Garry, no wonder you love trains today. What great train experiences growing up.
Edit: I'm not sure what is going on in the cosmos, but this is the third time in three days I have had Top of the Page.
I'm getting a little low on cash continually buying food and drink for all of you.
However, since it's a rule, I'll buy again. In my time zone, it's after dinner evening, and a good glass of wine sounds right. But since I'm low on funds, this will be the wine:
"What's the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Thirty twice!"
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
Garry,
These pictures are great! Thank you for sharing. Hoping your appointment goes well tomorrow.
Alvie
Railpax turns 50 —
I remember the "Rainbow Era" well. I did get a chance to ride the B&O and the Erie Lackawanna. Penn Central, too. Most of the Penn Central rides I've blocked out of my memory
Got my second Shingrix vaccine today. Now a 30 day wait before I can get the Covid #1.
The handoff:
Passenger power by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Like threading a needle!
Through Tunnel 39 by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Good Evening,
The ice is completely gone from the river here which is at least 2 weeks earlier than normal.
Kevin, saw a '66 S33 convert. go at the Barrett Jackson auction today. It had the 428 and went for 45k.
Train is still at the station, hopefully those reefers have been re-iced.
Soon tea and tellie time.
CN Charlie
York1PM Railfan Been binging on some old Star Trek this week. Kinda missed seeing it. We have a station here that is running all the orginal series in order.
Hard to believe that William Shatner is 90 years old! Dianne and I were real Trekies!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
A lot of people know that the city of Chicago used to dye the Chicago River and Barge Canal green for Saint Patrick's Day.
Did you know the Milwaukee Road used to make their tracks green for the same occasion???
A futuristic train in a not-so-futuristic setting by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
CNCharlieKevin, saw a '66 S33 convert. go at the Barrett Jackson auction today. It had the 428 and went for 45k.
Every so ofen I really get a hankerin' to get another 1966 S55, but it will never be as fun as when I was 18, living in Nashville, in 1986.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning all. A cloudy day and getting colder. Snow expected this weekend.
Garry. I hope it all goes well today.
Dawn had a 'bad night' so we shall take it easy today. Daughter-in-Law is bringing us some groceries. It will be nice to see her.
I have been going thru some model railway 'to do' stuff, so that will keep me quiet.
Coffee time. I shall raid the cookie jar.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning, everyone. Lots of coffee this morning, Flo!
Today is cleaning day. I'm awaiting instructions from someone still sleeping.
David, I hope you have a good day after the bad night.
Today, I was able to walk the trail with just a light jacket on. All the snow is gone, and the trees are budding. It's quite a change from just several weeks ago when my backyard storage shed looked like this:
Hello Railfans!
Top of the morning to yas! And a wonderful morning it is now. A gorgeous overcast sky with that wonderful life restoring rain falling from it. Perfect morning to be sleeping.
Two things missing though, a metal roof and my sleep routine is off. As i mentioned earlier i believe, i had some work to do on the outside of my locked in world. It cleared up yesterday enough i got to spend about 4 hours out in it. For a spring day, it hit the mark. Thus now, my routine is off.
Our efforts were not fruitful either . Never the less, somehow i made it home with a homemade German Chocolate cake - my fav! Freshly made. So today, now that its been in the fridge and set up properly, grab a fork folks, id like to share! My SIL does cook purty goodly.
Now on to more important stuff like train stuff....
Ed) Absolutely amazing video on the AmTrak paint schemes. That was done well enough Id swear the narrator was a real Railfan, not just a marketing lacky. Sure did make it easy for me as alot of their schemes get a bit confusing.
Critter Dave) Star Trekkie/Wars fan here too. Cant get enough of the 'good' sci fi. Though as of late it has kinda dropped off. Some of the new stuff isnt too bad.... Mando, Picard, Expanse.
Now that you mention it, i wouldnt have thought Shatner was that.... 'wise'. Must be from all those years in zero G.
Kevin) I have to agree with you, '66 was a good model year. For alot of things!
Well folks... rainy day, pretty much no chores, no errands to run, no dog to walk, no girls to chase..... sounds like a good day to spend in the train room. If I ony had one!
See yall later!
Clear Ahead!
Douglas
Good morning,
Cloudy and 52 this morning in SoCal. I'll have maple syrup oatmeal and an iced tea please.
Garry I too hope that all goes well with the doctor today. I wanted to thank you for posting your pic from 1957. It took me back to when I would ride the train up to Fresno to visit my grandparents on the farm. Your picture could have been me (without the sisters) and I remember having to wear an itchy wool suit in the summer heat.
Ed Great post regarding the Amtrak color schemes. I had no idea there had been so many versions!
Mrs. Crunch came across the photo below while surfing the net. It's a string of abandoned locomotives in Siberia.
abandoned locomotive siberia by Tim Neely, on Flickr" alt="" />
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
Well, it is official, Summer is here.
The 70/90 days have begun, and will continue for the next 8-9 months. These are the 275 consecutive days when it is within 3 degrees of 70 for the low, and 3 degrees of 90 for the high.
Paradise has ended for us, normality has returned.
SeeYou190The 70/90 days have begun, and will continue for the next 8-9 months. These are the 275 consecutive days when it is within 3 degrees of 70 for the low, and 3 degrees of 90 for the high. Paradise has ended for us, normality has returned.
Garry, hope the doctor goes well for you.
Everyone: I just want to say I appreciate what a great group of people we have in the diner. Class acts every one. That includes our regulars who apparently switched trains a while back too. Hopefully they are back on board soon.
Douglas, thanks for the German Chocolate cake. One of my favorites!
Mike
Who remembers the trolley bus?
