The love of Trains

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Another one of my faves....

 

[Mikado463]

Another one of my faves....

I've ridden around it many times and a worthwhile place to visit for sure !

 

[Mikado463]

nice video of UP 4014 'Big Boy' giving a shove ! Be sure to catch the wheel slip @ 9:29 mark just after it goes over the grade crossing !

 

[Mikado463]

Great news for those wishing to travel on North America's best long distance passenger train ............

Transport Canada Says VIA Can Run Without ‘Buffer’ Cars

Last fall, VIA began adding “buffer” cars to protect the older stainless steel Budd equipment.

railfan.com

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[Mikado463]

a glimpse inside Putin's private train .......

Video: CNN gets rare glimpse inside Putin's secret train - CNN Video

A trove of paperwork and photographs obtained by the London-based Russian investigations group Dossier Center reveals details the Kremlin shrouds from public view, and the extent to which Russian President Vladimir Putin's paranoia has created a cloistered existence. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

www.cnn.com

 

[Mikado463]

getting pricey for the boys at the NS .............

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/investing/norfolk-southern-east-palestine-derailment-costs/index.html

 

[Mikado463]

Shame on you Warren Buffet ...........

NTSB: ‘Poor Track Conditions’ Led to 2021 Empire Builder Derailment

A combination of worn rail, vertical track deflection, subgrade instability and track misalignment led to the derailment of Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder on Sept. 25, 2021, which killed three passengers and injured 49 passengers and crew members, according to the National Transportation...

www.railwayage.com

 

[Trell]

Shame on you Warren Buffet ...........

NTSB: ‘Poor Track Conditions’ Led to 2021 Empire Builder Derailment

A combination of worn rail, vertical track deflection, subgrade instability and track misalignment led to the derailment of Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder on Sept. 25, 2021, which killed three passengers and injured 49 passengers and crew members, according to the National Transportation...

www.railwayage.com

You want enforceable government regulations or something?

 

[Mikado463]

You want enforceable government regulations or something?

Not sure what you're trying to say ?

 

[Mikado463]

Nice piece on the 'Greatest passenger train of it's time' ........

https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2023/07/31/20th-century-limited-train-cprog-orig.cnn

Over sixteen years ago, myself along with my dad and another old railroader road the 'Hickory Creek', famous rear rounded observation car that was a part of the 20th Century back in the day. We were headed to a Railroad convention in Niagara Falls, NY

 

[Mikado463]

a couple pics from the convention trip mentioned above ..............

 

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Is that you on the left?

 

[Mikado463]

Is that you on the left?

yes, that was over 16 years ago, still lifting 'heavy' at the time. No longer though, hell all I do now is a '45' on each side, LOL !!

The station stop location was Albany / Rensselear , NY

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/how-brightline-is-changing-passenger-rail-in-the-us.html

Privatized passenger rail service in Florida

 

[Mikado463]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/how-brightline-is-changing-passenger-rail-in-the-us.html

Privatized passenger rail service in Florida

While it's a great step in the right direction there is a 'fly in the ointment'............

Coast Guard to impose twice-hourly bridge openings on Brightline route - Trains

STUART, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an order changing rules for opening Florida East Coast Railway’s single-track drawbridge over the Okeechobee Waterway of the St. Lucie River that could seriously disrupt Brightline’s plan to begin hourly service between Miami and Orlando this...

www.trains.com

 

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Bummer.

 

[Mikado463]

The aggregate 'dump train' ...........

this train was on the hind end of the West Bound through Greenville Jct, Maine this AM (0829) and can be seen of the VRF cam

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/how-brightline-is-changing-passenger-rail-in-the-us.html

Privatized passenger rail service in Florida

And the next addition will be Tampa to Orlando in the 2028 time frame.

 

[Mikado463]

CSX dumped 'em last Friday up on 'The Water Level Route' ..........

Freight train derails along Montgomery-Schenectady Co. line

CSX says there are no indications of leaks.

spectrumlocalnews.com

 

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A little smoky up there right now. Lots of BC wildfires. Beautiful place though.