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Gen-Set locomotive rumor mill creepycrank replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by creepycrank	10	5387
Question on Alco rs-1 rs2mike replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by rs2mike	5	1604
Will North American railroads look at European manufacturers for viable 4 axle locomotives? Mario_v replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by da_kraut	28	10816
BN SD70MAC Horns coborn35 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Evergreen24	7	7445
F7 in freight service ClinchValleySD40 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by ClinchValleySD40	5	2454
Union Pacifc Heritage 1988 Today CAZEPHYR replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by CAZEPHYR	9	1941
The best sounding air horn. fafnir242 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by bubbajustin	23	5940
loco turning WSOR 3801 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by upjake	7	1875
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EMD SD60T??? Lord Atmo replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by cnw8052	17	7221
Do locomotive controls follow a logical pattern? carnej1 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Paul Milenkovic	17	3291
Combo Electric/Diesel Loco? aegrotatio replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by scottie_r	25	5099
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SD 40s? carnej1 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by rambo1	3	1238
1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2? FTGT725 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by bubbajustin	5	2019
What is the difference of using Head Lights on top of the cab versus on the nose? 4merroad4man replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Awesome!	17	7004
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Any 1218 people in here? BaltACD replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by H2OMaker	6	1572
Monster Quest! spikejones52002 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 15 years ago by Awesome!	22	5383
CSX LOCOMOTIVE- TYPE- BQ23-7 & BNSF GP50 L <Quarters Cabs> samfp1943 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by samfp1943	17	22284
U.P. Snow Eqp. CAZEPHYR replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by JCRQ	9	2333
Heavily smoking GEVO blue streak 1 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by fredswain	34	13560
Amtrak's GE P32... The DASH-8 32BWH CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by bubbajustin	5	10886
Hard Core Switcher!! carnej1 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Awesome!	7	1910
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New Camra Frist Pic CP 6601 Kootenay Central replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Robert8765	3	1227
Amtrak's first passenger GE - the P30CH trainfan1221 replied to this thread 14 years ago Posted 14 years ago by Lyon_Wonder	4	2122
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