Well then, how about a ride on the "North Pole Express" for a little cool-off?
Nothing beats a Christmas train when it comes to forgetting the heat for a while!
All aboard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-ttzFB1XM
A most pleasant 64 and sunny as can be here, with a gentle massaging breeze. Never gets hot but it sure as heck gets cold.....Eventually, we are not in any rush!
How 1225 came to be
Forest Akers
I attended Michigan State in the 1960s, and have lived in the area ever since. I always enjoyed the 1225 sitting there across the street from the stadium. She lives on today in Owosso, a city maybe 50 miles away.
Great stuff on Forest Akers and the 1225 story Vince!
Do I detect the fine hand of Wanswheel again?
Flintlock76 Well then, how about a ride on the "North Pole Express" for a little cool-off? Nothing beats a Christmas train when it comes to forgetting the heat for a while! All aboard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-ttzFB1XM
Please remember that some of us are in mid winter right now.
On Friday I went to the top of our local mountain (Mt Ainslie) and photographed the last passenger flight by a QANTAS 747 (wearing my padded jacket). We could see snow on the tops of distant (much higher) mountains, but I got my shot of the 747 flying over Parliament House as well as takeoff and landing.
We are looking forward to the warm weather associated with Christmas and a Christmas dinner of cold ham and turkey served with a salad...
I've never been able to associate Christmas with winter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-17/canberra-farewells-first-and-last-qantas-747-to-touch-down/12466458
Peter
Great video. 1225 is a beautiful engine, and one of very few big coal-burners left running on this side of the Atlantic.
I'm tired of rain, so far this has been the wettest year of my lifetime. Lots of overland flooding in the countryside. Hopefully things dry up in the fall.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
MiningmanHow 1225 came to be
It'll be fun to see what Doc adds to this story when he reads this.
OvermodIt'll be fun to see what Doc adds to this story when he reads this.
Yeah, and where is Doc anyway? We haven't heard from him in a while. I hope he's not dead!
Flintlock76 Overmod It'll be fun to see what Doc adds to this story when he reads this. Yeah, and where is Doc anyway? We haven't heard from him in a while. I hope he's not dead!
Overmod It'll be fun to see what Doc adds to this story when he reads this.
The Doc you speak of.......that would not be a Teledoc would it?
Never Enough Time / Room / Or Money for the Trains
Flintlock76Well then, how about a ride on the "North Pole Express" for a little cool-off? Nothing beats a Christmas train when it comes to forgetting the heat for a while! All aboard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-ttzFB1XM
The 18th & 19th I was racing at Heartland MotorSports Park in Topeka - temps 95+ on both days - Drive to Survive. After about 5 laps my get up and go, got up and went. In staying hydrated I went through 24 20oz bottles of Gatorade over the weekend.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
big ed cnjrr The Doc you speak of.......that would not be a Teledoc would it?
No, that was "Doctor D," a frequent poster (now gone missing) who worked on the 1225 restoration while a student at the University of Michigan.
Note to all, and maybe I was the last one to get the word, but Big Ed CNJRR informed me by PM that "Teledoc" has passed away.
BaltACD Flintlock76 Well then, how about a ride on the "North Pole Express" for a little cool-off? Nothing beats a Christmas train when it comes to forgetting the heat for a while! All aboard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-ttzFB1XM The 18th & 19th I was racing at Heartland MotorSports Park in Topeka - temps 95+ on both days - Drive to Survive. After about 5 laps my get up and go, got up and went. In staying hydrated I went through 24 20oz bottles of Gatorade over the weekend.
24 20oz bottles? Good Lord! How much of that made it to your bladder? I finished cutting the grass and wackin' the weeds in 100 degree heat about an hour ago and went through two one-liter (1.05 quart) bottles of water and none of it hit MY bladder!
Wayne, one of the artifacts we have on display is a salt tablet dispenser, for Boilermakers and blacksmiths who worked in even worse conditions.
Flintlock76 BaltACD Flintlock76 Well then, how about a ride on the "North Pole Express" for a little cool-off? Nothing beats a Christmas train when it comes to forgetting the heat for a while! All aboard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-ttzFB1XM The 18th & 19th I was racing at Heartland MotorSports Park in Topeka - temps 95+ on both days - Drive to Survive. After about 5 laps my get up and go, got up and went. In staying hydrated I went through 24 20oz bottles of Gatorade over the weekend. 24 20oz bottles? Good Lord! How much of that made it to your bladder? I finished cutting the grass and wackin' the weeds in 100 degree heat about an hour ago and went through two one-liter (1.05 quart) bottles of water and none of it hit MY bladder!
In comparison to the input - there was very little output.
On tactic I normally use in hot weather is when I go to the rest room is to run my wrists under the 'cold' water - without putting a thermometer on the 'cold' water at Heartland MSP felt to be in the 120-130 degree range - I have no idea where they were running the pipes to have 'cold' water that hot.
SD70Dude Wayne, one of the artifacts we have on display is a salt tablet dispenser, for Boilermakers and blacksmiths who worked in even worse conditions.
They had salt tablet dispensers on the walls of the barracks we were in when I went to Marine Officer Candidate School Quantico VA, in the summer. Wow, was it HOT!!! This was in 1974.
There was no set dosage, it was take as few or as little as you liked. Then five weeks into the ten week program they took out the salt tab dispensers, saying they were no good for you! Go figure.
At least "they" didn't say salt tabs cause cancer!
BaltACD the 'cold' water at Heartland MSP felt to be in the 120-130 degree range - I have no idea where they were running the pipes to have 'cold' water that hot.
Incredible! I wonder if it's coming from a roof tank with the sun beating down on it all day?
Flintlock76There was no set dosage, it was take as few or as little as you liked. Then five weeks into the ten week program they took out the salt tab dispensers, saying they were no good for you! Go figure.
My high school in the 1960s had salt tablet dispensers in the locker room. It sure tasted good on those hot humid days.
As a boy, when we stayed at my grandparents' farm, we often broke a piece off the cows' salt block to lick on hot summer days. We didn't seem to mind the fact that the salt block had already been licked by the cows.
York1 John
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