Biodiesel fuel in locomotives
Q Certain states require fueling stations to blend biodiesel into diesel fuel for cars and trucks at different times of…
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An ammeter in a GP40-2 with the short-time rating plate below. Note the duplicate time chart listed on the gauge…
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This line of numbers and letters is a rail brand. Deciphered correctly, they show railroads the weight, maker, treatment, design,…
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Two Canadian Pacific trains, with motive power from CP, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern, meet near Oconomowoc, Wis., in November…
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Volunteers at the Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Ind., prepare a string of cabooses (not cabeese) for an excursion in…
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On Sept. 26, 2013, Montana Rail Link’s eastbound Gas Local passes a westbound BNSF coal train in Plains, Mont., bound…
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Ten hoppers coupled to the Big Boy consist in January 2014 were used for additional braking power. Steve Sweeney Q…
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Scale test cars are used to calibrate in-track scales that weigh freight cars. The car shown above was built in…
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On Sept. 25, 2007, a Montana Rail Link local in Livingston, Mont., heads onto an old branch line that once…
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A Montana Rail Link local with a GP35 running backward (long hood forward) rolls along the Jefferson River west of…
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Spikes are part of a system that keeps rails in service. Redundant numbers of spikes are present in most tracks.…
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A Canadian National worker moves a car using a pole on the pilot of CN No. 6310 in 1958. Gordon…
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