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Something new to me
« on: March 15, 2019, 08:37:43 PM »
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Caught this in El Paso today on the ELP-Belen BNSF line.







Thanks for looking !
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2019, 10:27:54 PM »
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That is a pretty realistically detailed N scale car!
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2019, 10:33:42 PM »
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I caught this IC shoving platform back in 2015 in Omaha.



I think there's a few of those BNSF ones.

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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2019, 01:49:28 AM »
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So...that's the 2019 replacement for a caboose?
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2019, 04:37:04 AM »
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Yep. Kinda a let down isn't it?

I wish we could get a dignified modern version of a transfer cab. But we get this.

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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2019, 09:46:19 AM »
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It might be a "handle" as some railroad men used to call them.  They are idler cars used to shove cars onto ferries or onto track where weight restrictions did not permit locomotives.  You also see them on tracks where cars are spotted inside buildings.  You do not want a locomotive in there because the exhaust will linger. 

Often, these things were old flatcars onto which the shops added railings.

The one in Original Poster's photograph does not look that old.  This is the first one that I have seen with railings and a brake wheel further in on the car body.
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2019, 12:32:22 PM »
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It’s a new “Loco” designed by AOC as part of her Green New Deal.
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2019, 01:50:00 PM »
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Quote from: CRL on March 16, 2019, 12:32:22 PM
It’s a new “Loco” designed by AOC as part of her Green New Deal.

Oh, so it's solar or wind powered???  :D
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2019, 02:40:22 PM »
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Quote from: MK on March 16, 2019, 01:50:00 PM
Oh, so it's solar or wind powered???  :D
Nope... Unicorn farts. 🙃
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2019, 03:31:13 PM »
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...well, there goes this thread...  :(

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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2019, 04:53:54 PM »
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Quote from: CRL on March 16, 2019, 02:40:22 PM
Nope... Unicorn farts. 🙃

Sorry but farts are not green.  Methane.  :)
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2019, 05:04:00 PM »
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I love the "steering wheel"    :facepalm:
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2019, 05:29:08 PM »
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Quote from: MK on March 16, 2019, 04:53:54 PM
Sorry but farts are not green.  Methane.  :)
Everyone knows unicorns fart rainbows 🌈
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2019, 12:45:37 AM »
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I'd say that was for the brakeman/switchman. so they don't have to stand on the end of the car.  In the middle, with railings on both sides, would be a lot safer with sudden moves or slack action.  It looks like it has all of the valves and piping for air brake control as well, just like a caboose used to.
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Re: Something new to me
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2019, 01:19:27 AM »
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Quote from: strummer on March 16, 2019, 03:31:13 PM
...well, there goes this thread...  :(

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