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[quote user="BNSFwatcher"] Okay. I think this is fun. Learn something new everyday! Q: what state has the lowest "High Point" of an operating railroad? Florida (max. el. 345')? Rhode Island? Dunno. Again, just fun!!! What if Long Island was a state? Delaware? Yar, it is a state. I think.... Hays [/quote]Lowest High Point is an interesting thought. I'd bet that you might be right with FLA. I'm guessing that the lowest - Low Point - would be on the UP (former SP) near
A fairly substantial portion of the Deadwood Branch is now a bike trail called the Mickelson Trail. I've had the great pleasure of biking from Deadwood (at about 4700') over the apex of the route at Dumont (at about 6,200') and then down to around Mystic (around 5,000'). Its a tough climb on a mountain bike and its amazing to imagine some of the old CB&Q steam power working this route. There are still footings from some of the stations, towers, etc. along the route. Its fun to
I can't imagine how the ever anti-railfan friendly CN ever allowed this to happen. There must have been a big access payment to CN ... to help Hunter lower his Operating Ratio http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=300699
Maybe I over-stated it when, in my initial post, I said that CN was anti-railfan. After all, there are so many no-trespassing signs around the CN yard in my town that I can't really tell if there are trains behind all of those no-tresspassing signs to photograph in the first place. There may not be any trains there to photograph any longer, in which case, my initial comment would be totally unwarranted. With the reservations processes, reductions in service and major rate hikes put in place by
If you'd like to see a Pullman car in pretty good condition with a really good interpretive display on the life of the Pullman Porter, the Natl. RR Museum at Green Bay opened a new exhibit last year inside Pullman car Lake Mitchell, with several 3D avitars guiding the tour. http://www.pullmanporters.org/
Not all that "progressive" really.
Here's my understanding of each of the questions from above. A.)The 2010 Compliance Rule, is there a time frame mentioned to retrofit existing equipment? The EPA rules, at a Federal level only state that new equipment built from that date forward have an engine which complies with that level of emissions. Existing equipment is grandfathered - again at the Federal level. States have taken it upon themselves to change that. For instance, with the CA - CARB Law, mentioned above prohibits trucks
I had the opportunity to sit through a session with some engineers who are pretty familiar with the SCR process and sat through the corporate roll out of the new Navastar MaxForce 15 engine. The Navistar MaxForce is an advanced EGR engine that recirculates exhaust gas through the engine to reduce emissions. No urea or filter needed. They based it off of an existing block and used what they described as proven European Technology (i.e. Mann Truck company). They touted the benefit of not needing urea
HI Mookie, Thanks for the reply. I think that this one was 1006. Showed up on a coal train from the PRB to Green Bay. Thx
I saw a CEFX AC44CW coupled to a BNSF EMD today on a BNSF coal train in Wisconsin. I was surprised to see the CEFX unit, given that BNSF has in the range of 1,000 of their own units laid up. I guess if BNSF had a committed lease from prior to the downturn, which obligated them to certain costs associated with the leased unit, whether they used them or not, then it made sense, otherwise it would be pretty perplexing as to why they'd run this unit and idle their own.
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