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I served my sentence with that yellow rr too. Finally got sick of all the bs and retired. Glad you got out!
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Valor, you know I loved the fact that I got to “play” with trains. Driving them by remote was on of the coolest things I have ever done. If it weren’t for the union and management, I wouldn’t have left.
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They are. Some of them had 2 floors and some had 3 depending on if they hauled autos or trucks.
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I agree. The union was worthless almost and the management was poo-poo shall we say! I did the remote RCL too. Kinda neat. I miss the guys and "playing as you say but not the managers., testing, testing, testing, blah, blah. Did you ever get told you had to work 12 on a regular 8 hr job cuz there weren't enough men available on the extra board to relieve you? New years eve comes to mind.... etc. etc. At least we have the good memories and a pretty good pension. High Ball!
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Got my m1008 with railgear back on the road and rails! Used on the Fort Stewart Railroad before they surplused it. Now I use it for my rail business.
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I was lucky enough to get a ride in a high rail when I was at CN. Track inspector took pity on me when I had to walk to the engine from the rear car of a 1.5 mile grain train.
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Saw this on Russian Steam Locomotives > https://www.abandonedspaces.com/uncategorized/the-steam-train-graveyard.html
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Just had to snag one picture... So sad to see all that power fading away to rust - even if it is Russian.
Thanks for the link @SCSG-G4 !
Picture Source: ©Pavel Raspopov
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Ferro knows trains, so figuring that this is the right thread here for this post.
Waiting the other day in a doctor's office for an appointment, and looking out the window...
BINGO! I doscover a little piece of locomotive heaven:
- And now I know why those horns sound so sweet, it's about 5-part harmony!!!
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Waiting the other day in a doctor's office for an appointment, and looking out the window...
BINGO! I doscover a little piece of locomotive heaven:
- And now I know why those horns sound so sweet, it's about 5-part harmony!!!
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Nathan K5LA. Pretty much been THE voice of Amtrak since the late '70s.
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Crazy! Did a little search, and ran into this vid (for a K5LA set-up for a car)!!
https://www.facebook.com/Extremeperformance10/videos/nathan-airchime-k5la-setup/2269980289799561/
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I had a K5LLA on my old mack best sounding horn hands down other than an old leslie one of the singers posing in front of the truck ask if I would lite up the horn so she could hear what it sounded like. I told her to climb up in the truck and do it herself I had a locomotive horn valve in the truck she pulled back on it and scared the $$$$ out of herself and anyone in front of the truck for a hundred yards..
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Most amtrak units here use P3s and P5s they are so shrill it sounds like someone got kicked in the nuts everytime I hear one.
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I love the Old Cast P3s. New Cast? Not so much.
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My Dad worked SP from '39 to '80. Ran the baggage office in Yuma, AZ until passenger service died. Then he went to driving the crew bus.
They treated him well, even counted his stint in the Navy during WW2 as RR time.
Modern RR's are sure different from what I grew up with.
They treated him well, even counted his stint in the Navy during WW2 as RR time.
Modern RR's are sure different from what I grew up with.
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I was reading some reporting about a week back, and can't remember what railroad operation it was, but story was how they were working their crews ragged, like what's that about?
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UP has been in the news lately.