Tight Street Running

In message , Alan in Darwin writes

Good thing it's not third-rail electrified.

BTW, this has been posted several times in the last fortnight to uk.railway

garden

The best street running video I've ever seen was a clip I had downloaded, and burned onto a CD someplace of a UP train with a SD-40 pulling a string of hoppers and stopping at traffic lights next to and behind cars. The train is long enough that it can be seen snaking around a corner behind the loco, and it's just really strange. I looked on Youtube, and couldn't find it, but I'm sure someone can find it someplace. Everyone I showed it to laughed at it. I don't think I would be really happy to see an SD-40 coming up behind me when I'm stopped at a light.

I think it was taped in Sacramento, CA.

BDK

I know this isn't it but...

That was sort of interesting. Did the photographer never see a red flashing light before?

There is a DVD called Street Running.

"BDK" wrote

Think how you'd feel if you were riding a motorcycle!

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "lane-splitting"!

Pete

"Big Rich Soprano" wrote

That looks remarkably like what we would call a USA Class Tank of SR wartime fame. OK, the bunker has been cut down a bit but otherwise still the same basic design.

Elliott

I understand what you mean. Watching some Drum & Bugle Corps shows, if there is some sort of siren or bell being played it's inevitable that the camera will be on one of them instead of the action...

I have seen it...

You are right. The bunkers were extended when the Southern Railway (UK) bought the locomotives after WII.

Regards

Tony Cane Secretary World War Two Railway Study Group

That wasn't bad, but no, it wasn't it.

Thanks anyway..

BDK

An SD-40 on the street might shock some of the more clueless drivers into hanging up their phones, stop messing with their make up/drink/food and into paying attention.

BDK

I'm surprised how much street running there is in the US. I think the most famous is probably the South Shore in Michigan City on its' run from Chicago to South Bend. Originally an Interurban (and still carrying passengers) but it also carries coal trains to and from the steel mills in the area. Put Michigan City into the youtube search and you'll find some examples.

I also came across street running in Fort Collins (between Denver and Cheyenne) a few years ago. The Metra Electric route to 93rd St doesn't quite run in the street (well, the bits I've seen) but it's a close run thing as it runs down the median on an unfenced residential road. For many years there was a railway track along the San Francisco Embarcadero (where the F line streetcars now run).

Interesting clip, and it shows just how difficult it is to shoot steady footage from horseback.

I get "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation."

The South Shore Line between Chicago and South Bend, Indiana, originally an interurban streetcar line, had street running of full-sized electric multiple unit trains in South Bend prior to 1970; some street running of passenger and freight trains still occurs in Michigan City. Some time in the 1980s I saw a rush-hour commuter train from Chicago formed of diesel-hauled Metra gallery cars running on-street in Michigan City.

I have some photos of the South Shore Line taken in 1968 at

I remember seeing some of that when I was a little kid. We went to dinner at a friend of my dad's once, and saw some electric MU cars go by at a crossing. It was maybe 63 or so.

One of my earliest memories of Chicago was seeing steam locos being taken to the scrapyards in long strings. Lots and lots of N&W locos passing by my window as the NYC train I was in neared Chicago. 1959 or

BDK

Got removed for violation of terms of service... WTF?

"BDK" wrote

Uh, to the best of my knowledge, bikers aren't prone to doing those things while riding.

Pete