John Deere, Moline, and Hiawatha... there is a lot of historical heavy machinery in this one photo!

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high winds between 55 and 70 mph, blow train cars off an elevated rail in New Orleans today... no one could predict this would happen in high winds? Seriously? Have they never seen a semi truck and trailer blow over in an online video?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/louisiana-storm-train-cars_n_7154634.html



Nearly a dozen shipping containers and some train cars were captured on a dash cam (I gotta get me one of those!) at the moment when strong winds knocked them over on the Huey P. Long Bridge. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Monday in Elmwood behind the Raising Cane’s restaurant on South Clearview Parkway and Bloomfield Street.

http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/04/27/train-blows-off-track-during-storm-in-new-orleans/

just adorkable

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I love a good short story

The very small steam engine has an oversized steam compressor to provide enough power to tip and empty the coal cars into the plant's fuel hopper. The locomotive's working life was remarkably brief; the plant was converted to oil power in 1927. Instead of being sold or scrapped, #1 was mothballed. It was "rediscovered" by San Antonio rail enthusiasts in the the early 1960s. The Texas Transportation Museum was formed in order for them to be able to acquire it, as the utility was only allowed to give it away to a registered non-profit.

Firing up #1 at the brewery in 1964 turned out to have an unexpected consequence. Regulations and statutory oversight was a lot more relaxed in those days. The volunteers simply filled the boiler with water, its fuel tank with oil, lit the fire and waited to see what would happen. The locomotive had not been used since the late 1920's and belched out such an amount of smoke and soot that the museum volunteers were obliged to wash cars and windows for blocks all around the scene of the "crime".

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Indiana Amtrak

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the 7 Minute Miracle, the impeccable cleaning staff of the Japanese bullet trains

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could they really have screwed up this bad, at the factory?

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Cock O' the North

Designed to handle the express passenger traffic on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen main line, which is noted for its steep gradients and tight curves.

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Cool train.. I can't read a word, but that doesn't matter (Hendrik in Switzerland helped out tremendously with the info!)

That's a special train design to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the so called "Autozug" by the Deutsche Bahn (german railways). You can travel long distances with your car on a wagon by train (but it's not cheap).
More Info:
http://www.dbautozug.de/autozug-en/destinations/

 

In switzerland we also have several so called "Autoverlad" to travel faster in the alps without the need of a mountain pass, my favorite one is the Lötschberg. You can find some historic pictures on this homepage:

http://www.bls.ch/d/unternehmen/fotogalerie-history.php

115 509-2 "80 Jahre DB Autozug" Lz auf dem Weg nach FF bei Dattenberg am 14.04.2013

 Bild : Martin Morkowsky

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Only in Hawaii

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uh oh

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nice line up

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