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Announcement FORUM RULES UPDATED 8-31-17 Posted 6 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	62757
Announcement Semi-official Rochelle webcam discussion thread rdamon replied to this thread one year ago Posted 9 years ago by Brian Schmidt	3711	362582
Old Right Of Way kenny dorham replied to this thread 5 minutes ago Posted 8 hours ago by kenny dorham	4	233
CN donates a GE C40-8M to the Alberta Railway Museum NDG replied to this thread an hour ago Posted 11 hours ago by SD70Dude	4	276
String Lining NDG replied to this thread 2 hours ago Posted 7 years ago by NDG	2861	218511
How much horn blowing is necessary? tree68 replied to this thread 3 hours ago Posted 13 days ago by charlie hebdo	92	4690
Chatterbox Fall 2023 JoeKoh replied to this thread 14 hours ago Posted 6 days ago by JoeKoh	10	854
Lessons Learned (And Some Not Learned) From Reading "The Men Who Loved Trains" NittanyLion replied to this thread 15 hours ago Posted 7 days ago by Los Angeles Rams Guy	4	821
Trains issue music in railroads wjstix replied to this thread yesterday Posted 3 days ago by S.Harrod	2	402
Center of Gravity bogie_engineer replied to this thread yesterday Posted 2 days ago by Northtowne	3	568
Curmudgeonly views from 8 years ago... Posted yesterday by oltmannd	0	264
International RR freight news blue streak 1 replied to this thread yesterday Posted 12 years ago by blue streak 1	64	12024
UP Bailey yard fire and explosion Euclid replied to this thread yesterday Posted 14 days ago by blue streak 1	76	5500
BNSF left hanging as Yellow files bankruptcy Backshop replied to this thread yesterday Posted one month ago by greyhounds	28	4579
Fred Harvey and the Santa Fe daveklepper replied to this thread 2 days ago Posted 8 days ago by diningcar	6	1043
UP Can't Maintain It's Locomotives and Railcars Shadow the Cats owner replied to this thread 3 days ago Posted 19 days ago by JayBee	49	4398
Chatterbox Summer 2023 Erik_Mag replied to this thread 5 days ago Posted 3 months ago by JoeKoh	192	13419
Looking for an old Trains story about how Amtrak selected what cars to buy in 1971 Posted 5 days ago by Leo_Ames	0	208
Ballast, grade and subgrade, wet and dry. Overmod replied to this thread 5 days ago Posted 5 days ago by daveklepper	4	373
Nlorfolk Southern to open permanent office in East Palestine Ohio samfp1943 replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted one month ago by samfp1943	2	579
Long trains blocking grade crossings CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted one month ago by James Goodwin	17	2066
Responsibilities and life of a station agent BaltACD replied to this thread 7 days ago Posted one month ago by Ulrich	36	3522
Tesla buys German railway line - for commuter trains to new plant Posted 9 days ago by Gramp	0	244
Cast or Forged Pistons Overmod replied to this thread 11 days ago Posted 12 days ago by GP-9_Man11786	2	605
LNG Transport Outcome? Posted 11 days ago by CMStPnP	0	237
Why Trains Keep Derailing - Video Documentary SFbrkmn replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 6 months ago by JOHN RICE	56	5085
DRGW Change In The Air? PennsyBoomer replied to this thread 14 days ago Posted 17 days ago by kgbw49	17	2062
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Rwy. samfp1943 replied to this thread 15 days ago Posted 20 years ago by Anonymous	20	6633
The quest to counteract ‘loss of shunt: tree68 replied to this thread 15 days ago Posted 23 days ago by abdkl	19	1873
Norfolk Southern system-wide issue cancels VRE trains rdamon replied to this thread 16 days ago Posted one month ago by aegrotatio	24	2855