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Posted on 02/18/2012 4:36:21 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: meatloaf
Well the reason explained by the railroad museum in Sacramento was, tunnels. Tunnels in the mountains was the main reason.
They have a 16-drivers Mallet, cab forward (if I remember correctly).
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02/18/2012 6:03:32 PM PST
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WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: InvisibleChurch
We're not far from the Williams Loop where you can see from one end of the train to the other at the same time.
To: Last of the Mohicans
We're not far from the Williams Loop where you can see from one end of the train to the other at the same time. What's so wonderful about that?
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02/18/2012 6:24:17 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? -Mr Bennet)
To: Upstate NY Guy
Dunno, but my guess is that is a painting, not a photo.
Same with the cowboys crossing the track.
To: InvisibleChurch
To: InvisibleChurch
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02/18/2012 6:33:21 PM PST
by
FrankR
(You are only enslaved to the extent of the entitlements you receive.)
To: Oztrich Boy
With the loop, you can be passed by the locomotive and the caboose at the same moment. :)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
As others have mentioned, the issue was smoke, especially in tunnels/snow sheds of the Southern Pacific railroad. In the case of some 40 mile long sheds/tunnels, the crews nearly asphyxiated from smoke inhalation. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_forward Re: smoke defletors - these didn't really catch on over here, but some railroads, especially Union Pacific gave them a try:
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02/18/2012 6:41:38 PM PST
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Kommodor
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To: Kommodor
doh, sorry about the formatting not looking pretty ... don’t post here often enough to get well practiced!
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02/18/2012 6:43:08 PM PST
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Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: InvisibleChurch
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02/18/2012 7:03:30 PM PST
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wyowolf
To: cripplecreek
Those were some beautiful images, cc.
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02/18/2012 7:14:56 PM PST
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FrdmLvr
(culture, language, borders)
To: Oztrich Boy
What's so wonderful about that? try that with your car!
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02/18/2012 7:15:29 PM PST
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InvisibleChurch
( go in peace , serve the Lord)
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02/18/2012 7:15:59 PM PST
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FrdmLvr
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02/18/2012 7:28:19 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Kommodor
RE: some 40 mile long sheds/tunnels
Sheds.. that's right I had forgotten the sheds that keep the snow off the tracks.
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02/18/2012 7:43:03 PM PST
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WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
You’re right. Running a conventional cabbed loco through a tunnel was a problem. I remember reading about the crews wetting their coats and lying down on the deck plates with the coats over them when they went through tunnels.
That’s a great museum. They had an exhibit with the belongings of a young brakeman that showed how cheap life was in the early days.
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02/18/2012 8:03:20 PM PST
by
meatloaf
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To: cripplecreek
That is going on my Desktop around Christmas!
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02/18/2012 8:38:25 PM PST
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KC_Lion
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To: InvisibleChurch
One of my favorites:
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02/18/2012 11:37:36 PM PST
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rawhide
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02/18/2012 11:39:35 PM PST
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rawhide
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