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37409 and 37424 with a Derby to Carlisle test train
37409 very unhealthy with clag and engine sounding poorly !!
with these and 37716 the only serviceable 37s at Crewe to come over to Derby for this plans were made but the river Trent flooding the surrounding area and roads meant you couldn't easily get to better locations for the grid and these
Grand Canyon Railway's last operating MLW FPA4 leads the "Pumpkin Patch Train" under the BNSF main line as an eastbound double stack zips by. A serviceable FPB4 resides in the shop at Williams, another is displayed at Grand Canyon, and another A and B, still in green paint, are stored unserviceable. No. 6793 was the last FPA4 built in May 1959.
An impressive group of Union Pacific DD35A units are found stored serviceable, awaiting in increase in traffic and service out on the road. Salt Lake City • July 29, 1977
Canon 5DII : Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4
The typical contents of a photographer's bag from the 1960's, the enormously popular Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP with accompanying accessories. The camera has a standard Takumar 50/1.8 lens, accompanied by the Takumar 35/3.5 and 135/3.5 lenses, often sold together with the camera as kit. Included is a 2x tele-extender and a set of extension rings, together with UV filters, caps and the camera case. These items are a little worn, but are still perfectly serviceable after six decades.
Those silos again. What can I say -- they're close by, and make for a serviceable subject when the sky is just so.
On the afternoon of Thursday, June 27th, 2024, Milwaukee District West (MD-W) train 2223 approaches Western Avenue with METX500 in the lead. METX500, a brand new SD70MACH, is painted in a heritage scheme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Regional Transportation Authority, which began service in 1974. In 2019, Metra ordered 15 of these SD70MACHs which complies with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 3 emissions standards. Unfortunately, due to the arrival of these 6 axle units, more F40PH-2s have been stored serviceable in Metra’s Antioch yard and the iconic F40PH-2s have been moved exclusively to the Union Pacific lines.
Saturday May 10th was National Train Day and also the opening day of the Connecticut's Valley Railroad's (DBA: Essex Steam Train and Riverboat) 2025 excursion season. They operated three regular steam powered round trips as well as a diesel powered Mother's Day lunch train and then an evening dinner train. While of course steam was the main impetus for this visit I wasn't above raising my lens for the passage of internal combustion power.
The lunch train is seen returning south at MP 8.9 on the old New Haven Valley Line as they cross the short deck girder bridge over Pattaconk Brook with 80 tonner VRR 904 leading the way. This locomotive is relatively new to the line, having been acquired in 2023 in a government auction after beeing stored serviceable at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach where they had last served. 904 still wears its USN yellow paint but received a green cab with nee number and logo that mirrors but does not match the green and orange New Haven style colors of the rest of the road's original. GE center cab fleet. To learn more about this unit check out this article:
railfan.com/ex-navy-80-tonners-find-new-home-in-connecticut/
This view was taken from the bow of boat moored at the Pattaconk Yacht Club thanks to a gracious owner who invited me aboard as he readied his vessel for another summer of boating on the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.
Chester, Connecticut
Saturday May 10, 2025
12/05/2008, Trinity House mooring buoys, Shotley, Suffolk, England.
Lightvessel 24 of Trinity House.
Light vessel 24 was built in 1963/64 by Charles Hill at Bristol, England, as the 'Cormorant' for the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Original cost was £145,750 excluding lights and fog signal.
Sold to Trinity House and 'renamed' lightvessel No. 24.
The vessel was known to have been stationed at Seven Stones, Nab, Dowsing, Channel, South Goodwin and East Goodwin, and probably more locations.
Her present location and use is unknown, although she may still be in serviceable condition.
In early November I took a 5 day Golden West Rail Tour on a vintage train. We travelled during the days, with stops at places of interest along the way. At night we stood on sidings where we ate dinner and slept.
Our train was mainly made up of old Southern Aurora rolling stock, with some cars from the long defunct Brisbane Limited Express. Some railway aficionados were outraged at the loss of authenticity, but where they expected to find a full set of serviceable Southern Aurora rolling stock was never explained.
Our train was hauled by two streamlined diesel electric locomotives, most often one at each end of the train, depending on the direction of travel, but sometimes marshalled together at the front of the train.
