MOW / Great Plains-West Rail Galleries
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Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
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Speeder push crane displayed in beside CB&Q caboose #14581 at Beatrice,
Nebraska. 8/3/96 - T. Greuter Photo ·
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Burlington
Northern - see BN Freight
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BN 961657- powered crane passes by
Lincoln Station. 3/29/96 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN 962064 - lifting a whole section
of track for replacement at a grade crossing. 1/9/96 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN 962817 - flatcar for transporting sections of rail; Lincoln, Nebraska
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BN 965130 - side 'dump' car; Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 965140 - dump car (different style
from above) for hauling ballast and rock, parked near the Havelock Shops
4/30/97 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN 972558 - Rotary Snowblower also
displayed during the annual event. It's warming up here after a blistery
winter clearing track in South Dakota. 6/17/95 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN 972558 - Another view - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 972622 - A Pair of Jordan spreaders
parked at the Havelock Shops, Lincoln, Nebraska.10/99 - T. Greuter Photo |
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Another view - T. Greuter Photo
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Another view - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 972673 - a Jordan Spreader at Lincoln Station; April 2003, Lincoln,
Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo · |
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BN 979006 - scale test car chills on a frigid afternoon at the
Havelock Shops. 2/7/01 - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 979019 - a scale test car traces well-polished rails outside
Hobson Yard. - T. Greuter Photo
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BN Fairmont Speeder - Brownsville, Nebraska; 2002- T. Greuter Photo
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BN X 24-2755 - at Hobson Yard. 9/11/95 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN S1708034(?) - a small burro crane. Apologies in advance, the
picture's quality is poor. 6/23/95 - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 1036 heavy hi-railer - 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN hi-railer #10509 - at Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002 - T. Greuter Photo
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BN 12497 - loaded with wheelsets at the Havelock shops. 8/11/01
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BN 14341 hi-railer - 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BN Heavy Wrecker Truck & Trailer - notice this one does not
wear the BN emblem however; at Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo · |
Burlington
Northern Santa Fe - see BNSF Freight
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BNSF Wrecker #14886 - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo · |
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BNSF 15817 - hi-railer at the east mouth of Hobson Yard; Lincoln,
Nebraska 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo |
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BNSF "Mantis 30011" - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo
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Miscellaneous
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USAF - these old rail crane's looming fate seems
certain, they are on a deadline to be scrapped at Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Gandy dancer at Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T.
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Gandy dancer at Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter
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Gandy dancer, passenger depot and static train display at Stuhr Museum,
Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo · |
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Some pretty cool junk lies among the tracks behind the train shed - the
pushcar to the front-left appears to be the remains of a home-made speeder.
Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo ·
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Missouri-Kansas-Texas
MKT
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MKT 1041 - an ex-MKT steam crane on the Georgetown RR property
near Georgetown,Texas; April 1985 - © Gary
Morris Photo
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Missouri
Pacific - see MP MoW @ Screaming Eagles
Union
Pacific - see UP Freight
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UP Ohio crane and tender #58094 - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo
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UP Pushcar - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo · |
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Despite the onset of the diesels, robotic
track-layers and ribbon rail, the hand tools of the trade remain the same
now as they have for over a hundred years. It looks like the spike-driver
has had some creative carving done around it's handle. 12/13/96 - T.
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A Union Pacific crew throws some sparks as they prepare to replace some
damaged trackage. - T. Greuter Photo
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Last update:
13 November, 2003
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