Rail roads and their tracks.

[MossRoad]

What's a RR slug?

No engine. Just traction motors and weight. Has to be paired with a locomotive. Gets its electric supply from the paired loco.

Slug (railroad) - Wikipedia

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[MossRoad]

There's a good view of one at about 4:47 in the video...

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[BravoXray]

There's a good view of one at about 4:47 in the video...

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I've seen them working that slug quite often when I go by the yard.

 

[Hay Dude]

I just looked up the link to “slug” and scrolled dow a bit to see this picture

That rail yard is about 15 miles from me near Crozer/Chester Hospital and Weidner University.

 

[California]

Thanks everybody. Never heard of a Slug before this.

That makes sense. Horsepower is needed top-end for speed, but added torque and traction are what's needed to get a heavy train started moving, ie this switchyard application.

 

[MossRoad]

Got to watch the whole thing...

There's at least 3 of them in the video.


868


858 & 859


I remember when it was a Conrail yard. There were many more of them back then.

 

[bcp]

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 Steam Schedule

In 2024, Big Boy No. 4014 visited 14 of the 23 states served by Union Pacific, with full day stops in Roseville, Ogden, Rochelle, Houston and Fort Worth. Future schedules are still in the planning stage; stay tuned for updates!

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Route:

https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@corprel/documents/digitalmedia/img_up_steam_2023_steam_map.jpg

Bruce

 

[ArlyA]

This is a rail and sail combo I never expected to get after Elevator A along Duluth's MN waterfront was shuttered after the 2013 shipping season. Hansen-Mueller reopened it last year and today they welcomed the first vessel to load there (Maxima loading beet pulp pellets). In the foreground are Riverland AG's ex-Cargill SW1 and their GE centercab. They also use a red former MKT SW1200. Duluth, MN - June 5, 2023. Years ago, I worked on a similar engine seen on the right. This was also posted in the great lake shipping thread.

 

[MossRoad]

There's a little switcher located at a farm service supply center/grain elevator about 8 miles west of me that looks similar. It's usually parked in an area that I can't get close enough to take photos. It's similar to that but I think the cab is not exactly in the center.

There's also an engine that's been sitting on a siding at a grain elevator in La Paz, IN about 16 miles south of me for at least 20 years. I think Conagra owns it. Google street views shows it sitting with the doors open. Used to be a train station at that location. I went with my folks to pick up my cousin there back in the 60s.

 

[bcp]

There's a little switcher located at a farm service supply center/grain elevator about 8 miles west of me that looks similar. It's usually parked in an area that I can't get close enough to take photos. It's similar to that but I think the cab is not exactly in the center.

Maybe this for the centercab?

GAVILON 1

GAVILON 1 Gavilon Grain uses this un-numbered GE 65-tonner at their facility near Plainfield, IN. She was originally USAX 1665.

www.rrpicturearchives.net

There's also an engine that's been sitting on a siding at a grain elevator in La Paz, IN about 16 miles south of me for at least 20 years. I think Conagra owns it.

And the one in La Paz, maybe.

Pictures of CRGX 6990

Pictures of CRGX 6990, Model: SD40-2

www.rrpicturearchives.net

Bruce