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"Our" Place <est 12 Apr 2005> Adults talking Classic Trains!
Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:28 AM

G'day Gents!

Good to see CM3 Shane jump start the AM with a report on what's happenin' in the NE <rail wise> . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's something that will require some reading - found in the sub-basement archives centre . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

Now arriving on Track # 3

Classic Transit - Number One

Seattle Center Monorail

<Initially Posted on 20 Feb 2007, Page 23 at "Our" Place II>

Used with permission from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Formatting differences made necessary due to Forums requirements.

Seattle Center Monorail

Locale

Seattle

Transit type

Monorail

Began operation

March 24, 1962

System length

1.2 mi (1.6 km)

No. of lines

1

No. of stations

2

Daily ridership

7,000

Operator

Seattle Monorail Services

The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne. It claims to be the "only fully self-sufficient public transit system" in the United States, and with a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), to also be the fastest full-sized monorail in the country. The monorail trains and their tracks were given historical landmark status by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board April 16, 2003.

Creation and route

The monorail, which cost $3.5 million to build, opened on March 24, 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition, a World's Fair being held at the current site of Seattle Center. Eight million people rode the monorail during the half year the fair was open; today, annual ridership is around 2.5 million.

At the northern end of the line, the Experience Music Project building was designed so that the monorail passes through it on its way to the terminal.

Originally, the south end of the line was a large station in Westlake Park that formed a lid over the park. In 1988, the station was moved north a block with the construction of the Westlake Center shopping mall. In order to fit the design of the mall the tracks were moved closer together, such that there is only room for one train to occupy the Westlake Center station at a time. This design decision introduced a collision risk at the station that was eventually realized in 2005.

Operation

The monorail tracks with the Space Needle visible in the distance

The Seattle Center Monorail operates daily. It departs every 10 minutes from the station at Seattle Center enroute to Westlake Center Mall, at Fifth and Pine Street. Each trip takes two minutes to cover the approximately one mile route. Each train can carry up to 450 passengers per trip. The Monorail provides two-train service during special events and activities, with departures every five minutes or less.

Round-trip fares are $4.00 for adults, $1.50 for youth ages 5-12, $2.00 for senior 65+, disabled (with valid Regional Reduced Fare Permit), and persons with Medicare cards. One-way fares are half of the round-trip price. Children four and under ride free.

Potential demolition

In November 2002, Seattle voters approved the construction of a new 14-mile monorail line. The "Green Line," as it was known, was to be the first of five monorail lines running throughout the city. Partial service was scheduled to be available in 2007, and full service was scheduled for 2009. Due to the route chosen from Queen Anne to Downtown, the existing monorail line was to be demolished as part of that project. The Green Line project was terminated by a public vote in November 2005 after concerns were raised about its financing plan.

Accidents

(foto credit: Garrett Fitzgerald - Public Domain)

The train on the right was approaching the station, and should have yielded.

On July 25, 1971, a brake failure on the red train resulted in it striking the girder at the end of the track in the Seattle Center station, causing injuries to 26 passengers. In 2002 and 2003. passengers were evacuated by ladder after trains stalled on the track.

On May 31, 2004, a fire broke out on the monorail with 150 people aboard. No one was killed; five passengers were taken to the hospital, none of them burned. The line was closed until December 16, 2004, when service resumed with one of the two trains (the "red train," newly fireproofed) in operation.

(foto credit: Garrett Fitzgerald - Public Domain)

This train is in the approximate location of the accident in November 2005. Note how the space between the tracks narrows approaching the station.

On November 26, 2005, the two trains clipped one another on a curve, shearing the door off one train, smashing glass, and raining shards over passengers. Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries; no one else was seriously hurt. Poor design and driver error were blamed for the crash. In 1991, the South ends of the monorail tracks had been adjusted closer to each other to make room for the Westlake Center.

The Monorail reopened for service on Friday, August 11, 2006, but was quickly beset with problems two days later when the blue train stalled just short of Seattle Center and another breakdown on August 19 that trapped over 200 passengers in the blue train at almost the exact same spot as the prior week's breakdown. The monorail was out of service for almost three months to see if all problems had been fixed, with service being restored once again on November 8, 2006. However, the restoration came with a decrease in passenger capacity to no more than 200 people per train.

The monorail passes through the EMP (Experience Music Project) building.

References

Used with permission from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Formatting differences made necessary due to Forums requirements.

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Check out this URL for a detailed look at the origin of the system:

http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2524

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:57 PM

Good afternoon Ruth, I'm in for Lunch today Thumbs Up [tup] a large smoked meat sandwich on rye wuith all the fixin's if you don't mind. I think a nice draft of Canadian and several pickels from teh barrell should do wonders for me as well. Keep the change as alwaya,one never knows when another long weekend may be approaching eh Question [?]

Tom-As proprieter and chief boss and bottle washer ( delegated to Boris of coarse ) you can pick which ever of those photo's you wish for yourself.Approve [^] It was hard to designate the Go shot cause everyone round this place loves F unit's.

I'm thinking that "landing" was achieved by either Copperkettle on his first attempt ( while sober ) or by the late lammented One Way Jones the chief test pilot for the Mentor district air defence group.

Hopefully Nick isn't surrounded by too many leather wrapped "babe" of H&H's epic proportions.Shock [:O]That or he should be allowed to at least wear a blind fold.Blindfold [X-)] ( Not unlike One Way Jone's)

Great info on the Settle Monorail system,it always struck me as odd that they would have picked a monorail over a traditional "L" system,but hey Seattle an odd sort of town.

Eric-Great shot of the Mexican ROW,I wonder if that train is delivering the latest order of Tequilla Nick ordered ( for medicinal uses Whistling [:-^] )

Shane-Good eye on those GEXR GP's. The are billed as GP10's I'm assuming a Paducah rebuild at some point. they've been reworked so many times over their lives it's hard to say where and what is original on them anymore. That calf is apparently from the digging I've done and ex C&O unit that came up from the various Rail America / Rail Link SUBSIDIARIES stateside.That shots about five years old now and I haven't seen it around since,it's still on the umbrellaa roster of Rail America  as of 2006 but on which road I ahve no idea.I wonder if that bridge replacement project might yield the unforseen benefit of the people along the B&A wanting more passenger trains on their route. This might be the start of something good.

Rob

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:18 PM

Hey Ruth back again,I think I need a refill on the Canadian,looks like the bossman's up about the decks as well so pour him a stiff one as well. Keep the change again,gotta pay for those extra fuel chargees on the flights.

Tom-Just gotta sya love the RS18 at the top of your posts today.It's alot cleaner and glossy than what they would have been in service but it's a beaut.Thumbs Up [tup]Approve [^]Yeah!! [yeah]

So some more photo's for the children today,yes Boris you can let the critters see them as well.

Another classic TH&B dual use GP9 402 bringing a freight up through the Welland tunnel under the Welland Canal,in the mid 80's just after CP formally assimilated the TH&B but still hadn't repainted and rebuilt everything.

A sad one LRC 2's and 3's in the scrap lines in London Ontario 2004,most only 20 years old having been built in 1984-85.

Another ex CN Bombardier unit and HR412 still running on the St Thomas and Eastern in St Thomas Ontario. 2006

A diesel rarity ( even when new ) an ex CPR CLC built diesel hydrolic switcher now running as fill in power for the small CNR mogels on the South Simcoe excusion trains.

enjoy

Rob

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:18 PM

Well good afternoon again folks,looks like I'm in by myself again oh well,I'll keep Ruth company and play a game or two of crib with her until Leon saunters in. Lets share a couple cold keith's their Ruth. While I'm here here's a couple more photo's for the gang.

A Cp train hauled by one of the SD's that got painted into teh St Lawrence and Hudson paint scheme when CP renamed the eastern portion of the railroad in the early 90's.

Another rare treat a Great Northern RS1 that has been restored and preserved at the West Coast rail Museum in Squamish BC,home of Royal Hudson 2860 soon to be steaming again as well Thumbs Up [tup] ( non operational from what I understand )but a beautifull cosmetic job

CN GP9 rebuild at London east yard London Ontario.

A worn Pt Ste Charles Caboose used for some transfer runs that require a backing plateform sitting in the Brantford yard 2005.

enjoy

Rob

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Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:13 PM

G'day Gents!


It's been an "all trolleyMAN" afternoon both here ‘n over on "my other Thread" . . . very much appreciated, Mate! Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow]

Continuing on with Rendezvous III  fotos . . .

NOTE: Day Three at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation <MoT, Kirkwood> . . .

"Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous III - St. Louis, MO 2008 - Day Three

 

(177) From on board the miniature railway - twice ‘round the grounds!

(178) Delaware Car Co. interurban . . . no further info <not listed in collection book, must be new addition>

(179)

(180) "Mystery" rail bus - seen on a previous visit on upper level. Perhaps moved for some restoration Question [?]

(181)

(182) St. Joe mine train ‘n shovel

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More to follow  . . .  Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

 

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Posted by nickinwestwales on Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:41 PM

Well well,welcome to Count Robulla`s Canadian thursday ( a traditional,if slightly obscure,holiday)-excellent stuff mate-will get to it all in a bit...

