I do not know if you have seen the utility company move one of this type of unit but it is a big show. What you see in the picture is only a small part of the...
I would say that there was some switch gear that came with the same load. That would account for the smaller car, All this train stuff has me listing to my...
Group, Today, I guess yesterday now, on Tuesday, I caught a Westbound NS P-Line train that was the NS 55V. This is a completely new train to me and a stranger...
Here are some photos and a couple of videos made yesterday of the Flagg Coal 75 on the Calera & Shelby Railroad's line out of The Heart of Dixie Railroad...
Group, As you may or may not know by now, the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, AL (just South down I-65 or US 31 from Birmingham) hosted the Flagg...
Dale, thanks for the great pictures of Flagg Coal 75. You could give me a two thousand dollar camera and my pictures would still stink. My wife and I were...
Now that is good info Time!! Thanks dude. I foresee a return trip this Saturday to do more shooting, and if I see that truck, I might just "shoot" it, too!...
I went back to The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, AL on Saturday to shoot more video and photos of the Flagg Coal 75 0-4-0T steamer that the HOD...
Ok folks, here's another one of those, "I'm going to ________________ and would like some information, please" emails. My wife and I are heading to Nashville...
"Unfortunately, most places in Nashville ALLOW smoking inside." Only in bars! Tennessee passed a no smoking ordnance a few years ago so restaurants are smoke...
Thanks Kenneth!! I'll make notes of all the locations you've pointed out and put them in my GPS in the next couple of days. Dale E. Burns Webmaster, Dale's...
I am trying to find some information on a narrow gauge steam train that operated in the Huntsville area in the late 1960's. I actually remember riding this ...
When I moved to Huntsville in 1993, there was a ride-on train at Brahan Springs Park right at Drake. Never got to take the kids before it closed. Run by the...
Two different trains, I remember that one also, the steam train was out in the country between Huntsville and Decatur, in a large area (wooded?) south of the...
It appears that the CSX Nashville Division Dispatchers have moved to Nashville, TN. Starting yesterday (6/13/2009) the dispatchers are signing off "CSX...
That story makes no sense to me. Where are 60 "new" cars coming from and/or going to that will suddenly appear? As I understand it, trains from/to Memphis,...
I understand that there was a small, amusement park type ride at what is now Edgewater Drive, near Lady Ann Lake, off Zierdt Rd. Just to the East of the...
Is anybody out there ? I know I'm a good one to say anything ! What's been going on in the Northern Alabama area ? Any changes made on the lines ? Ray...
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090928/ARTICLES/909285017/1011/NEWS&tc=email_newsletter Long story,short: Listerhill Total Maintenance Center in Sheffield...
The boiler is being rebuilt by Historic Machinery at Steele, AL, not Pell City: http://pointech.com/786/Boiler/boiler.htm Austin Steam Train Associations web...
I noticed new welded rail laid out along the mainline at Elko this afternoon. I didn't have time to take a closer look to see what weight it was, etc. I also...
Ns has a track gang replacing rail from the signals at Chase cut west for 17 miles. Old rail is 132lbs/yard and new rail is 136lbs/yard. It's the same rail...
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