Hawk & Badger Railroad Forum

I don't know why in 60s the PRR and New York Central merged into Penn Central, Who initiate the merger project? and what makes it fails? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmyYqfNYnc The video clearly said that the merged corporate fails, the video is intended to ask Federal Government to intervene, an...

a group of geek goes to Shortline railroad, the Coopersville and Marne Railway, a very small shortline railroad having two locomotives, all are yard switchers but only one. the EMD SW9 does the tourist passenger train. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7d7t_4dZko there you can also see Conrail boxcar....

Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww~ That's nice they include freights. and the TF team decided that freight movements model will follow RT3. that is it is better not to do rail links to farms, mines, and industries directly should that branchline in question ...

A short question on the Danish film starring a top notch 'lunatic style' entertainer Björk. it won't be here if not because of the weird appearances of totally EUROPEAN locomotive in North American railroad paintscheme. the Danish version of EMD F-Unit (it looks shorter than any regular F units, dua...

Googling of 'Baldwin 0-6-0' always ended up with Switchers, both steam heavy switcher and siderod diesel switchers. However in RT3. the 'Baldwin 0-6-0' is 1850s era engine available in North America and World settings. (Unless specified). it becomes available AFTER 4-2-0 Norris (Also American engine...

Who owned these locomotives? this one seems to be the 4-6-2 Pacific but it is too powerful to be it. Pacific is best for Passenger services, worst at freights. but this one can haul as many as 30 full cars of mixed consists... troops on the front, Tanks and other vehicles at the rear, without caboos...

Okay. french RR history, but what about Siam? (And why the RR systems in Siam is sometimes called the 'Colonial Railroad' despite the fact that Siam never been fully annexed by any European empires. The local versions of RR history were quite politically biased. This is actually the real earliest ro...

Connie and Pacific built in the US, It's not quite clear who built them. 1. Are these USRA design? 2. Are these built during first worldwar or second? 3. Were these engines bounded to Europe but never delivered before the war ended? (ones destined for Europe have chain & buffer couplers instead ...

This is a 50s documentary called What in Blazes, featuring PRR locomotives.. including an electric locomotive that looks alot like JR ones. the iconic GG1, Alco PA series, and Baldwin Diesels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkUQ3rTfU4s As a resutls of transition from Steam to Diesels, so does the co...

I've also found out that the RR managements gently refused Foreign aid that might later leads to Dieselizations. instead those Eritreans made do with resources they already have. But soon the projects should attract DLM to work on yet another Modernsteam projects... to sell its narrow gauge Mick tan...

So everyone here had already heard about this colonial railroad built by Italians, connecting the port of Massawa to Asmara, crossed mountainious and flat desert terrain, whacked by several decades of war, and only reconstructed recently. the lack of funds forced the railroad (state owned) to run it...

^ yes i'm talkin' about rear end cars. The diesel-powered Amtrak trains were all locomotive-based, (usually hauled by one or two, but since the passenger train does not have a lenght of american freight trains) and very few passenger trains were sandwitched with the diesels. the control cab located ...

Really? didn't the tail end of the AMTRAK passenger cars the control cab? ones that's actually a remote control device to the locomotive, once the train turned around at the terminus, engineer went there and assume control in the control cab.

So you're all railfans right? in 1930-1960 there were railroad phenomenon called 'Streamliners'. The Streamliners are specially designed passenger trainsets that not just have a good aerodynamics, but also wheeled temples of what's called 'Art Deco'-- a (successful) attempt to fuse the luxuries of t...

Here is a documentary video how a steam locomotive has been made. This one is british-made though so be prepared for different accent, different lingos, and different 'devices' you may not found in American ones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIEudnoRYU The Creation of LMS 6207. This one is pacifi...

Sim city commuter train system http://www.obscurecraft.net/obscureblog/images/simcity/SimCity%20valley%20train.JPG It is obiviously American! the engine appears to be those of MP family diesels. not available in RT3 too bad. mew! http://railroadpictures.net/Locomotives/Diesel/MPI/MP36PH-3C/Caltrain/...

In "End of Steam" article written by William Sherrick, he said that one of many reasons why dieselizations of american railroads began (and finalized) in 50s. is that the post-victorian steam technology 'advanced too fast' .. and many railroads failed (or ignored to) keep pace with it (eit...

And that is because the crew might forget about either Moguls or the 2-4-0. or the Americans 4-4-0 released in 1855 (which are workhorses of many American railroads for 40 years or more) had been upgraded once new valvegear has been introduced. or the 4-4-0s built in 1870 is more powerful than the 1...

When did Americans import the Duke Class 4-4-0 from GB? Who imported ones? and what is the difference between any typical American 4-4-0, The (RT3) Eightwheelers (another 4-4-0) and Duke Class? Do all of them uses same-ol Stephenson valvegear?? The railroads that import ones intended to use this for...

In Thailand. A Decree of 2 Trillion Bahts loan for High Speed Train service is passed today! Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Apart from what the opposiotion said that the highspeed freight 'is intended to work with veggies, fruits, and other agroproducts only' (as Geodis is currently using TGV to...