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Hi everybody Does anybody has any idea what cars are trailing in this picture at the 6th and 7th position behind the power ? Woodchip hoppers with (removable) roof ? All-door-boxcars ? The freight car chassis looks like regular 40ft ... 50ft flat / box car ... http://www.abload.de/img/unknownsouw7i3...

extra sections of trains, train length/weight ration between the sections Hi all, if a train is split into 2 sections, does the railroad divide the train (almost) fifty-fifty or do they fill up the first train up to operation maximum (siding length defining train length, track grades defining train...

SD 70 ACe-P4
or
GP 70 ACe

Does SD refers to a truck with 3 axles generally (C'C' Co'Co' A1A'A1A' Bo1'Bo1') or to a truck with 3 driven axles ??

*wink*
André

Merci

Hi everybody! did someone know, which customer in Georgia receive and sends these (single) UP aircraft parts box/flatcars ? Youtube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J_g5ts7zU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dIfGcBcsT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiFrM0MqSFw Following the videos at Youtube...

Hi What's the story behind this picture: --> http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=407019 Is this a photo freight ? (then why using modern freight cars ?) Or is it a "Railfan" trip/special, where they serve the local freight customers at and around Paradise with a steam engine inste...

Hi everybody,
are there more pictures from the ACS64 Mockup available?

Found this:

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and if you look at the belgium contract from SIE...we have to wait a long time ....Ordered in dec 2006...and still THIS (2011) spring, none of them where homologated.... SIE must pay ~30Mio$ penalty.... (and Belgium is in the direct neigbourhood of SIE plants...not over the ocean and on a unknow en...

if its based on the EuroSprinter which is dual cabbed. I cant imagine why they would not make it this way. Having dual cabs on the electrics makes them very versatile and does not cost much more time in daily maintenance and inspections First, EuroSprinter is a flexible platform. If you want a sing...

Hello everybody ! I thought the adavantage of the standard AAR control stand is, that the engineer can rotate his seat and run the engine rearward while sitting forward. (In a engine with desktop controlls, the engineer sits with his back in driving direction while reversing; and have to look over h...

Hello everybody ! Why are these red rear-end lights/indicators are missing on CN's SD75I-Series ? http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/4/5/9/3459.1317001650.tn.jpg SD75I (click to enlarge) It looks like that all CN's engines are equipped with red-rear end markers - except the SD75I-series and secon...

Erie Limited wrote:http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=363040

Hi @ all, Does anybody know the origin of terminology "hot train", which describe a high priority train ? Hot Train == Hot (never Cold) Steamengine ?!? ----- The origin of "highballing" is the ball signal ?!? http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=242373 http://www.railpict...

When a Taurus start a heavy train a wet rails it sounds like this: :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRf30pVGMp4 :) every axle has a different speed and so every inverter creates it's own individual sound ! By the way : Only the Taurus locomotive with GTO-invertes (ÖBB Rh1016,Rh1116; DB BR 182; ES64...

DutchRailnut wrote:Does anyone have info on how testing in Germany is proceding ???