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Car vs locomotive Overmod replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by richg1998	3	1104
"The Xplorer" rcdrye replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 17 years ago by Railfan1	33	11979
Chicago and Eastern Illinois BLS53 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 15 years ago by MP173	49	21252
Hot Spots Train-Watching Location some locate is not in the book?? tree68 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by conrailman	6	1374
Manure by rail? (Not really) mudchicken replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Murphy Siding	64	7470
News Wire: Four rail projects included on Federal transportation grant list Posted 6 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	944
Train slams into truck hauling hydrochloric acid mudchicken replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by richg1998	28	4622
Ghost Tracks seppburgh2 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Fred M Cain	5	3929
We need a national rail shippers directory Murphy Siding replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by CandOforprogress2	13	2480
By the way BaltACD replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Cotton Belt MP104	159	10499
Trackside with Trains Vol. 324: 'To The Point' is open for submissions Posted 6 years ago by Brian Schmidt	0	825
As If We Didn't Have Enough to be Discouraged About BaltACD replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by overall	28	4379
Carlton Trail Railway Miningman replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by SFbrkmn	4	1784
Panhandle Northern (PNR) tree68 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by SFbrkmn	1	757
Handheld Scanners for Railfanning and Issues When Listening in Field or on Amtrak tcwright973 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by bgreen58	9	5680
Expanding or shrinking? Overmod replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Murphy Siding	30	6502
Genesee & Wyoming; April 2018 issue CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Convicted One	7	1554
Model Railroader boxcar rvos1979 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by NYBob	1	612
Earthcam at Rochelle Anonymous replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by vietnamchoochoo	3	1481
Battery Powered Locomotive? Overmod replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 7 years ago by rluke	60	11039
KSW 1998 Derailment SFbrkmn replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by SFbrkmn	3	965
Intermodal Market Share Potential Ed Kyle replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by MarknLisa	1	637
Trackside with Trains Vol. 323: 'Crews in the cab' is open for voting Alex Mayes replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Brian Schmidt	11	2052
News Wire: BNSF triple tracking New Mexico grade MikeF90 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Brian Schmidt	1	746
Fort Wayne, Jackson, and Saginaw Railroad JOSEPH RENNER replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by JOSEPH RENNER	5	4323
BETHLEHEM STEEL RECORDS Posted 6 years ago by Loco2124	0	866
The return of THE IMPOSSIBLE RAILROAD BaltACD replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by Chuck Geiger	48	10897
Maintenance activity at Rochelle diamonds. ChuckCobleigh replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by vietnamchoochoo	6	1007
CSX vs. Amtrak 91 at Cayce, SC mvlandsw replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 6 years ago by BaltACD	548	25293
CN FREEPORT SUB (Rockford to Cicero) tree68 replied to this thread 6 years ago Posted 14 years ago by pkielty	25	11318