Category: railroad
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1st Half November 2008
Photos from the rails; featuring a couple of trains led by NS power, as well as the Model Railroad layouts of the Old Depot Museum in Ottawa and of Mike Tomei in Lawrence https://route56.com/gallery/v/Season14/111408/
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What I did today
So far: * Got a new pair of size 42 Birkenstocks as a birthday present. Maybe I found the question of Life, the Universe, and everything. * Got pictures of 5 different trains. * Forced three of those trains to slow down at the Ohio Terrace crossing when I noticed that the crossing wasn’t working…
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New Pictures
Some shots of the kids (Cyrus and Carl) and of the high iron at Edgerton
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New engine
A while back, Athearn announced a new series of their GP60M locomotive models. One of the locomotives was of the prototype Santa Fe engine #156. 156 was one of the engines that was used for the 1995 Topeka Railroad Days special that I had “photoshoped” with a picture of my friend Allison. Because of the connection to…
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BNSF Lawrence yard goat taken for a joyride
Somebody decided to take the BNSF Lawrence Yard goat (2467) for a Joyride, per a radio story. It apparantly struck the Derail at about 14 MPH. It was rerailed Monday morning and moved to Topeka. I have an alibi… so don’t blame me :).
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Beware of yahoos with loud toys
This afternoon, the day’s BNSF L KAN 0031 (“Local 31”) had arrived at the Lawrence BNSF Depot. During the train’s stay (setting and releasing cars), I heard what appeared to be a train horn. It sounded too close to be coming from the Union Pacific line across the river, and was definiteally not coming from…
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Train Show Followup
Our attendance at this year’s show was not very big… There may be a multitude of reasons. One thing I should note… there is a show at Union Station next weekend, at the same time as the opening of a new Railroad museum, the display of MILW 261, and the birthday of young Rylie Carson
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Show Prep….
Next Saturday is our Model Railroad Club‘s train show. To get ready, it takes about a week. We have a staging area set up to assemble our HO layout, then on Friday, we take her over to the fairgrounds, show and dismantle on Saturday.
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BNSF special
A long string of BNSF buisness cars came by the Lawrence Depot eastbound this morning at 11:00 while I was nearby at Kennedy Glass working on some pictures I had taken earlier this morning. I got a shot of each car as they rolled through BNSF 5491 BNSF 4389 BNSF 51 “Snoqualmie Pass” BNSF 65…
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Emporia Sub Exploits
I decided to give my new digital Rebel a workout with a trainwatching trip. I headed out to the Eisenhower Terrace bridge on the west side of Ottawa, on the BNSF Emporia Sub 1257: BNSF 912, 7817, and CN 2660 lead a eastbound Manifest 1307: NS 9458 leads a set of eastbound roadrailers 1317: BNSF…