да, we love trains.. and probably are a little crazy. Does it show? :)

>>131851
Just... do not start accidentally another shitrain over my thread by answering him:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjWLXoU-zrg - at another level crossing in Wales

>>131678 -- Wow. That driver was a complete wally.

Meanwhile, at another level crossing in almost-Wales:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3kjiEswbik

>>131678

>1car train

SE lad here. U WOT M8

>>131823

153311 consumes you

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I don't get it?

Is the fan symbol supposed to look like a swastika or something?

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>>131768 -- No wonder I didn't get it. I'm so used to the four-bladed propeller as a fan symbol.

>>131768
and why is there a dick butt in the center of the fan?

Well, I checked. AFAICS, the headcode 1Z99 is still in use, but 2Z99 has been retired. That one was given to line-clearing trains returning from an incident or otherwise not involved in line-clearing. They are now listed as freights of an appropriate class.

>1Z99 was the highest priority in the UK railway system

I think it gets trumped by 1X01, unless that's the reason for the 1Z99.

Hopefully, 1X01 will never need any 1Z99 attention, except for maybe a plough ahead.

Hey, it's not a porn site!

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Steve Irwin voice

What a real beauteh!

Sweet! Southern 2716 FTW!

>>131782

I'm curious to see how much time it spends in C&O paint vs it's Southern costume.

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Terminator Genesis

Terminator Genset

Line up clear for a westbound?

I'm sorry dispatcher, I'm afraid I can't do that.

>>131738

that's at least not the strangest thing i've ever heard. something similar, the P32ACDMs can't use their dynamic brakes when running on 3rd rail power.

If I got it right, the HEP generator also powers some of the Ludmilla's own systems and, when in Notch 8, feeds the traction motors along with the main generator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndxzHfj1RU -- A Ludmilla of class 232 as a heavy hauler. That sixteen-cylinder Kolomna... droooool...

>>131757

> That sixteen-cylinder Kolomna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivpmRZhwyc It can do even better:) 2TE116 series is direct successor of TE109. 2TE116U has boosted 3600 HP version of 5D49.
Interesting fact, this engine design is about 50 years old and still quite actual, new versions of D49 even meet Euro-3 standards.

>>137158 -- Incidentally, there are also classes 241 and 242. I think both have 5D49M engines with ca. 4000-hp output.

It's bending this thread a bit, but here are other engines whose sounds I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UdPKBgNYY -- EMD 12-567
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UM6yPQ0zmU -- eighteen-cylinder Deltics in full song.

>>131761
Right, I forgot that some TE109s were remotorized with modernized D49 engines in 2000-s. Well, actually D49 can handle up to 300 HP per cylinder. For example, the most impressive D49 version was 1D49 equipped on (2)TE136 series, it was V20 engine with 6000 HP output (here I said a bit more >>131677). There also was 1-1D49 for TEP75 and TEP80 but it was more "light duty" because these were built for passenger service. And now there are only memories...
The most boosted version of D49 that is in service nowadays is 21-2D49, V12 3400 HP diesel with EFI for 2TE25K and 2TE25A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsU2F1Rxcm8

The nice thing about the oil rush is that it has caused BNSF to dump a bunch of money into improvements on the Northern Transcon (read: GN) which would indirectly benefit the Empire Builder.

>>131749
Sorta related. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SLGx-hARWqM

In case someone is wondering about the odd symbol on the trainset's nose, it is the current logo of DSB, the Danish State Railways, which has a baker's dozen TDs on hire until the end of this year.

>>131742

Better yet, a FAST fast food train.