1934 Ludlow & Southern No 2 with tractor engine installed.
1970s GE U34H
6 thoughts on “Old Train Thursday.”
First photo. #90, Queen of the fleet.
Many hours sitting in that loco. Both sides of the cab. Just getting the fire hot again after a stop at the picnic grove.
Happy Turkey! Dangit, day off, and I’m still awake early enough to go to work.
You’re still finding plenty of oddball locos, for sure. 2 boilers on that monorail? Must be fun keeping things in sync.
Interesting diesel conversion – not. I’d like to see the drive system linkage. I assumed the large cylindrical device at the back is the electric motor, but a quick web search indicates it’s a gas engine with a chain drive.
I have that identical railroad jack in my basement. why? IDK. I don’t even know where I got it. All I know is, if I need a railroad car jacked up, I got it under control.
I had two of the screw type jacks and my brother and me used them to jack up a corner of a house my sister owned and it had sagged because of a local termite damage. Way hell cheaper then renting hydraulic jacks, only a slower… I got them at an estate sale and used them to hold my cars and trucks up instead of jack stands. I trusted them way more than the cheap ass jacks at the time.
Screw jacks are utterly dependable, and usually have higher capacity for the same size. I have an 80-ton in my garage… somewhere. Still trying to get organized in the new house.
I have a smaller version of that Ratchet Jack, about 1/2 that size and Rated 15 Tons. The Baseplate is Hinged so it can Tilt a bit, if a Latch is released. The Lifting Head has Slots in it for a Chain, and some research found it is a Pole Jack, used (in the past) by Linemen to extract a Wood Pole from the Ground, using a Chain Choker wrapped around the Pole. I find it useful for Jacking Semitrailers and large Trucks.
First photo. #90, Queen of the fleet.
Many hours sitting in that loco. Both sides of the cab. Just getting the fire hot again after a stop at the picnic grove.
Happy Turkey! Dangit, day off, and I’m still awake early enough to go to work.
You’re still finding plenty of oddball locos, for sure. 2 boilers on that monorail? Must be fun keeping things in sync.
Interesting diesel conversion – not. I’d like to see the drive system linkage. I assumed the large cylindrical device at the back is the electric motor, but a quick web search indicates it’s a gas engine with a chain drive.
I have that identical railroad jack in my basement. why? IDK. I don’t even know where I got it. All I know is, if I need a railroad car jacked up, I got it under control.
I had two of the screw type jacks and my brother and me used them to jack up a corner of a house my sister owned and it had sagged because of a local termite damage. Way hell cheaper then renting hydraulic jacks, only a slower… I got them at an estate sale and used them to hold my cars and trucks up instead of jack stands. I trusted them way more than the cheap ass jacks at the time.
Screw jacks are utterly dependable, and usually have higher capacity for the same size. I have an 80-ton in my garage… somewhere. Still trying to get organized in the new house.
I have a smaller version of that Ratchet Jack, about 1/2 that size and Rated 15 Tons. The Baseplate is Hinged so it can Tilt a bit, if a Latch is released. The Lifting Head has Slots in it for a Chain, and some research found it is a Pole Jack, used (in the past) by Linemen to extract a Wood Pole from the Ground, using a Chain Choker wrapped around the Pole. I find it useful for Jacking Semitrailers and large Trucks.