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CSX Baltimore retaining wall collaspe == act 2 rrnut282 replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by blue streak 1	13	2516
News Wire: NS begins blending unit-train traffic in shift to new operating plan Posted 5 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	1222
News Wire: UP CEO explains why hump yards are still important Posted 5 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	1135
News Wire: Bush funeral train attracting media attention Posted 5 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	988
Show Me a train- Will this thread work? Overmod replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Harrison	48	4902
Santa fe derailment Las Animas Jct March 1984 mudchicken replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 5 years ago by SFbrkmn	3	2296
Kooteney Valley Railway - Canadian Pacific CMStPnP replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 5 years ago by CMStPnP	9	1685
How much discretion does engineer have in operation of the train? Ulrich replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 5 years ago by Ulrich	13	2481
What if Al Perlman had run the Penn Central? Dug Fin replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 12 years ago by narig01	72	20214
Virginia ave tunnel double tracking blue streak 1 replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 9 years ago by blue streak 1	86	22171
Rio Grande in Kansas mudchicken replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 5 years ago by SFbrkmn	2	1097
Cp Holiday Train-Lights out?? JoeKoh replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by JoeKoh	4	1915
runaway tank car mudchicken replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by blue streak 1	32	6575
Leanin Tree train card Posted 5 years ago by White Smoke Steam	0	1120
NCT Train Photo contest Posted 5 years ago by Harrison	0	926
Lollapaloza and Metra BaltACD replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by wilmette2210	9	2113
A Baboon Signalman SD70Dude replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Victrola1	9	1527
Bit of long shot: I'm trying to determine average linehaul speed for each Class 1 - does anyone here have experience with R1 reports? RailRoader608 replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by RailRoader608	5	1277
Is this a former Monon Shop Complex (Indianapolis)? Semper Vaporo replied to this thread 5 years ago Posted 6 years ago by CMStPnP	11	2478
Railfanning at Grayslake greyhounds replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by cssr	3	844
Question about construction of hopper cars. CShaveRR replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Murphy Siding	15	2319
Trackside Treks Episode 1: South to the Capitol District Electroliner 1935 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Harrison	4	779
The Modern Day Big Four, All Together Paul of Covington replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by bb9	6	1179
Coast oil can tank train ericsp replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Trainzguy2472	5	2954
Where I would spend Thanksgiving 54light15 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by ndbprr	16	1957
Brrr- some snowy railfanning today! Electroliner 1935 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Harrison	2	823
Tesla Semi in action Shadow the Cats owner replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Gramp	79	5492
The Position of Sleepers in the Amtrak Consist bratkinson replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 19 years ago by dbasenberg	21	8046
Another Amtrak train separation mvlandsw replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by SD70Dude	20	2150
Coal in the steam era csxns replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Ulrich	46	4563