G'day gents. I love the continuing shots n posters from both of you gents.I agree Lars that platform shot is a "keepah" !
Here's mine for this boxing day night.
enjoy Rob
G'day!
Love that shot of CP in the snow - very seasonal, fer sure, fer sure!
For the day after . . .
From the Revelstoke Park observation dome in New Brunswick, Canada aboard VIA Rail's eastbound "Ocean" <personal foto>
Enjoy!
Tom
Ahoy Cap'n Tom!
Now THAT's a fine looking postAH for this time of yeAH!
Here's mine for this day aftAH . . . .
CP FP9A #1416 (photo: Ted Ellis)
Pretty good for the season, huh Youbetchaboots!
Until the next time!
Lars
Yes Lars - that's a "keeper" in all respects!
'til Wednesday . . . .
Merry Christmas!
So what's NOT to like about the mountains - especially when viewed from a "traditional" dome car like the California Zephyr of old, or VIA Rail of today.
Love that shot through the dining car windAH!
Mine for this Christmas Eve . . .
LOVE this photo - whoever took it should be given accolades, ovAH 'n ovAH! Thanks for permitting us to ENJOY it, ovAH 'n ovAH!
Yes, Jasper 'n all parts of Alberta's mountain country is "my kinda place," fer sure, fer sure! We're looking forward to our trip from there to Prince Ruppert aboard VIA Rail's "Skeena" - no date yet, but it WILL happen!
One from the archives . . .
Canadian Shield - from the dining car aboard VIA Rail's westbound "Canadian" <personal foto>
I do love Jasper one of my favourite spots the last time we went west , that and Lake Louise, here's another shot from the old NS&T, this one's from the frieght ops end. NS&T's Welland Ave freight yard, my dad's uncle worked as a mechanic in the NS&T shops on Welland Ave.
All kinds of great stuff in that foto from Rob! Ahhhhhhhh, "back in the day"!!
From my personal archives . . .
VIA Rail's eastbound "Canadian" at Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Hi Tom nice to see you ending the week appropriatly with a caboose. CM3 I lovbe that shot of L&PS #12 it's a meaningfull shot to be sure,also nice to know thatr our museum has near sister car #8 fully operational and restored , 8's the queen of the museum fleet. Heres today's shot it will blow up nicly as well. It's a shot of the NS&T's Lakeside yard in Port Dalhousie with the streetcars dropping off passengers for their conections to the cross laker steamer to Toronto.
I see this Thread is doing quite well without me! That's a good sign, fer sure, fer sure!
Here's an end of the week submission . . . .
Good Morning:
London and Port Stanley shot is yet another time machine - I enlarged it fo full screen size and spent some time studying it.
The book mobile has been by again, too.
work safe
Good evening gents.I missed last night after I suffered a relapse of the whatever it is that's going around.Nice to see Shane pop by. That corner ahs not changed much in Hamilton, the interurban line ran there for about another 10 years before they folded./ that particular stretch though was absorbed as par of the Hamilton city systems belt line and was one of teh last lines to be abandonned in the early 50's. Nice cover's again as usuual sir Lars , keepers to be sure heres another oldy that I've posted before. this one is a Shot of the London and Port Stanley Interurban in 1944.
Looks as if Shane has become a "regulAH" ovAH here too!
Here's one for this day . . .
Good afternoon All.
Excellent Hamilton picture. I can feel the warm weather and; well, let's just say it was a simpler time then.
Thanks to Lars for Canadian material and to OSP for his B&M in New HAmpshire magazine cover.
Another <keeper> from the trolleyMAN! <sweet>
Here's one from me - a rerun!
Evening folks.Nice to see some action happening over here today.Shane that bear of trackwork still exists along with several other grand unions and demi-grand unions on the TTC.They really do try and keep on top of their trackwork , so far even with cutbacks the TTC is on top of all their track work and bridges. A couple fine pieces from the Capt'n and first mate today as well
Here's another traction shot from the moldy oldy files.
