O.K-heres some pix:-
First up we have young sprocket at the ever faithful Clonakilty village
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The station on the left is supposed to be Albert Quay in Cork-the hub of the south west Ireland operations-was linked to the rest of the network by a street line including an interesting bridge crossing-pix to follow
Here is a selection from the West Somerset Rly-the upper two are of our train engine-a Swindon built prairie tank and the lower two of some diesels seen on route-more details to follow
Not sure if this has been out before,here we have the station at Dinas Jn-Northern term. of the Welsh Highland rly.-2ft gauge tracks in centre,standard gauge to left and in the background-Hunslet 2-6-2t "Russell" running round at back of shot
Here is the view from the other side of the bridge-carriage shed on left,loco shed straight ahead,and signal cabin to the right-unusual in narrow gauge practice,sheds are accessed via headshunt and diamond crossing instead of from running line-
Indeed,at Tryfan Jn,the next station up,what could have been done with a single turnout and a minimum of signals was set out with a loop,a scissors crossing and eleven signals as originally laid out.....
Back to startling colour again !!-Here we have a selection of General motors units running into and out of Rosslare Europort in Ireland-The long trains are the Dublin services and the short ones the Waterford service
I know this has been out before but it reminds me of a wonderful and carefree pre-child time-here we are in Slovenia-the former Jugoslavia-We were lucky enough to catch the word that a steam special was coming through-we got there early and had a drink in the station bar-hangout of the local Hells Angels-an experience I will share with you another day-some magnificent B.M.W Chopped cycles,semi automatic weapons and exotic tattoos..........cool but VERY scary-these guys just dont give a **** about anybody..........
O.K-thats the rule of six-have a nice sunday-will see you all soon,take care now guys,
Good evening gents, the sky has quit falling finally ( two straight days of horrendus thunder storms ) No damage incurred but Saturday afternoon and night we must have had three storms march their way through,all told we got about 20cm's of rain thank god for good drainage.Now I'll catch up on the paperwork and any and all missed posts I see Nick's left a twenty for breakfasts in the morning , so I'll wait until tomorrow to add to the pot .
Tom-Don't blame you for not choosing to buy a summer home up here,lots of great property available but the prices are going up around the country.It'would be hard to pick that perfect spot as well,better just to visit them once in a while
Bit of a slow weekend but hey we weathered it
Eric-Couple neat pictures sir glad, the server co-operated long enough to let you post them.The S2 did have some interesting looking pantographs. Until I saw actaul photo's of the real locomotive, I often figured that the models of them that Am Flyer and Lionel made were just wrong.
Nick-Yes Ian takes getting used to. Mind you seven books and two kids later he has mellowed. I wonder if he was just defending his research. Still a better referance for the area and timeline is hard to find.A usual fine fare of photo's.
I imagine that once this latest round of repairs are done in Ontario the defered maintenance will kick back in for the next ten years or so.I can't think that nuke pwoer would be good in a railway application,to produce the electricity maybe but hopefully not as a locomotive power sorce,sounds a bit to much like a Gomaz Adam's waitng to happen. Awfull what happened to your dog, amazing that the fallout was still that potent once it made it to the UK,a sobering thought to be sure.
Allan-Yours mine and Tom's thoughts of the elected cannon fodder seem to be on the same page,they are like piles only at least with a case of piles there is a creame to get rid of them with. Glad that you've been enjoying the photo's over yonder and here
Rob
<From the StL Museum of Transportation - personal foto>
A smile to begin the week!
You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going ‘cause you might not get there!"
<A Yogi-ism!>
G'day Gents!
A new month - a new week - same-ol, same-ol at the bar! Coffee - pastries 'n breakfasts! Go fer it, Mates . . .
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Keeping track!
176 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . .
101 fotos from Rendezvous III
. . . more to follow!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):
From the mail slot - Sunday - June 1st <all times Central daylite>:
Page 33 & 34 - Nick <nickinwestwales> at 7:23 PM ‘n 8:18 PM <1:23 AM ‘n 2:28 AM Monday GMT>: A Sunday surprise with a two-fer from our Resident Londoner in Wales!
Staff has access to the joint at all times - so no problem-o with easing into the joint for a brew ‘n some solace. <grin>
Not at all surprised regarding your <rant> on the design of things in these times. We lost something special "back in the day" when even a clock radio "spoke" volumes in terms of style. Yeah, I share your thoughts . . .
