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Conrail GRAY covered grain hoppers

Fri, 2014-02-21 17:40 — TomJohnson

Electric Locomotives (Pantograph electrical pickup)

Fri, 2014-02-21 13:48 — Bernd

What if Alco and Westinghouse had been influenced by a Swiss design?

Would this locomotive: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=372705

Have looked more like this one? : http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/ce-68-320106.jpg

Rio Grande Southern website - lots of photos & history, major update completed...

Thu, 2014-02-20 19:14 — rgs_info

I've finally completed a major update of photo links on my Rio Grande Southern historical website - something like 3000 photos links to the Denver Public Library (and others), which were broken w/ recent re-orgs. This was weeks of manual edits... ugh!

Please enjoy! If you haven't been there before, my site contains:

Railfanning Puerto Rico

Wed, 2014-02-19 11:39 — robteed

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I just found out I'm going to Fajardo,Puerto Rico in May. I would like any information about railfanning near the Waldorf Astoria.

Thanks,

Rob Teed

LOGOs Heralds - share yours?

Share your "homemade" logo or herald.

Looking for inspiration; whether yours is freelance, proto-freelance, alterations for "what-if" logos and heralds.

Please let us know what era and inspiration or story behind your RR.

I am working on a Rock Island / Conrail "what if". I have done a KCN (Kansas City Southern & Chicago Great Western merger) what if. Pix to follow,

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10 year old steam engine - Leviathan #63 4-4-0

Sat, 2014-02-15 05:37 — Bernd

David Kloke of Kloke Locomotive Works LLC has built a 4-4-0 replica of the Leviathan #63 that pulled Lincoln's funeral train. He plans on replicating the 1600 mile tour from Washington DC to Springfield, Illinois next year in April.

This is the engine at Age of Steam Roundhouse: http://ageofsteamroundhouse.com/2014-02%20-%20Leviathan.html follow the link given in the news letter to learn more about this historic engine and the dedicated man behind it all.

BNSF in Winnipeg via the BNML again today (2014-02-12)

Wed, 2014-02-12 19:04 — Bill Brillinger

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Looks like this could be a regular occurrence for now...

This train was sitting just south of Winnipeg today waiting to enter the city. Very similar makeup to the last one I saw. Mostly Grain. When I left the city this evening, it was sitting on the CN main just south of the Forks over the Pembina HWY.