This one is the Hamilton and Brantford Radial RR from the late 20's the shot is taken at the corner of Gage and Wentworth streets in Hamilton.
Rob
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Great to see Lars 'n CM3 out 'n about the decks today! Fine bit of traction from Rob too!
Just a little something for the day . . . .
RR Magazine - 1952 - Idaho's Panhandle Pike
Good Afternoon;
Double slips, wyes, switches and diamonds, oh my! I'll bet that was a bear to keep tightened
Now THAT's a fine looking trolley shot! Can "put" all kinds of thoughts into that one. <sweet> from Rob!
Sorry, but all I have today is a rerun . . . kinda under the weather.
Evening guys. Nice to see Shane drop by and a couple good shots from the regulars as well. here's a little one from me today.
A classic shot from the archeives of the TTC rebuilding the Spadina -Adelaid street trackage,this was accomplished with only an 18 hour window of no service, and all done basically by hand to boot.
Greetings to Rob - CM3 Shane 'n Lars!
Here's something from a piece that was just deposited over at the bar . . .
NSB EI 18 #2254 (GNU Free Documentation)
(Norwegian State Railways)
As mentioned over at the bar, I'm barely makin' it this day . . .
Here's a little something though to help out 'round here.
Good Morning All.
More than a few things to look at as it has been while since I have been over here. My remarks are topical rather than sorted by contributor.
Nice shots of CNW and SOO unmodified geeps, as well as IHB switchers. Then we have an interesting beastie from Raillink as well. It's hard to think of Conrail as a Fallen Flag. Yikes!
Railroad Magazine brought back a few memories as I recall hooping orders up to folks - first generation diesels, however, not steam. Sort of reminded me of the old line from the Revolutionary war, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon." Anyway, the back leg got a little jumpy the first couple of times but you got used to it.
Some good books as well. Passing Trains is a nice one and Middleton's book on GCT is a good introduction to the subject. Then we go to the other side of town for a Hell Gate picture.
Enlarge the picture of "Silver Chalet" and check out the sublettering - interesting.
Hi there again guys. I see both of you have been active again today.Lasr Raillink is a large network of shortline railroads in both Canada and the US, they deal with less than 40 mile long routes, that deal with local switching. The run they have in my neck of teh woods operates CN's old Haggersville sub that runs from Brantford down to Lake Erie at Nantikoke, where they serve the Stelco steel plant their and a couple chemical outfits and Ontario generations coal fired plant down there. That unit is a rebuilt GP7 that used to belong to the Southern Pacific .Theyu rosater lots of oddballs from GP7's,35's and 38's to FP7's and SD24's a real hodge- podge of power.
Here's the same train at Brantford showing off their newest power a 1970 built GP38 that came from the Chessie system originally.
A Rail Link from Rob 'n a nice looking dome from LoveDomes Lars!
Another from the Hell Gate bridge . . . .
View to the south from a locomotive cab <from: wikipedia.com>
A RailLink from Rob . . . kinda "generic" stuff for the more modern day, huh So what IS RailLink anyway
As Cap'n Tom will tell ya, with both of us from New YAWK - the only bridge that get's "sold" ovAH 'n ovAH is the Brooklyn Bridge. <grin>
A dome from way back when . . . .
WP #881 Silver Chalet (from: http://www.trainweb.org/)
Nice bridge Tom. Has anyone tried to sell it to you Here's another.
Lars 'n Rob made it "in" today!
Here's one from the 'bridge series' over at the bar . . .
Hell Gate Bridge view from Astoria park at dawn.
<from: Wikipedia.com>
Howdy hi there folks. Good to see Lars back up and running,and a fine book on Grand central good stuff sir. Here's a quicky for this afternoon.Another fallen flag
Good that Rob helped to keep things movin' ovAH here . . . I'm finally able to access everything again. <geesh>
Love those Railroad Magazine covAHs from Da Bossman!
Something different for this Friday . . .
Grand Central Terminal - New York City
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