87 Year Old locomotive cruising through Los Angeles
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This is pretty awesome to see. Surprisingly fast, and bad ass to look at and hear cruising down I-10
[video=youtube;xp-b4Ce4Mf4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-b4Ce4Mf4[/video]
Not really a "train person" but I'm such a vintage steam power fetishist I'd probably crash my car staring at this thing. :v:
Never seen a train track that close to the highway.
man, looking at this thing in motion makes you really appreciate the level of ingenuity and knowledge that engineers from the 1900s/late 1800s had.
[QUOTE=Lolkork;49811483]That's awesome. But I've never seen a train track this close to a road, is this common in the us?[/QUOTE]
no not at all, los angeles is a very crowded place and this is space efficient.
Living in a narrow-gauge-only state I forget that trains everywhere else in the world are freaking huge
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[QUOTE=Sharker;49811490]Never seen a train track that close to the highway.[/QUOTE]
since the greater LA area is so huge, they have tracks running through the middle of major highways that help people relying on public transportation to get around. the metrolink runs through all the way from downtown to cities outside quite often.
that thing is Huge oh my god
[QUOTE=Lolkork;49811483]That's awesome. But I've never seen a train track this close to a road, is this common in the us?[/QUOTE]
We have train tracks that go right over roads, although some aren't really used.
[QUOTE=Lolkork;49811483]That's awesome. But I've never seen a train track this close to a road, is this common in the us?[/QUOTE]
Depends, but railroalds running close to or through big cities in the US is fairly common. Generally there is a fence or something up if they are this close though.
Why are they hauling a modern train engine behind them? is it a just in case thing?
[QUOTE=Cmx;49811709]Why are they hauling a modern train engine behind them? is it a just in case thing?[/QUOTE]
The modern locomotive is probably helping with braking more than anything else.
[QUOTE=Cmx;49811709]Why are they hauling a modern train engine behind them? is it a just in case thing?[/QUOTE]
This looks like a showcase of old/rare carriages with the steam engine as the centerpiece, so the modern-looking engine behind is probably a rare or otherwise famous engine model. Although tbf I don't live in LA so as far as I know that might just be a common thing used to supplement the steam engine if it goes wrong.
[QUOTE=Lolkork;49811483]That's awesome. But I've never seen a train track this close to a road, is this common in the us?[/QUOTE]
It's a commuter train route, lots of major cities integrate them with highways, makes the most sense really.
Chicago's L train in the outer limits runs along the highway
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4625338085_5245017d92.jpg[/img]
which is also connected to the elevated loop downtown after going through the subway
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Chicago-Loop-SEcorner.jpg[/img]
Look at that Beauty.
Let's convert this thread to train/metro chat v1
[video=youtube;diQWQ0PhaLs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diQWQ0PhaLs[/video]
I travel with this old ass '70-'80ies soviet electric train on a daily basis, they are roughly 120 m long and they make terrific sound! These trains are present in Russia too if I remember correctly.
We once had a locomotive going from my hometown to one 11kms away, it came together with its old carriages as well.
Its so cool to see old tech still run that well.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;49811640]So thats what that odd sounding train was. I live REALLY close to the track this behemoth went down[/QUOTE]
This video is from 2014.
the refurbished flying scotsman made its first passenger journey today, steam trains arnt slow at all it was built in 1923 and set the record for the first locomotive to travel at 100mph there probably faster than most non high speed lines, according to the bbc it traveled approximately 2,500,000 miles as well
Speaking of metro trains, I absolutely love those that do this soothing whizzing sound when they arrive and start-up.
[video=youtube;I4S-ZMVwSHs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xm9NG9VGAQ[/video]
Sadly they want to replace those with some newer set of "CAF" trains that don't do that cool sound anymore, well they still do but its shorter and not the same pitch :frown:
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;49811539]We have train tracks that go right over roads, although some aren't really used.[/QUOTE]
Come to Chicago, aka the former literal heart of America, where all rails used to go through to get to the rest of the country.
Rails for days son.
[editline]25th February 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=GameDev;49812010]It's a commuter train route, lots of major cities integrate them with highways, makes the most sense really.
Chicago's L train in the outer limits runs along the highway
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4625338085_5245017d92.jpg[/img]
which is also connected to the elevated loop downtown after going through the subway
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Chicago-Loop-SEcorner.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Awwwww ye, The El baby. Also this is the reason why we called that area "The Loop".
I freakin' love trains, specially steam locomotives.
Here's another steam locomotive haulin' some serious ass at 75mph (120 km/h)
[hd]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRTYNxtbnjI[/hd]
[QUOTE=Lolkork;49811483]That's awesome. But I've never seen a train track this close to a road, is this common in the us?[/QUOTE]
They only run along roads like this in very urban areas or areas that are, or were massive shipping centers such as a port. You're not going to find them like this in the suburbs but you will in cities like Oakland or Seattle
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49813086]Come to Chicago
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Rails for days son.[/QUOTE]
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it's always so surreal seeing this place
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