Right Leon-looks like the slaves(whoops) volunteer staff have got the grip of the galley so I can kick back and enjoy-and what a feast Approve [^] So lets have some beer-A round for the house please -weather here has returned to what passes for normal-and hope you are all free and clear of the flood zone as reported on the news over here-sounds pretty grim....although compared to China & Asia recently.............................

Enough of the real world..Has anybody else found those wee buttons on the stools -press the green one and you rise up a foot or so into `dome car` position and can see through the back windows and watch the Mentor Flyer cruise through with drink in hand-gotta love it Approve [^]....

Right-to the business-ROB-As far as I know,it was only the G.W.R that used the `colour` route availability,believe it or not some of the less common Wrenn models are asking a cool $1000 on the second hand market if M.I.B...crazy....As a child of the `60`s I was the perfect height to truly appreciate the mini skirt (take a moment to think this through)--fine pix-The chevrons are always a welcome addition,the G& ER has great cyl. hoppers in the back ground,the switchers have Canada geese in the foreground-enjoy the unexpected in any pic Approve [^]

ERIC-Hey Joe....Down Mexico way-have had enough tequila trouble to last a lifetime-a younger (and duller) me would grab the bottle from your hand-happily ,I lived to tell the tale-

Pirate [oX)]Captain [4:-)]TOM-You naughty man-Elisabeth ( My mother in law) is safely bedded down with the small monkey Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] and set fair for a week of fun to take her out of herself-as I am sure yo know ,you rascal !!!!!-Sounds like the haus hound had a difficult puppyhood-Kids,pups-you worry about them all when they are not right-guess we are all just big softies in our own way...Now-star signs-I am a Boll Weevil but with strong Possum & Armadillo tendancies.......where does that leave me ????

SHANE -Delighted you have a Beagle in the visiting K9 auxiliaries-have always had Beagles as family hounds-get enough of them in one place and you might have a brain between them Approve [^]-lovely affectionate beasts....

Agree that once one starts collecting,the magic is gone-that first oval of track with a station,lying on the floor watching her run past........................(list your preferred set of stations)...................................

Pirate [oX)]Captain [4:-)]TOM-A fine piece on the monorails-give me a day or two and I will dig out some stuff on the Listowel & Ballybunion monorail in south west Ireland-one of those " is that for real" numbers...trust me-worth the wait Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]-the only example of a double-boilered 0-3-0 tank engine on record

ROB-One way Jones-A local hero-One has only to recall his heroically stupid bicycle assault on the Mentor Nomads M.C clubhouse or his attempt to achieve contact with the orbiting space station in the Mentor Olympus rocket ( 3 dustbins and 12 oxygen cylinders plus a mile of masking tape ) to know we are in the presence of greatness.....

Love that T.H.B livery-deserves a model-or better still,a layout full-Timber train & the South Simcoe 44 tonner look alike- sweet -an excellent selection old thing Thumbs Up [tup]Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup]

Right-time for a last round -sup up boys-heres one for Herr Wurlitzer-Sailing up to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys-look it up-its WILD !!!! -Irish punk,Boston style Approve [^] 

O.K -enough rambling from me-Have a good day everybody,take care,speak soon

Chef [C=:-)]      

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:26 PM

Good evening Leon,I see that you have had some customers so alls well at the bar by the ballast. Thumbs Up [tup] Just a small draft of Guiness if you don't mind ,yes the "mentor pint" in honour of the reminicences of one way Jones Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom-Couple great shots in that latest round from R3 Thumbs Up [tup] Loved the minning equipment,looks like a nice setting around the grounds nice to see that they have the mini train to take you to and from the sights.

Glad to have been of assistance this afternoon. ( nice to know you can take an afternoon off once in awhile eh Question [?] )

Nick-A yes tequilla,bane of many peoples existance. Ever notice how so many people have the bad tequilla experiance stories to tell. Usually has something to do with eating the bottled invertibrate and barely living to tell about it.

Hope you have a happy family week,we'll miss you the days your not in but I know you'll make up for it. In the finest One way Jone's style , someone will have to tackle the kitchen garburator and stack of dishes once your back.Shock [:O] Never loose hope or your contact lenses to quote Mr Jones !

Glad you got some kicks from today's photo's.We'll send you some of those birds from that picture,they make fine eating,bonapetitte

Lets see I need another draft, thanks Leon,Here's a few more shots from Father's day Thumbs Up [tup]

25.

The Me109 and Spit taxying out for the finally

26.

The other Spit and Hurricane taxying out for the final fly past

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The Dakota in it's newpaint job readying for flight.

28.

The Lancaster taxying out for the final flypast.

29.

The Final fly past the Lanc with two Spits the Hurricane and the 109 formed up on it Wow!! [wow]

enjoy

Rob

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Posted by Gunneral on Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:35 PM

Hi Tom and all,

Leon, the usual round of Tui`s for all the guys` please!Yeah!! [yeah]

To all. Still having the pasting from Word glitch over here, have been in contact with my server, NZ Telstraclear, and they have said that it could be due to too many people being on line on dial up service in our township area?Confused [%-)] Will have to keep my posts` short and sweet like Nick is doing.Wink [;)]Thumbs Up [tup] 

Nick. Thanks for all your great pix of the Welsh narrow gauge locos` and all the Brit Rly one`s too. Nice write up on the Hornby Dublo and Tri-ang model Rly equipment with the pix, nice pix of your trainshed too.Approve [^] England rugger team is in all sorts of trouble over here at the moment, the media are giving them a hard time over the Hilton Hotel incident in Auckland.Banged Head [banghead]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Rob. Many thanks for all the great selection of airshow pix mate, the Lancaster and Spitfire and all the other planes look really well looked after, a credit to all those volunteers who keep them in such great condition. Nice lot of pix of all the diesel locos` and yet another caboose.Approve [^] Am trying not to get too frustrated over my pasting dial up glitches`.Banged Head [banghead]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Pete. Many thanks for that great "Bittern" pic and all the other ones` of Allan`s, thank him for me please.Approve [^] Nice set of BOB SR Pacifics you posted, Bullied was way ahead in the innovation stakes as far as his last lot of locos` turned out, pity the mechanical gear let them down at first. I do`nt think the England boys` have much chance against the AB`s in Christchurch tomorrow!Grumpy [|(]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

CM3. Interesting info on the Thames River bridge replacment. Baseball is classed as a minor sport over here in NZ, cricket is the main hardball game played in the summer here, the NZ Softball team has won the World International Series a few times.Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Eric. Hope your feeling much better today, take it easy mate!Wink [;)] Nice pic of that train running alongside the main street in Nogales, Mex.Approve [^] Have managed NOT to throw my PC out of the window, SO FAR!Banged Head [banghead]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom. Belated Happy B-Day [bday] greetings to Juneau, give him an extra BIG juicy bone for me please!Yeah!! [yeah] Catfish is my Southern birth sign according to Shane`s listing. Enjoyed all your great pix of the Gangs` visit to Kirkwood museum on RVIII, what a great collection of varied transport equipment they have on display there. Nice info and pix on the Toy Trains and a very interesting post on the Seattle Monorail system, many thanks.Approve [^] Glad your water main problem was fixed so fast, all you need now is your basement leak sorted out and you will be on cloud nine!Smile [:)] Dial Up service here is a pain in the "***", being in a country area we are not yet on the fibre-optic hook up for internet service, so that`s why our broadband is so expensive here at the moment.Banged Head [banghead]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

See ya,  Allan 

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Posted by EricX2000 on Friday, June 20, 2008 1:48 AM

Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!

Leon, my friend! Yes, you are right, a perfect night for Rumpsteak Café de Paris! Medium as always! Tuborg Gold!

My two day work week is over! The heat is on and it is going to get a little bit warmer this weekend.

Tom –  Standard alloy? You should have asked for golden faucets! Wink [;)]

You are right about those RDCs. It was most likely not cheap to convert them to coaches. But it happened.

Interesting article on Toy Trains! I regret I got rid of the trains I had as a kid. The oldest model train I have today is a steam loco and some cars I bought 1955. They still run just fine.Smile [:)]

Some photos from the Museum of Transportation! How about photo #171, interior of Car #10. Wolfman ‘n Shane taking it easy. ??? One can hardly see them.Oops [oops] How about that lady?Whistling [:-^] Hmm. Nice Photos!!Thumbs Up [tup]

Ford Volvo? The Volvos I have owned were all Volvo's Volvo. The last one was a 740 GL 1985. Had it for 6 years and then sold it to my boss.Smile [:)]

No comments about Nogales? I understand. For a number of years it was part of my job to go down there once a month and check things at a plant that did some assembly for us. The best part of those trips were my stops at Cracker Barrel in Tucson for breakfast and late lunch on the way to and from Nogales.Smile [:)]

The Seattle Monorail! I regret I never tried it when I was in town for a few days with the X2000. The monorail stopped just outside the hotel door and I could see it from my hotel room window.

