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by lvrr325
It looks like amatuer bodywork on an automobile, except they didn't bury it all under an inch of bondo.
Has the handbrake on this unit been changed from original perhaps? I'm guessing from the slotted battery box cover this is a former Chessie unit.
Given the thickness of the steel in a locomotive body, a vandal would have to use a jackhammer to damage it in that manner.
Has the handbrake on this unit been changed from original perhaps? I'm guessing from the slotted battery box cover this is a former Chessie unit.
Given the thickness of the steel in a locomotive body, a vandal would have to use a jackhammer to damage it in that manner.
by octr202
CSXT 6242 began life as B&O 4343. Here's a photo that sorta kinda looks like that bulge in the short hood has been there for a while:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=61384
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=61384
Wondering if I'll see the Western Route double-tracking finished before I retire...
Photo: Melbourne W7 No. 1019 on Route 78, Bridge & Church Streets, Richmond, Victoria. 10/21/2010
Photo: Melbourne W7 No. 1019 on Route 78, Bridge & Church Streets, Richmond, Victoria. 10/21/2010