#573 is a Wabash Mogul 2-6-0 built in Rhode Island in 1873. This steamer was the last on the Wabash . . . she's in sorry shape, awaiting bucks for restoration. Thanx for asking!
Here's a link for this class loco:
http://www.wabash-railroad.com/px2-6-0.htm
While we shy away from the religious, the political ‘n the other "hot button" issues of the day ‘round the bar - there does seem to be an over-kill regarding interest in U.S. aspirants for President. In my OH-PIN-YUN, we Americans are known for electing people for all sorts of reasons - many that have no relevance to whether a little thing like competence or experience factors in. But thankfully, our system seems to flourish with the "checks ‘n balances" our Constitution provides. Keeps ‘em all pretty much hog-tied.
It's a good thing I'm not at the helm - for popularity contests are meaningless to me. Let's "get ‘er done" is the way I'd approach it . . .
Gordon Sumner, indeed!
Answering for Eric - that RDC was indeed a former CP unit (RDC-1) but was sold to Boston's MBTA . . .
Enjoyed your foto spate w/descriptions! That "monkey" of yours is as cute as a bug in a rug <whatever that means!> Really hope you ‘n Missinick are enjoying these times - they pass by sooooooooo faaaaaaaaaaast. <groan>
Appreciate your understanding of the Rule of Six ‘n shying away from <dumping> excessive amounts upon us . . . speaks volumes about ya, Mate! Also helps with the "loading" issues faced by some of our crew . . .
Ah yes, for turning the Page to 34 - you are entitled to the Imperial quart bottle of your choosing . . . the back bar is loaded with ‘em! <grin>
<Sad> regarding your dog . . . suffering is so blasted unfair to these wonderful animals who only want us to love them in return for all they give . . .
That twenty you dropped on us should also purchase about a thimble full of petrol these days <daze>, eh
Enjoyed having you aboard, once again!
Page 34 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 11:01 PM: A bit o' this ‘n that from our Resident Ontario Connection who is just a tad waterlogged, eh
We're in for another WEEK of rain . . . no joke! Every day through the next weekend is forecast for precip . . . not just drips ‘n drops, but significant amounts. <yikes> It's no wonder the foundation companies can't keep to their schedules - it's been that crazy.
Saturdays are probably the next to be dropped as our participation dwindles . . . in other words, I'll put it on "auto pilot" since there's no point in Posting to myself. We'll see.
Thanx for the chat!
Reminder: Ruth has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.
Thursday is Fish ‘ Chips Nite!
Friday is Pizza ‘n Beer Nite! - and - Steak ‘n Fries Nite!
Saturday is Steak ‘n All The Trimmings Nite!
Dinner begins at 5 PM so come early ‘n often!
Cindy is our Saturday bartender!
Boris, serve ‘em all of the "spiked" OJ they can handle!
Tom
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. We had all kinds of weather here yesterday; rain, broiling sun, a nice round of thunderstorms and then heavy fog overnight. It's burning off as we speak and it is supposed to be fairly decent today.
Rob - Thanks for the advice on the books. I'll look at some more sites. So he's going to do a book on Hamilton? That will probably get added to the collections if it is any good. I posted an answer to your LV Baldwin question on the other site - there is, believe it or not, no LV final roster on the net. I know there probably is somewhere, but I have not been able to find it as the most promising links are dead (not updated in approx. 6 yrs. In most cases).
Nick was by with comments from music to cattle to narrow gauge. BTW, speaking of Clint Eastwood, the "Dirty Harry" scenery got burned up in the fire yesterday at Universal Studios.
The station at Dinas pictures are great! 2' gauge and standard - lots to look at. Is that Pete in the picture? The hat sure looks familiar.
Shy? I think not!
Eric was in with pictures and comments.
OSP has sent along Pullman and SP material and GN items as well. Movies; let's see, redo of 3:10 to Yuma (saw the original not all that long ago on one of our cable movie channels) so we'll check out the new one and see what it's like. It Happens Every Spring is a good one. Almost forgot, Western Channel ran "Breakheart Pass" yesterday - what's not to like, splendid scenery, Charles Bronson, explosives, and some fine vintage railroad equipment.
work safe
Back to a semblance of normalcy ‘round here - Good to see CM3 Shane swing by . . . Wolfman is "peeking" in . . .
