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CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

I am out in Cheyenne, WY and we have a Union Pacific Big Boy out here in the park, as well as having the Union Pacific do a yearly run out here.

Such an awesome steam engine!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Big_Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqdscqMR26E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP1_4ymsIig&feature=relmfu

Union Pacific # 3985 continues to run on occasion, but she has been converted to an oil burner in place of coal.

Union Pacific # 844 runs as well on occasion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEhj9sXvP-8&feature=relmfu

And if you can't recognize UP#844 then you had a crappy childhood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TLINNFIGQM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IxMJ3lXrXU&NR=1

# ¿ Mar 8, 2011 07:44

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 14:52

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Shays Locomotives are AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbsbcZKCWDY

They are geared down to hell and back, but can haul heavy loads up fairly steep grades

# ¿ Mar 8, 2011 22:44

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

B4Ctom1 posted:

I though I would share this with you. Once in a great while I get to see something a little rare.

La locomotora guerrero azteca

look at these road warrior windscreens

these side screens slide/retract so that you can throw things back I guess

Our chair backs recline, but there was a second control that allowed these seats to recline the chair seat

that cage effects visibility in a way I would not like. in bad weather and rain sometimes we can barely see at all as it is.

espa�ol etiquetas de control

Has train robberies been that bad there?

# ¿ May 25, 2011 23:01

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

B4Ctom1 posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOPtw5ZLX_c

fire truck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ji0bTmrspo

Holy crap, didn't even hesitate to look for the train on the first one.

I loved the Fire Truck one, you just see the cop burning rubber backing off the track

# ¿ Jun 2, 2011 19:53

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

BrokenKnucklez posted:

The worst kind of collision

http://youtu.be/pTeDAst3KA0

Quick narration..

0:00 Train has signal to pull into siding (double yellow - approach diverging - means pulling into the next switch)
0:10 Setting air to bring train to a slow to be at the correct speed for the turn out.
0:37 Signal is Red over Green - Means siding is clear, maximum speed through siding. (green arrow in car terms)
0:38 Signal goes Red over Red - OH poo poo
0:42 Look to the left of the head on engine you can see a guy jump

Here comes failtrain!

So what happened, did the guy on the oncoming train ignore a signal?

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# ¿ Jun 2, 2011 21:27

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

rcman50166 posted:

So when something like that happens, how do they clean up the mess? Do they repair the trains or just trash them? Or maybe it's like a car where it depends on the damage? I would vote repair seeing how heavily they are built, but I don't know much about the subject

Apparently there is money in it:

http://www.paducahbilt.com/Pages/locos_wreck.asp

# ¿ Jun 3, 2011 00:35

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

B4Ctom1 posted:

We have one too
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=cheyenne,+wy&hl=en&ll=41.130417,-104.789466&spn=0.000544,0.001321&hnear=Cheyenne,+Laramie,+Wyoming&t=h&z=20

That has happened here as well.

Oh Boy my current town!

# ¿ May 27, 2012 04:20

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Giblet Plus! posted:

What are you talking about? That is clearly an EMD SD70ACe.

A bit of trivia. The reason the doors are so heavy is because the railroads demand flat real estate for their logos on the hatch. The doors could be made lighter if they could have stamped structural shapes. Get ready for that space to become much tighter. EMD will be putting their aftertreatment system on top of the engine hatch for tier 4.

picture from patent

Wait...is this basically a big catalytic converter or blue-tec system?

# ¿ Aug 13, 2012 17:20

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

bytebark posted:

I don't know why, but I've always thought this guy makes the best (funniest) foamer videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXyw4Zm1ew

"AN SC70ACE WOOOOO WOOOO WOOOOO!" :woop:

Holy crap could he be any more excited about a passed locomotive.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 21:50

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

B4Ctom1 posted:

4004 is here in Cheyenne in a park. The streets buckled when they moved her to her final resting place

look how bent the fence is from all the foamers..

I drive by this all the time, makes me kind of sad to see it sitting idle...

# ¿ Aug 30, 2012 16:25

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Ron Pauls Friend posted:

Well I guess we should scrap it then.

Its like one of the Elder Locomotive Gods, if you try to scrap it, it just gets angry and terrorizes the village.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 14:36

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Disgruntled Bovine posted:

From what I've read UP won't let it run unless it is converted into an oil burner, but apparently that was considered back in the 60s and nobody thought it would work due to the type of coal the Big Boy's firebox was designed for. I don't know what has changed in that regard aside from maybe improved oil burners.

I thought they DID make one?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 15:11

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

B4Ctom1 posted:

Old head conductor steals and sells thousands of bucks of train horns in Texas gets BUSTED
http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Union-Pacific-conductor-arrested-for-stealing-train-horns-over-3-years--199639251.html

I hope they hunt down all the trucks with the horns and confiscate them. I hate those loving things.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2013 17:34

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Erwin posted:

I assume this is an error by the reporter, and that they're not actually lifting engines off the tracks for something that sounds like it could be replaced anywhere?

I hope so, or you'd hope some bean counter/Quality Assurance guy somewhere would scratch his head asking 'Why are we shipping locomotives to replace a horn?'

# ¿ Mar 25, 2013 18:42

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx6hmSclbRE

Youtube video of a Steam Locomotive being built.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2013 18:03

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Minto Took posted:

Train graffiti owns.

Its like a moving art museum. I love it.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2013 02:36

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 14:52

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Wilford Cutlery posted:

Extreme winds in Alberta blew two trains off the tracks, one of them off a bridge. This is a pic posted by a friend on Facebook:

Looks like it just blew the cars, engine is still on the tracks.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2017 17:28

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