Working rail roads and their tracks.

[5030]

When I was a little one growing up in west Cleveland, there was a set of tracks nearby and a companion set of tracks for the (at that time Cleveland Transit System) thay carried light rail cars, electric overhead line powered that took communers into downtown cleveland. Anyway, when a freight train was coming down the tracks but it was still far away, you could put your ear on the rail and her it coming. Don't remember if the CTS light rail did that but the freight trains did. My feeble memory isn't all that good but I do remember where the tracks went under Triskett Avenue and we'd climb down under the bridge to get to the tracks. Long time ago, at least 60 years. Kind of suprpised I remember the name of the road actually.

 

[ArlyA]

UP 4023 (Retired) Union Pacific Steam 4-8-8-4 at Omaha, Nebraska being moved.

 

[BackRoad]

144 wheels, if I counted right...!

 

[kenmbz]

doing a turn around yesterday.

 

[MossRoad]

UP 4023 (Retired) Union Pacific Steam 4-8-8-4 at Omaha, Nebraska being moved.View attachment 3539724

Impressive.
What are they going to do with it?

 

[ArlyA]

Impressive.
What are they going to do with it?

The poster on FB did not state but I'll guess was being moved to the open museum found there.

 

[ning]

Looks like the pic of UP4023 being moved was from 2005.

 

[ArlyA]

Taken at the Port of Thunder Bay CA grain facility.

 

[bcp]

Taken at the Port of Thunder Bay CA grain facility.View attachment 3545999View attachment 3546000View attachment 3546001

Railroad: Cando Contracting
Locomotive: GMD GMD1u

CCGX 1011:

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/821065/

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Still working... not bad for a 65ish year old. (sure there's been some rehab, but heck, I've had rehab, too! )