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The Downers Grove train wreck happened on April 3, 1947, at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad station in Downers Grove, Illinois. The Twin Cities Zephyr, a high-speed inter-city passenger train, struck a tractor that had fallen from a freight train only seconds before. Three died and over thirty were injured in the wreck.
Elec-Trak – early demonstration video of the tractor, the attachments, and the different applications of use (full video) The GE Elec-Trak was the first commercially produced all-electric garden tractor , made mostly between 1969 and 1975 at GE's Outdoor Power Equipment Operation under Bruce R. Laumeister. [ 1 ]
The Super C was an American high-speed intermodal freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1968 to 1976. Dubbed the " World's Fastest Freight Train ," the all-TOFC ( trailer-on-flatcar , or "piggyback") and COFC ( container -on-flatcar) train ran about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles ...
Whereas the LCC-1 had a single 600-hp engine, the Overland Train had four 1,170-hp Saturn 10MC engines from Solar Turbines, one in the "control car" and three others spread through the train. New power trailers could be added at any point along the train. [6] To further reduce weight, most of the vehicle was built from welded aluminum. [7]
The train struck a tractor-trailer at a grade crossing. RAR-02-01: February 5, 2001 Empire Service: Syracuse, New York: Train collision 0 62 The train collided with a CSX freight train. RAR-01-04: March 17, 2001 California Zephyr: Nodaway, Iowa: Derailment 1 77 The train derailed due to a track defect. RAB-02-01: September 13, 2001 California ...
In the video shared by Olivia Boblet, it's clear the pup doesn't have a mean bone in her body. With a little time, she could've made her humans so happy. But sadly, she was given back to the ...
Harbor Freight Tools has announced that it will be opening a new store in Shrewsbury. According to a news release, the new store will be at 863 E. Forrest Avenue and is expected to open this winter.
RoadRailers were a trailer or semi-trailer that could be hauled on roads by a tractor unit and then by way of a fifth wheel coupling, operate in a unit train on railway lines. The RoadRailer system allowed trailers to be pulled by locomotives without the use of flatcars , instead attaching trailers directly to bogies .