It's fall 2005 and there are still a lot of engines in SP paint around Roseville. The L-window heritage is clear on this one.
Private car GEORGIA parked at the Mississippi State Port in Gulfport while attending the AAPRCO Mid-Term Event this past May 24th. And for a different view of GEORGIA....
And it's still earning its keep long after other locomotives many years (or decades) its junior have gone on to that big roundhouse in the sky. That's not just cool, it's way cool.
When they initially used them for powering the plows, they reconnected the traction motors after the end of winter. Later, when they were dedicated to the plows, they removed the motors.
Right. I knew it was a generator. Just wondered if the motors were also removed. If still there, it could have still been used as if similar to a slug, for more push in heavy snow packs.
I was a volunteer at the museum in Rosenberg yesterday afternoon and evening. Got to see the Sunset Limited go by pretty much on schedule. We were tracking in on the new Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) that we have installed in Tower 17. We watched them put two freights in the hole to make way for it and clear the track. Was really cool.
I didn't say the traction tires are gone...did I? Phew! For a minute I thought I had stepped up on my soap box again. Russel, how did you get so dammed lucky. Awesome to see such in person. Envious as... ok, Pullman Green With Envy. On schedule and they put two freights in the hole to let them by. Now that's a major role changer and guessing courtesy extended. Good to hear. Thanks
This photo that I linked to from the Museum Web Site coincidentally shows a similar graphic of what we saw last night. The forth line from the top shows the UP main line from West Rosenberg on the left to Missouri City on the right. The green trace goes through the interlocker at Rosenberg where the BNSF coming up from Galveston crosses. To the right of the green there is a red area on the main that would be the same as the west bound Amtrak. The two sidings to the right of it at Harlem and Sugar Land showing red for trains parked in them. As Amtrak entered into each block the color would drop from green to red.
Russell, that awesome display causes my brain to spin and foam surround my lips. :headspin: Is it available online for mere mortals, or only for those in high places like yourself? :question:
Right now it is only available to watch with our setup at the museum in Tower 17. You have to have a special antenna that intercepts some of the microwave signal from the interlocker control box to a tower that transmits to and from the dispatch center in Spring, Texas. There is currently a similar system set up in Flatonia, Texas and soon to be one in Eagle Lake, Texas. We can also monitor the BNSF line from Galveston up to Somerville. I believe you have to have permission from the railroads to tap in. At the museum we are planing on patching the feed into the internet and add access to museum members as a perk.
