Rail Road Crossing

[fastest430]

RATROASTER your Ohio Central Engine 1327 in Carnegie Pa. services the building G&C Contracting is currently working on DSI.
Nice orange engine.

[Bad Boattail]

Rail Road Crossing


:confused: :Do No: :rolleyes: :shock:

http://www.buick-riviera.com/pictures/rrw625/02scn11.jpg

[Stage1 Jeff]

that locomotive belonged to the Southern Pacific railroad, which is now part of the
Union Pacific railroad. that one is probably wearing Union Pacific paint now, which is yellow and grey, like on this one:

[fastest430]

:confused: :Do No: :rolleyes: :shock:

http://www.buick-riviera.com/pictures/rrw625/02scn11.jpg
The BUICK wins, hands down!
Great pic's man! :TU:

[Bad Boattail]

Photo is from the movie Red Rock West, click here (http://www.buick-riviera.com/rrw625.html) for more. :TU:

[Stage1 Jeff]

while the pic was nice, under NO circumstances should anyone try to outrun a train!!
yes, i know this pic was from a scene in a movie, but people do get injured, even killed trying to outrun trains.

[fastest430]

Thats cool Erik. I've never seen that before. I wouln't mind trying that myself. cept it'll have to be in a skylark. :3gears:

[Stage1 Jeff]

the train will always win.

[Ken Mild]

Am I the only one who's trying to still figure out what the original post meant? :Do No:

[Bad Boattail]

Am I the only one who's trying to still figure out what the original post meant? :Do No:

Not really Ken, but I was hoping he would come up with that info all by himself.
Until that time I keep the crowd busy with subject related Rail Road Crossing photos.......... :bglasses:

[fastest430]

This is random infomation about a friends work if you like it or not!!!! :rant:

[Stage1 Jeff]

besides my buicks,i love railroading,and railroad photography too don.

[Bad Boattail]

This is random infomation about a friends work if you like it or not!!!! :rant:

What if I don't like it........... :Do No:

What if I (and about 8,653 other board members) am/are confused and don't know how to handle this info...will you lighten us up ??

I have my friend's telephone number, but then again: she doesn't live in a trailer park..... :bglasses:

Hope to hear from you soon............ :TU:

[fastest430]

If you say so Erik :cool:

[Bad Boattail]

:grin:

[RATROASTER]

Surrender Erik.................this forum is having a hostile take over by railroad babble! :blast:

Let me try and find those pics of when we hit a garbage truck in Youngstown at a wopping 10 mph.............we win even going slow!! :grin:

Hey Eggs, just tell them you know me and ask 'em for a ride! :3gears:

[RATROASTER]

I might get in trouble for this, but the UP has some HOT conductors too!! :jd: :Brow:

[s.pliskin]

:jd:



I'm in love :eek2:

[Stage1 Jeff]

I might get in trouble for this, but the UP has some HOT conductors too!! :jd: :Brow:

say, where do i go sign up??? :Brow:

[fastest430]

Norkfolk and Way

[Joe Kelsch]

Norkfolk and Way

A.K.A. the Nazi Southern.

I hate the railroad I work for but at least they don't hide in the weeds to bust you when you do something wrong.

[Stage1 Jeff]

ahh, the Nowhere Still :)

[RATROASTER]

A.K.A. the Nazi Southern.

I hate the railroad I work for but at least they don't hide in the weeds to bust you when you do something wrong.

Ah the B&P...........aka Burp & Puke, Bumpy & Pokey, Bras & Panties :Brow:

Everyting in railroading leads to sex.......... :laugh:

[fastest430]

Does this mean I will get kicked off the board, or is it only for typing swear words? :confused: !!!!!!!!

[Racerx88]

besides my buicks,i love railroading,and railroad photography too don.

Ok then, here's another one for you.........

[Stage1 Jeff]

here's the other side dean :)
they are used on local freights here

[RATROASTER]

Who says I can't have both...........Here's a pic back when I used to keep my Buhoggs at the Aliquippa and Southern engine house. :grin:

[RATROASTER]

here's the other side dean :)
they are used on local freights here


We call those Big Nice Sani-Flushes! :laugh:

[Stage1 Jeff]

We call those Big Nice Sani-Flushes! :laugh:
that's a new one, never heard that one :laugh:
i call them Big New Santa Fe :laugh:


now, here's one from canuckland


btw, nice shot of the buicks, and the locomotive :)

[jamyers]

Nahhhh, you want cool trains, you gotta go to steam!

I saw this bad boy as it stopped in Ft. Worth several years ago, it's freakin' HUGE!!! Coolest piece of machinery ever, in my book.

Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985

[Joe Kelsch]

I'm being attacked by Foamers!!! :eek2:



Ah the B&P...........aka Burp & Puke, Bumpy & Pokey, Bras & Panties :Brow:

Everyting in railroading leads to sex.......... :laugh:

I always thought BPRR meant Broken Parts and Rusty Rail.

[Stage1 Jeff]

Nahhhh, you want cool trains, you gotta go to steam!

I saw this bad boy as it stopped in Ft. Worth several years ago, it's freakin' HUGE!!! Coolest piece of machinery ever, in my book.

Union Pacific Challenger No. 3985
i rode it in 1993,on a special run here. it was a beauty to watch!!

[Stage1 Jeff]

and now, here's an operation lifesaver special i rode on tuesday, june 14
very nice ride, and a crossing safety program too
Look Listen Live!!!

