Working rail roads and their tracks.

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Slug in Lafayette, IN last Saturday. It works the yards in the area. This is near the Subaru plant.

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Iowa Northern uses those often. I wonder if the CN takeover will change that...
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I've never even seen a slug before. :(:unsure:
There used to be quite a few of them in the Elkhart, IN yard. Now just a couple/few. Was surprised to see this one in Lafayette. Been going down there a lot recently. A kid and their spouse moved back from OK.

On that note, I'll take a 2 hour drive over a 12 hour drive any day! (y)
 
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No one here will see the 4014 on this tour? Do wish we could! In Elko NV #UP4014 enjoyed our rescheduled whistle-stop last night. Next on Friday is Montello, View the full schedule at UPsteam.com.
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Union Pacific’s Steam team will be holding a Q&A session with visitors at the Big Boy #UP4014 display in Ogden, Utah tomorrow, Saturday, July 20th, starting at 1 p.m. MT.
Can’t join us in person? We’ll be sharing it live here on Facebook! You won’t want to miss it. #BigBoyHeadsWest
(Note: time is subject to change based on technology and locomotive needs)

Can anyone here join this live chat? We'll be on the road.
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DuPont 16-wheel tank car DUPX 12401 was entering the CSX GENTILLY YARD on an SP-CSX run-through train in New Orleans, on its way from Texas to North Carolina. This was the first of five 38,300-gallon DUPX cars (12401-12405) built for DuPont by AMF in May and June 1970. These cars were initially heated and insulated; but by the time this image was taken, their insulation and outer jacket had been removed and they were in ethylene glycol service. They had an outside length of 92-07 with a LT WT of 144,000 LBS and a LD LMT of 382,000 LBS, for a gross rail load of 526,000 LBS. Car 12403 disappeared from the Equipment Register in 1991, but the other four remained in use until 2007 and were scrapped during January 2010.
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Here is a strange one for you guys. Seen in Lead South Dakota at one of the deepest gold mines in the world which stopped mining around 2001, a compressed air engine. View attachment 881500
Yep. I've seen a couple of those. First one was in the Children's Park in Rapid City, SD.

Here's a good read I've posted in the past....

 

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