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Locomotive Ferry Movements (Moving Locos Light) BaltACD replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Northtowne	7	3125
FEC railway snow plows CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by rambo1	26	6944
Why do ALCOs keep rolling on? mr_dave1947 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 11 years ago by lone geep	57	31719
FEC aquires 24 ES44C4s BaltACD replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by Lyon_Wonder	80	23675
What locomotive would you run? LUKE SOLBERG replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 16 years ago by hf1001	131	30924
Starting vs Continuous Tractive Effort WSOR 3801 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by oarb00	18	10875
EMD SD70ACe vs GEVO erikem replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 13 years ago by Metro Red Line	17	21391
GE trucks Overmod replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Speaking clock	3	4200
Blinking LED's richg1998 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Yodarian	3	1570
winter hatches on GO transit locos? BaltACD replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by rambo1	3	1602
End of Production for the JT42CWR M636C replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by NorthWest	31	10004
What does the "G" mean in the GM-EMD export locomotive line, e.g., G12 LOREN AANDAHL replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by LOREN AANDAHL	3	5329
Wanna buy some european rolling stock ? Mario_v replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Mario_v	4	2092
when are ditch lights used? traisessive1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by rambo1	6	12122
Bombardier HR412 cx500 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by southernalco	5	2199
Searching for large posters of various steam locomotives ndbprr replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Fog_Crawling	2	1438
SD90 versus ES44AC zugmann replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by CSX4Me	5	3171
BNSF SD70ACe-P4's or P6s? Domer66 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Domer66	2	1460
Turbocharger of EMD 710 and 645 locomotive Victor replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Abiyukthan	7	11487
blue CN locomotives traisessive1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by rambo1	5	11337
CC72100's - France's diesel thoroughbreads Posted 9 years ago by Mario_v	0	1553
Mystery Leaser Loco Firelock76 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by DavidH66	9	2315
"Greener" Norfolk Southern locomotives ready for testing rdamon replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by rdamon	12	3608
Diesel Fans M636C replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by VGN Jess	16	7355
Turbocharger EMD 645E vs 710G locomotives Posted 9 years ago by Abiyukthan	0	2290
Why are there no 4 axle AC traction locomotives? (i.e. GP40AC) MidlandMike replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	49	10519
How can I post a locomotive picture here? Wizlish replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by cat992c	1	1129
Is it possible to create a locomotive that runs on diesel, third rail, and overhead wires? trackrat888 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by zkr123	36	9733
Republic Locomotive RX500 Industrial Locomotive carnej1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by JoeBlow	2	3386
Northfolk southern rebuilt Locomotives: which rebuild will be remembered like the CF7? carnej1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Speaking clock	4	2231