Working rail roads and their tracks.

[ArlyA]

From the UP steam club today.
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Union Pacific Steam Club Update - Challenger No. 3985 Ready to Head to RRHMA for Restoration​

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Union Pacific Steam Club Update No. 26 - October 26, 2022 ​ ​ The steam crew has been busy preparing the Challenger No. 3985 along with the TTT-6 steam locomotive No. 5511 and Centennial diesel locomotive No. 6936 for delivery to the non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA). The donated equipment will be towed by diesel locomotives from Union Pacific's Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Friday, Nov. 11. The Heritage Donation Special will make periodic maintenance stops along the route. The special train is scheduled to arrive at the RRHMA's shop in Silvis, Illinois, on Saturday, Nov. 19. A complete schedule can be found on the UPSteam.com web site. The donation includes the following equipment from Union Pacific's Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming: 4-6-6-4 Challenger UP 3985 Class TTT 2-10-2 UP 5511 The Centennial UP 6936 E9B passenger locomotive shell Four 1950s coach cars Diner-Lounge car Baggage car Caboose Two business cars: the Selma, previously Western Pacific's Feather River, and the Stanford, originally the 1928 Southern Pacific Sunset The RRHMA plans a multi-year, multi-million-dollar restoration of the equipment, including restoring the steam locomotives to operating condition. Union Pacific plays a leading role in preserving railroad history and maintains the finest heritage fleet in the world, which includes the world's largest steam locomotive, the Big Boy No. 4014, and the fastest steam locomotive, the Living Legend No. 844. Each year, Union Pacific proudly sponsors a steam tour, inviting communities and rail fans to whistlestops and displays across its 23-state network to celebrate Union Pacific's rich heritage and learn about modern rail operations. Remember if you come out to watch the Heritage Donation Special pass by, please remain at least 25 feet back from the tracks and do not trespass on any railroad property. West Coast Steam Tour We share the disappointment that we were unable to operate the Big Boy No. 4014's West Coast Steam Tour in 2022 in order to focus on efforts to improve network operations. We continue to look to reschedule this tour in the future. That's all for now. Until next time, stay safe!

 

[BravoXray]

Video of a CSX local in Framingham (NY?) derailing as it is being taken.
The guy videoing it had a lot of balls standing that close while it was happening.

 

[jjeff]

here is an old 0-4-2 or 2-4-0?? It has 4 drive wheels anyway, located at Ceder Point
Family and I enjoyed riding on it last week. It burns coal and runs on a narrow gauge. ceder point has 4 or 5 of them running on a couple miles of track around the amusement park, they are about a hundred yrs old or so.

 

[MossRoad]

Video of a CSX local in Framingham (NY?) derailing as it is being taken.
The guy videoing it had a lot of balls standing that close while it was happening.

YIKES! I see a train coming off the tracks and I'm turning and running!!!

 

[ArlyA]

Video of a CSX local in Framingham (NY?) derailing as it is being taken.
The guy videoing it had a lot of balls standing that close while it was happening.

Ya, I'd have stepped back some. He was close!

 

[MossRoad]

 

[MossRoad]

 

[BravoXray]

The locomotive number 536 was a rare EMD GP30 high nose model. I'd never seen one before. I think Southern and Norfolk and Western were the only railroads that had high nose GP30s.

 

[bcp]

here is an old 0-4-2 or 2-4-0?? It has 4 drive wheels anyway, located at Ceder Point
Family and I enjoyed riding on it last week. It burns coal and runs on a narrow gauge. ceder point has 4 or 5 of them running on a couple miles of track around the amusement park, they are about a hundred yrs old or so.

