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Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« on: June 23, 2024, 01:24:46 PM »
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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2024, 02:26:52 PM »
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Would have been funny to see them slam on the brakes.  A million years ago the rear tender was cut down to put a winch back there.

Edit: think it was a 0-4-2 and then they put a winch out back and rebuilt it as a 0-4-4. Looking for a photo.
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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2024, 04:24:20 PM »
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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2024, 04:49:15 PM »
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Apparently this is not the locomotive I thought it was. It was used in Florida and the one I posted is from the West Coast. I saw those inside bearings of the rear truck...  :facepalm:

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2024, 09:29:13 AM »
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I watched that video the other day and couldn't stop laughing.

No joke, I'm thinking about making it the background photo at http://edslaw.org/

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2024, 10:11:15 AM »
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Robyn was ROFL when I played the vid for her.

I'm certain they did that for effect. The oldest functional loco in the fleet vs. the biggest and baddest modern rolling stock. I can just picture the conversation over beers after the crew received the notice they were getting the car. "Gawd. You really think it'll move the car? Let's do it! Damn!"

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2024, 10:32:13 AM »
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Hasn't Thomas done some freight work on the Strasburg Railroad?

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2024, 01:48:48 PM »
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That was good. Good example of ironic.  A little engine that really could!
It would have been even better if the loco did not pull it in reverse.  That would look more official.
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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2024, 02:54:32 PM »
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He should outfit it to look like Thomas.   :D

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2024, 01:37:47 AM »
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Okay, can someone explain how and why this happened?

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2024, 01:41:23 AM »
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No joke, I'm thinking about making it the background photo at http://edslaw.org/

You really should.  The first shot of it on the bridge.

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2024, 07:44:59 AM »
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Okay, can someone explain how and why this happened?
This is the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum.  https://www.hoosiervalley.org/  They are in North Judson, Indiana, and have a nice collection of mostly operating equipment.  They do car storage occasionally and this car was received for that.  They run this steam engine for short excursions, and someone apparently decided to have some fun.  It certainly brought then a lot of attention among the railfan world.

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2024, 07:38:11 PM »
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Obviously, there HAS to be a prototype for many of my vintage N scale steamers, which pull more and more smoothly only when they're in reverse!

Raise your hand if you're old enough to remember that phenomenon!
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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2024, 09:45:40 PM »
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One of my favorite books as a kid..

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Re: Now THIS is Ed's Law in a nutshell...
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2024, 10:23:15 PM »
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