For all of You Train Lovers

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Richmond's triple railroad crossing 4th time in history 3 trains lined up TD Oct 13, 1958.

 

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In late summer 1951, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ran its first diesel-powered locomotives through Richmond on two of its passenger trains. Here, train engineer Mr. Denton got orders from stationmaster Mr. Boykin. By the end of the year, the company hoped to have most of the steam locomotives in its line replaced with diesel-electric ones.

 

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Richmond's triple railroad crossing 4th time in history 3 trains lined up TD Oct 13, 1958.

I don't think that's taken in 1958. The Southern locomotive on the bottom, an EMD GP35 #2678 was built in 1965, it didn't exist in the '50's. It's still a cool picture though.

 

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I don't think that's taken in 1958. The Southern locomotive on the bottom, an EMD GP35 #2678 was built in 1965, it didn't exist in the '50's. It's still a cool picture though.

Sigh, a newspaper staff error. Here's my source.
https://richmond.com/from-the-archi..._cc3b94f9-20bd-504b-a3b2-2bb069624e2f.html#42

 

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07-31-2015 (cutline): This October 1962 image shows the salesmen for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway posing in front of a train. Wearing derbies, fancy vests while carrying canes, they were responsible for distributing schedules and brochures as well as promoting the comfort and convenience of rail travel to the public.

Times-Dispatch


https://richmond.com/from-the-archi..._ab7e3c72-50a9-52b2-af69-0c0dc83e76c8.html#34

 

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Freshly assembled and taped up for the paint shop...a brand new General Electric locomotive.

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Freshly assembled and taped up for the paint shop...a brand new General Electric locomotive.
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Think they put it on a rotisserie to do the bottom?

 

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It's 440,000 pounds! I'd like to see that rotisserie...heh. Actually the coal dumpers would do it. I know you're joking. But the frame would all be painted black before the body is set down on it.


This is what happens when a locomotive is caught in a dumper...designed to flip coal gondolas over to quickly empty them. (This was in Prince Rupert).

So, if you ever wondered what the traction motors look like.... You can see the wheels, and the axle between them. The flat box next to the bottom wheels is a cover for a large gear which is driven by the electric motor to the left of it. Those are 600 volt power lines near the left axle. That flat bottomed bathtub farther forward is the 3,500 gallon fuel tank.

Yes, that's a lot of fuel, but railroads deal in huge hauling weights and are quite efficient. That new GE locomotive shown previously for example, when the fuel/load ratios are looked at it can haul a ton of freight 500 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel.

 

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A decades-old railroad bridge that crossed the Yakima River in Benton County has been badly damaged and is no longer operational.
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An unusual car for unusual cargo, this white train is led by TSSX G33 which is an armed guard escort car, there is another one at the tail end. Now retired and in a museum, the train loads were secret, sensitive and military; also called 'the atomic train', they often carried nuclear weapons from different parts of the country to the Department of Energy's secure facility in Pantex, Texas.

 

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A decades-old railroad bridge that crossed the Yakima River in Benton County has been badly damaged and is no longer operational.
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This is close to me. Sad to see, old wood trestles are becoming a thing of the past.

 

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Oops!!!

 

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