Interesting photos from the miniature railway at MoT! I didn’t think they had that much stuff down there. I tried to find some info on the Delaware Car Company, but had no luck. Sigh [sigh]

CM3 –  Dry heat is still hot. To be honest, I don’t like the heat the way I used to just a few years ago, but I still prefer it over cold weather. This week it has been 112-113Ëš every day, 112 today. Smile [:)]

Thanks for the round!Thumbs Up [tup]

Thanks for the Amtrak info!Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Rob –  As I mentioned to CM3, over 110Ëš is not that nice any more. I guess it comes with the age. Wink [;)]

Yes, the Swedish Air Force had a whole bunch of Harvards and used them for many years as trainers. The Swedish Air Force was actually ranked as the fourth strongest air force in the world in the 50’s.Smile [:)]

I had a quick look in one of my books about airplanes but couldn’t find any info on the converted Hellcat. Thanks for the air show photos!Thumbs Up [tup] I like the formation of the Lancaster and those fighters! Yeah!! [yeah]

Nice photos, especially the one of the F7 pulling at least 10 bilevel cars! I also like the last one of the Railink GP with a calf! Smile [:)]

The Mexican train had two tank cars marked “Tequila for medical use only”. Must have been what Nick ordered.

LRC 2’s and 3’s, please refresh my memory about those locos! I am sure you have  written about them before, but my memory...Confused [%-)]

Great Northern, are they still around? There are a few locomotives in Sweden in the same livery and marked Great Northern. I wonder if there is a connection?

Pete –  I’ll send the farewell dinner photos sometime this weekend. Smile [:)]

You are right about Ernst Udet. I am sure he did not have a boring life.

Nice steamy photos from Alan!Smile [:)]

Nick –  Interesting model train ads!Thumbs Up [tup] Even a RDC in one of them! And your first train set! 38 years of age!

Tequila is for medical use only! Whistling [:-^]

Allan –  Glad you made it tonight!Smile [:)] You better keep your PC. Don’t give up!Thumbs Up [tup]

 

Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Company's Shaw at Grand Canyon Railway's station, Williams, AZ.

 

Round for the house! 

Eric 




 

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Posted by coalminer3 on Friday, June 20, 2008 8:40 AM

Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.  Temperature in the high 40s this a.m and partly cloudy.

Rob - G&E is listed as a GP10 - it confused me a little (more than usual) as most Paducah r/bs had oxbow air filters.  Of course, nobody would make changes or modify equipment would they?  (Something I tell my students all the time).  Nice shot of TH&B 402 in a somewhat different location.  Also enjoyed the CN r/b GP9.  Wish I could have heard the flyover, let alone see it!  Nice job!

Nick - K9 auxiliaries - let's see we have an active K9 dog who lives two doors over - he's does drug detection, etc. for the local police dept.  The we have two former K9s (Belgian Shepherds) who live down the street, a new Golden retriever puppy across the street - so the roster keeps growing. 

Drop Kick Murphys?  Excellent!  Let's see if we have "Tessie" in the jukebox - unofficial anthem of the Red Sox Nation.  Those of you who have seen the movie "Fever Pitch" have heard the band. 

Eric - Glad to see that you're up and around.  Great Northern is part of BNSF.  Ride the Empire Builder, you're on the GN. 

GN182 was built in 1944 as part of a four locomotive order.  It was sold to Western Dominion Coal Mines in 1960 which is probably how the museum got hold of it. 

Lovely Shay - WM6 (the biggest Shay) resides in WV at the Cass Scenic Railroad.  Check out their site http://www.cassrailroad.com/locos.html and read all about it. 

OSP was in with monorail information - I guess their philosophy was learn by doing.  Also more museum pictures.  I did some looking after I got back from St. Louis and here's what I have found so far. 

The Delaware Car Co. is (was) an outfit in Wilmington, DE that repaired damaged railcars.  Unless I miss my guess, the car sitting in the weeds is a McKeen car (in many ways ancestor to your favorite RDCs.  The following is an excellent survey of McKeen cars.  http://www.shiwasseehistory.com/mckeen.html

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, June 20, 2008 8:55 AM

<VIA Rail's Evangeline Park car at Halifax station - personal foto>

Friday's Grin

Brain Cramps

"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman  Einstein." 

-- former NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

G'day Gents!

Awwwwwwright, it's Friday! Fill up those Java mugs, grab a few pastries ‘n order a <light> or <traditional> breakfast to jump start the end of the work week <for many>! Yeah!! [yeah]

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Keeping track!

216 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . . the end!

182 fotos from Rendezvous III

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Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):

Thursday - June 19th <all times Central daylite>:

Page 42 - CM3 Shane <coalminer3> at 9:14 AM: A nice run-down on what's happenin' along that NE corridor impacted by the replacement of the Thames River Bridge at new London, CT. Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow] Would be a great time to take the alternate route to BahStun, eh Question [?] Butchanowat Question [?] After calling the mid-west home for over 30 years, I don't miss the congestion factor one bit - not at all! Far too many people - one gets used to a slower pace ‘n I'm enjoying it! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Yeah, all the games count - which is the travesty of inter league play. ‘nuf said from Moi on the subject. <barf>

Zep diversionary flight scared the wits outta my Husky - he nearly grab "holt" of the tether line - that wudda been a riot! <uh oh> Anyway, bones retrieved! <munch> <crunch>

Thanx for the visit, good skinny, quarters ‘n ROUND! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

 

Page 43 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 12:57 PM ‘n 1:18 PM ‘n 4:18 PM: In with a trifecta on this slow day at the bar . . . Glad you made it "in," for we're fresh-out-of-periphery-guys, eh Question [?] Even our Bar Chandler somehow managed to skip the opportunity for Posting due to his "all day" dental appointment. SHE must be nice! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Say "ahhhhhhhh" dearie! Now let me just YANK that tooth a bit . . . <arrrrrggggghhhhh>

Aside from having my prescription checked, your visits are chock full o' good stuff for everyone! Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow] Doesn't appear that you've absorbed very much of the material at Molly Throttlebottoms Adult Learning Centre ‘n Mud Wrestling Emporium - hmmmmm, perhaps the mud wrestling part. <uh oh> Anyway, consider yourself re-re-enrolled for a repeat, repeat "go" at transposition-typing, basic course, part one! <geesh>

One-way Jones, Copperkettle, H&H, Boris ‘n Leon - it never stops ‘round here, eh Question [?] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

That's CRIMINAL to scrap those LRCs after such a short-lived run . . . <geesh> Simply wasteful . . . watsammata those guys, eh Question [?] Thumbs Down [tdn]

Enjoyed your spate of fotos - even though I had a bit of difficulty finding the road names you mentioned on some . . . Hmmmmmm. Hittin' the hard stuff again, eh Question [?]

Seriously - many thanx for keeping the place "going" this fine day - otherwise it wudda been a "wash." Five-Thumbs Up [tup] to our Manager!

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Page 43 - Nick <nickinwestwales> at 7:41 PM <1:41 AM Friday GMT>: Didn't expect to see our Resident Londoner in Wales this evening . . . but of course most pleased that you made it ‘in"! Bow [bow] That stool "fits" quite well, eh Question [?] Spared no expense, Mate - no expense too great for our GoR! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

From six to sixty - someone said about sailors . . . Well, not really THAT young! <geesh> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] All's fair in love ‘n war, so it is also said, eh Question [?] But perhaps one of the better ones is "They all look good at closing time!" <uh oh> Anyway, NO aspersions cast in the direction of your MiL . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Sorry, ole chap - but "punk" anything leaves me rather cooooooooold - not at all even close to acceptable for my tastes. And, they are very broad when it comes to MU-ZIK! Yeah!! [yeah]

Horoscopes or Scareoscopes - we just have to play the hand that's dealt, eh Question [?] I look at ‘em for the humor aspect - would hardly side-bet on ‘em. <nah> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

"Sampled" some "shooters" one night in a Texas bistro - rode the bull ‘n stayed aboard! <yikes>

Given all the diversions in your life, a fine inclusive effort, chock full o' good cheer along with a ROUND! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 10:26 PM: And what to my eyes should appear, but MORE warplanes! <geesh> The Manager has "lost it" - where's the trains, Mate Question [?] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

The mini-train at the MoT is nothing more than a rather large perimeter run in the lower portion of the grounds. No stops - but twice ‘round, which makes for a nice run. All the fotos were taken from the moving train . . . lots of plans for expansion of the exhibits into the area. You'd luv it . . .

Well, I really didn't take the PM off so much as I was trying to "space" my Posts - but there you were! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Then I thought our Bar Chandler would put something up BEFORE he headed out to have his "toofs" worked on . . . so it was a strange day of looking, but not leaping ‘til it became apparent that we'd not see Wolfman. <groan>

I like to make sure that we have at least an hour between Posts . . . sometimes it works, sometimes not . . . BUT do appreciate all the effort you put forth for the benefit of our crew! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup] Yeah!! [yeah]

Hard to envision that the skies over Europe were darkened by the squadrons ‘n squadrons of fighters ‘n bombers over 60 years ago. Nice work with the fotos . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

I see that the Blues sent Jamal Mayers to the Leafs <his home town> - the guy is a steady player ‘n one who gave a good 10 years in St. Louis. He'll be missed . . .