[RATROASTER]

Steam is pretty cool stuff! I work for the Ohio Central RR and we have the largest privately held operating steam locomotive collection in the good ole' USA! :TU:

Here is our 6325 heading out of Morgan Run, OH.

[Stage1 Jeff]

that looked awesome!!!
nothing beats steam :)

[Stage1 Jeff]

oh, that is awesome!!!

[RATROASTER]

Steam is some fascinating stuff. Its hard to think they built those engines with all of those swinging parts without computers........simply amazing! :grin:

[Stage1 Jeff]

here's a steamer that will be undergoing restoration

[s.pliskin]

steam... :TU:

[jamyers]

Steam is some fascinating stuff. Its hard to think they built those engines with all of those swinging parts without computers........simply amazing! :grin:
One of my favorite reads is a set of Engineer's "handbooks" from the late 1920's, they discuss everything from cylinder pressure curves to water injectors to balancing drive wheels. And some of the best drawings ever! GREAT reading material, it always impresses me how much those guys had to know. Don't mistake it, evrybody on an old steam train was pretty highly trained and savvy, they HAD to be.

[Ken Mild]

This is random infomation about a friends work if you like it or not!!!! :rant:

Sorry Don. Didn't mean anything personal. I truly wasn't sure what you meant at first. Now I understand. :TU:

Here's The C & O 614 as makes its way to Port Jervis, New York in the Fall of 1995. I rode on this 4-8-4. This thing is intense to hear roaring past man. It hit 79mph on this ride. :eek2:

Edit: Locomotive #614 is 16 feet tall, 112 feet long and weighs-in at 434 tons. She develops approximately 5,000 horsepower and, at her peak, is capable of running at 120 miles per hour. :jd:

[Joe Kelsch]

Steam's neat, but I never want to ride in one. Especially when it's 90* out. Besides I would have to be the fireman as I have no engineers license.

[Stage1 Jeff]

i could learn to do it, i still have a engineers license,issued per FRA regs. i was trained by a former ATSF field instructor
i operated an alco s1 for 10 years on a local tourist line.

[fastest430]

It's all good. :)
These are some great pics you all got going :TU:

[Ken Mild]

Some classic Northeast Corridor pics. :Brow:

PRR GP38 2941 being moved from Linden Yard to Oak Island.

[Ken Mild]

This used to be my backyard basically when I was in Jersey.

April 22, 2001. CSX SD60I 8734 leads a short manifest freight over the
Durie Ave. crossing by milepost 15 on the CSX Riverline.

[RATROASTER]

Some classic Northeast Corridor pics. :Brow:

PRR GP38 2941 being moved from Linden Yard to Oak Island.


That's alot of work for that little EMD to pull the junk GE's around! :Brow:

[RATROASTER]

Not exactly scenic, but this is where I work. Good ole' Youngstown, OH on the Mahoning Valley Railway. We donated the caboose, former P&LE #505, on behalf of Make a Wish Foundation to Kirk Pilkner. Poor kid and his brother both had Systic Fibrosis.

[Stage1 Jeff]

remember these ? there's 2 of them that are regularly used on the BNSF line here
the doors and windows are welded shut,says platform use only on them

[RATROASTER]

More

[RATROASTER]

They let us have the executive F's for one week!! :beer

[RATROASTER]

Here is one of our hardest work horses ex IC GP11 #8713

[Stage1 Jeff]

love those E units :)
those GP's are great pullers :)

here's a ex conrail unit being leased by the Kansas & Oklahoma RR, which was laying over in the BNSF yard here

[Joe Kelsch]

Don't know about your little GP's, but out GP-9's are about useless. We use them on our locals. They don't make amperage till about the 4th notch. They really suck for switching. The egghead management types decided to put computer chips in all of out SW's as well to control wheel slip and save fuel. Now they don't want to pull anything either. They took away what they did best (pull the world at 5 MPH) and made them dumb. They don't kick worth a damn anymore either. The engineers do things they're not supposed to do to trick the computer (akin to a neutral drop). What I don't understand is if they wanted to save fuel, why put the computer's in the engines with 12 cylinders when those junk SD-45's we have got 20.

[RATROASTER]

That's because you work for the Gee Whiz!! :rant:

[RATROASTER]

Maybe old man Kinzua can tell you what happened to his bridge......

[Stage1 Jeff]

these SD70M's are pretty :)

[Joe Kelsch]

Maybe old man Kinzua can tell you what happened to his bridge......

Sloan Cornell's bridge got hit by a tornado!!! Maybe now since the Leeper Garbage Dump bought the Knox and Kane they'll open that line up again. They'll just fill the valley in with garbage and sell the rest of the bridge for scrap.

[RATROASTER]

Sloan Cornell's bridge got hit by a tornado!!! Maybe now since the Leeper Garbage Dump bought the Knox and Kane they'll open that line up again. They'll just fill the valley in with garbage and sell the rest of the bridge for scrap.


Nice thought, but when there was a bridge there they didn't need it. That's why in 1955 the Erie abandoned it and started running trains via the old B&O main to interchange with the Pittsburg and Shawmut at Brockway. Well now there is no Shawmut and no need for the bridge and the state is dropping a whopping $7 million to repair the 9 standing towers........$7million dollars would pay for welded rail and surfacing of about 40 miles of the B&P mainline or real signals and CTC!! :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

[RATROASTER]

Oh yeah........this is what's left after the tornado! They should of fixed it before the tornado hit. It sat dormant for 3 years.