Nice day out at #ElkhornSlough#California today. We even saw the local freight #train head north! I think it might have been switching some cars at the #MossLanding power plant on its way north from Salinas before it crossed the slough.
At Moss Landing they're demolishing the old power plant units that used to feed into the twin huge smoke stacks. I wonder if they'll remove those stacks as part of that work.
The DT-6-6-2000 was Baldwin's offering for a diesel electric transfer switcher, initially powered by dual 606SC prime movers. This locomotive was mostly used by the EJ&E with them purchasing 27 of the 46 total built. These locomotives endured various rebuilds throughout their life with most being repowered with 567C prime...
How Norfolk Southern Is Addressing Blocked Train Crossings in Hammond, Indiana
The railroad company has delivered on early, short-term fixes for the trains blocking kids from getting to school, but some officials are skeptical it will follow through on bigger, permanent changes.
The old railyard at the Northern Nevada Railroad. What's so cool they let you free roam around the yard, machine shop, and engine house! (Phone photo.)
Today in Labor History July 26, 1877: Federal troops killed 15-30 workers at the "Battle of the Viaduct," Chicago, during the Great Upheaval (AKA Great Train Strike). During the battle, U.S. troops and police attacked about 5,000 workers at Halsted & 16th Street in Chicago. A judge later found the police guilty of preventing the workers from exercising their right to freedom of speech and assembly.
The Great Upheaval was a national strike wave involving major uprisings in Martinsburg, WV, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Boston, Reading, PA, New York and many other cities. I write about it in my historical “Great Upheaval Trilogy.” My first book, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” takes place in the years immediately preceding the Great Upheaval and will hopefully be out by the end of this year. Book II, “Red Hot Summer in the Smoky City,” my current WIP, takes place in Pittsburgh, at the height of the Great Upheaval.
A 600 mm gauge diesel locomotive on Parkbahn Bernburg, Germany, which used to be a pioneer railway. No traffic when I was there, so maybe this was a test/maintenance run. #railway#railroad
Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions
Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the #rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its #trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and #family in peril.
EJ&E 704 (BLW DT-6-6-2000) sits alongside SD9 602 on an unknown evening, 1966
The DT-6-6-2000 was Baldwin's offering for a diesel electric transfer switcher, initially powered by dual 606SC prime movers. This locomotive was mostly used by the EJ&E with them purchasing 27 of the 46 total built. These locomotives endured various rebuilds throughout their life with most being repowered with 567C prime...
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