My 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey continues . . .
MORE from Day Three: Saturday - May 3rd, 2008
NOTE: The Chaleur continuing thru the Wye at Gaspé . . .
VIA Rail round trip from Montréal to Gaspé aboard the Chaleur
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(180) Returning to the station at Gaspé
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To be continued . . . .
Hi Tom and all.
Back from South West MO so a cup of coffee and a bacon sarnie please RUTH..
Got a few chores to doand then I will catch up on the posts while I have been away. Meanwhile I will drop a few photos off.
Another photo from the Scottish Steam Featival tour of 2000. 75014 at the water stop shown in the last batch of photos looking the opposite direction. The driver looks happy in his work.
The other loco we had on the main line during the tour, ex LNER B1 No 61264,. The loco is at Loughbourgh on the Great Central Railway where she spent many years there being renovated.
Rob and I were talking a while back about the Wisconsin Central colors painted on the EWS locomotives in the UK. This is the first version applied with the EW&S markings. The locomotive is a English Electric class 73 Electro-diesel No 73128 at London Waterloo station.
Class 37/4 No 37426 on a North Wales Coast train at Chester station heading in the Crewe direction.
Ex works 08896 'Stephen Dent' switching stock in Bristol Temple Meads station. The car is a BR MkII which, I believe, is simular to the cars being shipped over for use on NZ railways.
EWS ordered 250 of these class 66s from General Motors. London Ontario built 66002 passes Knottingley station in West Yorkshire on coal empties from ether Drax or Eggborough Power Stations. QUIZ QUESTION. 66002 was delivered to EWS a fair while after it was built anyone know why this was.Clue: Think south of the Canadian border.
A round please RUTH and keep the Bathams coming while I catch up.
Pete
Wolfman Pete's back!
Totally confused regarding your Quiz!! Methinks you definitely have to be enrolled in Molly Throttlebottom's Adult Learning Centre - Quiz question preparation, Basics I <geesh>!
Check your Email!
Continuing on with Rendezvous III fotos . . . Rule of Six suspended <by one>!
NOTE: More fotos from Springfield, IL
"Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous III - St. Louis, MO 2008 - Day Two
(102) Track work pends at Springfield station
(103) Springfield's claim to fame
(104) Springfield AMTRAK station
(105) A "walk about"
(106)
(107) Old Capitol
(108) New Capitol
More to follow . . .
Good to be back at the bar, a round please RUTH
NICK Sorry to read about your Muesli cat, but I bet she had a good life living we you and the family.
Your Bachmann 2-6-2 standard tank is a great loco for a branch line scene, there was a small allocation that were used on push-pull trains on the Seaton to Stamford and Uppingham branches off, the ex LNWR line from Market Harbourgh to Peterbourgh.
I was sad to miss your Thursday night feast last week; no doubt it will be just as good this week.
Hope I have not got another of my quiz questions wrong, the band I was thinking of was Dire Straits with the line coming from their ‘Tunnel of Love'.
ERIC It seems BR has the same problem with the HSTs, with the power cars being listed in the locomotives as class 43s but usually called power cars, interesting. I wonder if the Zephyr and HSTs were known as Power car not locomotives, as they can only work with the Zephyr and HST train sets.
By the look of me in the photo it looks as though they have published the size of my bar tab in the newspaper.
Many thanks for the photos. On the Can-Am I am grateful that Vito the Hit has a bright yellow van as it is easy to see him coming and it gives me a chance to hide as my discussions with him are not usually friendly. I wonder what you have to do to get in Tom's good books so the ‘Brown Car' gets attached to a special on the Can-Am, so you can show the ‘Brunette' the sights
CM3 I had not heard of the bad rear end collision on the MBTA, do you know what the rear end protection was on the line where the accident occurred.
I got the new issue of Trains Magazine today and I see the rail atlas for Illinois is still available so I will have to order it before my next trip on the Springfield line.
DL Great to see you in the bar and thanks for the double round, anything that helps my bar tab is much appreciated, as now it is cash only for me, still I am allowed to pay in pre-decimal British money.
