Working rail roads and their tracks.

[MossRoad]

National Railway Equipment in Silvis, IL.

You want locos? They got locos!

 

[bcp]

Train crashes into construction equipment at Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County

No injuries were reported in the crash that happened around 11:23 a.m. Wednesday.

www.wgal.com

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Bummer. On the bright side...

"The locomotive, which is the oldest at the railroad, is expected to be repaired and back on the tracks for the start of Christmas trains later this month."

 

[RoyJackson]

Train crashes into construction equipment at Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County

No injuries were reported in the crash that happened around 11:23 a.m. Wednesday.

www.wgal.com

Bruce

Boy, that's a shame! Fortunately, the locomotive can be repaired
We visited the Strasburg Railroad years ago when living in York County, PA. For train buffs and kids (of all ages), a great place to visit!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve shot video from the bridge in paradise. Doing the runaround. Looks like points were turned wrong, think engine was supposed to go right but went into excavator on the left track. Also engineer was looking out right side of the cab and couldn’t see it.

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Looking at google, excavator was on a short siding. If they hadn’t hit it, they would of had worse accident. Looks like whoever parked the excavator on the siding forgot to turn the points back. Looks like excavator has train wheels on it.

 

[RoyJackson]

Interesting article

The story of the KC-135 Stratotanker that lowered its landing gear and idled its engines to slow down enough to tow an F-4 Phantom II experiencing mechanical issues over the Atlantic - The Aviation Geek Club

The KC-135 that lowered its landing gear and idled its engines to slow down enough to tow an F-4 experiencing mechanical issues

theaviationgeekclub.com

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Here’s the overhead. That siding only holds 2 car lengths.

 

[Hay Dude]

I live about 25 miles from the Strasburgh railroad. Very popular tourist attraction

 

[Hay Dude]

Interesting article

The story of the KC-135 Stratotanker that lowered its landing gear and idled its engines to slow down enough to tow an F-4 Phantom II experiencing mechanical issues over the Atlantic - The Aviation Geek Club

The KC-135 that lowered its landing gear and idled its engines to slow down enough to tow an F-4 experiencing mechanical issues

theaviationgeekclub.com

How did the F4 land? Did it ditch in calmer water or actually land on tarmac?

 

[RoyJackson]

How did the F4 land? Did it ditch in calmer water or actually land on tarmac?

The F-4 landed safely...

The Day a USAF KC-135 Crew Saved an F-4 Phantom by Dragging it Home

On the 5th of September, 1983, 4 USAF F-4E Phantom jets were flying over the Atlantic en route to Europe along with the support of a KC-135 known as

sierrahotel.net

F-4's were a great aircraft...this one, an "E" model, was an air force bird. However, due to it's supersonic design, the F-4's weren't really good at lower speeds.
When they came in for a carrier landing, they came in hot and fast...
Trivia: All F-4's had a tailhook, even the Air Force birds. The tailhook was an integral part of the airframe