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1. As far as I know Metra (Chicago's Commuter Line) uses there warning bells at crossings, when departing a station, and when starting up. tech guy, I believe they uses them contiously on the Rock Island Branch line from Gresham to Blue Island......I think <br /> <br />2. Yep. <br /> <br />3. Most powerful now is AC6000CW, a widenosed GE locomotive with AC traction and 6000 H.P. So far the only railways, that I know of thtat have these monsters are CSX and Union Pacific. I have Seen one and they are a monster. They are loud and very large. <br />In the past as jchnhft said I believe the Monster Gas Turbine Engines had the highest horsepower. Another Union Pacific engine, the U50C, was pretty big not sure of H.P though. <br /> <br />4. As far as I know it does still occur
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