the end of the line on my layout to unload the ties. Maybe finally I will be able to get more track down!!!! (100 degree temps in here dont help at all!!)
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  19. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Hope these workers know what an important load of ties this is!
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  20. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Once unloaded I guess it will head back to the Bay Area....
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