Rail roads and their tracks.

[ArlyA]

I never hear the word 'tumped'. Learn something new every day!

tump
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verb​

tumped; tumping; tumps
intransitive verb
chiefly Southern US : to tip or turn over especially accidentally

—usually used with over
sooner or later everybody tumps over. Nothing to worry about if you don't get caught under the canoe—Don Kennard

Neither had I. Maybe a southern states thing?

 

[bcp]

BNSF fire train.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1701749421313028509

Bruce

 

[ArlyA]

New Amtrak train being towed in NY. Amtrak in Andover: Rare sighting for sure this morning in Andover, NY as one of the brand new Amtrak “next generation” Acela trains is pulled from the... | By John Kucko Digital | Facebook

 

[California]

New Amtrak train being towed in NY. Amtrak in Andover: Rare sighting for sure this morning in Andover, NY as one of the brand new Amtrak “next generation” Acela trains is pulled from the... | By John Kucko Digital | Facebook

I found the explanation in the comments: No catenary.

So apparently it's being delivered.

 

[dodge man]

We were at a museum in Polson Montana today, a huge collection of things inside and out. This was outside and caught my eye, I no nothing about it and there was no sign.

 

[bcp]

We were at a museum in Polson Montana today, a huge collection of things inside and out. This was outside and caught my eye, I no nothing about it and there was no sign.
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Bits and Pieces

Geared Steam, Milwaukee Road, Montana, Trains, Milwaukee Road, Model Railroad, railroads, photos

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S-1 Fireless Steam Somers Lumber Co

S-1 Fireless Steam Somers Lumber Co Somers Lumber Co (GN) Somers, MT

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Somers Lumber Company Steam Locomotive Number S-1 at Sommers, Montana in June 1961. - PNRA AtoM

Somers Lumber Company 0-4-0 steam saddle tank locomotive number S-1 at Sommers, Montana, in June 1961. Photo by Ron V. Nixon, J.M. Fredrickson Coll...

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Bruce

 

[the old grind]

Saddle tanker? 'Fireless'? There is no distinct firebox and what seems to be the smokebox really looks small and 'boxy' to me, as in not drafting a boiler as we might expect out of familiarity. (Nothing so specific in the links.)

Note that lacking a fuel tender and with the cylindrical outer body extending to the rear of the cab I wonder if this is one of those engines into whom pre-heated bricks were loaded to generate steam. It would make sense to me for a lumbering operation for several reasons that come to mind.

 

[ArlyA]

Unprocessed taconite rock awaits dumping at Northshore Mining's processing plant in Silver Bay MN on September 13, 2023.

 

[ArlyA]

Saddle tanker? 'Fireless'? There is no distinct firebox and what seems to be the smokebox really looks small and 'boxy' to me, as in not drafting a boiler as we might expect out of familiarity. (Nothing so specific in the links.)

Note that lacking a fuel tender and with the cylindrical outer body extending to the rear of the cab I wonder if this is one of those engines into whom pre-heated bricks were loaded to generate steam. It would make sense to me for a lumbering operation for several reasons that come to mind.

I wonder how it was fired as well.

 

[kenmbz]

Fireless locomotive - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Very cool how it works