In this video, our train was at Orange, a city in central western New South Wales. We were encouraged to get off the train quickly as another train was hot on our tail. When everybody was off the train, our train was taken away to a siding, and returned to Orange railway yard when the track was clear.
In this video you see our train heading out of Orange station. This is followed with a view along the train when it returned to Orange railway yard. I was in the 4th car behind the engine in the second clip. The train consisted of 16 cars and was 400 metres in length; a virtual hotel on wheels.
There are quite a few videos of the train on YouTube, here is a link to one of the shorter ones www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Rmiga949g.
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I've had a keen interest in classic American cars for as long as I can remember but have always associated 'Suburban' with quite ugly (IMO) oversize Chevrolet MPV-type things. This year I've come across two Plymouth Suburbans which predate Chevy's use of the name. This rough but serviceable 1957 example - looking a bit like an estate version of Christine - is a rarity and was for sale - the asking price suggested that it probably still is! I love the style of the emblem on the rear quarters; just so of it's time.
With only a few active weeks left on the OSE (Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados) motive power roster, the former Deutsche Bundesbahn 221 129 (built by Krauss-Maffei in 1965 as DB class V200.1) was downgraded to lowly freight service by summer 1997. Retired in September 1987 the diesel-hydraulic was renumbered to A-414 after the sale to Greece and was one of the two last serviceable Krauss-Maffeis twenty years later. Pretty much worn out the A-414 had only one engine running when it left Thessaloniki with train 23501 to Athens in the low evening sun, a good sign of running a bit late.
The A-414 eventually returned with the rest of the Greek V200.1 fleet to Germany. However, the longevity with OSE cast the fate, the 414 was to far gone to be rebuilt once more and was finally scrapped in 2012 according to online sources. Units that failed much earlier supposedly weren't as run to the ground...
Thessaloniki
July 6, 1997
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trips back to the festivities in Hyannis from Bourne as they hustle along the edge of a fallow cranberry bog approaching the Old County Rd. crossing at about MP 65.7 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
My RX100 has gone to the Doctor, the screen is damaged. My new phone's camera is nowhere near the same quality but it is perfectly serviceable!
See the other odd couples
On an adventure to document MDDE's last serviceable rare ex Conrail RS3Ms we found a not so rare meet. An unscheduled extra entered the Federalsburg block while the local was headed east. This westbound walked up to the bridge, finally noticed the approaching headlights, and ran across the bridge. The westbound then diverged into a park and disappeared again...
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad hosted their third annual Railfans Day this year, offering the rare opportunity to photograph their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have when new leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trips back to the festivities in Hyannis yard from Bourne. Fans are milling about waiting to board as they slow for another stop to pick up passengers here at MP 69.4 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad operated Cape Mainline. The beautiful terra cotta roofed building at left is the circa 1911 New Haven Railroad West Barnstable station which is now home to the Cape Cod Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society:
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Saturday August 16, 2025
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trips back to the festivities in Hyannis from Bourne as they hustle through the marsh and over the small bridge over Mill Creek crossing at about MP 62 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline as they slow for their stop in the village just a quarter mile behind me.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
Vrijdag 18 maart 2022
Uit Recklinghausen komt weer China container trein langs, deze keer getrokken door de fraaie DeltaRail Eloc BR143 243 179. Deze trein komt uit de haven van Duisburg.
Eloc BR143 243 179 begon haar inzet in Oktober 1986 als 243 179-9 bij de 'DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn' in het reizigers verkeer. In 1992 kreeg ze het nummer 143 179-0 en in 1994 ging ze over naar de 'DB AG - Deutsche Bahn AG'.
Op 11 december 2005 werd ze terzijde gesteld om op 23 januari 2006 verhuurd te worden aan de MEG - Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH , een 100% dochter van DB AG. Nadat ze in 'Bh Cottbus' dienstvaardig werd gemaakt kreeg ze MEG nr 601 en werd ze ingezet in het goederen verkeer.
