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DavidFranks wrote in post #19498382
UP X4014 "Big Boy"

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Beautiful. That would be awesome in the flesh

DavidFranks wrote in post #19498382
UP X4014 "Big Boy"

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A beautiful monster. I wonder how it manage tight turns?

Piet ZA wrote in post #19498809
A beautiful monster. I wonder how it manage tight turns?

They don't look as if they can make it through tighter turns, do they? At 132 feet long they wouldn't normally be able to, but the underside is articulated with both sets of wheels swiveling independently.

Heading back to Rockland Maine. Since there is no turntable or wye in Brunswick, the engine just drops off the outbound cars, backs up and connects to the inbound string and takes it back in long hood fwd mode. It makes no difference to the locomotive as electric motors don't care which direction they spin, it's just a bit harder of the engineer to see.

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Itsed65 wrote in post #19498987
Heading back to Rockland Maine. Since there is no turntable or wye in Brunswick, the engine just drops off the outbound cars, backs up and connects to the inbound string and takes it back in long hood fwd mode. It makes no difference to the locomotive as electric motors don't care which direction they spin, it's just a bit harder of the engineer to see.

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Heading Back, Long Hood Style by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Depending on how the locomotive was ordered and what style it is, they're sometimes set up to run in either direction with nothing needed but to sit on the other side of the cab

Itsed65 wrote in post #19498987
Heading back to Rockland Maine. Since there is no turntable or wye in Brunswick, the engine just drops off the outbound cars, backs up and connects to the inbound string and takes it back in long hood fwd mode. It makes no difference to the locomotive as electric motors don't care which direction they spin, it's just a bit harder of the engineer to see.

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Heading Back, Long Hood Style by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Isnt that the paint scheme for the old New York Central colors? My father hired in to work in 1935 for The New York Central RR then retired in 1975 from Penn Central after the merger of Pennsylvania and NYC

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19499286
Isnt that the paint scheme for the old New York Central colors? My father hired in to work in 1935 for The New York Central RR then retired in 1975 from Penn Central after the merger of Pennsylvania and NYC

Yes, the Finger Lakes uses the old NYC sheme as they are running (In New York, not Maine), on the old NYC line.

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Itsed65 wrote in post #19499692
Yes, the Finger Lakes uses the old NYC sheme as they are running (In New York, not Maine), on the old NYC line.

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FGLX 2310 by lennycarl08, on Flickr

That is really cool!! What is the name painted on the side of the engine??

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19499783
That is really cool!! What is the name painted on the side of the engine??

Midcoast Railservice is the division of the Fingerlakes that operates the old Maine Central Rockland branch between Rockland and Brunswick Maine. They have two locomotives out here and are lettered for it.

On vacation this week, I've spent quite a bit of it taking photos of trains if the weather's been cooperating.

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BluegrassRailfan wrote in post #19500384
On vacation this week, I've spent quite a bit of it taking photos of trains if the weather's been cooperating.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2opr​baq CSX B637-24, Berea,KY 3/26/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2ops​kHf CSX B637-24/Crooked Hill pushers, Pittsburg,KY 3/26/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2oq3​z2C CSX G439-26, Nortonville,KY 3/29/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

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Very nice!

BluegrassRailfan wrote in post #19500384
On vacation this week, I've spent quite a bit of it taking photos of trains if the weather's been cooperating.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2opr​baq CSX B637-24, Berea,KY 3/26/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2ops​kHf CSX B637-24/Crooked Hill pushers, Pittsburg,KY 3/26/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2oq3​z2C CSX G439-26, Nortonville,KY 3/29/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2oq2​h7K UP 8195 South, Grand Rivers,KY 3/29/2023 by Jeff Wagoner, on Flickr

Great shots!

From the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union IL.

BNSF going through Marietta, OK. Believe it or not, this photo was taken on Kentmere 100 B&W film and developed in XTOL. I have no idea where the color came from. All the other negatives are plain old B&W.