May 9th, 2016: Tunnel of Love

Diaphone Jim · 05-09-2016, 01:06 PM

I read a little about that rail line last week. Fascinating stuff.
The locomotive pics here show a difference of design philosophy from western ones that i never realized before.
To our (my, anyway) eyes, in a different setting it might be hard to figure out its purpose.
I just can't see the engine pulling a 100 cars across Nebraska at 80 mph.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-09-2016, 06:08 PM

Right, they're Donkey engines for low speed shuffling cars around. My Dad's cousin did that for a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario. Short heavy boxy locomotives.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Right, they're Donkey engines for low speed shuffling cars around. My Dad's cousin did that for a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario. Short heavy boxy locomotives. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-09-2016, 01:06 PM	#1
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I read a little about that rail line last week. Fascinating stuff. The locomotive pics here show a difference of design philosophy from western ones that i never realized before. To our (my, anyway) eyes, in a different setting it might be hard to figure out its purpose. I just can't see the engine pulling a 100 cars across Nebraska at 80 mph.

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