Thanks for the kind words on the photos; yes they are from my old prints and even older slides, although I should be getting some of Alan's photos soon. Yes Barry was very sad the first time I went in late 1968, although one locomotive had been already saved, ex LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 43924 which went to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. At the time it did not seem possible that nearly all of the 212 locos would be saved. A friend at the time had an Aunt who lived near Barry and one weekend, in the summer in the early 1970s, we went there and we visited the scrapyard at dawn. It was a strange, but a great sight, to see the steam locomotives just as the sun was rising on them with a mist around them as well.
Very best of luck in your new job. It must have been great to see Oliver Cromwell in steam at York. I went there for a special exhibition in 2004, I believe it was, and ‘Cromwell' was there before her restoration at Loughborough. I hope you are able to give us a report on your visit to the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway.
Thanks for the info on the sleepers, I am sure a North East To South West sleeper and ordinary coaches would do a good trade if it were running today. I can recall catching it many years ago, although not in the sleeper portion, as we were just traveling overnight from Birmingham to Gloucester to change for South Wales.
ALLAN Yes no doubt the foreign players have made the top leagues of the soccer and the Rugby in the UK more skilful and a better spectacle but I worry about the young home grown talent not being able to play in the top leagues. I guess it says a lot that there were 3 English teams in the European Champions Cup Semi Final and two in the final but no British national team made it to Euro 2008 starting next weekend.
Yes there were a lot of good bands that came out of Tyneside in the 1960s and 1970s
ROB. Glad you have been teaching RUTH, BORIS and LEON about the British Currency, I see Tom as allowed me to use my stock of pre-decimal money, where there was 240 pennies to the pound. A Half-Crown (2/6) was known to us as half a dollar to us so with 8 of them to the pound I will have my bar tab paid off in no time.
TOM Yes we were lucky with our trip to Springfield on Rendezvous III, we will have to see what maintenance they are doing on the line this summer, I wonder what is at Lincoln Ill, where it seems the Beagle stops instead of Springfield.
Great photo of you in the St George's Arms looks a good pint can you recall what brand it was.
Many thanks for the photos on the Chaleur and from Rendezvous III, I bet there are not many photos about of the train taking the wye at Gaspe.
We went to see the Springfield Cardinals on Friday night, it was a good game with the Cards winning, not too hot weather and the rain kept away, near the stadium a local train was switching cars for a mill which was good to see and hear.
Well Leon I see this has got quite long and I have only reached the bottom of page 32so I will post this and let me get another round in.
Pete.
Hi Tom and all,
Leon, the usual round of Tui`s for all the guys` please!
Pete. Great to see you back with us again mate! Nice selection of pix of the ex LNER B1, 75014 and the selection of EW&S locos` in the WS colour scheme. Can`t be bothered to watch Euro 2008 at the weekend with no UK teams present in it, takes all the gloss off it. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is a great guitarist, his childhood hero was Hank Marvin of the Shadows, one of my "fave" Geordie groups, saw them in Wellington on their final world tour, Hank live`s in Perth, Western Australia, nowadays.
Nick. As the song goes "Lady in Red", Dolgoch looks looks great in that colour for sure. Nice lot of pix of your daughter, the West Somerset Rly, Dinas Junction, the Irish GM motors and the Jugoslavian rail shots.
Rob. You are so right, politicians suck! Some nice shots from you over on the other thread.
CM3. Was in with some comments.
Eric. No frost here this morning, HOORAY!
Tom. Heads up e-mails` recieved with thanks. Looks as if that Senator you used to work for is in a "Rubber Stamp" mode of operation nowadays, he could be suffering from that "CRAFT" syndrome! "3.10 to Yuma" is a real classic western flick, have`nt seen the latest version yet though. A nice rendition of more pix of your return from Gaspe on the Chaleur, and some great shots of your Springfield trip on the Texas Eagle, Springfield looks a very scenic city to visit with it`s association with Abe Lincoln an added attraction as well. Hope your weather is improving rain wise?
See ya, Allan
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon,a ham sandwich and a cold Tui, please!
A very short Monday. At least it feels like it was very short.
