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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...
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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...
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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)!
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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?
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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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