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Re: Now THERE’S something you don’t see every day...
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:51:11 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David VinZant wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Tony Alexander wrote:
> > On my way into work on Friday, I turned down the street near what used to be
> > Omaha’s Union Station (it’s now a cool museum) on the way toward the active rail
> > bridges that I like to drive under. I almost stopped the car doing a
> > double-take, though, because in a dirt lot that sometimes holds a lone tractor
> > trailer rig, there was the BIGGEST steam engine I’d ever seen…right there!! In
> > the dirt, off the tracks!!
> > The morning paper had a picture of this locomotive, Big Boy 4023, on the front
> > page, and an article describing plans to move the engine (along with a giant
> > diesel loco to be moved in later) to the local botanical garden’s new park in
> > honor of Union Pacific’s former president Kenefick.
> > I was fortunate enough to see them move this behemoth down 10th street today –
> > what a sight!!! Even though the drive controller was pretty sophisticated, I
> > was surprised at the low-tech support…this huge locomotive basically sat on
> > I-beams c-clamped to multiple drive units, steered by winching a cable in front
> > one way or the other. It was pretty cool to see this moving down the street;
> > you could easily walk beside it to keep up, and a crowd which had gathered to
> > watch did just that.
> > I’ve never seen something like this before, and feel lucky to have spent part
> > of my afternoon watching this. I took as many pictures as I could, and posted
> > them to Maj.com. Hope you enjoy!
> >
> > Friday Omaha World-Herald article:
> > http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1636&u_sid=1357595
> >
> > Saturday Omaha World-Herald article with slide show:
> > http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=1358791
> >
> > My pics on Maj (big pic warning):
> > http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=86674
> >
> > Peace and Long Life,
> > Tw0nst3r
> >
> > P.S. That's my sweetie in the first picture, wearing the Nebraska
> > jacket...isn't the back of her head cute?
>
> You know what is ironic about those pictures. Is the fact that a train, used for
> hauling all sorts of goods around the world. Is being hauled by a truck, ironic.
>
>
> Dave
It happens all the time in Britain. It's shameful. It's almost enough to keep
2 heavy haulage companies in work on its own!
It's worse when the destination for the loco is a place with a rail connection.
Mark
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