Trains and Railways

[Terry McDaniel]

GE P42 Amtrak locomotive

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my hometown no longer has any way to turn trains (move the locomotive to the other end of the train to pull it back in the direction from which it came) so they run an engine on both ends. one pulls the consist to the east (where i live) the one on the tail, then pulls it back west to Chicago.

two different trains in these images

Same way on the Heartland Flyer. Two engines, one to pull from OKC to Ft Worth, the other to pull back to OKC. Kodak Brownie Hawkeye

 

[fotoi]

Nurnberg Transportation Museum

 

[LtDave]

Chesapeake and Ohio's Allegheny.

its an articulated 2-6-6-6

125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601’s original price was $230,663. built by Lima in Lima Ohio in 1941.

while not as 'big' as the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotives but more powerful in terms of pulling capacity because of tractive effort (weight on the driving wheels and other math, i dont understand)

 

[Darren75]

Chesapeake and Ohio's Allegheny.

its an articulated 2-6-6-6

125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601’s original price was $230,663. built by Lima in Lima Ohio in 1941.

while not as 'big' as the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotives but more powerful in terms of pulling capacity because of tractive effort (weight on the driving wheels and other math, i dont understand)

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Looks like a beast!

 

[fotoi]

Paddington Station, London

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Paddington Station, London

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Paddington Station. I remember an Agatha Christie book with Paddington in the title.

 

[fotoi]

Paddington Station. I remember an Agatha Christie book with Paddington in the title.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the work.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the work.

I looked it up: "4.50 from Paddington" is the title. It's a murder mystery of course. Two trains going in the same direction are passing one another and a woman in the one train sees a man in the other train, strangling a woman. The rest of the story is about finding the man as well as the disappeared body of the strangled woman. I think it was also turned into a movie.

 

[fotoi]

I looked it up: "4.50 from Paddington" is the title. It's a murder mystery of course. Two trains going in the same direction are passing one another and a woman in the one train sees a man in the other train, strangling a woman. The rest of the story is about finding the man as well as the disappeared body of the strangled woman. I think it was also turned into a movie.

Sounds interesting. I may watch the movie if I get a chance.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Sounds interesting. I may watch the movie if I get a chance.

It would be an old movie. Probably with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Could even be in B&W.

 

[Darren75]

It would be an old movie. Probably with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Could even be in B&W.

I looked it up. The movie is called Murder She Said, made in 1961. And you were right, it is with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. And it is in B&W!

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055205/?ref_=vp_close

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I looked it up. The movie is called Murder She Said, made in 1961. And you were right, it is with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. And it is in B&W!

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055205/?ref_=vp_close

Cool. I used to watch a lot of classics. And I mean a lot!
And now of course I want to watch that old flick again...

 

[Darren75]

Cool. I used to watch a lot of classics. And I mean a lot!
And now of course I want to watch that old flick again...

It's on Amazon.

 

[K9Kirk]

Chesapeake and Ohio's Allegheny.

its an articulated 2-6-6-6

125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601’s original price was $230,663. built by Lima in Lima Ohio in 1941.

while not as 'big' as the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotives but more powerful in terms of pulling capacity because of tractive effort (weight on the driving wheels and other math, i dont understand)

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My grandfather worked for C & O for 30 years before they were no more. He was a track inspector, and he used to take me to work with him as a 7 year old kid. Man, was I in love with trains. At times he would put down the rail wheels that were on the front of the pickup and we would go down the track. I would always ask if a train was coming on that track.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]