Thanx for the visit! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - Allan <Gunneral> at 10:35 PM <5:35 PM Friday NZ time>: Back atcha, Mate with a ROUND for that super-fine < I3 > Post! Bow [bow] Yeah!! [yeah] Wow!! [wow] Did a fine job in spite of the Gremlins lurking about <aboot for Rob!>. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] As you know, we're more interested in having our GoR active than worrying over the length of a Post - knowing that you give a Rat's Patoot is what counts ‘round this joint! <cheers> <clink>

When the day arrives where you can dump the dial up <DDU>, go for it - you'll luv the difference! Yeah!! [yeah]

I find it interesting to see the origins of the sports being played here that can be traced to other countries . . . of course hockey being the exception as it is a Canadian-originated game, perhaps best played by Europeans! Go figger that, eh Question [?] I do enjoy international hockey - but the NHL is coming ‘round by putting the brakes on the "thuggery" ‘n the like. Anyway, rugby ‘n cricket surely have "off spring" here in the states! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Many thanx for getting back with us ‘n hang in there - anytime you can make it "in" we'll be most pleased to take your money! <KaChing> <KaChing>

Page 43 - Eric <EricX2000> at 1:48 AM <11:48 PM Thursday Sandbox time>: What a fine looking steamer in your foto at Williams, AZ! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup] Is she operational Question [?] Anyway, looks fine . . . Yeah!! [yeah]

Was surprised you didn't join us on the mini-train ride . . . maybe NEXT time, eh Question [?] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Not too many weeks pass by where my lament comes roaring back over the loss of my childhood electric trains. Wasn't my doing <as discussed at the bar many times>  - but they're gone-zo ‘n all that's left are some wunnerful memories. <bittersweet>

Seems to be some "interest" amongst a few of our GoR regarding "that lady." Hmmmmm. C'mon guys - a married mother of at least 2 that I saw - BUT, still as guys go - not bad, not bad, eh Question [?] <uh oh>

I'm keeping my Belgium Volvo <owned by Ford!> ‘til I can't drive anymore . . . a fine car, too expensive to maintain, but still a fine car. Thumbs Up [tup] Only put less than 5 thousand miles per year on her, so the car should hang in there for us. The wagon provides the versatility I like to have in an automobile . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

Many thanx for you fine < I3 > Post, ROUND, visit ‘n chat! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - CM3 Shane <coalminer3> at 8:40 AM: First, many thanx for the insights regarding the interurban we saw down in the "hollow <holler>" at the MoT! Nice link too. Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow]

Cards dropped all three to our cross state rivals . . . but NOT rivals in the sense that there's a reason for this crap. <barf> One of the worst teams in the AL knocks the socks off one of the better. Watch out BahStun, here we come - limping along. <groan>

Beantown had ANOTHER parade, eh Question [?] They're getting good at it, I'd say! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

As always, a fine inclusive effort begun by quarters for the juke 'n a ROUND! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

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Reminder: Ruth has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.

TODAY is Pizza ‘n Beer Nite! - and - Steak ‘n Fries Nite!

Saturday is Steak ‘n All The Trimmings Nite!

Dinner begins at 5 PM Dinner [dinner] so come early ‘n often! Yeah!! [yeah]

Cindy is our Saturday bartender! Yeah!! [yeah]

Boris, serve ‘em all of the "spiked" OJ they can handle! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, June 20, 2008 11:47 AM

G'day Gents!

Seems like another one of those strange days <daze> at the Saloon by the Siding - we've gotten the "word" about <aboot for Rob> that our Manager will be scarce today 'n tomorrow - but what's with our Bar Chandler Question [?] Still at the dentist Question [?] <geesh>

Anyway, here's something to keep things going . . .

 

Now Arriving on Track #1

Back in the Day - Number Three

The Chiefs of the Santa Fe

 <Initially Posted on 25 Sep 2007, Page 116 at "Our" Place II>

Some say the 1950s were the last of the glory days for American classic trains. If true, then the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF - Santa Fe) was perhaps the most storied of the lot.

The Super Chief, the premier passenger train of the Santa Fe, was also known as "The Train of the Stars." The train made its eastbound voyage from Los Angeles, a "neighbor" of Hollywood and the "stars' who enjoyed the amenties offered between southern California and Chicago.

Amongst the many features found aboard that train was a private dining room, called the Turquoise Room. An experience for the gentry and celebrities seeking something set apart from the mainstream for railroad travel.

The Super Chief's route paralleled America's most famous highway, US Route 66 - the main street of American dreams.

A typical Super Chief consist from 1951 to 1956:

  • EMD F7A Locomotive #38L
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #38A
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #38B
  • EMD F7A Locomotive #38C
  • Baggage #3415
  • Railway Post Office #83
  • Baggage-Buffet-Lounge (also included a barber shop) #1385 San Pascal
  • Sleeper Palm Top (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Pine Arroyo (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Regal Corps (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • "Turquoise Room"-"Pleasure Dome"-Lounge #502
  • Fred Harvey Company Diner (48 seats) #605
  • Dormitory-Club-Lounge Car #1343
  • Sleeper Regal Hunt (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Regal Manor (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Palm Lore (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper-Lounge-Observation Vista Club (4 drawing rooms, 1 double bedroom)

A typical Super Chief consist from the early 1960s (all-Pullman section):

  • EMD F7A Locomotive #303L
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #303A
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #19A
  • EMD F7A Locomotive #44L
  • Baggage #3544
  • Sleeper Palm Summit (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Pine Lodge (10 Roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Indian Drum (11 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Regal Isle (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • "Turquoise Room"-"Pleasure Dome"-Lounge #501
  • Fred Harvey Company Diner (48 seats) #606
  • Sleeper Regal Crest (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Indian Pony (11 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Palm Leaf (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Pine Range (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)

<consist information from Wikipedia.com>

Super Chief being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, New Mexico. March 1943. (Public Domain - wikipedia.com)

AT&SF Promotional material <Image from multiple sources>

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The Chief offered upscale bedroom service between Los Angeles and Chicago. Its slogan, "Extra Fast - Extra Fare" exemplified the "rolling boudoir" acceptance for Hollywood's stars and film executives.

The train was begun as an all-Pullman limited passenger service to the Santa Fe's California Limited. In 1926, the all-heavyweight consists marked luxury at a finer level with an advertised journey of 63 hours to Chicago from Los Angeles. A day closer than anything seen previously. By the end of 1930, the time had been reduced to 56 hours, with an all-steel consist of cars.

A typical heavyweight Chief consist in Winter, 1937:

A typical "mixed" Chief consist as of January 31, 1938 (the Chief regularly included heavyweight head-end cars in its consist, even into the late 1940s):

  • 4-6-4 "Hudson"-type Steam Locomotive #3460 (also known as the "Blue Goose")
  • Railway Post Office #79 (heavyweight)
  • Baggage #1894 (heavyweight)
  • Baggage-Buffet-Lounge #1380 San Miguel (also included a barber shop)
  • Sleeper Otowi (17 roomettes)
  • Sleeper Ganado (14 sections)
  • Sleeper Toreva (8 sections, 2 compartments, 2 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Mankoweap (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 Dbl. Bdrm.) Dormitory-Club-Lounge #1373 Tesuque Fred Harvey Company Diner #1477
  • Sleeper Mohave (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Sinyala (8 sections, 2 compartments, 2 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper-Observation-Lounge Betahtakin (4 drawing rooms, 1 double bedroom)

Transcontinental Sleeping Car Service was inaugurated in Spring 1946, and the Chief began regularly carrying three such cars in its consist: two originating in New York City, and the other in Washington, DC (most often these were smooth-sided cars painted two-tone Pullman grey). By the following summer, the Chief had retired all of its steam-driven motive power and was usually pulled behind A-B-B-A sets of EMD FT locomotives or A-B-A sets of the new ALCO PAs).

The following is a typical all-lightweight Chief consist as of late 1947:

  • ALCO PA Locomotive #53L
  • ALCO PB Locomotive #53A
  • ALCO PA Locomotive #53B
  • Baggage #3452
  • Railway Post Office #88
  • Baggage #3438
  • Baggage-Buffet-Lounge #1381 San Marcial (also included a barber shop)
  • Sleeper Maito (17 roomettes)
  • Sleeper Verde Valley (6 sections, 6 roomettes, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Imperial Park (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Tapacipa (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Dormitory-Club-Lounge #1372 Picuris
  • Fred Harvey Company Diner #1497
  • Sleeper Kayenta (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Sinyala (8 sections, 2 compartments, 2 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Tolani (8 sections, 2 compartments, 2 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper-Observation-Lounge Biltabito (4 drawing rooms, 1 double bedroom)

A typical Chief consist in the mid-1950s (note the absence of an observation car, which was eliminated as per Santa Fe policy):

  • EMD F7A Locomotive #46C
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #46B
  • EMD F3B Locomotive #19B
  • EMD F7B Locomotive #301A
  • EMD F7A Locomotive #301L
  • Baggage #3657
  • Baggage #3442
  • Baggage-Dormitory #1381
  • "Chair" car / Coach (44 "leg-rest" seats) #2938
  • "Chair" car / Coach (44 "leg-rest" seats) #2883
  • "Chair" car / Coach (44 "leg-rest" seats) #2909
  • Lunch Counter-Diner #1568
  • "Chair" car / Coach (44 "leg-rest" seats) #2848
  • "Chair" car / Coach (44 "leg-rest" seats) #2831
  • "Big Dome"-Lounge #509
  • Fred Harvey Company Diner #1491
  • Sleeper Blue Island (10 roomettes, 2 compartments, 3 double bedrooms)*
  • Sleeper Pine Dale (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Palm Star (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
  • Sleeper Citrus Valley (6 sections, 6 roomettes, 4 double bedrooms) (ran from Chicago, Illinois - Denver, Colorado; switched out at La Junta, Colorado).
  • Sleeper Estancia Valley (6 sections, 6 roomettes, 4 double bedrooms) (ran from Denver, Colorado - Los Angeles, California; switched in at La Junta, Colorado).

