Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:26 pm
I just remembered - Orange Empire Railway Museum has these two ex-USAF switch engines, per their website:
http://www.oerm.org/pages/other_railroads.htm
USAF 7441 - 45-Ton Switcher - built by GE in 1942 - from March AFB
USAF 8580 - B-B-90/90 - built by GE in 1944 - from Norton AFB
http://www.oerm.org/pages/other_railroads.htm
USAF 7441 - 45-Ton Switcher - built by GE in 1942 - from March AFB
USAF 8580 - B-B-90/90 - built by GE in 1944 - from Norton AFB
Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:42 am
Chris,
The Heart of Dixie Museum USAF engine may have been a B-B-90/90 like the one you just linked to. I had no idea that style engine was built during WWII!
Scott
The Heart of Dixie Museum USAF engine may have been a B-B-90/90 like the one you just linked to. I had no idea that style engine was built during WWII!
Scott
Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:58 am
The National Transportation Museum, in St. Louis, MO yesterday.
There are two or three shots of U.S. Army engines/
Saludos,
Tulio
There are two or three shots of U.S. Army engines/
Saludos,
Tulio
Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:27 am
Not exactly an abandoned train but one of my favorites that I wish I could of seen or ridden on. Take one Budd railcar, add two J47's off a B-36, find a long straight section of track, and you have 183.681 MPH. YEEHAW! 
Les
Les
Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:44 am
I was just thinking about that. Central also tried the J47s as a snow melter (lack of proper term escapes me).
Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:24 pm
I remember a great train museum in Green Bay when I was a kid. I remember that everything was pretty rusty though, can't imagine what's still left!
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/en-us/default.aspx[/quote]
Actually the museum in Green Bay has built a nice indoor area where the Big Boy along with several others is on display now. Not rusting away anymore. Very nice place to visit.
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/en-us/default.aspx[/quote]
Actually the museum in Green Bay has built a nice indoor area where the Big Boy along with several others is on display now. Not rusting away anymore. Very nice place to visit.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:10 pm
I will have to see if I have any images from trips to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village her in Dearborn.
Definitely some interesting stuff for train lovers.
Definitely some interesting stuff for train lovers.
Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:24 am
Good contributions, all!
Tulio, you didn't happen to get any more photos of the Zephyr, did you? I've always thought that was a Buck Rogers looking design, even with the ugly add-on light assembly.
Scott
Tulio, you didn't happen to get any more photos of the Zephyr, did you? I've always thought that was a Buck Rogers looking design, even with the ugly add-on light assembly.
Scott
Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:05 am
Yes, please. More Zephyr pics! 
Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:21 am
I kinda like the school bus lookin' train. Of course, if it were my school bus train, it'd be a short one. 
Gary
Gary
Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:44 am
D&H
Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:54 pm
I was into trains long before anything else, and have been a NRHS member since 1984. My biggest love is of the old 3 foot line, the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina, AKA, "The Tweetsie."
I have a portfolio of RR pix here:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/sh ... puser/4329
Here are some of my favorite shots over the past few years:
Abandoned:
Me doing a "train robbery" event at a tourist RR last year:
Grand Canyon:
4449/844:
Reading 2100 on the first test run of the ill-fated dinner train in Tacoma:
3985:
4449 at various places:
Jamestown, CA:
Other shots:
My favorite shot, the former ET&WNC grade through the Die River Gorge near Hampton, TN. I later found a photo from the 30s taken from the exact same sport. I put the train from that photo and the cliff face (to show it matched exactly) into my shot. I couldn't have planned this better if I'd been standing there with the original shot in my hands as a guide!
I have a portfolio of RR pix here:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/sh ... puser/4329
Here are some of my favorite shots over the past few years:
Abandoned:
Me doing a "train robbery" event at a tourist RR last year:
Grand Canyon:
4449/844:
Reading 2100 on the first test run of the ill-fated dinner train in Tacoma:
3985:
4449 at various places:
Jamestown, CA:
Other shots:
My favorite shot, the former ET&WNC grade through the Die River Gorge near Hampton, TN. I later found a photo from the 30s taken from the exact same sport. I put the train from that photo and the cliff face (to show it matched exactly) into my shot. I couldn't have planned this better if I'd been standing there with the original shot in my hands as a guide!
Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:00 pm
Don't know if they still do it, but the Illinois Rail Museum used to have at least one evening a month that you could pay a fee and run one of three locos on their private track. I think it was something like 150$ for 15-20 minuets of time on either a diesel switcher, a F9 road loco or one of the smaller steam units. Never got a chance to get over there on the scheduled days when we lived up there.
One of the guys that I used to work with up there was really into large scale live steam and diesel locos. We were talking about building up a 7 1/2" scale of the UP turbine locos. Plans were to power it with a turbine APU and electric drives like the real thing. Toughest thing was going to be designing a muffler for it so that you didn't have to wear headsets to be with a couple of hundred feet of it.
One of the guys that I used to work with up there was really into large scale live steam and diesel locos. We were talking about building up a 7 1/2" scale of the UP turbine locos. Plans were to power it with a turbine APU and electric drives like the real thing. Toughest thing was going to be designing a muffler for it so that you didn't have to wear headsets to be with a couple of hundred feet of it.
Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:38 am
Guys,
I have these two shots, and no more; the weather was getting crappy, and I did not have any filters to work with, to at least make the skies look less uniformly gray.
Saludos,
Tulio
I have these two shots, and no more; the weather was getting crappy, and I did not have any filters to work with, to at least make the skies look less uniformly gray.
Saludos,
Tulio
Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:50 am
Tulio,
Thanks for the Zephyr stuff. I googled the Zephyr history this morning, and it seems that most of the rolling stock has survived all these years. It is interesting that they survived mass-scrapping during early WWII because of their stainless steel construction, while their UP competitor was smelted down for the aluminum. It's better looking than the M-10000 anyway!
Scott
Thanks for the Zephyr stuff. I googled the Zephyr history this morning, and it seems that most of the rolling stock has survived all these years. It is interesting that they survived mass-scrapping during early WWII because of their stainless steel construction, while their UP competitor was smelted down for the aluminum. It's better looking than the M-10000 anyway!
Scott