Nick's RR blogs

Railroad reblogs and some of my media. Various stuff from British railways in the 1970s and 1990s. More recently from the US mid-west. All copyrights reserved, credits to original owners where due.

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CSX Switching Sidney 24 April 2019

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Reuters: Exclusive: Persistent rail service disruptions dog CSX customers.

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Big 4 Bridge- Drone footage. I’d like to see this with a train passing over.

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CF&E reversing at Sugar Street Diamond - EMD GP40-2 horn show and radio...

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Filming the CF&E on the IORY at Sugar St.

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CSX intermodal passing North Baltimore

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CSX switching on the LDL at Wapak

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I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: Closure of Nottingham Victoria Station marked 50 years on -

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Reactivated Railroad Part 2, First Train In Months, Switching Car Out Of...

Adams Co, OH. Part 2.

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First Train In Months! Reactivated Railroad Finally Gets A Rare Train! ...

Adams Co. OH Part 1.

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CSX does intermodal. Double-decker style.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hudWo4Brv4w)

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Bookmarked for future reference.

East Midlands Trains guidance is basically a cc of this.

http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/information/media/news/Advice-for-Rail-Enthusiasts-Photography-at-stations/

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN8fFNvYAF4)

This is a great train chase by Scott Taipale across Indiana and Ohio in the US. He mentions the train got up to 40 miles per hour at some points. Much more difficult in the UK where fast freight can move at 75mph+.

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Runaway of locomotive - News stories - GOV.UK

Runaway and derailment of locomotive, Toton sidings, Nottinghamshire, 30 October 2016

Runaway and derailment of locomotive, Toton sidings, Nottinghamshire, 30 October 2016. Not a word in the local press.

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US Railroad Mapping

More of a note-to-self. Online maps of US railroads can be found on the FRA website - http://fragis.fra.dot.gov/GISFRASafety/

I spent some time playing around with the legends, layers and basemaps. A most useful resource and as the saying goes close enough for governement work!

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GCR Diesel Gala (1996?)

24 new photos · Album by Nick's Rail Channel

I’ve been scanning some slides shot back in the 1990′s when I visited a few diesel traction galas on heritage railways in the UK. Here is the Great Central; unsure of the year but between 1996 and 1999, featuring diesel hydraulic locomotives.