I found this to be highly informative and well explained, showing that airbrakes are anything but trivial.
Some fantastic photos of the BR Blue and Grey period here: http://home.clara.net/johndarm/GBindex.html
Snowploughs out for a test at Tonbridge. Commentary points out that TPWS is disabled as the driver sits in the cab of the second locomotive: otherwise the equipment in the second loco would react to the light newly turned red by the first loco entering the next section.
A few from Japan... Sealiner in Nagasaki E235 on the Yamanote Line, Tokyo Steam engine at The Railway Museum in Saitama Shinkansen in Tokyo
Some disappointing news out of the YouTube Railfan community this morning. Longtime content creator CoasterFan2105 has been demonetized and will no longer be posting videos until further notice. Quite sad seeing as this guy has been the gold standard for North American railfan content for nearly the last decade.
Well, I was a different type of trackside yesterday as I was in Fontana, CA for a Nascar race. However, on the way into the track I managed to snap a couple of pics of some old Santa Fe diesels still in their Bluebonnet scheme on a nearby railroad siding. (I didn't get any pics but there was a lot of Metrolink traffic and some BSNF freight switching going on throughout the afternoon as well)
"THEY'RE MAKING A LEFT TURN !!" (assuming that the train is going towards the curve ) NASCAR reference
I just posted this in Train Sim World but thought I should also post it here since not everyone uses both sims.
RGS Goose 5 will visit the Durango and Silverton Railroad this April/May, then the Cumbres and Toltec in September/October. https://www.the-journal.com/articles/galloping-goose-no-5-to-take-to-durangos-tracks/
Longtime editor of Trains Magazine, Jim Wrinn, has unfortunately passed away at age 61 after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/jim-wrinn-led-trains-magazine-with-passion/
Reading T1 4-8-4 #2102 was steamed up earlier today and is set to make the first moves under her own power since 1991 some time tomorrow, followed by some mainline test runs on Thursday (likely heading up the North Reading Fast Freight). https://railfan.com/test-runs-near-as-reading-2102-restoration-enters-home-stretch/ (Image used is a screengrab from this video: )
So, while I was out this morning my aunt stopped by and left this for me. It's the engineer union contract/rule book for UP's Los Angeles Division circa 1943. I have no clue where she got it, but inside it also contains a number of delay report slips and an official letter of retirement for whoever used to own it. Edit: After going through it some more, I even found some old train orders buried between the pages!
Union Pacific suspends the West Coast Tour of 4014 due to the ongoing supply chain issues. https://www.up.com/media/releases/s...tm?agfc=NewsRelease&agfm=Facebook&agfs=social
UP donates a chunk of its heritage fleet, including 3985, 5511, and 6936 to the RRHMA https://www.up.com/media/releases/c...tm?agfc=NewsRelease&agfm=Facebook&agfs=social
Repost from the TSW2 version of this thread.... Just West of Sandcut, yes thats a boat on the side of the road.... Just west of Ilmon. BNSF manifest approaching the private crossing at the west end of Woodford. UP manifest train descending the loop... Messed up the exposure on this photo a bit.... BNSF Z-train approaching Tunnel #2 from the west end Same UP manifest from earlier approaching the east end of Tunnel #2, and shortly after exiting. Caliente Rounding the Curve at Caliente, with a BNSF Z-train meet with a UP manifest. And the last shot, UP Manifest at Caliente crossing over Bealville Road with a nice moon in the background.
The below appeared on my YouTube recommendations page yesterday or the day before. I've watched it five or six times now. Narrated in what I assume is French, which I don't speak, it delivers its message loud and clear. I see it as a relatively short, 13.5 min, salute to the 'romance' of steam locomotives/railroading. If, like me, you can't see embedded video here, this is the link: La 231 D 735 - old SNCF steam loco footage, upascaled to HD
Spent some time trackside yesterday afternoon, and decided to combine the footage I got with some stuff that I took back in January. I'm really happy with how a lot of these shots turned out!
Here's one that doesn't happen every day: A collision between a train and a hot air balloon. https://apnews.com/article/2b53d16eb9f936bb8b46195450f97182 My first thought was, "Did Sam somehow...." But no, the balloon fell.
As we all know there have been 3 days of rail strikes this week in the UK. On Saturday morning something very interesting happened at York railway station. Due to the line between Doncaster and Leeds being closed from Friday evening and into Saturday because of a tree blocking the line and damaging OHLE, LNER had to divert some of their services to York. This lead to 3, yes 3, class 91 and IC225 sets being stabled at York overnight. On Saturday morning, these sets needed to be moved to Neville Hill TMD in Leeds but due to the line being unavailable for electric use between Wakefield and Doncaster, these sets had to be dragged from York to Leeds via Church Fenton and Garforth. Chosen for the task was DRS locomotive 37425 'Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob' which had been based at the parcel sidings in York for a while. Railcam UK has various live railway cameras throughout the UK (some available for free on YouTube such as York and Crewe) and has put together a video showing this event. Myself and some regulars from the York cam YouTube chat were glued to the screen for several hours just watching what happened.
It was stupid cost cutting that omitted the electrification of that link in the first place. If the link were there it would give LNER more flexibility with their trainsets and allow Trans Pennine’s 802s to run electric between Leeds and York. West Yorkshire Metro emu services Doncaster to Leeds could be extended to York. It will cost triple to put in the link now.
I believe they are actually electrifying the route between York and Leeds now and work has started from Colton Junction.
And lo and behold a scenario of these movements is already available on ATS. https://alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/5g91-0805-york-neville-hill-trsd/
It’s official. Union Pacific has a new paint scheme https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/union-pacific-redesigns-locomotive-paint-scheme/
Back to the future and then forward a bit. An improvement, now everyone knows the loco is owned by UP and not the USA.
Personally I think it's worse, the shield logo on the front is oversized and the flag looks out of place, should of went back to the scheme before the "Building America" scheme or kept doing the "Flagless" repaints. EDIT: Photos added.
Took a ride on the Chemin de fer de la Vallée de l’Aa in Northeast France today, and was rather surprised to find my loco an ex-Polish Kriegslok (a BR 52 in Germany)! I was rather pleased, since I took a journey on the Sauschwänzlebahn (the heritage section of the Wutachtalbahn in the Black Forest) a few weeks back and was rather disappointed to have caught them on a diesel running day (although the V36 was appreciated) and to see no German Dampflok, so imagine my surprise to find one near the English Channel! There was also an SNCF BB 63000 on the rear, nice little bonus. (Bonus V36 photos)
I DID NOT expect this!!!! (youtube.com) Class 9f, Black 5 and a Class 31. Grosmont North Yorkshire Moors Railway. October 27th 2023.
Railway switch from Austro-Hungarian Monarchy preserved and fresh painted. (110 years old and still functioning) Switch is located in train station Velika on local branch line in my province.
Very nice photos! In Argentina we have some of those G26 that were bought second hand from Croatia: this one is from Ferrosur Roca, a freight operator of the southern network, at Gorchs, Buenos Aires province. Here another unit with a long distance train leaving Buenos Aires' Retiro Station And here the same unit with its previous scheme of a former commuter operator in Buenos Aires, just-arrived freshly painted. I took the pictures from internet, credits to Ricardo Tieso, Transporte Argentino and Nicolás Mentrasti.
Thanks. Yes, we sell four of these locomotives to Argentina, here is the numbers: 1. HZ 2062 002 - NREC, USA - AR 1002 2. HZ 2062 006 - NREC, USA - AR 2006 3. HZ 2062 011 - NREC, USA - AR 2007 4. HZ 2062 046 - NREC, USA - AR 1001
