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Fred Frailey back in the November issue kgbw49 replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by diningcar	4	1096
BNSF left hanging as Yellow files bankruptcy Overmod replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 10 months ago by greyhounds	36	7722
CN donates a GE C40-8M to the Alberta Railway Museum tree68 replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by SD70Dude	12	2353
Responsibilities and life of a station agent daveklepper replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 9 months ago by Ulrich	37	6872
Curmudgeonly views from 8 years ago... ns145 replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by oltmannd	1	868
Trains issue music in railroads wjstix replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by S.Harrod	2	731
Center of Gravity bogie_engineer replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by Northtowne	3	1083
UP Bailey yard fire and explosion Euclid replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 9 months ago by blue streak 1	76	7650
Fred Harvey and the Santa Fe daveklepper replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by diningcar	6	1811
UP Can't Maintain It's Locomotives and Railcars Shadow the Cats owner replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 9 months ago by JayBee	49	6221
Looking for an old Trains story about how Amtrak selected what cars to buy in 1971 Posted 8 months ago by Leo_Ames	0	383
Ballast, grade and subgrade, wet and dry. Overmod replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 8 months ago by daveklepper	4	622
Long trains blocking grade crossings CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 9 months ago by James Goodwin	17	2976
Tesla buys German railway line - for commuter trains to new plant Posted 8 months ago by Gramp	0	418
Cast or Forged Pistons Overmod replied to this thread 8 months ago Posted 9 months ago by GP-9_Man11786	2	888
LNG Transport Outcome? Posted 8 months ago by CMStPnP	0	382
Why Trains Keep Derailing - Video Documentary SFbrkmn replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted one year ago by JOHN RICE	56	6025
DRGW Change In The Air? PennsyBoomer replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by kgbw49	17	2925
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Rwy. samfp1943 replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 20 years ago by Anonymous	20	7888
The quest to counteract ‘loss of shunt: tree68 replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by abdkl	19	2783
Norfolk Southern system-wide issue cancels VRE trains rdamon replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by aegrotatio	24	3952
Changes may be coming for operating metrics BaltACD replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by blue streak 1	2	701
Remembering Pan Am Railways BaltACD replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by Harrison	7	1448
Railroad Computer Systems rdamon replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by abdkl	11	1779
Ancillary Railfanning SD70Dude replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by oltmannd	11	2064
Questions about communication between engineer and conductor for switching or loading SFbrkmn replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 10 months ago by Perry Babin	69	5920
Tintic Branch Industrial Line- Utah Posted 9 months ago by MarknLisa	0	551
Mile Posts railfanjohn replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 10 months ago by BaltACD	30	4324
Abilene & Ft. Worth SFbrkmn replied to this thread 9 months ago Posted 9 months ago by SFbrkmn	4	1103
Summer Camp 2023 Day 7 video missing Posted 9 months ago by JEFF BAKST	0	225