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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. Doug Gosha

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    Conrail - the choice of lawbreakers, everywhere!

    :D

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  2. r_i_straw

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    The ruins of an extensively damaged Roundhouse in Atlanta, Georgia after the Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864. Getting things back to sort of working.
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  3. Mike VE2TRV

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    That exact photo is in a book I have on trains (Trains, by Robert Selph Henry) that was published 90 years ago, in 1934! :)
     
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  11. Mike VE2TRV

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    Quite the haul!

    A pretty Alco face, a snooty Dash-2, a turbocharged kitten, a rare E5B and rarer SD45B, fresh paint and less than fresh paint on a couple of golden oldies.

    Sweet!
     
  12. SP 9811

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    Thats one hell of a photo!
     
  13. Hardcoaler

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    Oh my gosh, there's a guy leaning out the CB&Q B-Unit's window, hostling it about. Not much visibility there and no air horn or bell I'll bet.
     
  14. r_i_straw

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    It did have a horn. You can see the shadow real well against the diaphragm.
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  15. BoxcabE50

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    If it has hostler's controls and was moved independently, I would believe it was also required to have the appropriate safety devices, bell and horn.
     
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  16. r_i_straw

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    Yes, the bell was typically located on the frame behind the front truck on the left side.
     
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  17. Hardcoaler

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    Ah, I should have known that even B-Units would have to be equipped with horn and bell. Thanks!
     
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