Recent content by ATSF854

thank you very much for the translation :)

Something I've always liked about trains is the sounds that can be produced from many aspects of an operating railway. Though most like to point out the awesome sound of locomotives. Post here in this thread videos that you hear amazing sounds in. for example, and EMD locomotive struggling up a...

Info from Underhill and other sources "Decades of exploration in the Peace River and Canadian Rockies have uncovered vast deposits of coal. But there is an enormous gap between identifying a marketable resource and having a market for that resource. Among the various scenarios for exploitation...

So recently I've been reading about previous engineer's experiences with older GE locomotives (Universal series) (U-boats). According to most, many preferred to run most EMD locomotives over the U-boats any day. The main reason being that the locomotives taking ages to load and suddenly would...

Ok, now I know that anyone who reads the title to this thread must be thinking, "Is this guy insane?" Well I probably am considering that the Bingham copper mine that this railway runs is one of the largest machine made excavations on earth :o. I am trying to aim for the 1970-1978 Time frame...