Locomotives

[Anonymous]

This is pretty cool! I don't know a lot about locomotives but, I do like to find something old and/or something new and take lots of photographs. I am very new to the "hobby" though. I didn't know until a few weeks ago that so many people were into trains, both models and real life, as a hobby. I went with my brother to "The Greatest Hobby" train show when it was in Fort Worth, TX a few weeks ago and was amazed by all the stuff and really neat people. Since then I have been fortunate enough to have the time to "chase" trains all around the Dallas/Ft Worth area and take a few photos. I even made a business trip to the Texas gulf coast area and took 2 extra days coming home to chase a few trains and check out a few museums. I have met some really nice and very knowledgeable people. I just found this forum a couple of weeks ago and found some great people. Believe it or not, I have learned a few things and gathered some interesting information. Thanks to whoever is responsible for this forum.

 

Joel

[blade]

i myself didn't know about this trains forum on locomotives until this afternoon,it happened upon me by chance.i went to the trains website under the news wire section and am happy to see that this realy cool and neat site exsists,i've been into trains as far back as the late 1970's.i remember my dad taking me to the local railway tracks not too far from our place and watching the trains roll past.i used to stand back at least a track or two,oviously for safety reasons(there was like four railway tracks,if i recall)and have been a railfan since then,though my first hobby is aviation.still trains have a certain mystique about them and as always are fun to watch.thanks to all those at kalmbach publishing for coming up with such a great idea,a forum to discus all things locomotive.

[Lord Atmo]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

[REI]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

I think I'd pretty much say the same.

[Lord Atmo]

more specifically, CNW locomotives mean the most to me

[silicon212]

So, what's with the sig, then?

[Lord Atmo]

as far as i'm concerned, CNW trash 9s aren't CNW locomotives. they dont have the CNW look and they didnt last long on CNW's fleet anyway. not to mention they're hopelessly ugly. they're also ruining any chance of getting a spartan cab CNW restored to a museum if either of them get donated. and since 5371 will be, it seems apparent to me that those 2 also will. only further dooming my hopes for an SD40-2 to get donated. therefore i want both of them destroyed

[n012944]

as far as i'm concerned, CNW trash 9s aren't CNW locomotives. they dont have the CNW look and they didnt last long on CNW's fleet anyway. not to mention they're hopelessly ugly. they're also ruining any chance of getting a spartan cab CNW restored to a museum if either of them get donated. and since 5371 will be, it seems apparent to me that those 2 also will. only further dooming my hopes for an SD40-2 to get donated. therefore i want both of them destroyed

Um, it will be a LONG time before the UP is ready to donate any of the Dash 9s.  And whatever paint the Dash 9's are wearing while in service with the UP will have zero effect on the disposition of UP's, ex CNW units.

 

Bert

[Andrew Falconer]

All of the Locomotive related posts could be transferred to the Locomotives category.

How much time and effort are required to sort those posts and move them?

Andrew

[REI]

Disney steam engines found around the world for me. The Walt Disney World Railroad in particular.

[Lord Atmo]

but i digress. i was having fun with some locomotives the other day when a 6-unit consist rolled in

[Limitedclear]

as far as i'm concerned, CNW trash 9s aren't CNW locomotives. they dont have the CNW look and they didnt last long on CNW's fleet anyway. not to mention they're hopelessly ugly. they're also ruining any chance of getting a spartan cab CNW restored to a museum if either of them get donated. and since 5371 will be, it seems apparent to me that those 2 also will. only further dooming my hopes for an SD40-2 to get donated. therefore i want both of them destroyed

Perhaps you should buy an SD40-2 yourself when UP sells them off in the next few years as EPA regs eliminate them from the fleet and repaint it CNW. I'm sure if they are selling them anyhow you could find one pretty cheap. Probably scrap value. If you aren't too particular you could probably get a shell for display purposes. Maybe you could even work with a Historical Society or museum to accomplish it. Any thing is possible if you put your mind to it. Look at the guy who got an Amtrak F40PH and preserved it.

If you quit crying and start working you'll be amazed what you can accomplish.

LC 

  

 

[coborn35]

as far as i'm concerned, CNW trash 9s aren't CNW locomotives. they dont have the CNW look and they didnt last long on CNW's fleet anyway. not to mention they're hopelessly ugly. they're also ruining any chance of getting a spartan cab CNW restored to a museum if either of them get donated. and since 5371 will be, it seems apparent to me that those 2 also will. only further dooming my hopes for an SD40-2 to get donated. therefore i want both of them destroyed

Perhaps you should buy an SD40-2 yourself when UP sells them off in the next few years as EPA regs eliminate them from the fleet and repaint it CNW. I'm sure if they are selling them anyhow you could find one pretty cheap. Probably scrap value. If you aren't too particular you could probably get a shell for display purposes. Maybe you could even work with a Historical Society or museum to accomplish it. Any thing is possible if you put your mind to it. Look at the guy who got an Amtrak F40PH and preserved it.

If you quit crying and start working you'll be amazed what you can accomplish.

LC 

  

 

Chriss also has a Maersk painted SDP40 

[eolafan]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

[espeefoamer]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

Same here!!!

