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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I think the contraption on the end of the MOW flat car is some sort of ramp or lift for loading track maintenance equipment. It was at the very end of a long string of empty flat cars with rails on the beds for transporting those vehicles.
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  2. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    That is the color of their m-o-w rolling stock. You have me wondering if it is a steel gang? Tie replacement? Or other upkeep?
     
  3. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    They have been doing a lot of tie replacement in these parts lately. But then again, they have been doing a bit of rail replacement too.
     
  4. BNSF FAN

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    Always thought that was an odd color for MoW equipment. Here's a MoW tank car I shot in that green. This was taken in Truckee CA back in Oct 2016 IMG_9704.JPG
     
  5. HemiAdda2d

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    Typical UP MOW color. Their ballast car fleet is also this color.
    Cheyenne, WY, 2004.

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  6. montanan

    montanan TrainBoard Member

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  7. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    007FBFB2-57CB-41FF-920A-8352C1CC1B03.jpeg Northbound UP train hauling wind turbine blades at Wolf Lake, IL. 4-9-18
     
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  9. BNSF FAN

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    Another shot from Dalton GA in 2017
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  10. MaxDaemon

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    The wind beneath my wings?

    That's quite a shot ..
     
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  11. JimJ

    JimJ Staff Member

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    Thanks. I see some interesting trains since I live across the road from the UP mainline.
     
  12. BuddyBurton

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    ADM Grain Train this morning by City Hall in Hiawatha, IA.

    April 10, 2018.


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  13. montanan

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  14. BNSF FAN

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    The size of those blades is really impressive. Neat catch.
     
  15. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    I agree, where and any story to go with these old coaches?
     
  16. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nice shot and a unique perspective.
     
  17. montanan

    montanan TrainBoard Member

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    Here's an oldie.

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    I'm sure BoxcabE50 can figure this one out.
     
  18. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    They're either at a closing or a station platform. The lovely lady in the sash holding onto the electric loco (a MILW Bipolar) is standing on a keg of some sort. No idea as to location. A pretty festive occasion, wherever it was!
     
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  19. MaxDaemon

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    Women just got the vote?

    I can't see what's on her sash ..
     
  20. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    Looks like "NEW OLYMPIA" or something like that. Maybe the "coming-out" party for that BiPolar? The 308, which looks like a preserved antique, suggests some kind of old vs new theme.
     

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