Locomotives

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	Topic	Date	Replies
Mario_v	An RS3 with a 'Touristic' train in Brazil Posted by Mario_v on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Viewed 224 times	Latest post by Mario_v Wed, Dec 11 2013 9:47 AM	6
southernalco	Alco RS 2 and RS 3's Posted by southernalco on Saturday, October 05, 2013 Viewed 2417 times	Latest post by earlydiesels Mon, Dec 9 2013 7:40 PM	25
NorthWest	Diesels Catalogued, but not Built Posted by NorthWest on Monday, August 26, 2013 Viewed 8512 times	Latest post by carnej1 Mon, Dec 9 2013 11:18 AM	120
DRGW5371Forever	CSX #8888 "Crazy 8" Posted by DRGW5371Forever on Sunday, November 17, 2013 Viewed 836 times	Latest post by Bryan Jones Wed, Dec 4 2013 5:12 AM	4
greyhounds	How a steam engine works (worked) Posted by greyhounds on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Viewed 765 times	Latest post by erikem Mon, Dec 2 2013 9:22 PM	10
georgeh	UP SD9043 Locomotives in Roseville. Posted by georgeh on Tuesday, November 05, 2013 Viewed 1503 times	Latest post by NorthWest Sun, Dec 1 2013 11:45 PM	11
Ulrich	F units and their compound curves.. Posted by Ulrich on Friday, November 22, 2013 Viewed 1831 times	Latest post by McKey Sun, Dec 1 2013 10:44 AM	14
Stepper	Sanity check on traction motor power Posted by Stepper on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Viewed 972 times	Latest post by erikem Fri, Nov 29 2013 12:15 PM	7
NKP guy	Erie Berkshires; photos requested Posted by NKP guy on Friday, November 22, 2013 Viewed 374 times	Latest post by CP GREEN Wed, Nov 27 2013 9:57 AM	6
brewmaster_de	Germany 1971 German Border to East Germany at Helmstedt Posted by brewmaster_de on Friday, November 22, 2013 Viewed 640 times	Latest post by schlimm Tue, Nov 26 2013 10:20 PM	4
NorthWest	New Commuter Locomotives Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, October 10, 2013 Viewed 2671 times	Latest post by carnej1 Tue, Nov 26 2013 11:18 AM	15
McKey	Sweden: Big American Diesels, Tmy Posted by McKey on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 Viewed 2147 times	Latest post by M636C Fri, Nov 22 2013 2:29 AM	28
cp8905	Laid-off GE Employee commits suicide in locomotive plant last Friday Posted by cp8905 on Monday, November 18, 2013 Viewed 928 times	Latest post by schlimm Thu, Nov 21 2013 8:59 AM	13
southernalco	GE dash 7 and dash 8 Rebuilds Posted by southernalco on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Viewed 1015 times	Latest post by LensCapOn Tue, Nov 19 2013 10:57 AM	12
Riemann	Ac vs. DC in Diesel Locomotives Posted by Riemann on Wednesday, November 06, 2013 Viewed 961 times	Latest post by erikem Sat, Nov 16 2013 1:18 AM	16
GM1361	TAKING SLACK Posted by GM1361 on Sunday, October 27, 2013 Viewed 2200 times	Latest post by efftenxrfe Fri, Nov 15 2013 9:11 PM	38
DavidH66	Oldest diesels not owned by a museum. Posted by DavidH66 on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Viewed 782 times	Latest post by carnej1 Wed, Nov 13 2013 11:25 AM	2
Lyon_Wonder	CP selling off it’s SD60/60Ms Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Sunday, June 30, 2013 Viewed 2750 times	Latest post by beaulieu Wed, Nov 13 2013 2:20 AM	16
Leo_Ames	Parish Line Railway EMC #10 Posted by Leo_Ames on Thursday, November 07, 2013 Viewed 565 times	Latest post by NorthWest Thu, Nov 7 2013 11:55 PM	1
Rajeev	5000HP Locomotive Axle Breakage Posted by Rajeev on Sunday, October 13, 2013 Viewed 840 times	Latest post by Overmod Sun, Nov 3 2013 4:16 PM	7