Hi, guys probably not the 38 since I moved the 38 to my house today in CT.
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Hi, guys probably not the 38 since I moved the 38 to my house today in CT.
i beleive its the central of georgia line that sqaw creek and southern had/has a lease right in front of the old ShadyDale station. the track was just recently ripped up the rail is still bolted together laying off to the side and piles of stone are dumped along the right of way.
was wondering if anyone knows whats going on with the track along the Shadydale Georgia station. I believe its the Central of Georgia line the track is ripped up in some parts with piles of fresh stone being layed. and further down the line it looks like un ballasted rebuilt track? is it being rebui...
so no one knows anything about the Central of Georgias Covington branch?
Who Is this Cosmo with his vast informational source of steam locomotives?
HI all, I am looking for some info I am working on something and need to know how many miles are left of the Porterdale line and where it begins and where it ends (wich i believe is the start of the Covington branch) and what kind of shape its in. Also how many miles is the covington Branch from the...
Is the track still removed after the draper complex where the station used to be in Hopedale and also they removed the track at the connection in Milford I was wondering if they ever layed new track yet?
if you youtube G&U and filter the results by most recent uploads there is a video taken less than a month ago of them putting ties in in hopedale right before a busy street
I see oldrr has changed his screen name to number7. i reconize the pointless edaville bashing
Jeez cosmo let these people discuss the possibilitey of 250 returning to service. I know everytime you read something on RxR.net you run to JDC an ask him the question so you can anwser on the forumns. didn't you work as a deckhand on the valley RxRs riverboat?
Thanks for the compliment never been called an expert before i love it! this sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship huh steamer69 where did you get the prices? hard coal was always cheaper Im suprised at the change. and its funny how defensive you get when challenged oh well i gtg do my mat...
probabley using hard coal its cheaper but harder to fire if you lose it its hard to get back.
an idea with the 501 what about cutting open the tender an puting an a diesel generator and power each axle with a traction motor or an eco friendly genset in the tender this way the 501 can operate for 1/4 of the price of returning it to steam plus the insurance would be cheaper and you wouldn't ne...
@ steamer69 I asked you first.
It's operators error. First thing ANY engineer should do when they get a consist list is to take a look at the total tonnage of the train both empty AND loaded. From this figure, you take the tonnage rating of the locomotive and compare it to the figure you just got with your train weight calculati...