JoeKoh Mine is a B&O caboose in Deshler Ohio.Deshler is the crossroads of the B&O(now CSX).Hopefully they can get it moved from a park in the NE corner of the city closer to downtown.Hopefully the CPL's can stay up a little longer too. stay safe joe
Mine is a B&O caboose in Deshler Ohio.Deshler is the crossroads of the B&O(now CSX).Hopefully they can get it moved from a park in the NE corner of the city closer to downtown.Hopefully the CPL's can stay up a little longer too.
stay safe
joe
Do you give a little better location for the caboose? I have searched Google Earth and can't find it. I found a park with 2 softball diamonds, a city block sized "Village Park" with a gazebo, and a park with an airplane on stilts (F86 Sabre, I think) and a swimming pool nearby, but I can't see any caboose anywhere.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
oltmannd Mine is of a photo taken by my dad in 1951(?) at Chili NY of a NYC J3a Hudson, years before I was born. It was likely taken on an old folding camera with 1/100th shutter speed. While taking a photography class in college in 1977, I sorted through a bunch of my dad's old negatives and tried printing some of them. This particular one I liked because it captured the nature of steam at speed and is, perhaps better art than photograph. I chose it for my avatar because it connects my dad and myself and our history of train watching.
Mine is of a photo taken by my dad in 1951(?) at Chili NY of a NYC J3a Hudson, years before I was born. It was likely taken on an old folding camera with 1/100th shutter speed.
While taking a photography class in college in 1977, I sorted through a bunch of my dad's old negatives and tried printing some of them. This particular one I liked because it captured the nature of steam at speed and is, perhaps better art than photograph.
I chose it for my avatar because it connects my dad and myself and our history of train watching.
As an Avitar it is too small to see any distinction between art and photo, but my mind's eye adds all the detail I need to really like it!
Mine is a shot of an engine I hope to ride behind someday ATSF 3751.
SD70M-2DudeBut I would prefer a Hancock air whistle over Leslie or Nathan horns.
We used to run a Hancock for use in low-speed, built-up areas at our north end. The FRA said it wasn't loud enough (er, that was the whole idea?), so off it came and the horn was always used.
Some local residents were not amused, including a woman who brought her daughter trackside every day to enjoy the passing of the train. Instead of being greeted by the pleasant AirChime, she got blasted by the horn and was not happy...
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...
SD70M-2Dude But I would prefer a Hancock air whistle over Leslie or Nathan horns. Oh well, at least the K5LA cuts through fog and car windows admirably.
But I would prefer a Hancock air whistle over Leslie or Nathan horns. Oh well, at least the K5LA cuts through fog and car windows admirably.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
My wife's paternal grandfather worked on the Lackawanna RR.
If the RR had not transferred him to Binghamton, his son would not have met the woman he he eventually married, and my wife of 50 years would not have been born.
That is why I honor that RR in my avatar.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Paul_D_North_Jr Me in front of a BNSF Mark IV tamper on the west side of Phoenix a few years ago. I just love those machines and have the greatest respect for them, the technology in them, and the people who designed, built, operate and maintain them. For a track guy like me, that's more representative of my part of the railroad than just another locomotive. I know a few others here who would agree . . . If I change to another one, it'll probably be a cross-section drawing of a rail. I can think of a half dozen I might want to use - would probably go with 155 PS just to be unique (or 67-1/2 Russian to be perverse ). - PDN.
Me in front of a BNSF Mark IV tamper on the west side of Phoenix a few years ago.
I just love those machines and have the greatest respect for them, the technology in them, and the people who designed, built, operate and maintain them. For a track guy like me, that's more representative of my part of the railroad than just another locomotive. I know a few others here who would agree . . .
If I change to another one, it'll probably be a cross-section drawing of a rail. I can think of a half dozen I might want to use - would probably go with 155 PS just to be unique (or 67-1/2 Russian to be perverse ).
- PDN.
Dude is not CSSHEGEWISCH, but no one who has worked with older EMD's will ever forget the sound of those 2-stroke engines revving up and screaming away. And they are exactly like bus fumes, at least if you're thinking of Detroit-engined GM's.
Steam only escaped graffitti because spray cans weren't widely available yet, and chalk washes off quite easily.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Geared Steam--- Ain't that the truth. Heck, there must be 2, maybe even 3 different models out there...which will it be? Will the trucks be different this time? Oh the anticipation,,,and the aromas, just like bus fumes. Plus the graffiti only enhancing the railroading experience.
Expecting CSSHEGEWISCH to weigh in any moment with a defensive posture.
Honk honk, blatt, beep ..don't forget those great sounds.
BTW...no Avatar...did not like the movie and I won't support them.
Because I absolutely love modern diesels. I find them so exciting to watch as they roll by, and they vary so much in design,color and animation.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
Shot of the hood of a Pete 379, Tweety is saying "Hey, there's a putty tat in here!!". Guess which engine was under the hood.........
