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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 3d

The current turntable at Hyde Park at R&GN is too small for 1924 to fit on, so during return trips it’s uncoupled and then the railway’s main diesel, 940, tows the train into the station

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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 5d

As a matter of fact… It is-

KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 5d

So who wants to learn about a secret engine at the Riverside & Great Northern Railway?

Hidden in a storage shed is a battery-electric operated replica of a… Certain fictional character, but I can’t put my finger on the name…

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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 5d

“No time to turn around, I’d better run tender first! Come on!”

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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 6d

There is an abandoned tender that you can see from the Empire Builder or Borealis between Milwaukee and Columbus

How peculiar

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Dark Violet @darkviolet.bsky.social · 7d

That's what I call public trans-port

An LNER train carriage emblazoned with the trans pride flag

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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 6d

Sometimes I want to know what Patrick did that made Larry say this

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KorraDaTrainBuff @thelokrailfan.bsky.social · 7d

The Housecientious Objector

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 8d

The Milwaukee Road 261 team is busy at the Harrison Street NE shops getting ready for trips out to Chanhassen and Glencoe this Sat and Sun, on the first extended excursions since 2022. One of the nation's largest coal-fired locomotives, the 261 will make an impressive sight this weekend.