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A certified lover of trains! 🚂🛤️ What more could you ask for? 😌😉

I finished drawing Northern Lines Railway GP15-1 #421. Northern Lines Railway is a member of American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. I look forward to the ASLRRA Spring Conference in New Orleans March 14-16, 2027!

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Balladeer: Now, you'd think after all this time, Pennsylvania governments would figure out that tryin' to trap them Reading & Northern boys is like tryin' to nail Jell-O to a tree. But some folks just gotta learn the hard way. Let's see how this one shakes out, shall we…?🛤️

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#TugTuesday Another view of the mighty #DCRail beast waiting time at Peterborough on 6M93 sand train on Saturday. Such a contrast from her classmates dumped at Toton for years, to me 60028 looks like a brand new loco & more modern in design than a class 66. #DCR #ECML 24/10/26

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745-005 at Stansted Airport with the 1228 to Liverpool Street and 170-105 with the 1225 to Birmingham NS which I'll be taking as far as Peterborough.

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"Pilot locomotives are expected less than three years after notice to proceed. The MBTA’s project chart places that notice around the end of 2026 and design review in 2027, followed by diesel deliveries around 2029 and 2030 and battery/catenary deliveries around 2030 and 2031."

MBTA board approves $310.4 million Siemens order for 20 locomotives

The MBTA locomotive purchase from Siemens covers 10 Tier 4 diesel-electric and 10 battery/catenary units, with options for 50 more locomotives pending funding.

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