In 2015 werd de loc buiten dienst gesteld. Maar in 2019 werd de loc verkocht aan DeltaRail die haar weer dienstvaardig maakte en sinds april 2019 is ze weer actief in de goederendienst onder nummer 243 179-9 : het nummer waarmee haar carriere begon ;)
Op deze trein meerdere voor mij onbekende containers - opschrift 'YUXINOU the rail logistics' en 'Chongqing - Freight to the World'. Het blijkt hier te gaan om de 'YUXINOU China-Europe Railway Express' die container blok treinen verzorgd uit de Chinese stad Chongqing (gelegen in het Zuid-Westen van China) naar het Westen. Sinds maart 2011 worden container treinen via de Alasjankou grens overgang met Mongolië door Centraal Azië naar Europa vervoerd, totale afstand meer dan 11.000 kilometer. Eén van deze treinen gaat naar Duisburg.
DeltaRail Eloc 243 179 komt langs Pelkum naar Hamm met een Chinese container blok trein en verder naar de Duits-Poolse grens.
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Friday 18 march 2022
From Recklinghausen another China container train passes by, this time pulled by the beautiful DeltaRail E-loc BR143 243 179. This train originates in the harbour of Duisburg.
Electric locomotive BR143 243 179 started its service in October 1986 as 243 179-9 with the 'DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn' in passenger traffic. In 1992 she got the number 143 179-0 and in 1994 she transferred to the 'DB AG - Deutsche Bahn AG'.
On 11 December 2005 she was set aside to be leased on 23 January 2006 to MEG - Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of DB AG. After she was put into service in 'Bh Cottbus' she got MEG nr 601 and she was used in freight traffic.
The locomotive was taken out of service in 2015. But in 2019 the locomotive was sold to DeltaRail who made it serviceable again and since April 2019 it has been active in freight service under number 243 179-9 : the number with which her career started ;)
On this train where several containers unknown to me - inscription 'YUXINOU the rail logistics' and 'Chongqing - Freight to the World'. It turns out to be the 'YUXINOU China-Europe Railway Express' - it provides container block trains from the Chinese city of Chongqing (located in the South-West of China) to the West. Since March 2011, container trains have passed via the Alasjankou border crossing with Mongolia through Central Asia to Europe, a total distance of more than 11.000 kilometres. One of these trains goes to the harbour of Duisburg.
DeltaRail Eloc 243 179 passes Pelkum to Hamm with a Chinese container block train on to the German-Polish border.
Britain's oldest operational unit 483008 departs from the beautifully preserved station at Brading with the 2D25 11.49 Ryde Pier Head-Shanklin Island Line service. 483008 first entered service with the London Underground in February 1940 and at the ripe age of 80+ years old was withdrawn (apparently) from service a few months later owing to a failure, with the rest of the Class 483 fleet withdrawn in January 2021. Thankfully it does appear that this unit, along with the remaining serviceable fleet, does have a secure future in preservation at various locations.
Brading Town Council and it's volunteers deserve credit for the excellent job done with restoration of the station buildings and it's signal box (out of shot here). The passing loop and the (at the time) disused second platform were reinstated during an upgrade of the Island Line during 2021. The crossing where I was stood for this photo was also removed during the process.
Taken with the assistance of a pole from the public footpath crossing at the south end of the station.
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad hosted their third annual Railfans Day this year, offering the rare opportunity to photograph their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have when new leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trips from Bourne to the festivities in Hyannis yard with stops to pick up more passengers at Sanwich and West Barnstable along the way. The train is swinging around the west or north leg of the wye passing the station sign at MP 75.5 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Cape Main and to Hyannis is only 3 1/2 miles away.
Mass Coastal's freight only South Dennis Line extends from this junction east (railroad south) about three miles where the tracks end just beyond the Yarmouth-Barnstable Regional Commercial Transfer Station where the energy train loads. However, until 1960 the rails extended 45 miles all the way out to the far tip of the outer Cape at Provincetown and today the right of way remains intact as a popular bike trail.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Saturday August 16, 2025
The Portland - a sailing hold scow, built of kauri in 1910.
She traded in and around Auckland until 1932
when she came to Nelson, and traded between the Tasman Bay harbours and Wellington for over 40 years.
The Portland is one of the few surviving serviceable hold scow in New Zealand,
most of these ships were taken to the Pacific for war use and never came back.
The Portland is currently moored at Pounawea in The Catlins.
But I hear rumours she's sold and may be moving back to Auckland. Rumours...
ehive.com/account/3021/object/42312/Photograph_[Scow_The_Portland]
www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/158184/all-hands-pumps-...
The Portland - a sailing hold scow, built of kauri in 1910.
