Lol. I know what it means! I just wonder why it's printed on a Rail car
I looked it up.
The Straight Dope: What does "DO NOT HUMP" mean on the side of railroad cars?
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I looked it up.
The Straight Dope: What does "DO NOT HUMP" mean on the side of railroad cars?
I just figured that working in a railroad yard must be very lonely work. :witless:
Michael J.
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Google comes up with lots of meaning
Here's the crest of the hump in 1983 at the Seaboard System's Rice Yard in Waycross, GA. (Yikes -- how can it be 30 Years ago already!?) I took this from the tower where the switches and retarders are worked to direct cars to the correct track and slow cars to a safe coupling speed. I wish I had a more interesting scan of the bowl (the mass of tracks where the cars go upon rolling down the hump), but I don't. Check that engine number -- No. 2! Nikon EL-2, Nikkor 50mm Lens, Kodachrome 64.
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In railroading, a "pusher" isn't someone dealing in illegal narcotics, but is instead a locomotive or locomotives at the rear of a train helping to push it up a grade with assistance from more locomotives on the front and/or midtrain. This is a gritty scene taken in 1981 at Sand Patch, PA on the former B&O mainline. The pushers have just "cut off" (uncoupled) from this eastbound "on the fly" (without stopping). The summit is perhaps 200' behind me. Next stop, Cumberland, MD. My wife and I want to purchase that house! Nikon EL-2, 50mm Lens, Kodachrome 64.
Nikon EL-2, 50mm Lens, Kodachrome 64.
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WileyCoyote
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Drive by train shots.
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Rexer John
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Taken today, but back in time.
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Nice shots -- such beauty. In my vinyl record collection I have 'The End Of Steam - Recordings from the BBC Archives'. It was sent to me by cousins in England probably 40 years ago and the sound quality remains excellent. I'd love to travel to there someday.
Rexer John
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It's an amazing line through beautiful countryside. The steam trains, carriages lines and stations are kept running by volunteer enthusiasts. Tickets are expensive but not too pricey and it's well worth it.
The cost of the tickets funds the expenses of fuel, spare parts, purchases etc. but the line would not run if it wasn't for the volunteers.
Sticking your head out of a carriage and watching the train as it goes around a bend is just an amazing sight and the smell of burning coal, it's an awesome experience.
We have a number of lines in the UK that still run on steam. Great to see them run instead of being in a museum.
Here's a few pics of some work in progress.
The cost of the tickets funds the expenses of fuel, spare parts, purchases etc. but the line would not run if it wasn't for the volunteers.
Sticking your head out of a carriage and watching the train as it goes around a bend is just an amazing sight and the smell of burning coal, it's an awesome experience.
We have a number of lines in the UK that still run on steam. Great to see them run instead of being in a museum.
Here's a few pics of some work in progress.
AxeMan - Rick S.
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Chicago North Shore Lines 749 & 714 at the Illinois Railway Museum
That's excellent AxeMan. It's been 15 to 20 years since I've been to IRM and I'd love to see it anew. The current issue of Classic Trains is almost completely devoted to interurbans and sports a fine feature on the North Shore. If you're a subscriber, the magazine's website has a Sunday River Productions video on the North Shore with all vintage footage, some it shot from a lead car.
AxeMan - Rick S.
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy 3007 at the Illinois Railway Museum
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