TrucTrain55
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HO scale. I’m hoping to finish this one soon
Midwest Monday
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KriegslokBR52
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Last August while traveling along northern route, i stopped over in a city of Grand Forks, ND. At the roundhouse area in front of turntable sat these two diesels, with a third one visible in the distance:
trailrider
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Ooops!
logandsawman
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Located in front of the section house in Groningen, MN is the SW-1 operated by SLCR moving some Northern Pacific freight:
Dave LASM
Dave LASM
gjslsffan
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On April 17, 2011. I remember hearing about this, we lost 2 crewmen that morning. We had a good idea what happened, NTSB confirmed crew fatigue. It was a sad day for us.
TrucTrain55
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Good Morning all it’s MWM time here’s today’s off the New O27 scale layout. The MoPac truck and trailer was Custom painted and decaled by me.
logandsawman
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Lee - nice looking tractor trailer combo,
Here is my man checking his watch at the Wyoming (Minnesota) depot:
Dave LASM
Here is my man checking his watch at the Wyoming (Minnesota) depot:
Dave LASM
TrucTrain55
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Thanks Dave. Great low angle pic
trailrider
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Nice weathering job on those cars. Almost look real!Hey, I can contribute to this thread. I previously lived within view of the former IC mainline in central Illinois for a number of years. I'll start out as cliché as possible.
FFG&C (Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal) 1828, a rare GP28, pulls a string of hoppers out of the elevator track in the tiny hamlet of Dewey, IL.
Here's a closeup. This locomotive was built in 1964 for the Illinois Central, and is one of only 16 of that type to be operated by a US railroad.
An overview of the grain elevator complex in Dewey, pictures taken in 2007. I used to pass by here about once a month on my drive to Chicago for work; I had a back-roads route from Champaign until hooking up with I-55 in Gardner. Over 3.5 years of doing that drive, I only saw this loco in operation once.
Old 97
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Here's a closeup. This locomotive was built in 1964 for the Illinois Central, and is one of only 16 of that type to be operated by a US railroad.
Former FFG&C Railroad Locomotives - RailroadfanWiki
Former Dewey Elevator switcher. Sold to WRIX in 2023 due to mechanical issues.
KriegslokBR52
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Now that is called "train chasing"Pacing a northbound mixed freight along US 45 near Champaign, IL in 2007. Two IC GP38-2s in the lead. On the first flat is a Caterpillar 773F rock or "haul" truck.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
OK, a day late. It's hard for me to decide whether some of my rolling stock fits into Midwest Monday, or Western Wednesday since they overlap; ATSF, UP, BN, all qualify as both. But I looked around and here's a few.
And of course, Ethanol and Corn Syrup tankers are definitely Midwest.
And of course, Ethanol and Corn Syrup tankers are definitely Midwest.
