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eDDie-TK — The Crossing - U P 844

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Description 844 - Crossing the St Vrain River - Greeley, CO
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Sampug394 [2011-03-20 18:54:02 +0000 UTC]

I've stood next to this puppy - Pretty damn big machine.

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eDDie-TK In reply to Sampug394 [2011-03-20 21:30:08 +0000 UTC]

yeah - it sure is !
the driver wheels are like 6 feet tall (?)

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Sampug394 In reply to eDDie-TK [2011-03-21 00:27:28 +0000 UTC]

80 inches

just checked

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eDDie-TK In reply to Sampug394 [2011-03-21 01:59:38 +0000 UTC]

well then 6.6 feet !
i was talking to one of the engineers and what he said was that the width of a dime is all the touches the track and the driver wheels are spaced out so all the track has contact from all the wheels !
if what i'm saying makes sense - it's late !

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Sampug394 In reply to eDDie-TK [2011-03-21 04:01:53 +0000 UTC]

Makes perfect sense, but its incredible nonetheless.

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Kerl-of-Fox-County [2011-03-20 16:23:18 +0000 UTC]

Great shot of a great machine

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eDDie-TK In reply to Kerl-of-Fox-County [2011-03-20 21:30:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Kerl-of-Fox-County In reply to eDDie-TK [2011-03-21 09:38:41 +0000 UTC]

Any time

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engineer825 [2010-07-20 04:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Quite an excellent shot!

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eDDie-TK In reply to engineer825 [2010-07-20 11:47:00 +0000 UTC]

Hidden by Owner

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a2valentine In reply to eDDie-TK [2010-08-01 16:34:16 +0000 UTC]

love this comment!

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TheMightyQuinn [2010-07-20 00:22:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot!

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eDDie-TK In reply to TheMightyQuinn [2010-07-20 11:47:11 +0000 UTC]

thanks - IMO the black exhaust smoke really makes it.....but she's so shiny and black - it's hard to get better detail on her (?)
i get to repeat it this week-end weather permitting when she makes her annual cheyenne frontier days run between denver, co and cheyenne, wy

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TheMightyQuinn In reply to eDDie-TK [2010-07-20 23:56:00 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like fun.

We haven't had any steam action around here since the C&O 614 stopped pulling excursions from Hoboken to Port Jervis in the late 1990s.

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gracefromGod [2009-07-20 23:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Awesome photo!

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eDDie-TK In reply to gracefromGod [2009-07-21 11:15:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks again

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gracefromGod In reply to eDDie-TK [2009-07-21 13:57:34 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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