Western Railroad Discussion > Crandic slug set moving with pics

The MP15 CIC 133 and slug CIC 129 just arrived (1530 CT) Amarillo TX from Alliance TX. Anybody have info why it's so far from home? Shiny new looking.

Now with pics.

Broke off to get a pic of the RC-135 doing touch and goes. Hmmm no tail numbers.....

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/15 16:47 by SD45X.

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Then I shot this overzealous crew who promtly turned me in account I took two pics of them. To them it's strange......

TaTa...

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That's not an RC-135. That's an E-6B Mercury TACAMO aircraft.
The NAVY on the fuselage is a dead giveaway. The Navy doesn't have any RC-135's

Not sure if that CRANDIC slug has enough main reservoir capacity...

PHall Wrote:
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> Not sure if that CRANDIC slug has enough main
> reservoir capacity...

The tanks on top of the slug are actually for a rail blower system.

How far off base would I be if I said this looks an awful lot like a Boeing 707?

Here we go again, turned in for taking pictures.

We are supposed to report strange incidents, and to some of us people chasing and taking photos of our trains is strange.

In today's age it doesn't hurt, and crews actually calling things in is better than the old attitude of the next guy will do it.

We don't run trains for the sole purpose of being subjects of your photos.


SD45X Wrote:
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> Then I shot this overzealous crew who promtly
> turned me in account I took two pics of them. To
> them it's strange......
>
> TaTa...

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DG .
Unknown, US

Why do crews feel compelled to comment on lawful activity ?

PossumBellyCaboose Wrote:
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> How far off base would I be if I said this looks
> an awful lot like a Boeing 707?

You're 100% correct.  Based off of the 707-320 according to it's Wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-6_Mercury

The E-6 was the final derivative of the [u]Boeing 707[/u] to be built.

Paul Ramer
Cincinnati, OH

pramer Wrote:
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> The E-6 was the final derivative of the Boeing 707
> to be built.

The last 707 airframe built was for a French Air Force E-3F AWACS.

trkspd Wrote:
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> Here we go again, turned in for taking pictures.
>
> We are supposed to report strange incidents, and
> to some of us people chasing and taking photos of
> our trains is strange.
>
> In today's age it doesn't hurt, and crews actually
> calling things in is better than the old attitude
> of the next guy will do it.
>
> We don't run trains for the sole purpose of being
> subjects of your photos.
>
>
> SD45X Wrote:


Then what are you doing on a railfan website? I mean, if its so "strange"

The E6B is built from a 737 airframe.
I sit corrected the P8A (P3C replacement) is built from the 737 airframe......Swede.....Albany,Or.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/15 14:15 by GN_X838.

Well obviously I'm not one of those who thinks it's strange, which is why I said some of us. Us being people who get paid to sit up there.

SantaFe9820 Wrote:
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> trkspd Wrote:
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> > Here we go again, turned in for taking
> pictures.
> >
> > We are supposed to report strange incidents,
> and
> > to some of us people chasing and taking photos
> of
> > our trains is strange.
> >
> > In today's age it doesn't hurt, and crews
> actually
> > calling things in is better than the old
> attitude
> > of the next guy will do it.
> >
> > We don't run trains for the sole purpose of
> being
> > subjects of your photos.
> >
> >
> > SD45X Wrote:
>
>
> Then what are you doing on a railfan website? I
> mean, if its so "strange"

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DG .
Unknown, US

GN_X838 Wrote:
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> The E6B is built from a 737
> airframe........Swede.....Albany,Or.



No it is a 707 frame.

The [b]Boeing E-6 Mercury[/b] (formerly [b]E-6 Hermes[/b]) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-320.

 Cradic slug set CIC 133 & 129 are going to Etter, Texas, to work on the Texas North Western Railway.

cozephyr Wrote:
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>  Cradic slug set CIC 133 & 129 are going to
> Etter, Texas, to work on the Texas North Western
> Railway.

This is part of Crandic's replacement power program.  These
slug sets are being replaced by newer sets with the bloody nose,
bloody awful if you ask me, paint scheme.  Supposedly, the 
newer sets are more environmentally friendly.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

NormSchultze Wrote:
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> Why do crews feel compelled to comment on lawful
> activity ?

Do you know where the OP was when the crew saw him? Could he have been on RR property? If he was on RR property did he have express permission to be on RR property?

jst3751 Wrote:
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> NormSchultze Wrote:
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> > Why do crews feel compelled to comment on
> lawful
> > activity ?
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> Do you know where the OP was when the crew saw
> him? Could he have been on RR property? If he was
> on RR property did he have express permission to
> be on RR property?

I haven't been on an engine in almost a decade.  Is it in the rules now that the crews have to turn in photographers?

WP-M2051 Wrote:
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> jst3751 Wrote:
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> > NormSchultze Wrote:
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> > > Why do crews feel compelled to comment on
> > lawful
> > > activity ?
> >
> > Do you know where the OP was when the crew saw
> > him? Could he have been on RR property? If he
> was
> > on RR property did he have express permission
> to
> > be on RR property?
>
> I haven't been on an engine in almost a decade. 
> Is it in the rules now that the crews have to turn
> in photographers?

I will answer your question by saying to look at my question you are responding to. To clarify, it probably depends. If the OP was on RR property without permission that would be considered tresspassing and I am sure crews are told to report tresspassing and maybe that is what happened here.