Kevin’s Komment’s 06/02/2023

Alaska Railroad RF-1 It seems that one of the topics that creep up during discussions about RS-1s is, “Which end is the front end?” Urban legend has that the RS-1 was first produced when steam was king of the rails (1941). Hence, to match the steam locos, the long hood was the front end. And, …
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Kevin’s Komments 05/20/2022

Unloading lumber and a number of other topics! I saw this photo on Pinterest and it caught my attention for a number of reasons. The Milwaukee Road built a little over 3,000 of horizontal ribbed boxcars between 1939 and 1940. These cars were unique in that the horizontal panels ran continuous to the door opening …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/25/2022

Davenport Locomotive Works So – I spotted this great little diesel switcher, Peoria & Pekin Union Railway #200.  Searched and found this website:  http://www.donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1213.htm , where you can find a few pics and some basic info on the P&PU Ry.  (If you go to the home page of the Don Ross Group website, you can …
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Kevin’s Komments 07/16/2021

GM&O 4-S So I was scanning one of my favorite photo collections, J. Parker Lamb, https://railphoto-art.org/collections/lamb/group-four/ , and found this pic of a diesel, GM&O #1900.  What is that?  The Gulf Mobile & Ohio diesel roster lists it as a 4-S built by Ingalls Shipbuilding. The GM&O merged with the Illinois Central in 1972 and …
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