http://tbedwell.smugmug.com/photos/143430816-L.jpg
YA! Go little man! I really want a Metra one now! But this is real.
Don't forget Widdle Conwail!
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/6/8/8568.1113144060.jpg)
Awww:
http://www.qstation.org/BNSF_Pix/BNSF_Trackmobile_2002-04-02_StPaul_MN_a.jpg
I think the PC people might have had a sense of humor when renumbering this little guy...
http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/equip/19770624_09.jpg
Timothy
The folks at BN had some fun with the number on this one too:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0 (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0)
Quote from: Guilford Guy on May 29, 2008, 07:57:59 PM
Don't forget Widdle Conwail!
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/6/8/8568.1113144060.jpg)
GG, what is the point of that? It seems too small to be able to get any traction. Do you know anything about it?
Quote from: Conrail Quality on May 29, 2008, 09:36:17 PM
I think the PC people might have had a sense of humor when renumbering this little guy...
http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/equip/19770624_09.jpg
Timothy
Wittle Pece (Peze)
It is a scale test car.
Quote from: kevin2083 on May 29, 2008, 10:08:39 PM
The folks at BN had some fun with the number on this one too:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0 (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0)
Quote from: Guilford Guy on May 29, 2008, 07:57:59 PM
Don't forget Widdle Conwail!
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/6/8/8568.1113144060.jpg)
GG, what is the point of that? It seems too small to be able to get any traction. Do you know anything about it?
It is used to pull cars one at a time onto a scale. Since the weight of a road or switcher loco would break the scale. (Just like yo mama! :D )
Quote from: Santa Fe buff on May 29, 2008, 10:39:38 PM
Quote from: Conrail Quality on May 29, 2008, 09:36:17 PM
I think the PC people might have had a sense of humor when renumbering this little guy...
http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/equip/19770624_09.jpg
Timothy
Wittle Pece (Peze)
'Tis widdle indeed. Methinks if an 80-Tonner is widdle, a 44-Tonner is widdle, no?
Timothy
Quote from: Jake on May 30, 2008, 03:53:28 PM
Quote from: kevin2083 on May 29, 2008, 10:08:39 PM
The folks at BN had some fun with the number on this one too:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0 (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143967&nseq=0)
Quote from: Guilford Guy on May 29, 2008, 07:57:59 PM
Don't forget Widdle Conwail!
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/6/8/8568.1113144060.jpg)
GG, what is the point of that? It seems too small to be able to get any traction. Do you know anything about it?
It is used to pull cars one at a time onto a scale. Since the weight of a road or switcher loco would break the scale. (Just like yo mama! :D )
No, my mamma! I thought that was for something weight-wise, but I wasn't sure.
Quote from: Conrail Quality on May 29, 2008, 09:36:17 PM
I think the PC people might have had a sense of humor when renumbering this little guy...
http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/equip/19770624_09.jpg
Timothy
The MoPac guys musta had fun, too, when renumbering T&P 1111 in the '62 renumbering:
(http://www.texaspacificrailway.org/image.cfm?img=409902bb97852.png)
Use a hammer, bang it up, the slides will bend to form 1111, and this!
http://current.com/items/88898041_baby_run_over_by_train_and_barely_gets_a_scratch
Another Random link!
http://home.att.net/~iiitoo/rrpix/up_potty.jpg
And UP! Sound it out, get it?