In Hamilton, Ontario was the Studebaker plant where production continued after the South Bend plant closed. The name Studebaker was painted on the side of the building but faded out. A group of old car guys asked the owner if they could repaint the sign. He said no. It was above where the railcar loading area was, the tracks are gone and the building is too.
Well, Lady Firestorm's a firefighter's daughter, and as far as she's concerned all fire apparatus is SUPPOSED to be red, no exceptions and no lame excuses!
Every time one of our local FD's "slime green" units goes past she yells "HEY! YOUR RIG'S THE WRONG COLOR!"
Sometimes they yell back, "Yeah, we know!"
Firelock76 Well, Lady Firestorm's a firefighter's daughter, and as far as she's concerned all fire apparatus is SUPPOSED to be red, no exceptions and no lame excuses! Every time one of our local FD's "slime green" units goes past she yells "HEY! YOUR RIG'S THE WRONG COLOR!" Sometimes they yell back, "Yeah, we know!"
I just tell 'em they need to leave it out in the sun for a while so it'll ripen...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Paul of Covington Never wanted a Corvette, either. It seemed to me that nobody kept them very long--I suspect they couldn't afford the insurance.
I bought a Chevrolet Caprice in 1996 (Last yr for them) and had the towing pakage. Guy I worked with had a Corvette with the same engine (5.7 L) he asked and i let hm drive it. He liked its perfomance better than the vette. Or so he said. I'm not a speed demon but it sure could accelerate.One time I punched the accellerator at a stoplight and heard my tires scream.Didn't do that again. (only car I ever was able to burn rubber with) At least when it wasn't pulling the trailer. I wanted the SS suspension but it wouldn't work with the trailer.
Larry, how fast will that V16 accelerate with no train behind it?
Electroliner 1935Larry, how fast will that V16 accelerate with no train behind it?
Don't know that it will put you back in your seat, but it might scare you.
I haven't had a light engine out on the main in ages.
I've been known to "spin the tires" on them from time to time...
Boxcars can be painted any color, not just brown/mineral red.
54light15, I DON'T have a Harley, not a beer fan and no ponytail. I'm on #5. It's not about breaking the speed limit, it's how fast I get up to the 'approximate' speed limit. Track time saves tickets.
Bob
ps: My grandfather always said barns were red because the red helped preserve the barn wood
I do like the new corvettes. But don't think I could own one. I'm more of a challenger guy (I'm thinking abotu pulling the trigger this year on one).
Lite power can be fun but it's also a pain. It's a lot of work keeping them at the speed limit. And you have to be careful with them - easy to get in trouble since you don't have a lot of braking power. Many guys have gotten through stop signals in lite power.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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zugmannLite power can be fun but it's also a pain. It's a lot of work keeping them at the speed limit. And you have to be careful with them - easy to get in trouble since you don't have a lot of braking power. Many guys have gotten through stop signals in lite power.
Some years ago one of our engineers was doing a light engine move on a rainy evening. He had issues on a downgrade, and once he finally got it stopped he was so rattled that he parked the locomotive and had someone pick him up.
Our "local" trains at ~4 cars are nice to handle - a decent amount of braking, but still fairly quick "off the line."
I haven't been in a 'Vette in a while, but I'm not sure I'd fit all that well these days. That's why I drive a pickup.
Hello Bob, I found a book about the 308th heavy bombardment Group(NON SIBI SED ALIIS). Your group has 2DUC "Something to be proud of. The book is titledAir Force Combat Groups by the Dept of the Air Force, printed in 1961. It has 505 pages and is very complete Documentation. I thought you would like to know about the book. Respectfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Cannonball,
Thank you, looks like I need to do some digging.
The 380th website. 380th.org. has a lot of info on it. Originally created by a 531st navagator. When I get my 1945 research done, in a couple months, the Phillipine mission section will list all missions, all aircraft and everyone that was on each plane.
Speaking of railroads. On Mindoro Island, where the 380th was in 1945, they had a railroad that ran from the ports to all the airfields on the southwest corner of the island. Used it to move fuel ammo and bombs. See I got back rails!!
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