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Builders plate |
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Thebuilders plate on the Glover Machine Works engine. |
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3/23/2017 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:40:14 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Steam |
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Industrial power |
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This steam engine was built in 1916 by local Marietta company Glover Machine Works, an enterprise that is still un business today, though no longer making steam engines. It is on a section of panel track under a canopy next to the Marietta A&W station. |
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3/23/2017 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:26:19 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Steam |
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71 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Historical marker |
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This is the sign describing the Glover Machine Works engine on display at Marietta. |
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4/14/2017 Upload Date: 5/1/2017 4:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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Crescent City |
| Description: |
Southern Railway sleeper Crescent City is on display at the station in Dalton GA. Work is ongoing to restore the car to it original configuration. |
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9/17/2018 Upload Date: 1/2/2019 4:51:33 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
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174 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Historic display |
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The station at Bridgeport AL has been lovingly restored and turned into a museum. Out front near the parking lot, this SW type and a caboose are on permanent display. The WHOE reporting marks are for Walking Horse & Eastern. |
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9/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/16/2018 6:06:00 AM |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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WHOE 1186(SW9) |
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315 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
If its a train, is it Rail B&B?? |
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This Chessie caboose is now privately owned, and sits across from the CSX line at Folkston, and is available to rent. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:46:24 AM |
| Location: |
Folkston, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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153 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Small display |
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This GE industrial unit and L&N painted caboose are on display east of the Stevenson station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:51:52 AM |
| Location: |
Stevenson, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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98 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SAL caboose |
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This SAL car is on display at the ex SAL, now Amtrak, station in Palatka. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:54:59 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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31 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAL trucks |
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Detail view of the truck on the SAL caboose on display at Palatka. The stamping gives away the ownership. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:59:27 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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41 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wonder how old |
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The patent number on this switchstand is just shy of 2,000,000. I wonder what year that would place it in?? Im guessing close to the turn of the century-the last one. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:05:42 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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44 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old hardware |
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This switchstand was also part of the displayed equipment at Palatka. What a difference compared to the ergonomic switchstands today. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:02:58 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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43 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Home town heritage |
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Many places make some effort to show their railroad history, whether it be a steam engine in a park, a restored station, or just some equipment on a siding. Needles had a siding full of equipment, but I was on a "geezer" tour, and didnt have time during this meal break to go check out the whole display. I was able to get this shot of a nicely painted ATSF box from the McDonalds parking lot. Oh well.... |
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3/10/2019 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 4:58:36 AM |
| Location: |
Needles, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another 765 |
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In this case, its an EJ&E engine. The NKP version of this number is still out plying the rails. This one has run its last mile, and is on display in downtown Gary. |
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4/25/2019 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 5:05:51 AM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
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EJE 765(2-8-2) |
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282 Comments: 0 |
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Out in the cold |
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The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier. |
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2/18/2021 Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
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232 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Storage unit |
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Or, how we did things before PODs. This car has been on this property as long as I can remember-Ive lived in town for 16 years-but only recently did the home owner clear off the brush to reveal enough of the car to merit a photo. Hard to tell what road it was from-the paint is faded to almost gone-but it may have been CNW. In a yard along Country Club Rd. |
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11/3/2022 Upload Date: 11/9/2022 5:46:21 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pennsy power?? |
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Doesnt look like it, but the type face on the number looks like it could be. We stopped near Mansfield for gas and a Mc Donalds tea off I 71, and saw this up on the hill behind the Mc Donalds, carrying a banner for the diner it was in front of. Any ideas on what the heritage of this engine is, please comment. |
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10/22/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:43:07 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
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77 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Close up view |
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A closer view of the steam engine behind the Mc Donalds in Mansfield. The RRPA system identifies the Pennsy engine with this number as a 4-4-2, but I can clearly see there are at least six driving wheels, and it may be a 2-8-0. I suspect the number may not be the engine's actual number, or it's not a PRR engine, which I suspect is the case. The fall color in the background is absolutely authentic!! |
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10/22/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:47:55 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
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79 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yard box |
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Boxcars have been used as storage units as long as there have been box cars. This one is in a yard in Siloam Springs. Ive shot it before, from a more end-on angle. The sun was good this day for a broadside view of this ex CNW 60 foot box. Too bad the car number is eroded off. |
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11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/19/2023 4:08:12 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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31 Comments: 1 |
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