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Cost of Hydrogen to run a railroad locomotive carnej1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Dixie Flyer	7	2454
MRL 390 and 392 To Be Scrapped? Firelock76 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by ccc	6	4233
Mainline crossing gate and 153ir controller wiring for one gate only Jimwegs replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Jimwegs	4	1251
Red rear marker lights on diesels NorthWest replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by NP Eddie	1	1917
Whatever happened to NRE's 2GS36C-DE? creepycrank replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by D.Carleton	4	2796
The venerable SD40-2: how much longer do they have on CP? Leo_Ames replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by Ulrich	2	1810
Ross Rowland gives up on the ACE3000, turns to Compressed Natural Gas oltmannd replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by carnej1	21	5182
How do ditch lights function? petitnj replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 9 years ago by vbeach	2	2825
Hey steam engines that can burn Oil should come back RAINER FLEISS replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by railtrail	40	8870
White Pass & Yukon Alco DL535e gyralite usage Posted 9 years ago by emdmike	0	2350
Juniata Locomotive Shop(s) carnej1 replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by Anonymous	21	7075
Will we see high speed DMU'S in the US? BastaTim replied to this thread 9 years ago Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	19	6961
MILW U25B 5057 on the move pwkrueger replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by pwkrueger	2	2475
Why is no one building high hood locomotives anymore? Buslist replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	50	12617
Georgia Central U23B's NorthWest replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by southernalco	1	1469
Is it time for a new larger locomotive class? nfotis replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by WM7471	72	20289
Current electric engines question blue streak 1 replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by ndbprr	16	3657
Why are Es,Fs,PAs called streamliners? CSSHEGEWISCH replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by cat992c	7	2819
What is the future for AEM-7s? daveklepper replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	16	3738
Intact 6,000 HP Diesels? M636C replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by The Railwolf	46	32790
E/F Style CPM500 replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by kenny dorham	13	3339
Norfolk Southern 999 Bryan Jones replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by Kyle	1	1538
CSX Buys a GP40WH-2 BaltACD replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by NorthWest	10	5853
Question about P40/42DC's Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	0	1441
Is there a reason why GE based locomotives (i.e. ES44AC, AC4400CW, etc) are the primary locomotives on Stack Trains? carnej1 replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by zkr123	9	2621
EMD will produce SD70ACe-BB to narrow gauge RR in Brazil pedrop replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by pedrop	8	10840
AEM-7, ACS-64 question NorthWest replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by WhiteLeather	1	1343
Disregard Posted 10 years ago by zugmann	0	1536
AMD-103 underway lighting characteristics NorthWest replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by pamelapeterson	1	1234
Amtrak AMD-103 Diesel Locomotive NorthWest replied to this thread 10 years ago Posted 10 years ago by pamelapeterson	1	1728