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I thought y'all woul get a kick out of these. I have more pictures if there is a demand for carnage. :thumbs: Sorry for the crappy pictures they are taken with a camera phone.

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Working @ UP I see some cool things happening to locomotives. I shot this the other day. A GE (General Electric) unit came in with some issue. These engines have cam sections for each piston and it had been thrown out of the engine, the crank counterweight was bunged up and the connecting rod was broken. Bun the coolest part was the push rod popping through what I will call the "valve cover." That meant it had to have broken the rocker arm which we all thought was darn near impassable. I guess not.

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This is a EMD (Electro Motive Diesel (formerly Electro Motive Division of GM) Power Assembly. They are 2 stroke and where this one is busted is @ the intake ports for this cylinder. Know one had ever seen this before.

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These two are a turbo out od a GE 7FDL engine that cracked the turbo cold air side right in half. Once again this is somthing we had never seen before.

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WaterGuy Enthusiast

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...we all thought was darn near impassable.

 

...Know one had ever seen this before.

 

...we had never seen before.

 

Maybe it is time to check your horriblescope. The alignment of the stars and planets may not be good for you.

OldCrLvr Enthusiast

OldCrLvr

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...we all thought was darn near impassable.

 

...Know one had ever seen this before.

 

...we had never seen before.

 

Maybe it is time to check your horriblescope. The alignment of the stars and planets may not be good for you.

Aah, It's the railroad. We find all sorts of cool shit. If we worked at a bigger shop that did engine changeouts I'm sure we would se more of this neat stuff. But we are only a medium shop. So it's usually "light repairs" that we get.

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...just realized I misspelled impossable. haha

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chevylobo Enthusiast

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damn that dose have to suck . wouldn't mind a job in a railroad shop besides my truck trains are my next biggest expense well models of anyway.

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damn that dose have to suck . wouldn't mind a job in a railroad shop besides my truck trains are my next biggest expense well models of anyway.

 

My dad is BIG into Model Trains!

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I 'm a conductor for CN rail here in Atlantic provinces. We have heard of such things but i have yet to see it first hand! Ever seen when a turbo blows, she'll shoot flames about 25-30 ft into the air ahah something to see!

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