Canadian National’s SD60Fs
CN SD60Fs meet train 393 as they move eastward at Aldershot West, Burlington, Ont., on May 5, 2006. Greg McDonnell…
Read moreCN SD60Fs meet train 393 as they move eastward at Aldershot West, Burlington, Ont., on May 5, 2006. Greg McDonnell…
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Southern Pacific cab-forward 4-8-8-2 No. 4219 leads an extra train at Dunsmuir, Calif., in August 1948. Guy L. Dunscomb, Martin…
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Q I heard the term “nitrogen blanket” in reference to a tank car. Could you explain what this is and…
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Cummins QSK95 test locomotive No. 1919 uses Selective Catalytic Reduction aftertreatment of its exhaust. The system is located in the…
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A sleeping berth shown set for feet first in the direction of travel on an Amtrak long-distance train. Bob Johnston…
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Dots painted on trilevel auto racks indicate clearance heights. Rob Burnet Q I have seen colored painted dots on freight…
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Home for the heaviest rebuild, repair, and repaint work on the Norfolk Southern system is the sprawling former Pennsylvania Railroad…
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On Aug. 6, 2012, a single Illinois Central manned helper locomotive brings up the rear of a southbound Canadian National…
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A southbound ‘Acela’ races across a stretch of positive train control trackage on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at Perryville, Md., on…
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Confidential Close Call reporting basics A New Jersey Transit train zips northward from Atlantic City to New York’s Penn Station…
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Positive Train Control Tick, tock. U.S. railroads have collectively spent decades and billions of dollars on positive train control research.…
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Intelligent Grade Crossings will warn motorists and trains that approach is imminent. Federal Railroad Administration Train crews and motorists may…
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