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Wait a minute... Yes you can Ham549!UJtfjk8V/w 04/21/23(Fri)17:49:59 R No.6059 [Reply]

Apparently somebody at trains magazine doesn't think you can use a freight locomotive to haul passenger train. https://www.trains.com/mrr/how-to/prototype-railroads/you-cant-pull-passenger-tr
ains-with-freight-locomotives/

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1524 04/23/23(Sun)06:57:58 R No.6061 >>6062

>>6060
Don't you also need a head-end power unit, or are the American passenger cars still powered by axle generators and oil heaters?

That said, the distinction is obviously mostly legal. In most of the rest of the world passenger-equipped locomotives happily moonlight as mainline freighters.

Tex!S0C7KLz8n. 04/23/23(Sun)13:13:18 R No.6062 >>6063

I just... I can't even begin to touch on his wrong this article is.

>>6061
There aren't any axle powered generators still in use on regular service in the US, as far as I'm aware. However, despite the name "head end power", HEP generators can be mounted on any passenger car that has the physical space available, typically being underslung from the bottom of the frame. If the generator can provide enough power, it could power the entire consist; alternatively, you can have multiple cars with generators placed strategically through the consist providing power to sections of the consist.

thaddeh!pzKE5FBJbw 04/24/23(Mon)01:11:08 R No.6063
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>>6062

Up in Alaska, the cruise line cars all use their own gnesets because if they need HEP from the Alaska Railroad, the railroad charges them a bunch more. Consequently, your bacon and eggs come with a hint of diesel exhaust.

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CN Train Robbed CLC Guy 03/29/23(Wed)23:24:36 R No.6044 [Reply]

Rather thin on details.

https://cfjctoday.com/2023/03/28/cn-police-rcmp-investigating-monday-train-robbe
ry-in-brocklehurst/

CN police, RCMP investigating Monday train robbery in Brocklehurst

Mar 28, 2023

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are assisting CN Rail police as they investigate a train robbery.

Spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says RCMP were called just after 7:00 a.m. Monday (March 27). The incident took place at the junction of Tranquille Road and Ord Road in Brocklehurst.

It’s not known what was taken.

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¨	t3h_fuhr3r!IpkR/xtlzM 04/07/23(Fri)12:41:50 R No.6047 >>6049 Hearsay is they took switch keys. This could get weird.

¨	K-POW 04/08/23(Sat)09:43:56 R No.6049 >>6050 >>6047 I've broken plenty of shitty worn out locks with a hammer and a spike. If somebody REALLY wanted to throw a switch, the lack of keys wouldn't stop them.

¨	t3h_fuhr3r!IpkR/xtlzM 04/08/23(Sat)23:43:26 R No.6050 >>6049 Oh yeah but I'm thinking more of the corporate response. Which is always rational and reasoned.

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Anonymous 03/25/23(Sat)06:03:31 R No.6035 [Reply]

Did the Toonerville trolley have an established route or did it vary as it was convenient for the cartoonist?

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All you had to do was follow that very useful engine. Ham549!UJtfjk8V/w 03/23/23(Thu)12:38:42 R No.6033 [Reply]

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No thread about all the recent derailments? Anonymous 03/10/23(Fri)08:38:35 R No.6019 [Reply]

What the fuck is NS doing?
Is this going to be enough to kill PSR or will they blame everything else and double down?

¨	Anonymous 03/10/23(Fri)19:16:00 R No.6020 They just issued a 10,000 ft limit or dpu as a result. They pulled one car off 224 in Princeton Indiana to follow the new guidelines.

¨	Anonymous 03/15/23(Wed)00:16:05 R No.6023 Those are funny looking tenders.

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I'll just leave this here. Ham549!UJtfjk8V/w 03/09/23(Thu)06:06:21 R No.6013 [Reply]

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thaddeh!pzKE5FBJbw 03/09/23(Thu)17:57:03 R No.6015
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>>6014

LOOOOOOOOOOL

Theyy're just mad that Ed Dickens is not Our Lord and Savior Stan Lee. Screw these asshats. I have paid for TO membership in the past, but it's not worth it to me anymore, hasn't been for years.

¨	K-POW 03/09/23(Thu)18:51:48 R No.6016 I never took the crew over there as being a viscous bunch, but I guess they are sticky lot.

¨	Anonymous 03/10/23(Fri)02:27:30 R No.6017 >airfare >not railfare ed, wtf

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Intrenet memes as railway graffiti Anonymous 03/05/23(Sun)04:02:38 R No.6004 [Reply] >>6007

How common of a phenomenon is this?

¨	Anonymous 03/06/23(Mon)21:13:13 R No.6007 >>6004 https://www.google.com/search?q=train+meme+graffiti&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ve d=2ahUKEwjmu7H83sj9AhWiEVkFHY9UCQ4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=731&dpr=1.25

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Car or gear re-use Pioner Mineur 11/26/22(Sat)12:17:49 R No.5850 [Reply]

https://soranews24.com/2016/12/23/sleep-in-a-japanese-rail-carriage-at-new-train
-hostel-in-tokyo%e3%80%90pics%e3%80%91/

https://soranews24.com/2018/09/01/this-retro-cool-japanese-sleeper-train-is-now-
a-super-cheap-hostel-right-in-downtown-tokyo/

Apparently (based on a quick google), Train Hostel Hokutosei still runs.

Anonymous 02/27/23(Mon)06:55:58 R No.5998

The problem with sleepers in Japan is that the operators have all figured out you should charge an arm and a leg to much fewer people then just some (((regulated))) fare to fill up the place.

The new "cruise"-style trains feature literal suites, whereas these old sleeper bunks are hostel-tier

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Marvelous Loco Anonymous 02/22/23(Wed)13:39:36 R No.5990 [Reply]

New here, sorry if this has been brought up before, but what do we think of Francis Bourgeois bloke? The reviewbrah of trains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7iobeBzeBo

¨	Anonymous 02/23/23(Thu)12:17:11 R No.5991 >>5992 Disgenuine socmed influencer crap.

¨	Anonymous 02/24/23(Fri)13:10:10 R No.5992 >>5991 idk seems like a young aspiring autist to me

¨	Tex!S0C7KLz8n. 02/25/23(Sat)06:39:14 R No.5995 This dude always weirds me out

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Mandy Patinkin Justifies Buying More Toy Trains Anonymous 02/13/23(Mon)18:57:49 R No.5983 [Reply]

¨	t3h_fuhr3r!IpkR/xtlzM 02/16/23(Thu)02:29:41 R No.5986 >>5988 Thaddy did you know this? How did I not know this?!

¨	thaddeh!pzKE5FBJbw 02/20/23(Mon)07:11:30 R No.5988 >>5986 I mean I knew he liked trains but LOL this is great!

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