Front End Friday

[KriegslokBR52]

Acela, currently the fastest trains in North America in regular service (their replacements; Avelia has teething issues). The speedster is heading south through Perryville, Maryland.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

My Models of SD9 Hump power in Grand Junction.
5305
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5309
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Ready to head out to the MRR barn.
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Prototypes on the hump in Grand Junction CO.
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My images crawling all over the 5305 at Burnham shops Denver CO 1992-ish.
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My last front photo for this post, she worries for me.
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Excellent. I'm glad i'm not the only one who finds crawling all over a locomotive as a perfectly normal behavior

 

[NorthBrit]

One from the modelling archive A Leeds Central bound dmu in the overgrown country section

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Susquehanna RR in Binghampton, New York.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

The last railroad of it's kind in the United States: Iowa Traction company's Baldwin electric #60 in Mason City, Iowa.

 

[Colbert]

Just found it. Very interesting.

Iowa Traction Railway - RailroadfanWiki

railroadfan.com

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Just found it. Very interesting.

Iowa Traction Railway - RailroadfanWiki

railroadfan.com

Imagine there were dozens of these so called "Interurban" railroads across the United States a hundred years ago. They were basically lighter weight trains, falling somewhere between city trolleys and full scale rail equipment in weight. Some of the most well known and favorites of rail fans are Illinois Terminal around Chicago region and Sacramento Northern in California. They started to wither around WW II when more and more freight was diverted to trucks. Here is a typical looking Interurban electric coach:

This one used to run between Chicago and Milwaukee and it now resides at Iowa Traction Railway for special occasions.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

SD9 in Lexington, Nebraska on Sunday, July 28, 2024.

 

[TLOC]

The real

The model

Sd40-2f #9010 was the CM & Q but on the layout it’s a Wisconsin River Valley unit

The CN unit in the pulp yard is a Gp40-2L

 

[hunslet040]

My two youngest sons were in th US last week and took this Photo of Big Boy 4023 in a park in Omaha ( Kenifck ?)

 

[TrucTrain55]

The real
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The model
View attachment 197712Sd40-2f #9010 was the CM & Q but on the layout it’s a Wisconsin River Valley unit

The CN unit in the pulp yard is a Gp40-2L

Nice pics thanks for sharing

 

[TrucTrain55]

My two youngest sons were in th US last week and took this Photo of Big Boy 4023 in a park in Omaha ( Kenifck ?)
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Neat pics glad they got to stop and see Big Boy

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Neat pics glad they got to stop and see Big Boy

And the largest diesel class in the world.

 

[hunslet040]

And the largest diesel class in the world

Yes they said there was a centennial there but didn't take a photo.

 

[skyliner]

Sorry, haven't contributed to these picture threads in a while. First one I could find quickly: northbound at Titlow, which shares its name with a beach, park, and lake on the west side of Tacoma.

 

[kjd]

This one is called "38, 39, 40." Two GP38-2s, a GP39E and a GP39-2 meet a coal train lead by an SD40-2.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Restored Great Northern F45 in "Big Sky Blue" paint scheme. This is the only locomotive restored in this paint scheme and you can sleep in it. It was converted into a hotel inside and is located in Essex, Montana, right in Glacier National Park.

 

[NorthBrit]

'Tornado' at the Great Central Heritage Railway

 

[Rico]

A shot from the early stages of the new layout:

 

[KriegslokBR52]

A shot from the early stages of the new layout:

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Nice, looks like the Burlington Northern is a popular subject on this forum.