Truck Yeah!

"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
08/03/2015 at 19:37 • Filed to: None

An excursion train from a nearby train museum was scheduled to come near my town. Soon you could hear the unmistakable rumble of a impending train.

Oh. A diesel. I guess that’s okay.

Yay a GE!

Cherry_man1 > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 19:47

Those, those are actually quite rare. There are VERY few left.

Agrajag > Cherry_man1
08/03/2015 at 19:49

It was pretty awesome. I could fall asleep to the chugging at idle sound it makes.

Cherry_man1 > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 19:52

The old GE Lope was melodic wasn’t it.

TheHondaBro > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 20:00

You forgot your flash drive

Agrajag > Cherry_man1
08/03/2015 at 20:01

Certainly was.

Cherry_man1 > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 20:25

I actually wanna make a correction on the Locomotive maker it was ALCO who made them.

desertdog5051 > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 22:59

Nice. Manually lubed bearings. 130 or 140 lb rail. Plates indicate a switch or curve coming up. Good photos.

Agrajag > desertdog5051
08/03/2015 at 23:34

Kinja'd!!!

Thanks.

desertdog5051 > Agrajag
08/03/2015 at 23:59

Great shot of the frog. Shows a lot of weld repairs. But that is common in low speed areas.

DocWalt > desertdog5051
08/04/2015 at 14:26

Where do you see the weld repairs? I see grease spots and the edges of the rail rolled over from wear and that’s it.

desertdog5051 > DocWalt
08/04/2015 at 20:40

At the last several inches of the point. Subtle, but there.

DocWalt > desertdog5051
08/05/2015 at 08:59

Looks like just the edge of the rail is rolled over and there’s some galling on the right hand side of the point. Meh.

FWIW, GE usually provided ALCO’s electrical systems (with Westinghouse being the other provider)

Cherry_man1 > The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
08/05/2015 at 12:59

Well the engine was a ALCO built diesel engine design. That’s what I mean.