I like trains but this is something else. Watch the first two minutes or so and then you can skip on to about 9:30± for the Holy Crap part. Watch all the way to the end.
https://youtu.be/c6uIIAupFsI
There are railroads and then there is this....
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There are railroads and then there is this....
Greg Lewis, Prop.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
GASP!!!
RussN
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Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
I have to wonder how many men lost their lives building that railroad. Also, some of those track sections are literally hanging out in thin air. I wouldn’t want to be on one of those cars if it derailed at that point.Greg_Lewis wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:17 pm I like trains but this is something else. Watch the first two minutes or so and then you can skip on to about 9:30± for the Holy Crap part. Watch all the way to the end.
https://youtu.be/c6uIIAupFsI
That said, I’d love to go there just to take that ride and shoot video as we climbed “halfway to the stars.”
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Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
And I was thinking of maintenance.
After being the Maintenance Manager for the Seattle Monorail system as my last paying job,
I still have nightmares about keeping the complex (and old) electrical system and motors functioning,
not to mention the concrete beams and pier systems.
I was SO glad to retire...
And I would also like to ride that climbing railroad.
RussN
After being the Maintenance Manager for the Seattle Monorail system as my last paying job,
I still have nightmares about keeping the complex (and old) electrical system and motors functioning,
not to mention the concrete beams and pier systems.
I was SO glad to retire...
And I would also like to ride that climbing railroad.
RussN
Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
That looks like truly awesome place to go on an excursion. Some years ago, I rode the White Mountain cog rail and that was cool, but this!
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Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
Yeah. Some of those sections that are just hanging out in the air are where I would not want to be in a derailment.
Greg Lewis, Prop.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.
Re: There are railroads and then there is this....
What a gorgeous ride!
I thought this was interesting looking for what the original steam locos looked like for the many years prior to electrification. They used a transverse mounted boiler to cope with the grade- different from the Mount Washington. There are a couple photos that give a hint of the gearing to the rack also.
https://www.martynbane.co.uk/2003Trips/ ... 2003-2.htm
I thought this was interesting looking for what the original steam locos looked like for the many years prior to electrification. They used a transverse mounted boiler to cope with the grade- different from the Mount Washington. There are a couple photos that give a hint of the gearing to the rack also.
https://www.martynbane.co.uk/2003Trips/ ... 2003-2.htm
Greg Easter