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Title: Trains!
Post by: mirth on February 03, 2018, 02:18:10 PM
Kinda surprising we haven't done a thread for trains before now

https://twitter.com/john_kucko/status/959422866340147201
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Post by: Steelgrave on February 03, 2018, 05:53:40 PM
Brilliant! I love me some trains!
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Post by: mirth on February 03, 2018, 05:57:31 PM
Post up, brother!
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Post by: Staggerwing on February 03, 2018, 06:57:40 PM
I dream of trains...
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Post by: OJsDad on February 04, 2018, 03:25:18 PM
Grandpa was a conductor for the Nickle Plate railroad. 

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.railpictures.net%2Fimages%2Fd2%2F1%2F6%2F8%2F5168.1426279518.jpg&hash=b3b857df0618674752a7375342fd3b369bfedb15)
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Post by: OJsDad on February 04, 2018, 03:28:29 PM
(https://www.american-rails.com/images/nickel-plate-road-system-map.jpg)
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Post by: bob48 on February 07, 2018, 04:28:58 PM
The last steam loco built by British Railways - now preserved in running order. 9F class 2-10-0 number 92220 'Evening Star'
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Post by: besilarius on February 28, 2018, 07:17:52 AM
Herman Goering's train set.  Think this is from his Hunting Lodge, Karinhall.
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Post by: besilarius on February 28, 2018, 07:41:22 AM
Had never heard of this extensive medical support.


http://discovermagazine.com/2016/jul-aug/doctors-derailed
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Post by: mirth on March 20, 2018, 11:19:33 AM
QuoteThe "Krajina Ekspres" armored train used by the Serbian army during the Croatian War of Independence

(https://i.redd.it/rp20uqbdzum01.jpg)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krajina_Express
Title: Re: Trains!
Post by: mirth on June 20, 2018, 12:01:19 PM
https://twitter.com/atlasobscura/status/1009479520221573122