*NOTE: The nineteen "10-2-3" sleepers in the Blue series had a floorplan configuration unique to the Santa Fe.

<consist info from Wikipedia.com>

Train #19, The Chief; 8 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: west of La Junta, Colo., March 18, 1934. (Fair Use - Denver Public Library/Wikipedia.com)

The Chief; 13 cars, 50 MPH. Photographed: detouring near Littleton, Colo., July 15, 1951. (Fair Use - Denver Public Library/Wikipedia.com)

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Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

 

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Posted by DL - UK on Friday, June 20, 2008 12:11 PM

Hello Tom and all in

I'll check out the food menu and leave a round for the house. Visits from me are too few and far between - so I envy the rest of the regulars who have put in soem great posts and pics I've just scanned though - nice to see the pics esp - the rendezvous photo album keeps on coing - what a great event it must have been - have you fixed Rendezvous IV yet?

Hope everyone is well - and as I see, nice to see all the regulars in with recent posts on various interestign topics. I've scanned a few previous pages too - not had time to keep up with all of the text, but dipped in and out of a few things.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

All the best

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Posted by trolleyboy on Friday, June 20, 2008 3:35 PM

Good afternoon Ruth just aquick run and read. I'll leave a twenty for some later in the evening festivities for the gang.Just a quick Keith's there for me Ruth ifyadontmind Big Smile [:D]

Tom-I haven't read through it in it's entirity yet, but that ATSF post looks interesting.Maybe Pete's testing some new novacane ( for longer lasting trysts appointments Whistling [:-^] ) hopefully he'll make it in this afternoon.

I saw the trade to the blues, as one local commentator said he should give the team the "set" it was missing all last year,it's also draft day and we have a couople good picks in what seems to be a bumper crop so one can only hope.

What can I say you know I enjoy the "atmosphere" at Molly's,glad that you liked the photo'smost of teh missing roadnames are due to the fact that the locomotives are so freely traded and not necessarily repianted quickly on shortlines and regionals. Glad you could follow along though.Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Shane-Yes a GP 10 with more cosmetic changes than Joan Rivers Shock [:O]Laugh [(-D] Who knows what it was ,or what it may yet become.You would have loved the sights and sounds of that flypast,raised goosebumps let me tell you.

Eric-Neat steamer,I'm glad to know, that Nick's refreshments perscription is on it's way.Wink [;)]he LRC's were bombardiers high speed diesel passenger locomotives,air powered tilting and running gear which operated the LRC coaches they built as well ( still in use ) The locmotives were tested on Amtrak as well but handed back without orders.The tilt /air ride suspension was problematic adn is disconected on the coaches which are still used in everyday corridor trains. The loco's being a minority builder Bombardier built with Alco guts lost out to the treid and true F40's and P42's.Sigh [sigh]

Dan&Alan-Great to se the both of you today always good to have rounds picked up by the rest of the gang as well.Thumbs Up [tup]

Well guys I'm off again

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Posted by pwolfe on Friday, June 20, 2008 3:50 PM

Hi Tom and all.

A round please RUTH.Thumbs Up [tup]

TOM Great to talk to you todayApprove [^]Thumbs Up [tup]. Got a bit to much sun yesterdaySad [:(], then doing yesterday's post it was stormy but none of it seemed close, when a very large and very bright flash landed nearbyShock [:O]. Computer screen went blank and I switched it off at the box, lost what was in wordBanged Head [banghead] but very pleased and not a little surprised, but the puter seems OK todayThumbs Up [tup].

Running a bit late todaySigh [sigh] so I will post a couple of photos while I catch up on the postsThumbs Up [tup].

A photo I found, taken at the same park at Paignton, Devon as the photo of 'Western' 1001 I posted a few days ago, when the class 50s were taking over from the Westerns. 50032, which was later named 'Courageous'.The class 50s were not very popular with railfans when they first arrived on the Western Region but had quite a cult following in the later days. Several are preserved.

From the preserved Great Central Railway in the early days.

In the early days some of the services between Loughborough and Quorn were worked by industrial tank engines. Here one of the largest locomotives produced by Manning Wardle of Leeds, 0-6-0ST Littleton No5 built in 1922. The loco spent its working life at Littleton Colliery near Cannock Staffordshire. Now the loco is on the Avon Valley Railway.

The only Great Central Railway passenger locomotive preserved. Improved Director 4-4-0 No 506 'Butler-Henderson'. A  J. G. Robinson design.

Nameplate and GCR crest on No 506.

Well I had better get another Round RUTHThumbs Up [tup] ans seeing as I missed the Fish 'N' Chips yesterdaySad [:(], I had bettermake sure I get the Steak and Fries Dinner [dinner]Approve [^].

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, June 20, 2008 4:27 PM

G'day Gents!

It's been awhile since Ruth has been this busy on a Friday afternoon! Dan dropped by, then Rob followed by Pete - plus the track gangs have begun their end of week festivities a bit early AND the lumber yard crew is celebrating "something" about a knot hole . . . huh Question [?] Anyway, a great time here at the Bar by the Ballast today! Yeah!! [yeah]

Continuing on with Rendezvous III  fotos . . .

NOTE: Day Three at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation <MoT, Kirkwood> . . .

"Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous III - St. Louis, MO 2008 - Day Three

Fotos taken from the moving mini-train . . .

(183) That's Eric taking pictures of us on the mini-train! <center-background>

(184) Seen that one before!

(185) Future home of the Towboat H.C. Pott Question [?]

(186) MoPac caboose at restoration building

(187)

(188) AeroTrain cars at restoration building

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More to follow  on Monday! . . .  Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, June 20, 2008 7:35 PM

<from ExpoRail railway museum - personal foto> 

 

 

G'day Gents!

Just checking in to see what's up 'n to ensure that our pool room is still in tact! <uh oh> Seems the track gangs and the guys from the lumber yard are at it - <zing> there goes another pitcher <crash> up against the wall! HEY! We're not that kinda place! Grab that big fella, Boris, 'n turn his port ear 'round to starboard! <yikes>

One of my FAY-VOR-EY-Tt fotos <above>! Daddy's lil' girl . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Noted that we have Nick 'n Fergie logged in . . . also two UTBs, for which I really could care less - but just interesting to see the cyber names this evening <7:28 PM CST>.

Will include my comments 'bout the Posts in Saturday's acknowledgments . . . Boris, ring the bell - let's have a ROUND on the 'steamed Proprietor! <grin>

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by nickinwestwales on Friday, June 20, 2008 7:43 PM

Well good evening gentlemen all-Leon a quick round for these good people-Just a flying visit,have had a successfull two afternoons with the camera @ H/West & Whitland (the junction for the Pembroke Dock branch )-all now loaded into photobucket and ready for selection-reason for visit is that there are still some original G.W.R semaphore signals in use there-as there are at several stn.`s along the line-made a trip out there before in feb last year but was too late in the day to catch the light-although one or two pix will make nice contrasts against the new batch.

As it happens-between todays trip & the trip to get Elisabeth from the stn yesterday, managed to catch several passing trains ,waiting wagons, a ballast tamper,odd little details-will post A.S.A.P-Please excuse brevity of post-just back from a bit of a `do`-part of the local festival season-a fine R`&`B band in a marquee next to the river ,lots of beer & good humour-a late sunset in a cloudless sky,full tide on the river and flat as a mirror-who could ask for more Bow [bow]Thumbs Up [tup]Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup] 

Speak soon

Chef [C=:-)]

 

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Posted by EricX2000 on Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:53 AM

Good evening Captain Tom and all present!!

Leon, #3 for me and a cold Tui, please!

God, a lot of noise here tonight. What the heck are they celebrating? What did you say, Leon? No, you must be kidding? Really, does Tom know? Vito is paying for this party because that woman in the streetcar managed to "catch" Tom? She is Vito's sister? Wow, that is serious stuff. We better find a way to tell Tom without breaking his heart.Whistling [:-^]

CM3 –  I know about the American Great Northern. How about the locomotive(s) in Canada?Question [?] Same railroad or is it a Canadian Great Northern?Question [?] I am trying to figure out if there is any connection to Great Northern in Sweden. Picture of a Swedish locomotive here:
http://www.trainweb.org/railphot/Laponie/1406-0041-050907w.jpg

It has the logo of GN on the front.Smile [:)]

Tom –  I don’t know if that Shay is operational. Some parts were missing.

I don’t remember why I dumped my first toy train. Probably when I bought the first model train and thought that toy trains belonged to the landfill. I don’t know.

It seems to me like you know a little bit too much about the lady in the streetcar. I better discuss this with Pete. I know Vito is, hmmm, a little bit too interested.

Glad to hear you are satisfied with your Belgium built Volvo, owned by Ford and designed in Sweden! Is that what they call multi national? Question [?]

Interesting facts on Santa Fe! Noticed that they used 4-6-4 Hudson-type locomotives for the Chief consists in 1937. Here is a not so good picture of #3450.



Pomona, CA.


More photos from MoT!Thumbs Up [tup] Are you sure that water in your picture (185) is the future home of H. C. Pott?Question [?] According to a sign just below where Pott is now, there will be a future lake where Pott will floating around, see the photo below.



The future home!?


