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Alstom has received an order for two Coradia Stream hydrogen trains from transport operator Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE).

A Mastodon thread by @q3k, who, together with @redford and @mrtick have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs

On the 10. august a freight train derailed in the Gotthard Base Tunnel causing both tubes to be closed for traffic. Many freight trains can no longer use the old Gotthard line due to clearance and have to use alternative routes or cannot run at all. This postal train is one of the few freight trains able to use the old Gotthard line and can be seen leaving the Gotthard tunnel in Göschenen.

Southern Pacific #4449 at Portland Union Station. The locomotive will depart with an excursion train the following morning.

Photographed in Portland Oregon, September 2006.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle #700 on the turntable at Union Pacific's Brooklyn Yard in Portland. When this photograph was taken in September 2006, both SP&S 700 and SP 4449 were housed in the Brooklyn roundhouse. Neither the roundhouse nor the turntable remain, but 700 and 4449 now reside in the publicly accessible Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

Another locomotive from Portland & Western's collection of first generation diesels, this SD9 still shows its unmistakable Southern Pacific heritage. Built in April 1955, this loco was celebrating its 51st birthday when this photo was shot in April 2006 at the St. Helens yard.

At the time of this photo, Union Pacific 3985, a Challenger class 4-6-6-4, was the largest operating steam locomotive in existence. This locomotive was donated by Union Pacific to a museum and has been replaced in excursion service by an even larger 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotive.

Photographed in September 2005 at the UP Albina Yard. Portland, Oregon.

The 2005 NRHS (National Railway Historical Society) convention was held in Portland, Oregon. The highlight of the convention was a Columbia Gorge excursion double-headed by SP&S 700 and SP 4449. In this photo, the train has just departed Portland Union Station and is passing under the Fremont Bridge.

Photographed in Portland Oregon, June 2005.

2003 built GE C44-9W #5199 leads a BNSF employee appreciation special into the Vancouver, Washington Amtrak station.

Photographed in June, 2005

This locomotive started life in 1953 as an SD7. Was rebuilt as an SD9M and probably acquired its chopped nose during the rebuild.

Photographed at St. Helens, Oregon in January, 2005

GE C44-9W #4762 near Stevenson, Washington in October, 2004. This locomotive was built in 1998.

Today's feature is another weird entry in railroad history, the Burlington Northern Boxhopper, or bopper! BN created these prototype cars in order to maximize the use of their rolling stock fleet. Normally, cars are sent out loaded, and returned empty. The aim of these was they could handle boxcar freight one way, and hopper goods on the way back (or vice versa). These cars had retractable floors that were hydraulically powered by a special power car. This way, they could convert between boxcar and hopper on the fly. Unfortunately these aluminum cars didn't work out, and most ended up scrapped. Three of the remaining cars and a power car were donated by the BNSF to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in 2002.

More info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlmyWyI9HT8

The Lewis and Clark Explorer was a tourist train that operated from Portland to Astoria, Oregon as part of the 200th anniversary celebration of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The railroad parallels Lewis & Clark's route along the lower Columbia River to their winter camp near Astoria.

What you see here is one of three DD35 sample units that the espee ordered. Espee didn't order any others so I imagine these beasts were a rare sight in espee livery. These B-units (no control cab) came first, and the DD35A's were made later at UP's request. Like the A's none of these B units survived the scrapper's torch

The DDA35 is a cab unit version of the DD35, built exclusively for the Union Pacific railroad. Only fifteen of these beasts were built between May and July of 1965, numbered 70 (pictured) through 84. Powered by twin 567D prime movers, these locomotives were good for 5000 horsepower each. Unfortunately, these locomotives suffered reliability issues (seems to be a common theme), and by the time those issues were ironed out, the writing was on the wall. Their inflexibility and economic downturns of the 70's-80's lead to all units being retired and eventually scrapped.

One of Portland's two resident northern locomotives, Spokane, Portland & Seattle , at the point of the 2004 Santa Train. The train has just crossed the Steel Bridge and is pulling into Portland Union Station.

The only successful application of the iconic Talgo design in North America, there are only two trainsets remaining in Amtrak Cascades service.

GE P42DC #155 leads the southbound Coast Starlight into Vancouver, WA. After a short stop in Vancouver, the train will cross the Columbia River into Oregon.

Shot with my first digital camera in 2 megapixel glory. Built by the Lima Locomotive works in May, 1941 and designed to haul the Southern Pacific's famous Daylight passenger trains, 4449 is one of the most well-known operating steam locomotives in the US.

Here the locomotive is seen in the American Freedom Train paint scheme. It wore this livery from early 2002 until fall 2004, when it was repainted in Daylight colors.

Not a wide hood to be seen on this double-stack heading east out of Willbridge Yard.

Higher resolution: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-pmjZsk4/0/04894c50/O/i-pmjZsk4.jpg