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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    That is what I have heard recently as well. Good name :cool:


    Here is the shot from the other direction. The cab stands out a tad better. :)
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  2. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    Caboose hop:
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    CP MLW RS18 #8780 with a big yellow caboose. My Dad's slice, October 1982 at Ste-Thérèse.
     
  3. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Pac Man era.(y)(y)
     
  4. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    You mean Pac Man Fever! :D:p:ROFLMAO::LOL:

    Very nice shot Mike! (y)(y)(y)
     
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  5. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

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    "Switching" the beet plant in Billings on Tue 6 Mar.
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  6. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

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    And some fallen flag hoppers today,
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  7. ZosoRailway

    ZosoRailway TrainBoard Member

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    South New Jersey
    Tuckerton Railroad ↓
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  8. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    Neat stuff from you as always @ZosoRailway. (y) There's a book out there on the Tuckerton by John Brinckmann, c. 1992 that you might have. I'd have never known about this railroad if I hadn't spent some summer weekends at Beach Haven, NJ (as seen at the bottom of the map) and researched long-gone lines down that way as a result. Service to Long Beach Island ended in '35 and the Tuckerton shut in '40

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  9. ZosoRailway

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    Lived in Watertown at 6-12 years old from 1974-1980 do remember only some of the trestles that still had old track, but otherwise that track was long gone
     
  10. Hardcoaler

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    After years of trying, last week I finally captured a decent shot of a BNSF unit leading an NS freight. My distant hope then changed to snagging a KCS unit, a far rarer event out here in the east. In fact, I'd never seen a KCS unit. So, what should happen this overcast morning? NS 242 arrived with two KCS units leading. I couldn't believe my good fortune. Even included some wisteria in the frame, a welcome sign of spring.

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    Last edited: Mar 14, 2023
  11. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    Wow, congrats on a great catch!(y)
     
  12. Hardcoaler

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    Not KCS but KSCX, a graffiti-free woodchip hopper owned by Kapstone Paper en-route to its paper mill in North Charleston, SC is seen with others at Columbia, SC on 03/11/2023.

    2023-03-11 CHIPHOP KSCX 3720 Columbia SC - for upload.jpg
     
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  13. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    Wow, that's huge!
     
  14. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    That's a big dude.:)

    I like the detail on the sides.
     
  15. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Tuckerton RR train order copied at "D" (West Creek), NJ:

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  16. Hytec

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    B&M modified regular hoppers for woodchips.

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  17. Hardcoaler

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    Wow Ken, that's no doubt a very rare TO. Super Cool! (y)
     
  18. badlandnp

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    Went to Billings for the Wife's wrist surgery, went well, and we chased a bit of MRL,
    First catch was enjoying hearing some 567's idling away at night by the yard office,


    Then on Tue before we left, caught a GP35 switching, more 567 action!
     
  19. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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  20. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Very true. Only a tiny hand full of these are known to exist.
     
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