NEXT time I’ll join you on the mini-train ride.Smile [:)] 

DL –  Good to see you again, even for a brief visit! Thanks for the round!Smile [:)]

Rob –  LRC had air powered tilting?! No wonder if they had problems with them. Air tilting does not react quick enough to give a good tilting of the car bodies. They tried that when they developed the X2000 and it just didn’t work good enough. Hydraulic tilting reacts much faster and more exact. Thanks for the info!Thumbs Up [tup]

Pete –  Guess you were lucky that your computer didn’t get any damage when the lightning hit nearby.Wow!! [wow] Always safer to turn it off and disconnect it when storms are approaching.

Nice photos!Thumbs Up [tup] No 506 “Butler-Henderson” looks different. Probably because the drivers are halfway covered so they are hard to see.

Nick –  Busy day?! Looking forward to see the pictures you took! Sounds interesting about the semaphores!Smile [:)] 

 

Eric 

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:25 AM

<VIA Rail's Evangeline Park car at Halifax station - personal foto>

G'day Gents!

And so Saturday has arrived with the promise of some relaxation for those who put in many hours during the working week. Thumbs Up [tup] For we retirees, sometimes it's difficult discerning one day from the next! <yikes> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Coffee ‘n pastries are freshly made - breakfasts ready to order - so let's get a move on Gents! Yeah!! [yeah]

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Keeping track!

216 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . . the end!

188 fotos from Rendezvous III

. . . more to follow!

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Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):

Friday - June 20th <all times Central daylite>:

Page 43 - Dan <DL-UK> at 12:11 PM <6:11 PM GMT>: Good to share a moment and a ROUND with our Resident Sherwood Forest Connection! Thumbs Up [tup] Visits have been rather spotty, but APPRECIATED . . . doesn't matter about the length of your submission, just as long as you keep us in mind. You've been missed ‘round here . . . Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 3:35 PM: Didn't expect to see ya "in" on Friday - but pleased you made it! Bow [bow]

You're gonna luv this - we managed to get two front row seats for Gordon Lightfoot's visit to this area in October - a one-night stand and we're really looking forward to it. He was featured on our Public TV station for fund raising ‘n sounded great <performance was coming from Reno, NV> so we decided to donate a some bucks ‘n in return got those great tix. Probably wudda never gotten those seats at the box office ‘n the price wudda been either the same or MORE . . . so it was a good deal. Hope he does the "Trilogy" . . .

I've read a few comments on the Toronto Star's website about the Leafs acquiring Jamal Mayers. Many were unfavorable. <geesh> Those "fans" will soon see that the guy is a hard worker ‘n steady player. No, he isn't full of glitz ‘n super-star stuff, but churns ‘n burns out there night after night. We'll miss him.

Figured the roadname "thing" was as you described - just kept looking for the names you mentioned, but couldn't find them. Thought you were messing with our minds <again>! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Many thanx for the visit and bucks for a ROUND! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - Pete <pwolfe> at 3:50 PM: Was beginning to think you were gonna "milk" that dentist "thing" into two days worth of absences <geesh> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Enjoyed speaking with you on Friday ‘n now that I KNOW the REAL story . . . what's it worth to ya for me to keep my mouth SHUT Question [?] <uh oh>

Countdown is "on" for our end of month visit to the TrainWreck Saloon - and - a roundtrip to KCity . . . Yeah!! [yeah]

Nice spate of fotos - luv the detail ‘n design of the name ‘n crest on the loco! <sweet>

Many thanx for the visit <arm twisting helps, eh?> and of course the ROUND! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 43 - Nick <nickinwestwales> at 7:43 PM <1:43 AM Saturday GMT>: Another surprise visit from our Resident Londoner in Wales . . . good to see ya! <clink>

Doesn't appear you had the most current stuff up on the site when you logged in - as we Posted close to one another . . . but certainly happy to have you amongst us on a rather rowdy Friday nite! <uh oh>

Looking forward to your new fotos . . . noted your MiL arrived by train. Way to go, eh Question [?] Youbetcha! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Sounds like life is good in your part of the world ‘n hope it remains that way! Yeah!! [yeah]

Thanx in large measure for the ROUND ‘n of course the chat! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Saturday - June 21st:

Page 43 - Eric <EricX2000> at 1:53 AM <11:53 PM Friday, Sandbox time>: So, I've been "caught," eh Question [?] Hmmmmm, didn't think that foto would reveal my "secret" . . . oh well, what's another in my life, eh Question [?] <yikes>

I just guessed at that pond being the future home of the towboat - I did see the sign, but the "dots" didn't get connected as we were riding the mini-train. Thanx for clearing it up! Thumbs Up [tup]

That surely is a the Great Northern herald on the Swedish loco - I'll bet YOU will find the answer to the "mystery." Perhaps it was a demonstrator or something like that . . . fine looking MoSheen though . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

Santa Fe steamer ‘n min-train shots don't look bad either! Yeah!! [yeah]

Many thanx for the chat ‘n good cheer! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

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Reminder: Cindy has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.

Saturday is Steak ‘n All The Trimmings Nite!

Dinner begins at 5 PM Dinner [dinner] so come early ‘n often! Yeah!! [yeah]

Boris, serve ‘em all of the "spiked" OJ they can handle! Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

 

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Posted by pwolfe on Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:48 AM

Hi Tom and all.

A cup of your famous coffee and a bacon sarnie please CINDYThumbs Up [tup]

TOM Really enjoying your great photos from Rendezvous III 5XThumbs Up [tup]. Great photo of the passing UP train coming up Kirkwood hillWow!! [wow], if I remember right it was traveling quite fast, as Nick says a competition winnerBow [bow]The photos from the moving miniature train have come out really well Approve [^]Yeah!! [yeah]

Yes the middle shot of Alan's photos of 34067 is goodYeah!! [yeah], it is so hard to get a photo of the engine on a steam tour without a lot of people in it but that one with just the one person in it was just like in the old daysApprove [^].

It was good to read about the Seattle MonorailApprove [^]Thumbs Up [tup] to think LA could have had one as well.

Enjoyed reading about the Santa Fe Chief and Super ChiefsThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]What a great time to travel the train in the 1930s and 40s first behind those magnificent Hudsons,(I'd like to know more about the ‘Blue Goose'), and then the AlcosApprove [^] and with a Fred Harvey Diner in the consist as wellThumbs Up [tup].

Yes Norman Einstein never gets the credit he is dueBig Smile [:D].

The only thing milked at the dentist was me and my walletSad [:(]Smile [:)] still I have some left for the Trainwreck saloon.Thumbs Up [tup]

Glad you enjoyed the photos.Thumbs Up [tup]

NICK Many thanks for the Hornby/Tri-ang model trains,Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup] happy memories indeed.Yeah!! [yeah]

Yes the 90XXs were the DukedogsThumbs Up [tup]. I would have thought the hammer blow on the Dukedogs would be less than the Manors, then interest aroused, I looked in the faithful ABC and was quite shocked to see the Dukedogs weighed just 40 tonsWow!! [wow] against 68 tons 18cwt of the Manors.

Glad you liked the photos.Thumbs Up [tup] I have relations at the next station down the line from Farnborourgh at Fleet, which will always have happy memories for me, on some visits I would go to Fleet station and see the Southern Pacifics on the race track there with speeds in the 90s it seemed.Approve [^]

I did have a look at RagnorokShock [:O] and it does seem this year as been one of extreme weather all over the world as well escalating prices of necessitiesSad [:(]Thumbs Down [tdn]. Perhaps, in the 1960s, BR knew something when they named D.1666 ODIN.Yeah!! [yeah]

Looking forward to your photos at H/West and NeylandThumbs Up [tup].

ROB Thanks for the kind words on the photosThumbs Up [tup]. It was only the Great Western as far as I know used the color-coding, which they applied to some diesel classes as well

I'm afraid I don't know about the Farnbourough Air Shows todayAshamed [*^_^*], but they do have one at RAF Cosford to the northwest of WolverhamptonThumbs Up [tup], they have run a steam train hauled by a pannier tank engine from the Birmingham area to the air showYeah!! [yeah].

Many thanks for the great photos Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]. I just could not make out the name on the G&E GP9.Sigh [sigh] I wonder if it could be OthelloQuestion [?], good to see a photo of a ‘calf' in action.Thumbs Up [tup]

A scrap line is a sad sightSad [:(] to see especially if an ‘old friend', one used to see running about in ones hometown, is in it.

More great photos from the air showThumbs Up [tup] that last one of the final fly past isWow!! [wow] indeed.Bow [bow]

CM3 Many thanks for the information on the train services while the Thames River bridge is being replaced.Thumbs Up [tup] Yes it would be a good time to be based in BostonYeah!! [yeah]. I would think that extra diesel hauled trains will stretch Amtrak's resources in the area, I would guess that they will borrow some engines that normally work out of Chicago, as you say it will be very interesting in that area.Approve [^]

I have to admit I do not recall John Martin of SheffieldAshamed [*^_^*], I done a search but came up empty I'm afraidSigh [sigh].

It looks inCaptain [4:-)] Tom's photo on the trolley, I'm checking to see if the bat is OK in the bagBig Smile [:D].

