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  1. David914

    ALCO HiAD trucks on the Burlington Northern

    Reading my copy of the Burlington Northern 1976-77 Annual, I came across the statement that the ALCO C636 locomotive were unpopular because of their hi-ad trucks. I would have thought that high adhesion would have been better for pulling long and/or heavy trains. Would it be that the trucks on...
  2. David914

    Terre Haute & Logansport Railway

    Question: In 1915, the Pennsylvania Railroad added a line from Indianapolis to Frankfort that would connect with the former TH&L Railway which it has previously acquired. I have always considered the I&F branch to run from Indy to Logansport. However, recently I have discovered that the Line...
  3. David914

    Brunswick Green on Pennsy's ALCO locomotives

    Question: Were Pennsy's Alco locomotive fleet painted Brunswick Green or Black? Also Were all of Pennsy's EMD F units painted Brunswick Green or were there any in the Tuscan Red paint? Thank you for Reading (& offering any knowledge)!
  4. David914

    MILW Box Cab locomotives

    This is slightly outside the Indiana area, even though the Milwaukee Riad did run as far east as Scottsburg (?). My question is: how did the electric box cab locomotives from the early 20th Century convert AC to DC current? I can 't find any information on the works of the box cabs. any...
  5. David914

    Hoosier Lift Intermodel

    I have been absent from Indiana for almost three years & from Railroad Forums for almost seven. Can anyone tell me what happened to the Hoosier Lift Intermodel site between Remington & Wilcott Indiana? I believe it waw a joint venture between Burlington Northern & Toledo, Peoria & Western...
  6. David914

    Rail Ed. 101

    I am starting this thread as a place to ask questions & provide answers on various Railroad topics from maintenance to finance. Believe me, I will have more questions than answers. But feel free to put in your two-cents. This is how people learn as well as keeping one's brain active. My first...
  7. David914

    Busting knuckles & glad-hands

    I have been pondering a question for quite some time in regard to the breaking apart of a freight ( or passenger) train on branch line or in a yard. When the train is cut in two, the brakeman would have to close the air cock on the last car still connected to the locomotive. What about the car...
  8. David914

    A1A vs. C-C

    Can anyone tell me what advantages or disadvantages there were to employing A1A trucks over C-C trucks? For that matter, why didn't Commonwealth trucks provide a good ride as compared to drop-equalizer trucks?
  9. David914

    Baldwin VO prime movers

    Can anyone tell me why the DeLaVergne Prime Movers utilized by Baldwin Locomotive Co. had trouble with breaking their crankshafts? I'd read a comment in a Trains Magazine about this situation on the GM&O Railroad but could never find any information on the subject. :confused:


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