She traded in and around Auckland until 1932
when she came to Nelson, and traded between the Tasman Bay harbours and Wellington for over 40 years.
The Portland is one of the few surviving serviceable hold scow in New Zealand,
most of these ships were taken to the Pacific for war use and never came back.
The Portland is currently moored at Pounawea in The Catlins.
But I hear rumours she's sold and may be moving back to Auckland. Rumours...
ehive.com/account/3021/object/42312/Photograph_[Scow_The_Portland]
www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/158184/all-hands-pumps-...
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The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 and Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the second of three trips back to the festivities seen here at MP 76.4 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad operated Cape Mainline just after passing under US Route 6 only a bit over two miles from their destination at Hyannis yard.
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
This time of year, the NJ Meadowlands really starts to pickup. Shorebirds and Songbirds alike begin their journey south, resting and foraging in the marshy areas along the way. I made a trip over there recently to scout about and see what was around. Things were looking good, not full swing migration good, but good for a late summer outing. Mallards were bountiful, Great Egrets stalked the edges, and a few flocks of Least Sandpiper could be found zipping around. I took a few shots here and there, but mostly for birding evidence. Nothing too great. It was when I was walking back to the car that this Yellow-crowned Night Heron emerged from behind a grassy berm. Upon noticing the bird, I slowly dropped to one knee. I don't have a good track record with these birds on ground level, so I wanted to do everything in my power to not spook him. I stayed low to the ground, going as far as to use the berm itself as a sort of natural blind. Once I got into a serviceable distance, I rolled over onto the berm. At this moment, he took a few steps toward me, as if to investigate the sound or commotion. I managed to get a few frames in before some joggers scared him off. While I didn't get to spend a great deal of time with him, I'm happy with the few shots I did get.
When my dad and I visited Salt Lake City on July 23, 1977, we drove through South Yard to see what was going on. We were all but shocked to see this amazing lash up of EMDs, stored serviceable at 3rd North and 5th West. The group included DD35A No. UP70 and DD35s No. 93B, 87B, 72B, 82B, 98B, and 80B. A second group with eight DD35As were stored further south in the yard, all waiting for traffic levels to pick up. It wouldn't be long before all were hauling freight again.
On May 23, 1993, a remarkable combination of locomotives passed through Porta Westfalica. Steam locomotive 41 241 of the DB Museum/BSW-Gruppe Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck has 290 073 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (Bw Hamm (Westf)) in tow. The 41 241 was recently presented in serviceable condition by the Veluwsche Stoomtreinmaatschappij. The 290 073 is now called 294 573 and has Mannheim as its home base.
Amsterdam Elandsgracht. Night ride excursion in 1970. The 868 ((468) is still serviceable in 2022. © Henk Graalman
For Coach and Parcels Van Photographers another train worth seeing and photographing was the Leeds to Red Bank Sidings Newspaper Van Empties .
It was made up of nearly all the last remaining CCT Vans that were still serviceable .
This train , and its outward working from Manchester Victoria , in the middle of the night was their last home so as to speak.
Here on a Wet Sunday Morning 14th-February-1988 , M94792 leads the consist from Leeds back to Red Bank Sidings , Manchester .
The Locomotive is Class 47 47371 .
All is quiet at the shuttered Milwaukee Road diesel house in Milwaukee, as the remaining General Electric fleet waits out the days. Here, the class unit of the U36C group was delivered to the road in June 1972 along with three others. They were classed as 36-GRS-6 (3600 HP-GE Road Switcher-6 Axles). The 5800 started as Milwaukee 8500 and was renumbered in August and September 1974. By the end of 1980, the big GE's were stored in the back shop as serviceable, with the exception of 5801. On February 19, 1985, they were sold to the Soo LIne, as they were still under lease for two more years. They were moved to Soo's Shorham shops and were sold back to GE in May 1989 for their Super 7 rebuild program.
MILW 5800
Milwaukee, WI.
April 1984
Hi Everyone,
A Lifer! The ubiquitous hydro pole for a perch, not pretty but serviceable for the hawk! I had barely enough time to get of the car and click twice before it flew off. This image required a really huge crop. Taken about five miles north of Stoney Mt., Manitoba.
Thanks a bunch for looking, your comments and faves! I appreciate hearing from you including constructive criticsim!
Have a terrific day!