Many thanks for the URL to the Cass RailroadThumbs Up [tup]. I could not get the one on the Mc Keen cars to openSigh [sigh] but I will try again, as I would like to know more about that interesting car we saw at the MOTYeah!! [yeah]

ALLAN I will pass on your thanks to AlanThumbs Up [tup]. Yes Bullied did have some novel ideas, some more successful than othersYeah!! [yeah]. They say though that his boilers on the pacifics were one of the most efficient ever used on a British LocomotiveBow [bow]I have read also that a lot of SR drivers preferred the ‘Spam Cans' to the rebuilt version.

 I will have to see a replay of the NZ v England game, as it is on 3.30am live here.Sigh [sigh]

ERIC I noticed in the photo of Nogales the signs were in EnglishConfused [%-)].

Glad you enjoyed Alan's photosThumbs Up [tup] and I will look forward to your Rendezvous onesYeah!! [yeah].

That heat of your sounds terribleShock [:O]Thumbs Down [tdn], I was out in the heat here and I don't think it was 90 but it made me poorly for a while ThursdaySad [:(].

Many thanks for the photo of Shay #5, the SF Hudson and the gang on the miniature railway  at the MOTThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup], it seems as though we have scared the other passengers away Shock [:O]including the lady on the trolley.Sad [:(]Big Smile [:D]

That is interesting the Swedish diesel with the Great Northern emblem on the frontYeah!! [yeah] as Captain [4:-)]Tom says it could be a loco from the USA on trial.

DL Great to see you inApprove [^]Thumbs Up [tup]. Hope you are enjoying the photos from the early days of the preserved GCR I found in my slide collectionYeah!! [yeah]

It seems my post as got long againSigh [sigh]but there was a lot of good postsBow [bow],so CINDY a round for those who come inThumbs Up [tup] and although it is a bit early a Bathams mild for mewould not do any harm surelySmile,Wink, & Grin [swg]. Back in a while with some photos.

Pete.

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:18 PM

G'day Gents!

Pete has turned the Page to 44 on this Saturday morning! Bow [bow] Wow!! [wow] Yeah!! [yeah] So, in recognition of your achievment, take one of those custom beer steins - the bottomless kind! Thumbs Up [tup] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Let's see - how about a bit of this 'n that for a Saturday foto spread Question [?] Keeping to the Rule of Six of course . . .

(1) Rob 'n Ted at Toronto's Union Station - Rendezvous I

(2) Pete in heaven! <TrainWreck Saloon>

(3) The Canadian Shield from the westbound Canadian's dining car

(4) New Brunswick right-of-way from the end car of VIA Rail's eastbound Ocean

(5) The crew at Rendezvous II <hotel HQ> L-R: Eric - Doug - Pete - Tom

(6) Tom 'n Fergie in Halifax - 2007 Canada Rail Adventure w/Pete

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Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

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Posted by pwolfe on Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:37 PM

Hi Tom and all.

Can you fill the 'bottomless stein'Captain [4:-)]Tom has kindly providedApprove [^] with Bathams please CINDYThumbs Up [tup].

TOM Great selection of photosThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup], from Canada to the TrainWreck SaloonApprove [^]. In the photo of the saloon I noticed the football on the TV but I wonder who the bar lady is on the phone toShock [:O]Big Smile [:D].

 For Saturdays photos the first two are of Great Western 'Hall' class 4-6-0 No 4965 Rood Ashton Hall on a railtour at Didcot taken by Alan on March 1st 2008.

There is a GM built class 66 on the left.

4965 is admired by the railtour patrons.

The next four are 'Now and Then' with the BR Standard 4-6-2 No 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' showing the work preservationists do to give us the pleasure of a working steam locomotiveBow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup].


71000 at York on April 12th 2008 while working the North Brition railtour.


In the mid 1970s 71000 at Loughbourough on the Great Central Railway in its restoration.Note the missing outside cylinders and motion.


71000 being worked on, at the same time the shed at Loughborough was being built.


As she is todayApprove [^]Thumbs Up [tup] another photo at York taken by Alan.

Well CINDY it the bottomless stein is emptyShock [:O], I wonder how that happenedSmile,Wink, & Grin [swg].

Pete.

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:08 PM

G'day Gents!

Pete's been back for a fill-up on that bottomless stein - but how in the world did he manage to quaff it empty Question [?] Wow!! [wow] Nice spate o' fotos Thumbs Up [tup] - BUT still can't get him to swing by the "lonely Thread" with nothing more than a "hello" . . . <geesh>

Continuing on with a bit o' this ‘n that on this Saturday . . . Rule of Six applies! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

(7) Tom ‘n his "favorite" bus at the Halton County Radial Railway  - Rendezvous I

 

(8) Pete ‘n Tom aboard westbound Amtrak to KCity - our first meeting!

(9) Sunrise in Edmonton at VIA Rail station - westbound Canadian

(10) Pete ‘n Fergie aboard ferry to Dartmouth - 2007 Canada Rail Adventure

(11) Returning from Springfield, IL aboard the Texas Eagle - Rendezvous II  -

L-R Eric - Pete - Doug

(12) Fall splendor from the eastbound Ocean in New Brunswick

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Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by EricX2000 on Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:41 PM

Good afternoon Captain Tom and all present!!

Ruth, I haven't seen you for a long time. How is Senior Manager Lars doing? Okay, no, I won't tell. Yes, a juicy Filet Mignon with lots of mushrooms! Medium and a cold Keith's, please!

Ooops, I think I bumped into Captain Tom here today! I'll buy your next drink!

Tom –  Photos can reveal a lot!Wink [;)]

Pond for a tow boat? It should at least be a sea or at something like the Great Lakes.Smile [:)]

The Swedish loco is not a demonstrator. It was built in Sweden by NOHAB for (I think) the Norwegian State Railways (or possibly the Danish State Railways) and came to Sweden a few years ago. I don’t know why it has the Great Northern herald on the nose or the name Great Northern on the sides, but I’ll find a way to get that info. Smile [:)]

A good mix of photos from different events including Rendezvous I, II, and III. Even one picture with snow!!! It’s hard to think about snow when the thermometer shows 113Ëš F. It’s the 8th day in row with 110Ëš+. A little bit cooler would be nice. I mowed the lawn at 7:30 this morning and it was already over 90Ëš. But it is better than snow!!!

I didn’t know that you have a favorite bus.Smile [:)] You have to give us the background why it became a favorite! Question [?]

Can’t call Pete stealthy any more, he is showing twice in your latest post!Wow!! [wow]

Nice to see Fergie again in a picture!

Very nice colors fron New Brunswick!!! With your favorite season (winter) waiting behind those trees. Brrrr.Mischief [:-,]

Pete –  Many signs in the Mexican town of Nogales are in English because of the number of Americans visiting the town. Most of the signs are in Spanish though. Smile [:)]

The Swedish loco with the Great Northern herald on the nose was built in Sweden by NOHAB. It has a EMD prime mover. See my comments to Tom.

I thought you would have more info about what happened during that streetcar ride. Whistling [:-^] That lady doesn’t look scared to me.Wink [;)]

Nice photos of British steam!Thumbs Up [tup] Did Alan take all of them? The 71000 has good size drivers!
There are a few class 66 diesels in Sweden too. They look slightly different though.

 

Some photos of Cheaspeake and Ohio Railway #2727 at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO.


It is hard to get a good view of this good looking locomotive built by ALCO in 1944.


I am not a specialist on steam locomotives, but this is the power reverser.


A valve oil pump.

 

The firebox and a lot of details.

 

The headlights.


A streetcar named "Desire"? Hmm.

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:24 PM

G'day Gents!

Really GREAT to see the Sandman in DAYLITE! Wow!! [wow] Perhaps I didn't make my comments clear - I was thinking more of that Swedish loco being a demonstrator in the U.S. - maybe it ran on the Great Northern route. I'm sure you'll sort it out! Thumbs Up [tup] More comments in the Sunday summary . . .

And now for a wrap-up of my random fotos for this Saturday . . .

(13) Tom at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Rendezvous I

(14) Pete's friend at the TrainWreck Saloon! <they understand one another . . . > Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

(15) View of the Canadian Shield from the westbound Canadian's Glacier Park car

 

(16) Stealthy Pete filling out his baggage tags at the VIA Rail station in Halifax -

2007 Canada Rail Adventure

(17) Winding up the day at Grant's Farm <home of the Clydesdales> - Rendezvous II

L-R Doug - Eric - Pete

(18) Mt. McKinley, Alaska from the ARRs Denali Sta  - 2006 Alaska Rail Adventure

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Enjoy the weekend! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by EricX2000 on Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:35 PM

Good evening Captain Tom and all present.

Hello Leon, just a Tuborg Gold, please!

A hot day here in the desert, had to stop for something to drink.

Tom –  A demonstrator in the USA?! Okay, but it isn’t or wasn't. I found out that one locomotive class TMY and one class T43 were used in a movie, “Dancer in the Dark” in 2000. I don’t know anything about the movie but I guess they needed some locomotives in an American looking livery. That is why they were painted in Great Nortern’s livery and they still have it. The locomotives can be seen on these links:

http://www.jarnvag.net/bild/lokguide/TMY106Kristineh2003MBlstor.jpg

http://www.jarnvag.net/bild/lokguide/T43107Nykroppa2001MBl.jpg

More photos from different events!Thumbs Up [tup]

The Captain in front of a C-47! is that museum in Toronto?Question [?]
I remember Steve’s friend.Yeah!! [yeah] He didn’t say much.
A cold picture of ice and just a little bit of snow. Looks pretty nice though, the spring is here!!
Mt. McKinley is majestic!Wow!! [wow] Very nice view! One day I’ll make it to Denali!

