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A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway.One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail.
The term may also refer to a person on a locomotive-hauled train when the train is being propelled by the locomotive. The driver is responsible for applying power in the locomotive, while the motorman (usually in a specially-built or converted vehicle) at the front of the train, is responsible for obeying signals, sounding the horn, and ...
In 1998, No. 587 was selected as the starring locomotive to appear in the children's movie Old 587: The Great Train Robbery. [42] In the film, a group of kids find the locomotive in a scrapyard. With the help of the locomotive's old engineer, they rescued the 587 from being cut up for scrap and donate it to the Steam City Railroad museum. [43] [44]
Indiana Northeastern general manager, Troy Strane told Trains Magazine he believed one of the new six-axle locomotives could do the work equal to two or three of the railroad's four-axle locomotives. [26] Indiana Northeastern GP7u number 2216 a rebuilt EMD GP7 and GP7 1602 await their next assignment at the Edon Farmers CO-OP in Edon, Ohio
The Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad (reporting mark CKIN) is a Class III short-line railroad operating 33 miles (53 km) of rail line in northwestern Indiana.From the headquarters town of La Crosse, lines run northwest to the Porter County town of Malden, southeast to the Starke County towns of English Lake and North Judson, and northeast through La Porte County past Thomaston and Hanna to Wellsboro.
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Indiana Car Company (1872–1884) Cambridge City, Indiana [9] Indianapolis Car Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Indianapolis, Indiana [9] Indianapolis Car and Foundry; Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi (built covered hoppers for NACC) International Car Company (ICC) (1952–) Buffalo, New York/Kenton, Ohio/East Chicago, Indiana [9] (to ...
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