All About Pocket Knives

Cool shots and info, Ike.

Great photos fellers x10.

I agree! Great stuff!

Appreciate the comments, unexpected encounter today along a lonely stretch of backroad

Love the first one,
Who would think a big old UP loco would be sneaking through the field. That is what it looked like to me.
Steve

LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:56 pm Love the first one,
Who would think a big old UP loco would be sneaking through the field. That is what it looked like to me.
Steve

Steve, I was cruising along looking at birds and deer and all of a sudden there it was, I was shocked and started talking to myself. That track is all overgrown, and I hadn't seen a train on it for a couple of years.. ..until today. I probably should have reported it, it may have been hijacked by some tren de aragua members.

Ike
Thank you I needed a laugh this evening.
Steve

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That has to be an oldie.

Couple shots from this evening at Udall KS. WB Local with a former Santa Fe unit on the point. Still a few SF units on the rail 30 years after the BN merger !!

Excellent pics and use of lighting!!!!! That would be great to see, it looks as if the BNSF patch blends in, and doesn't have that glaringly ugly look that I have seen on many units (not Santa Fe).

BNSF EB Hopper Drag at Udall KS. Big ole rain storm came a whoopin in here this afternoon dumped 2.6” rain in about 3 hours

Santa Fe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:57 am BNSF EB Hopper Drag at Udall KS. Big ole rain storm came a whoopin in here this afternoon dumped 2.6” rain in about 3 hours

What a great picture of a fleeting moment in time, rainbow, train, rushing water from the storm, remnants of clouds from the storm, great timing.

Santa Fe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:57 am BNSF EB Hopper Drag at Udall KS. Big ole rain storm came a whoopin in here this afternoon dumped 2.6” rain in about 3 hours

Very cool pic!

Great photos fellers my hat is off to yawl. x10

Santa Fe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:57 am BNSF EB Hopper Drag at Udall KS. Big ole rain storm came a whoopin in here this afternoon dumped 2.6” rain in about 3 hours

Hey Santa Fe,
Not sure how many times I looked at this picture.
NICE didn’t notice the Rainbow. Not sure how you guys do it but I dig it.
May you have a blessed day today.
Steve

Excellent pictures!

LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:56 pm Love the first one,
Who would think a big old UP loco would be sneaking through the field. That is what it looked like to me.
Steve

Me too. That's what I was thinking also

Just saw these 2 side by side, and thought it would be good to post for a nose comparison of a GP60 (1169) and SD40-2 (4255). I was looking at the 1169, and to me it had the looks of one that had been repainted. I dug a little, and found that it was originally a St Louis & Southwestern/Cotton Belt loco. I found a pic online of how it looked back in the day, so the first 2 pics are mine and the 3rd I downloaded.

Thanks Fella’s

Ran across this Alco moving grain cars at the Cargill grain elevators in Gilman, Illinois. A quick search revealed that it has been repowered with a Caterpillar engine.

T P & W (Toledo, Peoria, & Western) action along U.S. Hwy 24 at the Illinois/Indiana border.

Lots of pics Ike

Santa Fe wrote: ↑Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:57 am BNSF EB Hopper Drag at Udall KS. Big ole rain storm came a whoopin in here this afternoon dumped 2.6” rain in about 3 hours

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:50 am T P & W (Toledo, Peoria, & Western) action along U.S. Hwy 24 at the Illinois/Indiana border.

Do you (or anyone) know why this is an often used paint scheme/livery? Usually just the railroad initials are changed, maybe someone who paints for Shortlines?



Cool pictures, gents!