Diesel Trains - A New Experience for Me

[PA5COR]

Main lines here all electric, but the secondary line that runs through Sneek is diesel/electric, and in summer we have in July and August steam train service next to the diesel electric for the people loving it and tourists.

Been on all of them, each is an experience on it's own.
We have a lively steam train community here owning a few steam locs and cars maintaining them and driving them in summer.
Theu bought a few large old train workplaces when the state owned train company sold them off for a song, so they have the workplace and stalling places under the roof to work on them and store them.

[KG4CGC]

[WZ7U]

Nice

[KG4CGC]

Didn't get to ride that deezul.

[WZ7U]

Looks like the one used at the ethanol plant to move the tank and grain cars around. Gawd, that's almost 9 years ago....... where does the time go??

I have an aerial picture of the facility and surrounding utilities but I think the image is too large for me to upload. Photo credit to Sam Beebe. Guy has a lot of regional pics worth looking at if you have some spare time. It's still around on the web, but for not too much longer here

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10400169

[N8YX]

What's the name of the firm which owns the ethanol plant, and a location? Might make it easier to ID their motive power.

[N2CHX]

https://www.aarailroad.com/

They run steam and diesel. My Mom took me on this when I was little, and I took my kids on it, too. Back in 2011 I worked right next door. They'd fire the steam loco up right outside the window where I was working. That was by far the best perk of that job.

[WZ7U]

Fred, Cascade Grain LLC, Clatskanie, Oregon - went bankrupt in '09. Some energy firm back east bought it and uses it now as an oil transloading facility. It has the best deep water dock on the whole Columbia River. Somewhere, buried in amongst the stuff is an old picture of the entire crew on and along side of the locomotive but I can't find it. For some reason GP9 sticks to mind. It's a GP something for sure.

[N8YX]

Try this link. That engine is a rarity, as most GP9s were built with a high short hood. The ones which have a low short hood are usually GP10 conversions.


http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=98729

[WZ7U]

Couldn't get link to open, but found a pic of similar locomotive on web. Like this only yellowgp9 locomotive.jpgI seem to remember a door up front in the nose which I don't see there.

Maybe GP20?