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 Bustedknuckle
      
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
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<Reply # 320 on 1/4/2009 6:25 AM >
|  | | | I got this.....well kinda.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono singing Rock Island Line........Rock Island was a railroad.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=RJuVcGipgAs
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
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Raticus
  
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 321 on 1/7/2009 6:08 AM >
| | | | Yeah, I know it's not level.
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RobertB
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
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<Reply # 322 on 1/19/2009 6:46 PM >
| | | | I was riding my bike through East Dallas and came across this train. The tank cars contained corn syrup, liquid CO2, and sodium hydroxide... sounds more like a shopping list than a manifest!
Turned out it was switching tracks so it could join up with some containerized freight cars on the next track. I've never gotten to watch that process up close before, so I spent a half hour watching. Much of the time was spent with the brakeman (?) walking VERRRY slowly from the switch to the back of the set, then VERRRY slowly again after they linked up, to the new trailing car. All the while blocking Barnes Bridge Rd. just short of Garland Rd. I think he did it on purpose. ;)
Are these DGNO cars? Looking at the pix, all I see is the number, no name.
Oh, I guess I should point out that these are cell phone pix, so there's plenty of washed-out bits where the sun was shining.
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J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 323 on 1/20/2009 5:24 AM >
| | | | Good pictures RobertB. Those units look like DGNO, but since they don't have the company initials on them, I'll defer to Bustedknuckle on these. He's the DGNO expert.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
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<Reply # 324 on 1/20/2009 11:49 AM >
| | | | Yeah those are "Dingo" units.
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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RobertB
Location: Skeeterville, TX
Gender: Male
Maybe I shouldn't be using my real name...
| | | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 325 on 1/20/2009 3:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by Bustedknuckle
Yeah those are "Dingo" units.
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That term came up at a DART meeting about the Green Line expansion. There were several complaints about maintenance of the current tracks by DGNO, and the DART engineer (mechanical, not train) let "Dingo" slip. "Oh sorry," he said, "we're not really supposed to call them that." But I got a strong impression that it wasn't a term of endearment.
J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte.
La voici: "Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!"
Dieu m'a exaucé. |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 326 on 1/25/2009 12:01 PM >
| | | | 
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 327 on 1/25/2009 5:42 PM >
| | | | Oh.... thats a nice shot man! I love that drifting smoke.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 328 on 1/29/2009 6:06 PM >
| | | | Not a great picture, about 4 years old. I actually took this with a Kodak point and shoot. I need to retry this with my DSLR.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 329 on 2/2/2009 1:14 PM >
| | | | Wow you got that with lil Rats kodak? Crap man I tried for that shot a few times with my old one never with any results that good.
Like you I need to go do it with the dSLR.
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 330 on 2/2/2009 5:06 PM >
| | | | Yeah, that was little rats kodak at the crossing about a mile from my house. I kept thinking over the weekend I'd get out and do some night shots, but by the time it gets night, I'm too lazy to get back out.
I want to try for a better shot of that rail bend I showed you yesterday. It's hard to catch at speed.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 331 on 2/5/2009 7:14 AM >
| | | | Little Rat and I went to CP 113 today. A few shots from there
This conductor gave little Rat his gloves. We gave him a ride back to the front of the train, would have been a long walk.
Unpatched GP60 - Houston assigned
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 332 on 2/5/2009 11:43 AM >
| | | | Very nice shots R, you do a great job of catching the personal aspect of railroading.
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 333 on 2/5/2009 3:20 PM >
| | | | Posted by Bustedknuckle
Very nice shots R, you do a great job of catching the personal aspect of railroading.
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Thanks Mr. Knuckles. I like to include the people when I can, it's a huge part of the experience.
The guy in that picture, had to reset some derails, so the engineer had to pull the train ahead and he was going to have to walk about half a mile back to the engine. We gave him a ride, and he gave little Rat his gloves.
On the surface, might sound like not much, but like I told little man, we can mount those used gloves along with that picture and make a really cool display. (For you non-foamers this will make no sense at all)
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools speak because they have to say something. |
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Bustedknuckle
Location: The Lone Star State
Gender: Male
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"
| | | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 334 on 2/5/2009 3:34 PM >
| | | | If you told them about your grand scale backyard plans it would make even less sense. Of course I understand completely. 
"It's not a fanny pack, it's an exploring pouch!"
-"Yes it is, it has fanny written all over it" |
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 335 on 2/5/2009 3:55 PM >
| | | | Posted by Bustedknuckle
If you told them about your grand scale backyard plans it would make even less sense. Of course I understand completely.
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Yeah, you're right. Few can understand the artistic beauty in what we do. Speaking of backyard grand scale plans, I found the missing part for one of my gate controls. Once I get it, I can actually have TWO of them in my yard! LOL
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photogrob
Location: Eugenia, ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 336 on 2/5/2009 11:40 PM >
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not the best photo, but its still a train!
Rob
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Raticus
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Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 337 on 2/6/2009 4:22 AM >
| | | | Those like like the Talgo cars. Is that right?
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photogrob
Location: Eugenia, ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 338 on 2/6/2009 5:15 AM >
| | | | Im not a train buff, but these are via rail cars that were in canada, they look to be though after googling them! sorry i couldnt help more
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Raticus
Moderator
Location: Tyler
Gender: Male
Ratus exploricus abandonae
| | Re: The Texas Train Thread
<Reply # 339 on 2/6/2009 4:16 PM >
| | | | oh thats fine, I was just wondering. We don't have the Talgo cars down here, but I have seen pictures of them.
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