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I'm way late hitting the rack so Nighty night to you Kids
Tomorrow
TF
Track fiddlerWhat a cutie Kevin! You're a lucky dad!
All the girls have my wife's DNA, so they were destined to be adorable, but with my big feet!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Track fiddler And where is Our Friend Bear by the way?
And where is Our Friend Bear by the way?
This is the first proper holiday Her-in-Doors and I have taken in 20 years!!!! Should be back home in 12 days.
Will bore you all silly with holiday photos!!!
Kia kaha, Cheers the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
A little entertainment with your Sunday Morning breakfast:
Wonderful camera and editing work, sound dubbing and model making!
Cheers, Ed
Good morning
It's great to hear that you and the wife are still having such a wonderful time on your holiday Bear I look forward to seeing your pictures when you get back in a couple of weeks
I never was a big fan of Spam but I enjoyed Spamfest, all the scenery and the clickety clacks Ed
Have a great Sunday gentleman
Track fiddlerI never was a big fan of Spam
Oh.... I love it!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcY3W5WgNU
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Sunday morning, diners. I'll have coffee please, Chloe. I'll have donuts later.
It was a late night last night -- got home at 2:00 a.m. from visiting family. It was just me and the trucks on the Interstate.
In 1956, my grandfather in Tacoma, Washington, was very sick. My mother and I boarded UP's City of Portland in Grand Island, Nebraska, to go see him. Two nights on the train!
I think this trip was one of the main reasons that I love trains today. I especially liked flushing the train toilets and seeing the tracks running underneath! I also learned what finger bowls were in the dining car.
Have a good Sunday, everyone.
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."
hon30critterDianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Happy anniversary, Dave! Hope you enjoy many more years together.
York1 hon30critter Dianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary, Dave! Hope you enjoy many more years together.
hon30critter Dianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
I will second that!
I am a bit sad today as I always am on the 15th. of August..... My wonderful wife died 34 years ago today........ Still looking for a replacement that might be anywhere as wonderful a lady.
(Late) Happy Anniversary Dave!
My parents have their 40th coming up next month.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Good afternoon ...
John York 1 mentioned two nights on a train. I was on family trip on the Super Chief from Chicago to LA which did that.
Jim ... Thanks for your coments about the CB&Q 2-10-4's . I suppose I could dig out that old issue of MR.
Ed .... Nice group of photos.
John York 1 ..... The UP pictures look good.
TF .... The BN SD9 looks good, too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q Good afternoon ... John York 1 mentioned two nights on a train. I was on family trip on the Super Chief from Chicago to LA which did that. Jim ... Thanks for your coments about the CB&Q 2-10-4's . I suppose I could dig out that old issue of MR. Ed .... Nice group of photos. John York 1 ..... The UP pictures look good. TF .... The BN SD9 looks good, too.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831 Heartland Division CB&Q Good afternoon ... John York 1 mentioned two nights on a train. I was on family trip on the Super Chief from Chicago to LA which did that. Jim ... Thanks for your coments about the CB&Q 2-10-4's . I suppose I could dig out that old issue of MR. Ed .... Nice group of photos. John York 1 ..... The UP pictures look good. TF .... The BN SD9 looks good, too. Garry, is that a real picture? Or is it a painting? It looks just like the picture on the original yellow box Athearn kits, of which I have several.
Garry, is that a real picture? Or is it a painting? It looks just like the picture on the original yellow box Athearn kits, of which I have several.
Jim ... It is a Santa Fe postcard of the 1950's which I scanned. I think the same picture appeared in many places.
When I started my N layout, the City of Los Angeles was the set of cars I got. Kato made a nice group of cars that were nearly identical to the City of Portland:
The real train:
Kato's version:
The wife is back in house-hunting mode again as the daughter gets ready to leave for University.
A decent trainroom is at top of mind while she searches (what a woman) here is a good size to strive for.
You can take the 3D walk around the layout in this house.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1600-SE-Division-St_Portland_OR_97202_M25706-90911?fbclid=IwAR0wqms5xEdaU-KpQzY9yw4lhiAAJ87rZdDVaxpLGCLsHkFkZ3G0l-9phrY&CID=SOC_FACEBOOK_Realtor.com_Social
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
My earliest Railway memories are when my family spent a 2-week holiday at Robin Hoods Bay, on the North Yorkshire Coast between Scarborough and Whitby. We lived in the countryside and would catch the Bus to Harrogate, Train to York, Train to Scarborough and finally Train to Whitby, alighting at RHB and carrying our suitcases to a former fishermans cottage that we rented. We had two weeks of fun, mainly on the rocky beach.
But the highlight for me were the Train journeys. The Trains and Railways fascinated me - and of course they still do. The Scarborough-Whitby Railway was very nice and much-loved by all those who knew and used it. Unfortunately, it fell victim to the infamouse Dr. Beeching's closures (like so many others) but it is often referred to as one of his most cruelest (1965) About 4 mins into the video, the footage is from a Metropolitan Cammel class 101 dmu, climbing the 1 in 39 gradient, with RHB in the background. It was an unforgetable view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTEikYMRctU&ab_channel=nymr1
I have a host of books about the Railways of the N.E. of England but whenever I think about this line, it upsets me greatly to think what happened to it. So much so, that I hardly look at any of my books now. I just don't want to anymore.
This was why - when I realized just how fantastic they are - I readily grasped the chance to model N. American Railroads. Something new (to me) that was happening right now. Long may they live. Paul
"It's the South Shore Line, Jim - but not as we know it".
I believe we are in 1950-1980.
