PROTOTYPE Weekend Proto Fun 07/29/2022

BNSF FAN Jul 29, 2022

  1. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    While out in search of the Rock Island Rail units a couple of weeks back, I came across this little fella tucked away on a spur in Clarksdale MS. The info i found on it is this: C&G CF7 803 named the City of Greenwood is ex-ATSF CF7 2465 rebuilt from ATSF F7A 273C. You can bet this engine has had an interesting life.

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  2. Hardcoaler

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    From July 1982 at Hagerstown, MD, B&O GP-40 #4033 has some time off.

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  3. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Oh, goody. I get to be first in line at the railroad crossing. Best seat in the house.
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  4. Hytec

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    I often slow down nearing crossings, just hoping. Much to the displeasure of my passengers and cars behind me.

    Gimme a break, I'm just being safe, r-e-a-l safe. LOL
     
  5. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    A veteran Tunnel Motor is an elevator switcher in Williston, ND:
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    A couple of takes on a veteran SD40-2 in Minot on CP:
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  6. Mike VE2TRV

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    I hear you, brother! You can never be too safe around those big machines. You really, really have to take the time to watch them. Right? ;)

    And the train is bigger and has much louder horns than the cars behind you.

    Nice engine. CP donated one to Exporail a few years ago, B.P. (before pandemic).

    For a moment I thought it was a model...o_O

    The way it's framed with the foreground and the scraggly trees in the background, it takes a while for the little gray cells to size it up.

    And it's way too clean!:LOL:
     
  7. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Looks like it has not operated in some time?
     
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  8. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    And it has not been the victim of criminal activities!
     
  9. badlandnp

    badlandnp TrainBoard Member

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    On our way home from Iowa, spotted this BNSF set working a local south of Aberdeen,
     
  10. BNSF FAN

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    I'd say odds are that her running days are done. Doesn't have the alignment couplers class one's require these days so even if RI pulled her out, she would have be loaded on a flat or truck to get to a new home.
     
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  11. Hardcoaler

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    I didn't know anything about alignment couplers, so just found out a little bit on the Internet. Interesting!

    How can you tell whether a locomotive has alignment couplers by sight? Is it the top plate as pointed out by the arrow or something else? [I enlarged my picture of NS 8103, the N&W Heritage Unit for this]

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  12. BNSF FAN

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    Honestly, I have no idea. That was just a tid bit of info i picked up about that unit when trying to figure out the heritage. I tried to read a little about them as well but nothing jumps out as a good spotting feature
     
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  13. badlandnp

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    If you look at the CP 40 that Hemi put up, you will see a 'cup' under the knuckle, that is an alignment cup. It is easy to see, once you know what you are looking for.
     
  14. Hardcoaler

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    Ah ha. So that I am clear, would you say that the NS unit was not equipped with alignment couplers in 08/2017 when I took my photo? I don't see a cup under the coupler.
     
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  15. badlandnp

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    Yup.That is an old standard coupler that was in service for a lot of years.
     
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  16. Kurt Moose

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    I was picturing a 1:1 Kadee coupler with a big spring behind it, lol!
     
  17. WPZephyrFan

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    I spotted this old BNSF loco in a consist on my way to work the other morning. I had to turn around because I noticed that it still had "Santa Fe" and not "BNSF" on the side. This is in Escalon, Ca., which is not far from where I live.

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  18. Pastor John

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    Looking out the window at the Sebring Model Railroad Club on Sunday and saw an unusual motive power mash-up. Here is NS 4358, followed by UP 7436, followed by BNSF 5900.

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  19. cbg

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    Love those tunnel motors, miss seeing them run over Donner Summit is scarlet and gray.
    Caught this one in the Reno (actually Sparks) yard this morning... amtrak 50th 2.jpg
     
  20. Kurt Moose

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    Weird how those new Chargers are all lit up inside, and can see thru it!

    Modern "Tunnel Motor", I guess....:rolleyes:
     

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