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The quest to counteract ‘loss of shunt: tree68 replied to this thread 17 days ago Posted 25 days ago by abdkl	19	1905
Norfolk Southern system-wide issue cancels VRE trains rdamon replied to this thread 17 days ago Posted one month ago by aegrotatio	24	2875
Changes may be coming for operating metrics BaltACD replied to this thread 18 days ago Posted 18 days ago by blue streak 1	2	506
Remembering Pan Am Railways BaltACD replied to this thread 20 days ago Posted 21 days ago by Harrison	7	1012
Railroad Computer Systems rdamon replied to this thread 22 days ago Posted 23 days ago by abdkl	11	1135
Ancillary Railfanning SD70Dude replied to this thread 23 days ago Posted one month ago by oltmannd	11	1621
Questions about communication between engineer and conductor for switching or loading SFbrkmn replied to this thread 23 days ago Posted one month ago by Perry Babin	69	3983
Tintic Branch Industrial Line- Utah Posted 24 days ago by MarknLisa	0	283
Mile Posts railfanjohn replied to this thread 24 days ago Posted one month ago by BaltACD	30	2717
New CPKC Trains SD60MAC9500 replied to this thread 25 days ago Posted 4 months ago by Ed Kyle	64	9167
Abilene & Ft. Worth SFbrkmn replied to this thread 26 days ago Posted 26 days ago by SFbrkmn	4	767
Summer Camp 2023 Day 7 video missing Posted 26 days ago by JEFF BAKST	0	125
Green Mountain Strong: Repairing a Catastrophic Washout on the Vermont Rail System BaltACD replied to this thread 29 days ago Posted one month ago by Harrison	13	1479
Upgrading track mudchicken replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by BCRYfan	6	1024
Union Pacific announces two (2) routes into LA Basin are closed. Does anyone have specific details? Erik_Mag replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by diningcar	5	1078
Polish Rail Network Disrupted By Fake Radio Signals Posted one month ago by BEAUSABRE	0	276
50 Tonne Axle Load Coming To The Pilbara Region timz replied to this thread one month ago Posted 3 years ago by SD60MAC9500	23	6019
Return to Tupper Lake, Northbound on the Adirondack Divison samfp1943 replied to this thread one month ago Posted 11 months ago by Harrison	24	3410
Cajon Pass WARNING for Visitors! croteaudd replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by croteaudd	1	693
Longer Trains Cause More Derailments Euclid replied to this thread one month ago Posted 5 months ago by Euclid	98	9180
One rail yard or two? MP173 replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by Perry Babin	5	834
TS Hillary Prep by RRs samfp1943 replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by coopers	6	757
Notched power control on locomotive oltmannd replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by Perry Babin	19	1885
Locomotive Engineer of the near future? BEAUSABRE replied to this thread one month ago Posted 3 months ago by CMStPnP	8	1536
Loading Odd Number of IM Tanks Or Containers Overmod replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by caldreamer	4	553
Amateur train wreck forensics SD70Dude replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by Murphy Siding	4	689
Reply hazy; ask again later. Posted one month ago by Overmod	0	201
Pre 1920's Railroads Steven Otte replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by ScottHolmes	30	2908
Updates on Multi-Tracking the Two BNSF Transcons Erik_Mag replied to this thread one month ago Posted 7 years ago by K. P. Harrier	456	78134
CPKC track rights in Illinois JOHN RICE replied to this thread one month ago Posted one month ago by JOHN RICE	6	1323