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TedW posted:

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In 1970, when I hired out in engine service on the Los Angeles Division, the Engineer involved in this 1948 or '49 accident was long retired, but the Fireman was a Los Angeles Engineer.  I could never get him engaged in conversation enough to get his first-hand account of this.  He was not exactly Mr. Personality.  His son was a few men younger than me in seniority, nice fellow.  He died at a far too young age when he fell off of his roof while hanging Christmas lights.

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Lee,  you must live not too far away.  Some of the pictures you have posted of the BNSF mainline trains look like they could have been taken just south of Tenino.

I live near Shelton and can hear the PSAP from my house.  I used to hear the Simpson Timber trains before they shut down a couple of years ago.   I see and hear UP engines quite often heading the Waste Management garbage train to and from Kitsap County.

 

Larry

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tcochran posted:
briansilvermustang posted:

get you there quick......  https://youtu.be/saG-QQSiG4I

The Historical Marker for this test/odd passenger car is in my home town, right next to the Amtrak "station", actually pretty much just a shelter from the elements

And here's a nice video on Don Wetzel, the NYCRR engineer, talking about that high speed run. I'm amazed his model train is not a model of that jet powered rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBBQL5x3-34

 

TedW posted:

So here's something to waste a few minutes on.  Is this first picture photoshopped or painted from an actual photgraph of the engine(2nd photo)?  Just curious.  There are some similarities.

IMG_1994

IMG_2017

Take a good look of the orientation of the locomotive in each shot. It's extremely close but not the same photo.

p51 posted:
TedW posted:

So here's something to waste a few minutes on.  Is this first picture photoshopped or painted from an actual photgraph of the engine(2nd photo)?  Just curious.  There are some similarities.

IMG_1994

IMG_2017

Take a good look of the orientation of the locomotive in each shot. It's extremely close but not the same photo.

Yep. Agree. Very similar angle but slightly different. Two photos taken at different times and places.

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