QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Supposed to be on the road right now to Carbondale, but I-70 from Vail Pass to Denver is anb ugly sight. You chicken! [:p] <groan> Haven't gotten much snow by my house, only rain. Still...I'm starting to worry about Clear Creek. Haven't seen it that high since the big storm in 2003. Might have to take a boat to Union Station tomorrow. It is interesting to watch the Californians ,Texans (no offense Ed) and Mexicans in their first bout of Rocky Mountain weather, isn't it MC?
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Supposed to be on the road right now to Carbondale, but I-70 from Vail Pass to Denver is anb ugly sight.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken SW12 is a common shortening for SW1200 (just as SW15 is short for SW1500), although SW12 could just as well be any 1200 hp SWitcher. The SW7/9/1200s are all pretty much alike, and as parts were swapped between the three and other similar models, differenced disappeared even further. You'd have to find the builder's plate, or look up the frame number, to see exactly what it started out as. FWIW, SW7s were the least common of the three models, and I believe the 1200s were the most common. I don't know what a SW1400 is, the only thing that comes close is IC(G)'s SW14s, which were rebuilds of earlier switchers that featured an angled cab (usually).
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Here in Pennsylvania? [;)]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Sarah, I forgot to mention how much I like your new picture (the old one wasn't bad, either!) I hope the roads dry out for your trip--my friend in Allentown told me about his flooding problems. He's definitely worse off than you, and I thought he was on high ground!
QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie Brian in Ioway (what did I O Weigh?) - looks like one of the SW15's we have here in our yard in Lincoln. Kind of neat old engines! Mookie [(-D] I'm currently having a little debate with Pat Huemmer at rrpicturearchives.com- he (or she?) got a picture of one of these CRANDIC switchers here in Cedar Rapids and called it an SW7. According to my field guide, they look more like SW9s or SW1200s. The CRANDIC website says they have four SW12s (huh? Those don't exist in my field guide) and two SW1400s (huh again?). Is my field guide inaccurate and incomplete? Unfortunately, CRANDIC doesn't itemize their loco list by number, and I can't find a roster anywhere else.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie Brian in Ioway (what did I O Weigh?) - looks like one of the SW15's we have here in our yard in Lincoln. Kind of neat old engines! Mookie
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QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer Are you installing shackles in the trailers[}:)]?
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