Here is a link for Pete, showing one of the two class T66 running in Sweden:

http://www.jarnvag.net/bild/lokguide/T66714Malmo2003_2.jpg


Finally a picture of a classic caboose hiding in the dark.

 

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Posted by Gunneral on Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:04 PM

Hi Tom and all,

The usual round of Tui`s for all the guys` please Leon.Yeah!! [yeah]

Eric. Enjoyed your selection of pix of the Shay loco, ATSF #3450, future home of H C Pott at Kirkwood museum, C&O #2727, the caboose and those 3 links to the locos`.Approve [^] Could you please send a parcel of that dessert heat you are basking in at the moment?Wink [;)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

CM3. Nice couple of links to the Shays` and the McKeen railcars.Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Rob. Enjoying all your pix over on the other thread, have saved most of all those plane pix of yours`, many thanks.Bow [bow]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Pete. Nice lot of pix of the Western Class 50, the Manning Wardle tank loco, the Director 4-4-0 Butler Henderson, GWR Hall class #4965 and those nice shots of the Duke of Gloucester.Approve [^] At least England got a couple of tries against the AB`s again, lost by 32 points though!Banged Head [banghead] The Black Caps beat England in the ODI cricket by 22 runs last night too.Grumpy [|(] Good to hear your PC was`nt affected by that lightning strike close by.Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup] 

Dan. Nice to see you visited again.Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Nick. Looking forward to seeing your pix from H/west and Neyland, had a couple of courses` at the School of AA Artillery, Manorbier, near Tenby, some lovely scenic areas in that corner of Sth Wales.Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom. Some very interesting info and pix on the Santa Fe Chief and Super Chief, enjoyed all of your great pix of the gangs visit to Kirkwood museum on RVIII and the great selection of pix of the previous RV`s featuring the guys`, also the pix of your train adventures with the guys` over the years too.Bow [bow] According to my dial up server their is no easy fix for the pasting glitch, until I go on broadband of course, it`s the small matter of economics for me as I am still running on the old Windows 98SE system!Sad [:(]Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup] 

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Posted by nickinwestwales on Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:01 AM

Afternoon chaps ,as it`s sunday there`s a $50 on the counter for the top-up fund-help yourselves...

Girls are out gallivanting so I thought I would put up a couple of six-packs ahead of a comprehensive response post this evening...

Starting at H/West-

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Here we have the 15.28 down drawing to a stop-N.B-all trains use the up platform unless two trains crossing

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Closing in now-these new units have quite an elegant line to them I feel..

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This one didn`t quite work as planned-shows some useful detail though-unit appears to be in First Great Western colours although lettered for Arriva-possibally leased ??

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Once again the yard has plenty of tank flats-different batch to last time so obviously Castlemartin range is getting ready for a new squadron

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As can be seen-a mix of flats & well wagons-A rumour is about that this whole yard is earmarked for residential redevelopment.............

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Most of my shots seem to be `up` so here are a couple looking `down` the line-note signals arranged for reversible running on #1 platform (right)...... castle just visible at the top of the hill

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A close up of the down end of the yard-note ground signal controlling sidings,speed limit signs etc.

O.K-just gonna peel the veg for dinner-back in a bit with a selection from Whitland

Chef [C=:-)]

 
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Posted by siberianmo on Sunday, June 22, 2008 9:10 AM

<KCS FP9A at KCity Union Station - personal foto>

 

Reminder: "Our" Place is CLOSED on SUNDAYs

<but go ahead ‘n slip your messages thru the mail slots on the doors!>

 

 

G'day Gents!

Yes, "Our" Place is CLOSED on SUNDAYs, but it's a good time for the ‘steamed Proprietor to get things squared away ‘round here ‘n get a leg up on the acknowledgments! Boris ‘n the critters are having a typical Sunday morning - scurrying about ‘n enjoying the peace ‘n <crash> quiet! <uh oh> What now Question [?]

Comments from the Proprietor

We had a better than average Saturday during day lite thanx in large measure to two of our long-time regulars: Pete ‘n Eric. With each providing a two-fer, it enabled me to respond with some fotos - spaced out between their contributions which made for a good day atop the heap. Yeah!! [yeah] Wow!! [wow] Bow [bow]

As said so many times, it does little good for the bar to have our Posts "bunched" into a narrow "slot" - much better-er to space ‘em out . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

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Keeping track!

216 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . . the end!

188 fotos from Rendezvous III

. . . more to follow!

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Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):

Saturday - June 21st <all times Central daylite>:

Page 44 - Pete <pwolfe> at 10:48 AM: The Wolfman turned the Page to 44 ‘n earned his personalized, customized bottomless beer stein! <cheers> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

I've not followed the progression <or regression> of monorails in the U.S. - there was a time where it seemed the topic was up front - then not much heard thereafter. Guess the expense of it, coupled with the times of low-cost fuel ‘n preference for the automobile pretty much doomed anything on rails. They still seem to be a good fit for urban areas - especially to ‘n from airports. I'm surprised we haven't seen the latter spring up across the landscape . . . but what do I know, eh Question [?]

A fine < I3 > Post along with a ROUND makes for a good day! Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow]

Page 44 - Pete <pwolfe> at 1:37 PM: Back with a foto spread - always helps to brighten up the joint, ‘specially on a Saturday! Nice selections, Mate! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup] Monster drivers on 71000 Wow!! [wow] . . .

Bartender was calling the Vice Squad regarding "that man" at the bar with the wicked looking grin . . . never KNOW what's going on in the mind of the demented! <yikes> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

We're waiting for some sort of an explanation regarding just how one gets to the bottom of a bottomless steinQuestion [?] <geesh>

Thanx for the 2nd visit! <cheers>

Page 44 - Eric <EricX2000> at 4:41 PM <2:41 PM, Sandbox time>: Really no "story" behind that bus at the Halton County trolley museum complex being my "favorite." It was the "best" of the bunch for my preferences - reminded me very much of the buses I rode in New York City back in the 50s . . .that's pretty much "it."

Although as a little kid, I always ‘wished' that one day I could drive a bus! I loved riding aboard ‘em <discussed many, many times at the bar>. Used to think that operating the lever to open ‘n close the doors was "cool" - ‘n that's BEFORE the expression became part of the lexicon. Wow!! [wow] I'm O-L-D! <groan> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Oh but the Wolfman is indeed Stealthy! One moment he's right next to you, the next . . . who knows Question [?] Yeah, Stealthy Pete is alive ‘n well <thank the Lawd>! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

A nice < I3 > Post from you, with much appreciation for the drink ‘n great shots from the MoT! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Page 44 - Eric <EricX2000> at 6:35 PM <4:35 PM, Sandbox time>: Back with part deux for us! Thumbs Up [tup]

Figured you'd get to the bottom of the "mystery" behind that Swedish loco with the GN herald! Thanx for the URLs ‘n the effort to put it all together for us! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup] Always enjoyable to do a bit of guessing regarding this ‘n that - makes for good conversation, dontchathink Question [?]

By the by, that was Pete's friend at the bar! <you just may have "blown" the cover, Mate!> <arrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh> Can still go back ‘n EDIT it though . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Just be sure to follow up with a new Post so that all doesn't get ‘skewed' for those looking in. Thanx! Thumbs Up [tup]

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is in Hamilton, Ontario . . . southwest of Toronto. Also a fantastic place to visit . . .

Like that Rock Island caboose! I have a foto or two from earlier visits, but didn't catch one this time . . . Thumbs Up [tup]

A visit to Alaska aboard the Denali Star is by far one of the best times we've had together. Neither of us are "into" cruise ships - so flying directly to Anchorage was the way to go for us - then the train up to Denali ‘n Fairbanks with a return to Anchorage was something we'll hold very special for the remainder of our years. Yes, if you are able - DO IT! You'll love it - just don't scrimp on the accommodations - go for the "gold,' Mate ‘n book the Gold Star Service (1st class) which will give you reserved seating in the full length dome with a private dining area below - it's all GOOD! Yeah!! [yeah] Recommend you check out the web site: http://www.arr.com/ for passenger train info . . . worth the time!

Appreciate the 2nd visit ‘n thanx for helping to making Saturday a special event again! Thumbs Up [tup] Bow [bow]

Page 44 - Allan <Gunneral> at 9:04 PM <4:04 PM Sunday NZ time>: Here's the deal, Mate - just stick with us ‘n do what you're able. We'd sorely miss ya ‘round here - so if it's to be dial-up for you, so be it! Thumbs Up [tup]

Goes without saying that should you ever wind up in this part of the world, we'll do what's necessary to orchestrate a Kiwi-Rendezvous in the U.S. - meeting you wherever needed to hoist a tankard or three with the gang! Yeah!! [yeah] <clink> One just never knows, eh Question [?] You just may "hit" that lottery . . . OR perhaps one of those Tui "babes" will decide that she wants to take YOU away from it all! <oooooooh boy!> Dream on, eh Question [?] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

As always, a fine < I3 > Post from our Resident Downunder Kiwi Connection!

Appreciate the ROUND ‘n chat! Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

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Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

Happy Railroading! Siberianmo

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