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3 and 4 have to many spaces for the answers they gave.

Normally, they are required to have at least one diesel in the consist for braking (they don't like using the Big Boy's brakes more than they have to, they're expensive to replace.) and PTC (Positive Train Control). When it went east, it had one of the repainted SD70s in addition to the SD60 in...

I caught it yesterday passing through Mentone, IN about noon.

View of the Mackinac Bridge tonight.

Forums like OTT and TBN are moderated, so, for the most part, the discourse is kept pretty civil. Seems the same for a couple of car model specific boards like Steve's Nova Site. Contrast that with FB, X, Insta, etc. that are pretty much anything goes. It takes pretty grievous behavior to get...

The last couple of times I used my BX, it would intermittently die out like the switch was turned off . Sometimes, leaning one way or the other, would cause the problem. I suspected one of the seat switches, so I decided to check them out. The switches were still intact and being depressed by...

When Dad was getting on in years, we got him one of the medical alert systems that had a base station that would call me and 911 when he activated the fob he kept around his neck. Problem was, the base station had a blue light on it that irritated him at night, so he would unplug it and stick it...

My BIL died a month ago, he was suffering from Parkinson's. His daughters would text him every day or two, as his speech was getting really difficult to understand. Sometimes he didn't respond for a couple of days, so eventually when he didn't respond, and text messages weren't delivered, they...

A look at the parts manual dhows that there is am internal snap ring inside the axle seal. So it would appear you need to remove the wheel, support the rear of the tractor, remove the axle seal(050), then remove the internal snap ring (040) . That should allow the axle to slide out, then you...

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If you look at the last picture in my first post, you can see it attached to the drain line. It automatically opens for 4 seconds every time the pump turns on.

As an added note, I did set the old tank out at the road on a Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning it was gone.

It amazes me how many people are interested in seeing that piece of history.

Loaded up some friends in the Suburban this afternoon to see the Big Boy on it's tour headed to the east coast for the 4th of July. It stopped near Argos, IN, and I knew it was going to be a zoo there because they had been promoting it on the local TV and radio stations, and I knew where it...