I used to ride to school on some days here in Cleveland where there was a pretty extensive trackless trolley system. This was back in 1960-63. Was it a design before its time?
1948 Marmon-Herrington Trolley Coaches by Alden Jewell, on Flickr
I just got a call saying the new John deere will be [finally] delivered tomorrow. I offered to pick it up last week but they said they would much rather deliver it.
We're supposed to have rain all day
C'est la vie — Ed
Good evening all. Snow is back; falling as I type. Had the North British Railway line still been open the snowplough would be needed in the morning.
Dawn had a good day today. I didn't run any trains just in case she needed me urgently. We remain positive for a good night.
Southern Thai Chicken Panang Curry
Mixed Fruit Surprise.
Stay Safe Everyone.
Water Level RouteAnd that's why I won't live in Florida.
Rainy season starts next month, hurricane season the month after that.
We have a few days left in the month so I would like to continue with our theme of moving the Diner to a place where dining cars or passenger cars were built. Someone had suggested that we go across the pond to see what they made over there, so I did some research but so far I haven't found much information. Can anyone help out?
A few scratchbuilding ideas here
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O869 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Note the cut-down box car end and roof as a shed.
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O887 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
One of those Roundhouse Old Timers cars could be the basis for this car.
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O901 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
...and the ever popular icicle breaker. I believe Bowser has done a 3D print of the beams for an easy conversion.
KEN, you still there? LION? Seems pretty sparse around here lately.
Is it the food?
Spam_55 by Edmund, on Flickr
gmpullmanIs it the food?
Hi Ed,
If Spam is all that is being offered I'm not surprised that some members are missing!
My mom served Spam regularly when I was a kid. At the cottage it was Spam or canned ham, or nothing. No refrigeration.
When Dianne and I were in Cuba we decided to have lunch at a restaurant that was right on the beach. It was convenient but busy, so we had to wait a while to get seated. One of the items on the menu was "Ham Burgers". Note the use of two words, not one as is the usual spelling. We had been served decent burgers at another of the resort's dining spots so we assumed that we would be getting the same thing. What showed up (after another long wait) was fried Spam in a burger bun. We were not impressed but we were hungry so we decided to give them a try. Dianne took one bite and nearly hurled. They were horrible! What made it worse was that there were no condiments offered so there was nothing to mask the taste. We missed lunch that day!
Cheers!!
No Spam for me tonight!
I warmed up the leftover pork roast from a couple days ago and mixed it with barbeque sauce for dinner.
It was much better than I expected!
Pink Floyd stay video
I'm so sorry Kids, sometimes these days these Pink Floyd videos are not so quiet coefficient
I will try now efficient
One of these days
TF
Did you remember not further back or a few days ago when I said there was no Hawaiian guitars and Pink Floyd only used pipes on their fingers
Well I'm sorry, I lied
I TOLD those guys, "be sure you put plenty of padding on the sides before you put the engine back in the box." Did they listen?
Broken mirror by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Well here I am trying to fit these little pins in the holes! Anybody got any Super Glue?
I don't believe I've ever had the pleasure of a slab of Spam. I'm guessing it really isn't much different than bologna, which is Spam only ground up finer.
I will make a fried bologna sandwich with grilled onions and Miracle Whip every once-in-a-while, whenever I think my bad LDL is getting too low
The wind is really picking up here. Expected gusts of 60 MPH from now 'til noon.
I liked that image of the blue locomotive Ed!
I'm not going to try to distinguish or elaborate.
We had a saying to each other in high school when we were pissed off or dismayed at one another.
Eat Spam was the saying Your bologna and such can't be too much more better
I had spam once and that was enough. After that It was ham and scrambled eggs always.
Until then I will now stick with how to stick with my Friday morning's, Friday nights and Saturday nights.
Although none of them feel much the same these days
We had fog this morning and although the circumstances, I got my trailer back in the parking lot and it's starting to look like Fort Knox here. I will send pictures tomorrow or the next day.
Either I'm doing good with what I've done or I'm in big trouble Ed
It's a good thing to have a rear view mirror on Big Blue. Not as a preventative measure but sometimes you need to see behind you if something goes a little South
hon30critter We have a few days left in the month so I would like to continue with our theme of moving the Diner to a place where dining cars or passenger cars were built. Someone had suggested that we go across the pond to see what they made over there, so I did some research but so far I haven't found much information. Can anyone help out? Dave
Here in the UK railway carriages were built by each Railway Company within their workshops. Information on carriages themselves is hard to find as most people are not interested; wherereas it is different regarding the locomotives.
For instance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holgate_Road_carriage_works,_York
The North British Railway is even more difficult. Anything but what you want.
https://www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com/north_british.html
To go into detail on anything one has to join a Society like --
https://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/
I shall search around the various railway workshops and see if I can find anything better.
More on Railway Carriage Works
The exLNWR works at Wolverton in Buckinghamshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverton_railway_works
http://www.royaltrain.co.uk/wolverton-works-news/4588327577
In most places to get information one has to become a member.
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17763895.queen-carriageworks-asbestos-legacy/#gallery0
Post Hog.
Good morning all. A cold day with snow forecast later.
Spam. I had to eat the stuff during rationing here in the UK late 1940s and into 1950s. Disliked the stuff, but one ate it because there was nothing else.
It has made a 'comeback' with the younger folk, but we older ones haven't taken to it.
Coffee time One sugar and a little milk please.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Good morning. Looks like some of you were up all night!
TF This was on my Face Book this morning, thought I'd pass it on:
https://www.hootowlresort.com/
Private cabins, on 2 lakes.
Have a great day, it's Friday! WI. fish fry tonight!
Mike.
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