
Generators/Alternators - Trainorders.com
It is my understanding that in the first versions of the diesel electric locomotives, that the main generator was a DC machine with comutator bars and brushes. Somewhere down the line, the …
The End (pt 154): Steam era lanterns!
I recall how odd it was when the cabooses lost their marker lanterns in exchange for the plastic transistorized road barrier flashers! A precursor to Fred with brake pressure communications …
Colorado & Southern 71 Operating - 1987
I think this operation was a precursor to the Georgetown Loop being rebuilt. I think somewhere around ten or tweleve years ago, there was an excursion train that ran around Central City …
When Things Don't Go According to Plan....
The logs were brought down from the logging railroad at Alder over the Milwaukee Road's Tacoma Eastern RR to be dumped and sorted here in a precursor to the Blair Waterway.
FRA order to SEPTA on Silverliner IV
Oct 6, 2025 · It is further ordered that within 30 days of this Order, SEPTA must take the following actions: 8. Complete all actions under the emergency mechanical inspection schedule that has …
EMD demo 433A ... only one model built?
The 433A served as the precursor to the EMD GP40. The 433A was purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad, and became the IC 3075. The 1965 EMD 433A has very little in common …
Heartland Flyer to (possibly) stop running in June
So much for the idea that a good lower-speed rail can serve sufficiently well, and sometimes act as a precursor to higher speed service. At least apparently for the Texas legislature. MC [ …
Nostalgia & History > EMD GP5 - Trainorders.com
While many here might not be interested in roster shots or the "nuts and bolts" of a unit I found this history interesting enough that I posted it here; kind of a precursor to Santa Fe's CF7 …
Amtrak quits PHL-Pottstown-Reading bus connection
READING, Pa. - Amtrak officials announced the end of bus service from Reading less than three years after it began. Effective March 18th, 2025, the company says it will discontinue the …
Dreadnaught - Origin of the Word
Also British warship of the same name with heavier armor than predecessor ships, equipped with single caliber main armament, no intermediate battery and multiple smaller armament. …