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Notice the rear lowboy. 
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Must be heading to Norfolk for a rebuild. Looks like the same garbage we use today
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I'd never expect to see something like that.
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Ha
Never saw that before.
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How is that even legal?
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It looks as if the rig is on left side of the road, maybe this is not in the USA.
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Does rear trailer need or missing tractor? No inspection stickers in window? How would load pivot around corners? Seems to long. Looked for shadows. Photoshopped?!
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DumpsterToy wrote:It looks as if the rig is on left side of the road, maybe this is not in the USA. It looks like it says Rio Grande on the side of the Loco. If so, it's the US.
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This guy is a local hauler here in Denver, very creative to say the least, A fly by night outfit.
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Here is a link to that photo, it provides a bunch of information. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=434404&nseq=10
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Says the man rode on top of the locomotive to lift the wires and traffic signals. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=434403&nseq=7
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How in the world would they allow that rear lowboy configuration?. Boy that is one messy rig and job. Hey Claus, did you see that new 1:16 scale Allis Chalmers TractoMotive Tractoloader? Did your grandfather ever have one of those?
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My father used to be the guy that rode the top of things being moved, and lifted the wires. He died from electrocution.
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That is a disturbing picture in SO many ways. Even on a short distance trip, you need someone qualified (read utility worker) to determine which wires / cable need to be raised. That is an accident waiting to happen on multiple fronts...
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So I did a quick bit of research for anybody who is curious about the locomotive (DRGW 3011); The haul pics are from 2004, and the engine is a 1962 EMD GP30, that was retired in 1994. She sat for 10 years in various yards and "dead lines" before getting rescued in 04. She currently resides at the Colorado Railroad Museum where she is being restored by volunteers. The powersource is a turbocharged 2-Stroke V16, that provides 2,250 hp, displacement is 9,072ci! Newer once are bigger and more powerful, but in their day, these were pretty nice and coveted for how rugged they were. BNSF has a few here in San Diego that they use for road switching and shuffling around hoppers for ballast maintenance. 3011 being restored. 
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Wow thank you for the info and pictures! Those are impressive! I love the old trains like this! If I was not obsessed wig 1/50 trucks and equipment it would be trains!
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That's pretty awesome... Both the bugs bit me... It kinda difficult splitting money and time between 2 overly expensive hobbies... Lol. That guy is crazy! And that guy rode on the top of the locomotive too?
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Most of the EMD's and the GE's produce around 4400 hp from a V16 diesel. A few years ago, several railroads placed orders for the SD90MAC and the GE AC6000. These were 6000 hp although the SD90 MAC started out with 4400 hp and was to be upgraded to 6000 hp when EMD finished development work on the new 1010 ci diesel. By the time this engine was developed, the railroads had lost their interest in the 6000 hp locomotives. There are a few around, but not in any great numbers.
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