[Lord Atmo]

as far as i'm concerned, CNW trash 9s aren't CNW locomotives. they dont have the CNW look and they didnt last long on CNW's fleet anyway. not to mention they're hopelessly ugly. they're also ruining any chance of getting a spartan cab CNW restored to a museum if either of them get donated. and since 5371 will be, it seems apparent to me that those 2 also will. only further dooming my hopes for an SD40-2 to get donated. therefore i want both of them destroyed

Perhaps you should buy an SD40-2 yourself when UP sells them off in the next few years as EPA regs eliminate them from the fleet and repaint it CNW. I'm sure if they are selling them anyhow you could find one pretty cheap. Probably scrap value. If you aren't too particular you could probably get a shell for display purposes. Maybe you could even work with a Historical Society or museum to accomplish it. Any thing is possible if you put your mind to it. Look at the guy who got an Amtrak F40PH and preserved it.

If you quit crying and start working you'll be amazed what you can accomplish.

LC 

  

 

i'd love to, if i have the money. then there's the matter of where i'd keep it. my backyard? and even then, i would wonder how it would get over there in the first place

believe me when i say i'm broke. i can't even afford a subscription to the magazine... most people see that fee as "a couple bucks", but it looks like a fortune to me. that's just an idea of my bad money 

[Railfan1]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

[J. Edgar]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

  am i showing my age when i say.......what about the caboose????......and for that matter the endless stream of railcars with 100's of names from faraway places???.....oh wait 21st century...........7 railroads and 2 locomotive makers.........and FRED.........

[Murphy Siding]

.......................Perhaps you should buy an SD40-2 yourself when UP sells them off in the next few years as EPA regs eliminate them from the fleet .........

LC 

  LC: are there EPA regs now, that will eliminate some existing locomotives in the future, or you picturing some future EPA ruling?

[Anonymous]

.......................Perhaps you should buy an SD40-2 yourself when UP sells them off in the next few years as EPA regs eliminate them from the fleet .........

LC 

  LC: are there EPA regs now, that will eliminate some existing locomotives in the future, or you picturing some future EPA ruling?

There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding these EPA regs so let's see if I can help a bit...those regulations only apply to new and rebuilt (not overhauled) units.  Older units are grandfathered and are still going to be perfectly viable for quite some time.  As you may have seen here or in trains mag, UP and presumably BNSF and other's are experimenting with retrofits to meet new standards for rebuilding units to meet the new standards, also both builders and aftermarket suppliers have or are in the process of designing retrofit kits to meet the new standards.  The SD40 still has life in it!  Also there are waivers available to smaller lines which lack the resources of the big boys to upgrade at a whim.

[Anonymous]

I to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ -AND- When the last Trumpet blows IM OUTA HERE-

[CNW 6000]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

I agree with that principle.  Locos are more exciting to me than a bunch of cars...generally.

...what about the caboose????...

AMEN to that!  I will be purchasing a caboose when I can get the money and paint that sucker up in Zito Yellow and CNW green.  I already have a spot for it and can get rails, ties, ballast on short notice.  I even have a trucker I know who will haul whatever I need when the time comes. 

[Lord Atmo]

ooo and when it's ready, i'll come by and take lots of pictures!

[JT22CW]

WADR, it's kinda redundant in a forum called "Locomotives", perhaps?

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

Locomotives make the RR lose money.  It's what's behind the locomotives that makes the money for the RR.  RR loses money, they misbehave towards their labor force and run fewer trains, and you get to see fewer locos.  Perhaps that can help round out the railfan perspective...?

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

WADR, it's kinda redundant in a forum called "Locomotives", perhaps?

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

Locomotives make the RR lose money.  It's what's behind the locomotives that makes the money for the RR.  RR loses money, they misbehave towards their labor force and run fewer trains, and you get to see fewer locos.  Perhaps that can help round out the railfan perspective...?

?

[rstaller]

 For me the best part of chasing trains, is the fun of hanging out with the guys, and putting on a pot of hobo beans, whenever we meet. 

  Hobo beans  2 cans of Bush's baked beans, 2 1 lb packages of Hebrew National, or Black Angus hot dogs, 1 small onion minced, 1 medium green pepper chopped small, a little bit of course ground black pepper. Cot the dogs into 3/4 inch long pieces, throw it all into a big pot, heat and eat, don't forget coffee. R Staller

                                                          

[bakupolo]

I wonder why so many people, including myself, love the SD40-2 so much? I think UP loves them too, because I commute to work along the UP tracks and work within eyesight of them and can say that UP runs maybe 10 or 15 of the old engines through Austin every day. They got a LOT of them!

[switch7frg]

locomotives mean the most to me as a railfan

  am i showing my age when i say.......what about the caboose????......and for that matter the endless stream of railcars with 100's of names from faraway places???.....oh wait 21st century...........7 railroads and 2 locomotive makers.........and FRED.........

J. Edgar, I would guess you have stood track side and gotten a cinder shower w/ a soot rinse lol . Cannonball

[J. Edgar]

lol...well yes and no......

this is 1 pic from 91 in Lima......NKP 765 and PM 1225 doubleheaded from Lima to Huntington....while in Lima the engines did some switching....upon departure i stood right over the engines on the overpass........that was a mistake...cinders...soot....wetness.....and 1 great big smile........and i got the hint droppin....lol....i was born 7 years after mainline steam had vanished