Moment of Americana. Smoke and Noise of another kind.
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January 09, 2020, 12:45 AM
cparktd
Now THAT is rolling coal for real...
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January 09, 2020, 05:09 AM
clubleaf206
Years ago the History Channel broadcast a series titled ‘Trains’, they had a lot of that sort, as well as archival footage. Recently the ‘Big Boy’ made a stopover at Union Station in KC, I sort of regret not making the three hour trip up there to see it.
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January 09, 2020, 07:06 AM
Krazeehorse
Jolene and I road steam last fall on the Cuyahoga Fall Scenic Railroad. Second or third ride on that line but first for the steam. It was great.
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After spending several nights at a hospital right next to train tracks, I was kept awake all night with the whistles. Determined to find out what the code was, (and the same whistle sequence that train blew), two longs, a short, and a long means "engine in front crossing at grade".
Great stuff sigmonkey. Lots of well tuned mechanical work being done by those machines.
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January 10, 2020, 08:02 PM
mikeyspizza
Those are cool, especially jrfixer's running down the middle of the highway.
I grew up around trains, grandpa was an engineer for Nickel Plate (New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad) and uncle worked in one of the many Chicago rail yards.
January 11, 2020, 03:32 PM
flashguy
quote:
Originally posted by Krazeehorse: Jolene and I road steam last fall on the Cuyahoga Fall Scenic Railroad. Second or third ride on that line but first for the steam. It was great.
After spending several nights at a hospital right next to train tracks, I was kept awake all night with the whistles. Determined to find out what the code was, (and the same whistle sequence that train blew), two longs, a short, and a long means "engine in front crossing at grade".
Great stuff sigmonkey. Lots of well tuned mechanical work being done by those machines.
It's also Morse Code for the letter "Q"
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January 11, 2020, 09:51 PM
Krazeehorse
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
quote:
Originally posted by Krazeehorse: Jolene and I road steam last fall on the Cuyahoga Fall Scenic Railroad. Second or third ride on that line but first for the steam. It was great.