Here in Florida, the Walt Disney World Railway began operations in 1971.
Good morning, diners. Just a quick check-in for coffee. I'm driving to the Menards and the Home Depot. The closest ones are about 50 miles away.
My wife and daughters can shop for hours in clothing and home decorating stores. I can shop for hours in Menards, not buy anything, and still feel it was a great use of my time.
Have a good Monday. For those of you heading out to work, I'm sorry.
Good morning ....
John York 1 ......... Enjoy your time at the home improvement stores. I know what you mean about ladies and their shopping habits.
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In the 1950's and 1960's, my childhood home was very close to CB&Q tracks west of Chicago. It was great for train watching with 120 trains per day.
Burlington's Denver Zephyr was re-equipped in the mid-1950's with all new Budd cars. It was a popular train. Here it is with 4 E-units.
Burlington's line to the Twin Cities had several passenger trains including Twin City Zephyr, Empire Builder, and North Coast Limited.
Here are some:
York1My wife and daughters can shop for hours in clothing and home decorating stores.
My daughters all preferred to shop for clothes with me, and without their mother.
When they were shopping with mom, they had to try on clothes they did not like, then mom would try to convince them to buy them. Mom wanted them to dress like they were 6 when they were 14. Mom always wanted to make a day of it.
I was more like, "Look, I don't care what I have to spend, just buy what you want and get me out of here as quickly as possible."
My oldest figured this out when she was 14, and then she passed the advice on to her younger sisters.
The best fun was the girls always loved to pose in their new outfits. That let me get out the camera and spend a whole day with them, NOT shopping.
My wife would never have bought this outfit back in 1992, and fashion sure was questionable in the early 1990s, but we had a great day and I have beautiful pictures forever.
Having fun ruining the new clothes with her baby sister:
It hurts my heart when I realize this was thirty years ago. Really, what happened?
Sounds like us. 50 miles to Home Depot and Menards in Garden City, KS....
We are new to Menards; seems like they have a bit of everything. Used to do all of our shopping at Lowes; still have stuff delivered from there to the house.
I just finished watching Fistfull Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. These two movies form a trilogy along with The Good The Bad And The Ugly.
One of the recurring topics when I get together with some of my friends is the correct order to watch these movies. I have never joined in these discussions having not seen the "first" two movies.
It is obvious that For A Few Dollars More takes place before The Good The Bad And The Ugly. Where Fistfull Of Dollars fits in is honestly not as obvious. It could go before, after, or in between the other two movies.
I cannot wait for this topic to come up again. I am ready to finally join in the pointless conversation.
Garry: The siding rail in one of those pictures you shared was never painted. The rail is just bare nickel-silver!
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
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Seeing that CB&Q track was a sign of the times in the '70s and '80s. Deferred maintenance. It affected many roads.
prr main line track may 67w8 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
When the ballast gets pushed into the mud and the mud splashes up around the ties it causes real headaches for the section foreman. Drainage is one of the primary functions of ballast and when it won't allow the water to drain away it wrecks havoc on the ties and underlying roadbed.
It's great for us modelers, though, since we can weather our equipment with lots of mud sprayed up into the running gear.
I remember seeing some really nasty track work back in the day.
This would have been a good photo to post in the Gantlet or Gauntlet thread (choose your poison) a while back:
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O105 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
I like those smashboards. I'm planning a set of these for my drawbridge.
Historic and beautiful. The B&O at her best!
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O195 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Kevin ..... LOL at your remark about the track. This was the three track main line west of Chicago before continuous welded rail became standard for main lines. Passenger trains could go about 80 mph at that lcoation.
Ed ... Your photo definately shows deferred maintence that you mentioned. The B&O picture is beautiful.
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In the 1960's Burlington commonly operated E-units elephant style with long passenger trains. In this photo, a combined train (Kansas City Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr, mail train) operated from Chicago to Galesburg, IL. At that location, the KCZ was separated and went via Quincy, IL to Kansas City. The NZ/mail train went via Burlington, IA to Nebraska.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
I am really enjoying all the pictures. Growing up in the 1950s, trains were an important part of what I remember.
This is the station in the small town where I grew up. It was an impressive station for such a small town (population under 30,000). I remember the lobby had a large model train that sat on a ledge high on the wall.
When stores began to be built on the edge of town, the main street businesses tore the hotel down to provide downtown parking. It's still a parking lot today.
In the late 1960s, the station was torn down and a post office was built on the site. Amtrak did not stop there, and most trains never stopped there anymore.
I had great excitement going through this station when boarding the City of Portland for my trip to Washington.
This is what the same place looks like today. Sad:
I hope everyone has a healthy day today.
Good morning everyone.
1950-1980... in 1976 the Freedom Train passed through Florida.
Here is the NP North Coast Limited on Burlington tracks next to the Mississippi River. CB&Q E-units are pulling it.
Here is the Twin Cities Zephyr with E5A and E5B. The only Burlington E-series B units were E5B's. The red nose stripes instead of black appeared about 1960. Its large fleet of E7's, E8's, and E9's were all A-units.
Chicago Union Station was very busy in the 1950's and 1960's. Here is the California Zephyr.
Here is a CB&Q train and a PRR train arriving at the same time.
Here is a Burlington commuter train with standard coaches follow by Budd bi-levels.
Garry, there is an interesting piece of trackwork in one of the pictures you posted.
It is difficult to see, but it is the next-best-thing to a 3-way turnout.
It looks like the points and frog come so close they might actually be special pieces.
Great pictures, Garry! I love E and F locomotives.