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Did the new server ... umm, have too many problems? It’s become impossible to post a picture, since even the lowest setting; original, large, medium & small, small is too big “must be under 200 pixels wide”? What’s that about?

We’re looking at photos of Montreal EXO trains, And we are puzzled by the ten horns? Or ten chime horns? Or maybe it’s dual 5 chime horns? Is it a reliability issue? Horns are more likely to fail in sub freezing weather? I had just heard the news of the Mount Royal Tunnel closing, for the REM projec...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsP6s4wCUUk

This video was shot in 8mm videotape, converted to MP4, and uploaded to YouTube.

YouTube then did something that caused the horizontal lines to appear. The video was beautiful before that.

Nassau Tower used to have a light-up plastic Santa Claus face visible from the platforms. I know I have (or had) a picture of it, but I'm not digging for it now.

I searched for a thread about C&O SD40's , but there wasn't one, so I started this one , just now. As a younger railfan, I only photographed ONE , single solitary C&O Locomotive, this after the Chesie System merger. 7534, a black and white photograph, taken in Summer of 1985: https://c6.stat...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/673/23806597382_7095bdb812_z.jpg Hicksville LIRR Station by AviationMetalSmith , on Flickr 152 and 171 had a ten car work train on 21 December, we were lucky enough to see it at Hicksville... Word is this could be for the second track on the Ronkonkoma branch... https...

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Yes, I drove along Old Country Road yesterday , and the Ellison Avenue Detour signs were still in place... I was just wondering when it would open...

Believe me, I rode my bicycle over it, and decided to wait, until there were no trucks or buses coming... I crossed that bridge alone... from a bicycle, you could see the tracks below, there were holes in the deck... I hope your "hot bike," has a parachute or an inflatable bubble sphere l...

If you traveled over it, you would understand why they needed to replace it so urgently. Believe me, I rode my bicycle over it, and decided to wait, until there were no trucks or buses coming... I crossed that bridge alone... from a bicycle, you could see the tracks below, there were holes in the d...

The third track must be the reason they tore out the piers, otherwise, they could've re-decked the old bridge. I didn't see the official engineering report, but if you watch the time lapse video of the demolition, those old piers were very solid.

B˚-A1A˚ , possibly?

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Yes, but Fairbanks Morse continued to produce it's opposed piston engine for the Navy, on account of the "silent running" , which was the thing to have in a Diesel Submarine.

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BM6569 wrote:I'm guessing the new overpass will be wide enough for 3 tracks below?