Rail Horsepower (Open Thread) Post your best versions w/ID

deletedpenguin wrote in post #2636487
What a gorgeous pic. I've loved trains ever since I was little.

Thanks Stefan!

GE AC4400CW SP192 now UP.

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2005GLI wrote in post #2596349
Here's a few of my favorites. All taken with XT numerous lenses.

NYSW 3668 MLW m636, 3600hp

CSX SD70M, 4000HP with xt and tokina 12-24

NYSW 1800 GP18, 1800HP. Turns 40years old this year and still going strong.

Really like the first one. Absolutely love the 2nd one. Awesome shot.

thanks alot

LA County Fairgrounds. A picture of what so many of us missed. That's real power.

mdeanmullen wrote in post #2941373
LA County Fairgrounds. A picture of what so many of us missed. That's real power.

What a great picture! The Southern Pacific 5000-class Engine was always one of the most interesting to me. It was actually called the Southern Pacific class, had a 4-10-2 wheel arrangement, and I believe was the biggest rigid-frame engine on the SP. The most interesting feature of the engine was a third cylinder under the smoke box that connected to an eccentric on the front axle, just like a crankshaft on an automobile engine/connecting rod.

This was a low-speed hauler, and was used mainly for drag freights and helper service.

EMD F45 3600HP, not many left. NYSW 3636 is the only one on their roster. My favorite locomotive.

Karl C wrote in post #2944100
Wisconsin and Southern E9's 10A and 10C at Janesville, WI.

Nice. I had the opportunity to see the UP E-units a couple years ago. It's nice to know there was a time when locomotive builders at least gave some thought to aesthetics instead of just function.

An ALCO Century 636....one of only 34. At 3600hp it was the most powerful unit ALCO ever built...but it had serious reliability issues.

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Great shot's out here ... One week to go and I have a week on vacation. Then I'lle try to get some shot's of the fastest real train ... (a real train has wheels, and those wheels propel the train .. no cheating floating trains) ... It virtually passes in my backyard ... The TGV ...
It's just leaving brussels here so it's not at speed yet ... Anyways love the shot's of those big bad trains posted here. !!

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western 1721 @ Candor, NC Uceta GP-16 1600hp

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I'd completely forgotten about this thread. Thanks for resurrecting it, Dan. Dash-7s weren't particularly small engines, but this one looks absolutely tiny compared to the one behind it.

I originally posted this elsewhere, but it's really in keeping with the subject of this thread.

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belmondo wrote in post #4910156
I'd completely forgotten about this thread. Thanks for resurrecting it, Dan. Dash-7s weren't particularly small engines, but this one looks absolutely tiny compared to the one behind it.

The 4000hp Dash-8 behind it is considerably larger.