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http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~25379~1020006" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As I recall, circa 1910 NY&GL and Newark Branch trains both used the ex-DL&W bridge, then maybe around 1916 they both switched to the upstream bridge. So why does ...

Anyone else find them?

For lack of a better adjective, yes, PRR mileposts were white obelisk-shape. Here's MP 46 https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12331744185/in/album-72157640558561145/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Far as I know PRR mileposts NY to Washington were all on the right ...

NorthWest wrote:American convention measures HP at the rail

The platform between tracks 2 and 3 at Rahway was a high level-- dunno until when. 1950s? I assume when they removed it they didn't replace it with anything, but for all I know maybe it was a low-level platform for an unknown period after the high-level was removed. Don't plan on seeing a pic of a l...

Somewheres around 1911. The intention was to have six tracks all the way to Lane. Remember that plan to build a freight line from Morrisville, running south of Trenton to rejoin the four-track main around Colonia? The six tracks Elmora-Union was the first part of that plan. Ever notice how Rahway ha...

You meant to type "asynchronous a.c. traction motors", didn't you?

On SF Muni you can use the senior Clipper card, or just pay the $1 cash fare. No driver has ever asked me for ID.

When you pay cash on Muni, the driver hands you a paper transfer that you stick in your pocket, as a fare receipt, even if you're not going to transfer.

On the Peninsula, Caltrain trains blow the whistle when ready to go, and a microphone brings the gates back down.

I meant, what makes you think original-style cab cars got converted to something else. Reportedly BART's original 1969 order was for 150 cab cars and 100 midtrain cars-- and that's what Rohr ended up building? So that does raise the question, what's become of those cab cars. What were they converted...

lpetrich wrote:It's hard for me to find good sources on the removal of many of the original cabs.

Fan Railer wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZkfrskMaA
It comes through @ an average of 95 mph (it is still accelerating), which is very respectable acceleration based on the starting point.

Load-test section of the GP38-2 service manual says it's supposed to put out 90% power at 5800 ft altitude-- at 60 deg F I guess.

Matt Johnson wrote:According to Alstom, this permits the train to take curves 30 percent faster

Powering all eight traction motors from one alternator would involve enough pointless complication that I'm guessing it's out of the question. Most likely no mention of it in the operator manual
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