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
My avatar is of engine #2179 Y6b N&W at N&W station Norfolk. In earlier years I saw 2179 coming up from Portsmouth Ohio along Rt.23 headed for Columbus Ohio. Usually a coal haul with a double header. This was in the early 50s. The area was a % grade , a real workout for the team. That was a sight & sound to remember. That engine was seen most of the times mostly on the lead. Harry Collins the engineer sure knew his stuff.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
From a previous THREAD ,HERE :
My Avatar is a photo of the UPRR's Miniature Train Transporter ( used to haul the UP's #956. A 900 series E unit, and train cars, )
http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/mini-train/about_956/index.htm
FTL:"...The locomotive number UP 956 was chosen because the miniature locomotive was patterned after a 900-series passenger locomotive and built in '56. The locomotive was made from a tow tractor used to pull luggage wagons at large passenger train depots. A "flat-head" four-cylinder gasoline engine powers the miniature train locomotive. The locomotive and rail cars run on rubber tires so the train can operate on any solid surface.
Until 1998, the miniature train traveled around the UP system in a pair of matched boxcars numbered UP 903014 and UP 903015. Each boxcar was stenciled with "Miniature Train Service." Today the train moves to each event in a custom trailer built exclusively for the mini-train..."
It seemed appropriate for an Avatar; After all; I retired, having spent 25 years in Trucking!
And take all the fun out of it??
Semper VaporoUnfortunately, when someone changes their avitar, it changes in all previous posts, so it is not possible to see what Zugmann used back then. But I remember he has had some doozies!
Juxging from my comments on that thread, I think it was Rigby.
I do keep all of the ones I have used in a folder. One of these days I'll throw you all for a loop and use a RR one.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.
Paul of Covington {Snip} I thought I remembered discussing this some time ago, and sure enough, I finally found it: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/214824.aspx And it's anybody's guess what our chameleon Zugmann looked like back then.
{Snip}
I thought I remembered discussing this some time ago, and sure enough, I finally found it:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/214824.aspx
And it's anybody's guess what our chameleon Zugmann looked like back then.
Unfortunately, when someone changes their avitar, it changes in all previous posts, so it is not possible to see what Zugmann used back then. But I remember he has had some doozies!
(And all the photos of my dolls in that thread got lost when the hosting company decided to clean house [by accident, they said!])
Mine is an orange levitating above a bar of Irish Spring soap.
Murphy Siding rdamon What I usually see when I am not in the home office watching the Rochelle Cam! To me, yours is an optical illusion. I have terrible depth perception. Sometimes I see the engines on the wing of an airliner. Sometimes I see the back end of a big, late 50's car with fins. Yeah, it's weird.
rdamon What I usually see when I am not in the home office watching the Rochelle Cam!
What I usually see when I am not in the home office watching the Rochelle Cam!
To me, yours is an optical illusion. I have terrible depth perception. Sometimes I see the engines on the wing of an airliner. Sometimes I see the back end of a big, late 50's car with fins. Yeah, it's weird.
I will have to look for a Cadillac with fins for you!!
I think I took this photo when heading into LA over the Cajon Pass ...
Murphy Siding CSSHEGEWISCH I honor my father's combat service with mine. It's the 367th Bomb Squadron, part of the 306th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Thurleigh during WW2. Thurleigh is in the UK I presume? My father-in-law and his brother both flew B-17's out of Foggia, Italy toward the end of the war.
CSSHEGEWISCH I honor my father's combat service with mine. It's the 367th Bomb Squadron, part of the 306th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Thurleigh during WW2.
I honor my father's combat service with mine. It's the 367th Bomb Squadron, part of the 306th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Thurleigh during WW2.
Thurleigh is in the UK I presume? My father-in-law and his brother both flew B-17's out of Foggia, Italy toward the end of the war.
306th BG was part of the 8th Air Force, Thurleigh is in the UK and is still an active RAF base. 15th Air Force flew out of Foggia.
Mine is a photo of the last passenger train to serve my hometown, Manito, IL - population around 1,000 - "Salude"
That was my first train ride, at age two. The locomotive is The Last "American" type (4-4-0) built for a class 1 railroad in the US.
Mine is a locomotive owned by my great grandfather that hauled sugar cane from the field to his refinery:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulofcov/5401768775/in/set-72157626021256880
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Mine is a picture I took in the early 1980s from a Milwaukee Road train operating on the former Rock Island in Eastern Iowa between the Quad Cities and Iowa City. Iowa Interstate runs here now.
Jeff
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
My own personal shot of UP's CNW Heritage unit.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
zugmann Deggesty Mine should be self-explanatory, showing that I am almost dry behind my ears. I think it was taken 3 1/2 years ago, when my older step-daughter, Katie, and her daughter, Jackie, and I were traveling. You handsome guys can get away with those avatars. If I put my mug on here, I'd shut down the site.
Deggesty Mine should be self-explanatory, showing that I am almost dry behind my ears. I think it was taken 3 1/2 years ago, when my older step-daughter, Katie, and her daughter, Jackie, and I were traveling.
You handsome guys can get away with those avatars. If I put my mug on here, I'd shut down the site.
Ulrich No story behind my avatar.. I just like cats.. well all animals really.. but cats especially.
No story behind my avatar.. I just like cats.. well all animals really.. but cats especially.
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