This classic series of locs of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) is in service for the last time today! The weather wasn't the best for pictures, unfortunately, with it raining all day. And it doesn't help that my camera is 20 years old. But I'm glad that I got to capture this occasion! I've never seen so many trainspotters at once before.
I watched Willies play Railroads Online last night as he live-streamed it. Interesting game! If only it existed 26 years ago when I was a kid, I would have played it all day long! The game looks really cool and I'm impressed with the level of detail they gave the steam locomotives! They definitely did their research when modeling them!
From what I have found, it looks like it takes place in the past. Can you do electrification, as far as you know?
I was at the new Claymont station this past Monday, its first day of passenger service at the rebuilt station.
Very cool! I didn't even know the USA had parts of the railroad system electrified. I would suppose that the great distances made it infeasible (and apparently this is the stance held by the Association of American Railroads).
The Pennsylvania and Milwaukee Road dove into freight traffic using electric locomotives. Milwaukee did it the farthest but you can watch the video and see what happened to them.
You awoke me to check something on forums and someone was using my thread so I was inclined to check out what was happening here. Nothing wrong with that. I may start posting here again because I have more to post
Here we see Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 488 K-36 2-8-2 Mikado (Baldwin 1925) & Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 1151 C-48 2-8-0 Consolidation (Schenectady 1908) They are in the D&RGW Yards in at Alamosa, Colorado. A great example between standard gauge and narrow gauge of the Western United States in action. Taken in December of 1956. The buildings, #1151, and the third rail do not exist anymore. The shops and #1151 were scrapped about a year after this photo was taken. The third rail ripped up about a decade later after a insurge of traffic due to oil booms in New Mexico. Most of that equipment and product was shipped on the aging narrow gauge to New Mexico. Higher ups believing the line wasn't going to be profitable much after the boom wisely kept and maintained their now 60 year old equipment to retain traffic and customers. It was costly to run a steam locomotive especially after WW2, it was a glimpse of what it was in past time for those who lived to see it. #488 still exists in running condition along the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad which does trips between Antonito, CO and Chama, NM. Photograph by Robert "Bob" W. Richardson
