Photos From History Thread

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I am a railfan...therefor I present a photo from the famous and legendary Tehachapi Loop. The first photo is of one of the unique and mighty 4-8-8-2 Cabfowards that were unique to the Southern Pacific. The second photo is of a Union Pacific excursion in more recent times with one of a small number of EMD DD40AX's built for the Union Pacific...the company which purchased SP in 1996.
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The Tehachapi Loop is one of the most heavily trafficked lines in North America and played host to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. Today it's home to BNSF and Union Pacific.

The Cabforward appears to be one of the AC-10 to AC-12's which were all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in the late 30's/early 40's. They produced the equivalent of 6,000hp. The Cabforwards while originally meant for the tunnel and snow shed ridden Donner Pass, found themselves all over the western portions of the SP system. Only one survives...the last Cabforward built, AC-12 #4294. Between the total of 13 Cabforward classes (AC-9 was a conventional design) 256 were built total, and all were Baldwin built.

The EMD DD40AX "Centennial" was built in the late 60's for the UP only. They have over 6,000hp from two 3,000hp EMD 16 cylinder 645E3's which power each 4 axle truck with 4 traction motors each. I believe around 5 of the around 40 units were saved.

I LOVE this thread! :D
 
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vasiliflame
But the last NASA photo's look like there isn't a spaceship or shuttle or anything look at his visor. It looks like he is fixing a satellite but were is his ship?
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It's a curved visor... you can't see the Sun in his visor in that picture either, but it doesn't mean it's not there! Here's some video footage of the spacewalk:

 
vasiliflame
But the last NASA photo's look like there isn't a spaceship or shuttle or anything look at his visor. It looks like he is fixing a satellite but were is his ship?
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ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

Oulton Park Circuit, track surfacing and first run, 1953
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Edit: The first pic doesn't seem to be embedding so here's the direct link
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Me like that racer. :D

This bit of history has been scattered to the winds:
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The Florida East Coast Railway's Key West extension with one of the company's beautiful 4-8-2's pulling a passenger train. In 1935 the infamous Labor Day hurricane heavily damaged the entire Key West extension and as a result it was torn down. In 1936 the FEC 4-8-2's were sold to the Western Pacific Railroad. All the 4-8-2's were scrapped after the WP retired them in the early 50's. Some were also sold to other Southeastern lines and the NdeM in Mexico.
 
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Liquid
THE LAND SPEED RECORD

The apex of adventure, in action. The pioneers from the golden age of speed records.

John Parry-Thomas & Babs, 1926

174mph / 281kph

Wrexham-born Parry-Thomas easily beat Malcolm Campbell's two year old 150mph / 242kph record in the Sunbeam 1000hp with Babs at Pendine Sands in his native Wales. Campbell wrestled the crown back in early 1927 and Parry-Thomas set about answering the challenge in March of that year. He became the first driver to be killed in pursuit of the land speed record, when a rear wheel failure pitched Babs into a hideous series of rolls, killing him instantly.

Babs: 27L / 1,600ci V12 Liberty aero engine (450hp).

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Sidenote:

After the accident, in 1927, the car was buried in the sands at Pendine.

In the 1990's, it was dug out, recovered and restored. Here is a pic of it at Goodwoods from 2005:

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catamount39
Me like that racer. :D

This bit of history has been scattered to the winds:
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The Florida East Coast Railway's Key West extension with one of the company's beautiful 4-8-2's pulling a passenger train. In 1935 the infamous Labor Day hurricane heavily damaged the entire Key West extension and as a result it was torn down. In 1936 the FEC 4-8-2's were sold to the Western Pacific Railroad. All the 4-8-2's were scrapped after the WP retired them in the early 50's.
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Sort of makes you wonder why you need a Mountain locomotive in the Florida Keys.
 
BobK
Sort of makes you wonder why you need a Mountain locomotive in the Florida Keys.
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Well the FEC had 4-6-2's but the 4-8-2's were ordered to deal with the growing train lengths in the 20's. They were also probably used in freight service as well. Depending on the class they had between 68" and 73" drivers which indicates the intention of dual service.

Also the FEC runs (it still exists today and is the most modern railway in the country) throughout the entire state. That Key West extension was a flight of fancy and was only for passenger service. Had it not been so badly damaged it may have still stood...may not have. It's a tragic loss as it was a feat of engineering to build it.

And the 4-8-2's were majorly sold off of the depression and a drop in passenger traffic. A small group weren't sold...but over the years most of the 4-8-2's were sold to other Southeastern lines, the WP and the NdeM in Mexico as the 4-6-2's were enough.
 
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Credits go to @DDastardly00 for this one, Leonard Nimroy and some fellow Star Trek members at the launch of space shuttle Enterprise in 1976. It is one of the sharpest pics from the seventies i've ever seen, you'd think it was taken yesterday not 40 years ago.
 
Here is Finnish Air Force Buffalo Brewster fighter plane after the WWII in 1950's doing more peaceful duties in city of Tampere. Aviation enthusiasts may not like this picture, because today that plane type is extremely rare, even in U.S.
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And here is Finnish Air Force fighter pilot and Brewster-ace major Eino Luukkanen, photographed with his plane. Notice that air victories on tail are marked with etiquettes taken from beer bottles!
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Legro, I didn't remember that, altough I must have read it somewhere. Was there a shot down WWII Finnish Brewster plane that was found from the bottom of the lake and then afterwards carefully restored to its former glory?
 
Walrus76
Legro, I didn't remember that, altough I must have read it somewhere. Was there a shot down WWII Finnish Brewster plane that was found from the bottom of the lake and then afterwards carefully restored to its former glory?
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Yes. That plane is located at Tikkakoski Ilmailumuseo, if I recall correctly.
 
There's some "interesting" things in that screenshot! There are some stories to be told behind some of those icons. :D

Thomas was a member here on GTP, back in the day. He went by Tom McDonnell if memory serves be correctly.
 

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