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SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (former Philadelphia & Western interurban). Fantrip with the last of the serviceable Brill-built "Strafford" cars of 1927, the immediate predecessors to the line's famed Brill "Bullet" interurbans. More on the history of these cars can be found here: www.phillytrolley.org/strafford.html
Train #6, the "Quad Cities Rocket," has enough power for its swollen consist of 28 cars, mostly deadheaded cars from an Iowa football special the previous day. Probably every serviceable mainline passenger car the Rock Island still owned.
(Photographer unknown)
Central California Traction Company Alco S1 number 42 is seen very late in its career at Shops (Stockton), California.
Alco construction number 69610 was built in January, 1942. Originally Northern Pacific Terminal Company 34, it was purchased by CCT on May 24, 1965, and retired in December of 1982. It was stored serviceable at Willits, California, as of March, 2003 (source: Dave Stanley's The Central California Traction Company).
'Knife 73' flight was the third two ship of CV-22s from the 7th SOS during the day, lifting just prior to dusk. Maybe they are becoming more serviceable!
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
The railfan festival has wrapped up and this is the third train of the day headed back south to Hyannis as an empty deadhead move after dropping off visitors at the Bourne Station who had parked and ridden in from there. The has tucked into the 2000 ft long Sagamore siding here at MP 59.6 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline. They have locked up in the clear and have pulled down to the south end to await a meet with the northbound CapeFLYER headed back to Boston. Leading the train are the stars of the day, New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 and Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively).
In the background can be seen the Sagamore Bridge which was built between 1933 and 1935 by the Public Works Adminstration along with its sister span the Bourne Bridge to the west. It is 1408 ft long and 275 ft high and a rather narrow 40 ft width with four lanes. The bridges became necessary after the government purchased the privately owned toll canal in 1928 and began widening and deepening it between 1935 and 1940.
Bourne, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
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We took the Tattler Creek route up Sable Mountain. While this looks pretty impenetrable from above, there were plenty of serviceable game trails that clearly get some human use.
There is a shortage of serviceable DAF DB250s at Southport at the moment, and here 3084 (MX61AVM), a VDL SB200 with Wright Pulsar 2 bodywork, is seen at Ormskirk Bus Station covering. Photo taken on 10/12/11.
A ride on the Chemin de fer de Vivarais from Tournon to Colombier-Le-Vieux. Metre-gauge 0-6-0-6-0T compound Mallet 403 is at the head of the 10.00 train at Tournon Saint Jean station. Since 2013 this has been the eastern terminus and the dual-gauge section to the SNCF station in Tournon is no longer in use.
403 was built in Switzerland for the cdf de Vivarais in 1903. Despite its pristine appearance the loco will be withdrawn for overhaul in the near future. The railway has one other serviceable Mallet at Tournon and 2 under overhaul, the latter at Lamastre.
This is the off-season and on Tuesdays only one train runs and this a shorter journey to Colombier-Le-Vieux rather than the 2 hour full 30km journey to Lamastre and with only 3 coaches.
As a colour photograph this shot of 37612 did not have a lot going for it. However with a bit of work and conversion to black and white a far more acceptable image has been achieved. 37612 top and tailing with 37610 brings up the rear of 1Q68, 01.52 Doncaster to Derby RTC test train (via varies parts of South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire) passing through Attenborough, 19th December 2020.
Locomotive History
This locomotive has had many guises in its lifetime of fifty seven years old. It was new in October 1963 as D6879 and was allocated to Cardiff until transferred along the coast to Landore in October 1971. In the 1974 TOPS renumbering scheme it became 37179 and transferred to Scotland (Eastfield) in April 1982 before moving back south to South Wales (Cardiff) again in March 1985. It then became a bit of a gypsy as over the next couple of years it had spells at Tinsley (twice), Gateshead, Thornaby and back to Cardiff before it entered Crewe Works for refurbishment and remerged in February 1987 as 37691. It moved back to Scotland (Motherwell) in April 1992 and south to Immingham in May 1993 and spent most of 1994 in store un-serviceable. In December 1995 it was allocated to European Passenger Services and became 37612. It did little work over the next two years until sold Direct Rail Services in June 1997. Sold to to HRNC in July 2017 it is currently (December 2020) on hire to Colas Railfreight for test train duties.
Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas Local" is departing Thompson Falls MT on it's way back to Missoula. The SD40-2/GP40-2 was a rare sight considering the 500 is MRL's sole GP40-2. This run usually has a pair of the newer SD70ACE's on it but with a recent rise in traffic levels on the MRL, it's now "whatever is serviceable to run"- at least for 2019 that is.
For thousands of District 18 residents, the K-7 is the last word in cheap dependable transportation. It is quite inexpensive, and small enough to weave through dense traffic. It uses manually controlled steering vanes and a simple thruster and hoverpads for reliability and serviceability. The bike is built around a basic alloy frame, and components can be easily swapped to customize the bike for numerous applications.
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Built for the LEGO Speeder Bike contest. Things are heating up over there, go check it out!
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The prefab LEGO bike parts are really handy for small speeder bikes in that they have structure which can pass between a minifig's legs, but I tend to think that the LEGO motorcycle frames have been pretty well played out by better builders than me. At the beginning of the contest though, I realized that I hadn't seen a speeder bike built on the bicycle frame, so that's where the inspiration for this came from. Then of course two excellent entries were submitted using that frame... so much for originality.
Anyway, I've been tinkering with this one since the beginning of the month. My goals were to make it as motorcycle shaped and functional looking as possible.
Critique and suggestions welcome.
Diesel car from mobile exhibition of the Museum "Mosgortrans". All vehicles are serviceable and on the go.
The first grain to Elmore in quite a while ran over the 26th and 27th of December 2022 when SSR sent 9097/9098 to load at the site with their two serviceable Broad Gauge S Classes in charge- S317 leading on the 9097 empties and S312 on the 9098 return, with the latter seen at Kangaroo Flat on the 27th.
Video available at: youtu.be/UIUsgOTRFgg
There are now only 13 serviceable Class 66s left in full original EWS livery complete with their original light clusters. A real treat this morning was 3 of those locos lined up on the newly laid load bank road at Toton, 66087 66024 and 66119.
006 068 083 116 129 140 151 158 170 and 198 are the others to look out for. 037 138 160 and 187 are long term demics at Toton and will likely be the final 4 in the colour scheme although 037 had its light clusters removed in 2023
Which Do You Prefer?
A nose to nose comparison of passenger power from two different eras.
At left is Amtrak 66 a GE P42DC blt. Mar. 1997 and dressed in Phase II heritage 40th Anniversary livery. She was here as a trailing helper/protect unit traveling behind Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 which is about to couple up for the start of the return journey to Los Angeles while on the six day long Grand Canyon Limited excursion. Alas in 2016 this unit was involved in a fatal grade crossing collision in Joliet, IL that bent her frame and she has not run since and will most likely eventually be scrapped.
At right is Grand Canyon Railway 6773 an MLW FPA4 blt. Feb. 1959 for the Canadian National with the same number. She once led trains from Halifax to Vancouver including the famed Super Continental. Serving into the early 1990s she was acquired by the fledgling GCRY along with six sister units around 1993 and led trains for many years until largely being supplanted after they acquired F40PHs due to ever longer and heavier trains. However she's still on the roster and I believe still serviceable though I'm not sure how often she runs.
Williams, Arizona
Friday May 18, 2012
They were returned to UP on 3/31/80 when Rock Island shut down. UP painted 13 that were still serviceable, & some were used very briefly before they were stored. The 514 is seen here stored at Tacoma, WA on 4/15/83.
©Joel M. Seidl photographer.
37403 is on its second stint on the Anglian 'short set' in January 2019. This is due to its replacement - 37716 - failing then the replacement for the replacement - 37405 - suffering from wheelflats and then the intended replacement for the replacement for the replacement - 37424 - failing on arrival at Norwich from Crewe with a power earth fault. Are you keeping up?
Overdue a fairly major exam, 37403 was granted a 1 week extension to continue to provide Greater Anglia with two serviceable locos - something that is seemingly increasingly difficult for DRS to do, despite the number of locos theoretically available* following the end of the Cumbrian Coast operation.
* - Anglian locos need to be fitted with remote fire bottle operation so it isn't a case of anything can work there.
Isle of Mull seen here with the set back to load 3 during a stop at Oulton Broad North with 2J88 1902 Norwich-Lowestoft. 37407 was on the rear.