From a webpage about Cedar Point's locomotives:

Steam Locomotive Information

www.steamlocomotive.info

The Judy K. is a 1922 Vulcan 2-4-0 that was originally an 0-4-OT saddletanker. Its last assignment was hauling gravel for the Lehigh Stone Company of Lehigh. Illinois. Worn out, it was acquired by the railroad for scrap prices in 1968 but required a complete rebuilding before it could run again. Initially carrying the number 5, in 1974 it was named the Jack Foster after the first superintendent of the CP&LE. Following a twoyear rebuilding in 1992, it was christened the Judy K. after the wife of Cedar Point president Richard Kinzel.

Bruce

 

[5030]

The locomotive number 536 was a rare EMD GP30 high nose model. I'd never seen one before. I think Southern and Norfolk and Western were the only railroads that had high nose GP30s.

I bet they gutted it of all mechanicals before wrecking it.

 

[bcp]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1585046090742890497

Bruce

 

[Cub 7274]

Anhydrous Ammonia?...run Forest run

 

[MossRoad]

How about molten aluminum?

 

[MossRoad]

 

[ArlyA]

The talk of of a RR strike.are still rumbling on the news.

 

[bcp]

Swiss claim record for the world's longest passenger train

A Swiss rail operator has set a new world record for the longest passenger train on a spectacular track through the Swiss Alps.

www.swissinfo.ch

Four engines and 100 cars, narrow gauge.

Bruce

 

[BravoXray]

1,920 meters long, about 6,200 feet, that's a local around here.

 

[ArlyA]

Seems narrow gauge and a passenger train might be the record. When I worked around BN years ago the standard train was 118 cars and over one mile long of bulf freight.

 

[MossRoad]

Yep. But you don't see many passenger trains over 10-15 cars around here. 100 would be quite odd.

 

[ArlyA]

Just off my news feed. Not that old of a locomotive.
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Illinois Railway Museum acquires SD50
By Steve Smedley | November 2, 2022


Locomotive will be seventh C&NW diesel and 26th EMD in collection

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The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired this former Chicago & North Western SD50, shown at Silvis, Ill., on Oct. 28, 2022. Erik Rasmussen

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UNION, Ill. — Former Chicago & North Western Railway SD50 No. 7009 is headed to the Illinois Railway Museum after two benefactors provided the funds to purchase the locomotive from the dead line at National Railway Equipment in Silvis, Ill.
IRM says the locomotive is the first SD50 to be preserved by a museum.
The six-axle locomotive rolled off the Electro-Motive Division assembly line in LaGrange, Ill., in November 1985. It was one of 35 SD50s ordered by the CNW for use in the Powder River coal pool, followed by an order for 55 SD60s in 1986. These were the last EMD locomotives ordered by CNW prior to its merger with Union Pacific in 1995.
Externally, the locomotives were identical except for the winterization hatch on the SD60 order. The SD50 gained a reputation for engine failures with its 3,500-hp 645F prime mover; the SD60 featured the new 16-cylinder EMD 710G3A, and a computer-controlled electrical system.
“The 7009 is a very significant acquisition for us,” said Jamie Koloanowski, IRM’s curator of diesel locomotives. “Not only is it representative of one of Chicago’s legendary railroads and built by Electro-Motive right here in Chicagoland, but it is also in remarkably original condition, not having been rebuilt with aftermarket upgrades. It even still wears its original C&NW paint applied at the factory. Its historic fabric is extremely complete.”
The museum said in a press release that the SD50’s acquisition comes as other locomotives of the model continue to operate in common-carrier service on a variety of regional and short line railroads. At IRM, 7009 will be the seventh C&NW locomotive and the 26th EMD locomotive in the Museum’s diesel collection, considered by many to be the most comprehensive in preservation.
Dave Allenson, a former Chicago & North Western engineer, weighed in on the 7000 series.
“Overall, I liked them,” he said. “They weren’t the greatest on coal trains; the GEs were much better. They had the super series wheel-slip control, so they were able to give more adhesion than a SD40-2. The system allowed a certain amount of slippage; the wheels would just sing. And they had good dynamic brakes on them. … The dynamics were great on them, but they were loud. The dynamic brake grid was relocated to right behind the cab.”