why do trains have to stop at ever station.. what if this way of switching cars could let the train roll on, not stop, saving energy and riders time?

Just skip to the 35 second mark and watch it to the 50 second mark, you'll get the idea without ever listening to a word of it, or wasting any time
found on http://www.bookofjoe.com/2010/12/26/index.html

The Camelback locomotive design, used in conjunction with the exceptionally wide Wooten firebox, not safe though

The "Camelback" design, which straddled the cab over the center of the boiler, allowed the exceptional width of the Wooten firebox, which burned lower BTU anthracite coal from Eastern Pennsylvania.

The Locomotives in the picture were also called "Mother Hubbards" among other names. They were discontinued from freight service because if a side rod broke, it would wipe out the cab and if on the engineer's side, the engineer also. In yard service they were much safer because of the lower speed which was not so likely to break a rod and sling it through the cab.
photo from http://www.shorpy.com/node/9335?size=_original

1933, 5:54pm, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Long Beach. Imagine what the result of that catastrophe would be today in LA rush hour?

for a photo gallery, or to read about it: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-longbeach_1933earthquake-pg,0,3546233.photogallery

The Big Boy, used coal so fast that shovels couldn't feed it fast enough, so they built a conveyor belt direct from the coal to the firebox

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927

Happy holidays, and merry chistmas everyone

I believe the above image was taken by Scooter McRad http://scootermcrad.blogspot.com/ last year, and is one of the best hot rod Xmas photos I've come across

images from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=750

Wow, lowering a train body down onto the chassis. Amazing, just one of those things I've never given a moments thought to how it was made

Does that just blow your mind and make you wish you could hang around and watch while that happens?

GM Aerotrain

above ad found on http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com/


one has been preserved and is at the at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, and Car Nut commented to say that one is rusting away at the National Railway Museum in Greenbay Wisconsin
These photos are from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477

great railcars (why a bus was made into a rail car is a mystery) found on the HAMB

I've never heard of a school bus being made into a railcar... I'd love to hear why this happened

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477

It's been a while since I had train photos to post

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477

Everybody looks at train wrecks, only some train wrecks make us wonder how they happened!

Wonder how these two happened!

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477

the most famous was the French train that plowed out of the 2nd story of a building to the street below http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-of-most-impressive-photos-ive-seen.html

Trains delivering cars in the early 70's, packed, racked, and stacked.

those cars appear to be Chevy Vega's

I've never seen this sort of thing, it's visually interesting

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=477