Freight Trains On Tv...

[steamhead]

Did anybody see the program "Modern Freight Trains" on the History Channel last night..?? Awesome..!! Almost made me want to chuck my ol' steamers and wooden box cars and get some UP SD-dash whatevers....
NOT..!!
Really great..!! A nice crash course on how trains move millions of tons of freight nowadays. Some cool views of El Cajon Pass, the Bailey yard in K.C. and a whole lot more..!!
If you didn't, check your cable schedule..It's sure to come up again soon...

 

[bigsteel]

i saw that too gus,great program! its a very good learning experience even for men who have been into trains there whole lives.i wonder if anyone uses HO scale EOTD for there layouts?--josh

 

[TruckLover]

I SAW IT!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!

Wonder if Deano (UP SD40-2) saw it? He would have loved all the parts of the UP Yard.

I liked that part and the running the train up and down the Cajon Pass cause I live by it :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I learned some stuff that I didn't know too!!

 

[ezdays]

I recorded it, but I think it's the same one they played a few months ago. Even so, I'll watch it over again anyway since it was neat the first time.

 

[TruckLover]

I recorded it, but I think it's the same one they played a few months ago. Even so, I'll watch it over again anyway since it was neat the first time.

Yup, it was a re-peat, i to remember seeing the first half of it a few months ago. I had to go to sleep cause it was late so im glad they played it again and an earlier time to :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[bigsteel]

Yup, it was a re-peat, i to remember seeing the first half of it a few months ago. I had to go to sleep cause it was late so im glad they played it again and an earlier time to :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

i though young people were supposed to be able to stay up later than us old farts sign1 sign1 --josh

 

[Renovo PPR]

I loved the train jacks and the fact just one person could move thw wheels in place.

 

[TruckLover]

i though young people were supposed to be able to stay up later than us old farts sign1 sign1 --josh

LMAO I usally go to bed between 9 and 10 on skool nites lol and last time it was on at like 10 I think lol

 

[bigsteel]

anytime there is a train related sho on the history channel,im up till its over!
but i wonder if there is a place to buy HO scale EOTD,i've seen them advertised but i cant remember the manufacturer.--josh

 

[BMRR]

Yes, I seen it last night......great show. Awesome UP yard. I also learned some things I didn't know.

Stan.

 

[TruckLover]

lol

there on e-bay, there is a guy that puts them on train cars. Search for FRED under the HO scale catogory

 

[bigsteel]

ok,ill check him out.but do they work? or are they just there for decoration?--josh

 

[TruckLover]

nope, they actually work, they are battery powered :mrgreen: :-D :mrgreen:

 

[bigsteel]

sweet! maybe ill buy some of just to make a modern train run on my 50's era future layout as a "train of the future" and have a bunch of steam lovers laughin at it....LOL --josh

 

[TruckLover]

lmao, that would be cool :mrgreen:

 

[bigsteel]

that would be cool :mrgreen:

everything i do is cool :roll: ....sign1

well,i gotta go hang with the wife now,she is lookin for someone to watch the finalle of heroes with her.ill check in tomorrow morning.good night--josh

 

[TruckLover]

lmao

cya l8r Josh, have fun watchin heros with the wife

 

[Cannonball]

the Bailey yard in K.C.

The KC yard is really something else to see up close and personal.
Nothing but trains for miles. :thumb:

 

[TruckLover]

They said something like 350 miles of track are in that UP yard? WHOA!!!!

 

[HOtrainman]

I saw it. thought it was pretty cool. my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw the intermodal yard with the goods from Asia, or Australia- I forget. but, like I said, pretty cool.