Murphy Siding Paul_D_North_Jr But "album cover"? ? Zoom! Right over my head!
Paul_D_North_Jr But "album cover"?
But "album cover"?
? Zoom! Right over my head!
Wiz Khalifa. Those papers.
Making a joint and rolling a joint aren't the same, though. (Unless the switcher had Blunt trucks?) Made for a good laugh though...
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
That was SOP back in the day.
Deggestyprivate cars were added to the rear in Denver--and it took three or four tries before a good joint was made; I was somewhat tempted to go back there and give some assistance.
charlie hebdoYou are to wit as a wet blanket is to a fun party.
It's really not as effortless as I might make it seem.
Convicted One I don't think that thread was deleted....it just got moved to the "proper" folder. ROFL!
I don't think that thread was deleted....it just got moved to the "proper" folder. ROFL!
You are to wit as a wet blanket is to a fun party.
The thread about trucking and declining loads. Too political.
charlie hebdoNow threads are being deleted.
Not seeing anything deleted - just dropping off Page 1.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Are the threads being deleted ones that contain discussion about how the administrators run the forum?
Many times I've seen threads like that get locked, and then after they fade to the second or third page, they go *poof*
Trouble Coupling
BaltACD From the discription in the above, it sounds more like they had difficulty in getting a coupler to properly lock than that the broke the coupler or knuckle in trying to get the train started.
From the discription in the above, it sounds more like they had difficulty in getting a coupler to properly lock than that the broke the coupler or knuckle in trying to get the train started.
Two or three times when I was coming home, private cars were added to the rear in Denver--and it took three or four tries before a good joint was made; I was somewhat tempted to go back there and give some assistance.
Johnny
Miningman You are correct Firelock, that does read rather odd .. I'll change something. Thanks for that.
You are correct Firelock, that does read rather odd .. I'll change something. Thanks for that.
Aw, don't change it Miningman, why should I have all the fun?
Other people should have the pleasure of shooting Coca-Cola through their nose while reading it!
Well I jusr learned a lesson, NEVER read a headline too quickly!
"Roosevelt Dies From Mike Of Course!"
Whereupon I thought "HUH? WHAT DID MIKE DO?" Silly me!
Anyway, I remember my father telling me about when FDR died and they heard Harry Truman's voice on the radio for the first time. Dad said what a let-down it was, after listening to Roosevelt for 12 years. If anyone sounded presidential, it was certainly Franklin D. Roosevelt!
But, as Dad said, in the end Truman did pretty well.
Here's a recording of Woodrow Wilson, he sounded even more presidential than Roosevelt did! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb30L-NmKjo
Reminds me a bit of the late actor Lewis Stone.
Thanks, Paul. I had a vague memory about the 1401.
Incidentally, the Charlotte Division ran from Spencer to Atlanta; passenger trainmen ran the full length of the division, I believe.
How did a GG1 have or cause three (3) couplers to fail? That dosen't seem likely. Not saying it didn't happen, just don't understand.
Johnny, I would have to page through the first half of the book - about 100 pages - to answer most of your questions. However, from the index I quickly found (pg. 198) that the 1401 - the Smithsonian locomotive - hauled it 150 miles from Greenville, SC to Salisbury, NC (perhaps Spencer?). At least part of the SR portion of the trip was double-headed.
Maybe this weekend on the others.
- PDN.
It took me a moment to remember how the Southern took part in FDR's funeral train--and then I remembered that he died in Warm Springs, Georgia, which was on Southern's Atlanta-Columbus line.
Does the book tell what engine(s) took the train to Atlanta? I am not sure that those Pacifics were allowed on that track. Also, I think that the engines were changed att Salisbury, if not also at Greenville and/or Monroe. Were they doubleheaded? Is the engine in the Smithsonian one of those used for that trip? I wrote "Salisbury," but the shops were at Spencer, just above the city of Salisbury. (You may remember that Steve was supposed to get 97 into Spencer on time.)
Thank you.
OvermodWith all the controversy about off-topic this 'n that, how did we forget for so long about this thread? As I recall it was the 'lightning rod' for non-railroad discussions among community members. Drift and 'evolution' are expected, too
Last winter my cousin sent me a paperback book "FDR's FUNERAL TRAIN: A Betrayed Widow, A Soviet Spy, and A Presidency in the Balance", Robert Klara, St. Martin's Press, 2010. A fair amount of railroad detail - leaving Washington, the GG1 broke the couplers 3 times! Also some description of the Southern Ps-4 on the front for that portion of the trip, and a lot about FDR's private car, the Ferdinand Magellan.
And of course quite a lot about Eleanor Roosevelt. So this thread is no longer "Non-Topical"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0-IaIWwHCk
With all the controversy about off-topic this 'n that, how did we forget for so long about this thread? As I recall it was the 'lightning rod' for non-railroad discussions among community members. Drift and 'evolution' are expected, too
You’re never too young train scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUF2hqhP3w&t=25m
I was watching an old movie on TV a few years ago (about 1930) that, even though it was a talkie, still followed the practice of inserting captions on the screen. In a nightclub scene with an orchestra playing, they inserted this caption: The conductor never played "Carmen" because his brother was a motorman. It took me a few seconds to get it.
(edit): Clarification: i wasn't watching the movie around 1930. The movie was from about 1930.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
And another reply from a friend, Chris Foreman of the website
www,audioencyclopedia.com:
And, a bit of humor from my childhood. One day in the late 1960s, my mother saw an older woman at the grocery store who asked about me. My mother replied that I was studying engineering at the University of Nebraska. The older woman replied, "I just didn't know they were running that many trains any more!"
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