The l o o o o n g train
Jul 29, 2020 23:54:54 #
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Jul 30, 2020 03:36:36 #
foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
pmsc70d wrote:
Didn't count, but it seemed like hundreds of of cars.
Nice shot. I really like train photos. Without blowing the photo up so much I lost resolution, I could count over 20-25 cars and there were many, many, times that. At least 200 I bet.
According to Wikipedia "The record-breaking ore train from the same company, 682 cars and 7,300 m long, once carried 82,000 metric tons of ore for a total weight of the train, largest in the world, of 99,734 tonnes. It was driven by eight locomotives distributed along its length to keep the coupling loads and curve performance controllable." So yeah, a couple of hundred for sure. Great job.
Jul 30, 2020 03:46:18 #
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Jul 30, 2020 08:28:31 #
pmsc70d wrote:
Didn't count, but it seemed like hundreds of of cars.
That is a great photo.
Jul 30, 2020 09:05:36 #
Very nice picture. All the cars must have none in them. Logo on engine is Canadian Pacific . One of the great railroads of the world.
Jul 30, 2020 10:01:18 #
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Jul 30, 2020 10:58:31 #
Like a long train - but the longest train foggypreacher refers to is Australian, not Canadian Pacific. I looked it up once when I saw a UK train which I thought was long. (haha!)
Jul 30, 2020 11:14:20 #
Jul 30, 2020 12:24:38 #
mal949
Loc: Tucson, AZ
crafterwantabe wrote:
Nice!
Beautiful image! Curious -- were there any engines on the other end of the train? Seems unusual for one engine pulling a long train.
Jul 30, 2020 15:00:13 #
The boxcar is required between the locomotive and tank cars on an oil train like this one. I'm guessing this is the tail of the train since there is only one locomotive (DPU).
Jul 30, 2020 18:01:44 #
Leo_B
Loc: Houston suburb
renewag wrote:
The boxcar is required between the locomotive and tank cars on an oil train like this one. I'm guessing this is the tail of the train since there is only one locomotive (DPU).
That's interesting. I guess it gives a bit of crumple zone before the tankers smash everything. I wonder if that rule applies in the states too? [boring] I had an uncle who was an engineer, not sure what line but he lived in mid-Missouri just off I-70. When I was 8-9 he took me to work with him and I got to ride and drive a locomotive on the switching yard. BIG stuff at that age. That was about 55 years ago so things like which road line are gone. [/boring]
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