Tom – Great Northern! It certainly would be nice take a trip with the Empire Builder one day. Following the same track as we did with the X2000. The RDC at the museum is in need of a lot of work. But I am sure it will be back in good shape again sooner or later. hopefully sooner! Good movies at the Emporium this week, especially the 3:10 to Yuma! More snowy (and icy) pictures from Canada! Did they turn the train around in the wye before you got to the station? Nice photos from Springfield! Did you ever make it to the new Capitol?Allan – Glad you liked the photos! It was a lot of shooting that day. I am glad you didn’t have any frost this morning! Frost is only making Toma and Juneau happy, the rest of mankind prefer the dry desert heat! Or...Nick – You are right, the electric power in Sweden is generated by hydro and nuclear power stations. 50% of each. Your observation of the trainspotters is right on! I am proud I managed to catch stealthy Pete in that photo! I like the photo of the pretty girl (your daughter?) in front of the train station! At a first glance it looks like a real train deep down behind her.The rest of your pictures are very interesting. Something that really caught my eye is the steam locomotive in the last picture. I can’t recall I’ve ever seen a British locomotive with red wheels and white treads! At least it isn’t common. Rob – Yeah, it seems like the server is back to normal now. I don’t know what kind of problem they had. Those pantographs on the S2 look like something that couldn’t work. But I guess they did. CM3 – Thanks for the round! Thunderstorms and fog, at least you didn’t get any snow!!Pete – Some very nice photos. I like the colors on the EW&S locos! Is that little switcher one of those built by English Electric? At least it looks like one of them.Both steam locomotives look great! If the locomotive/power car can work only with a particular train set I would say it is a power car, not a locomotive. To hook up the brown car to a special it needs a coupler adapter. But I know the brunette likes the brown car very much. Maybe I can talk the President of the Can-Am Railways to get an adapter? Lunch almost two weeks ago.
Eric
Yesterday was a sad day as one of my favorite R&B ‘n R&R performers passed on . . . The man provided many an innovative ‘n entertaining bit of music that transcended many, many decades. RIP, Bo Diddley.
A round of strong storms roared thru in the wee hours of this morning . . . twister watch "up" ‘til 11 AM . . . storms forecast for the remainder of the day. <groan>
SPORTS REPORT: A good night for Pittsburgh as the wheels came off the Cardinal's wagon AND the Penguins pulled one out halfway thru the 3rd overtime in the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup.
Tuesday ‘round here can only mean it's the day before mid-week! Coffee ‘n pastries are fresh! Breakfasts are ready for orderin' . . .
Comments from the Proprietor
Thanx for the responses to my Email to the GoR <Gang of Regulars> minus one . . .
No Manager on Monday . . . Hmmmmmmmm. Check your Email, Rob!!
182 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . .
108 fotos from Rendezvous III
Monday - June 2nd <all times Central daylite>:
Page 34 - CM3 Shane <coalminer3> at 8:59 AM: "In" with a bit o' this ‘n that - but most importantly - QUARTERS ‘n a ROUND!
"They" were wrong yesterday as our forecast for rain didn't happen . . . <phew>. Got some more "dips" filled . . . even dug down along the foundation wall to see if I could "find" water. Nope. Then again, I didn't dig too far, perhaps about 2 feet in good ole Missouri clay. <sweat> Have to try again - but not when the humidity is a gazillion percent. <ugh>
From the archives of The Emporium Theatre - Sunday, February 5th thru 11th, 2006: Breakheart Pass (1975) starring Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson & Richard Crenna.
Good to see, as always!
Page 34 - Pete <pwolfe> at 11:16 AM ‘n 6:10 PM: Glad you made it "in" before NOON! And of course your ROUND adds to the ‘take" in our Tilla ‘n Cashinator registers! Had to reconfigure the ordinator mechanism <that's French for computer!> to recognize ye olde English money!
Very nice spate o' six fotos from the olde sod! You really have quite a collection of nostalgia ‘n they all come out looking 4.0, Mate! There's something about a steam loco enveloped in steam - that shot of 61264 is a gudun!
Quiz You gotta be kiddin' us! Really Check my comments regarding sending you off to Molly Throttlebottom's basic course in Quiz Preparation! <uh oh>
Back with an impressive catch-up effort . . . see what happens when you take off for so long <geesh> And we really didn't have that much activity . . . not really.
I consider myself very, very fortunate to have ridden the Wye a few times in Kansas City ‘n now up in Gaspé. Yes, very lucky fer sure, fer sure! Much better foto's when in the dome, eh Youbetcha!
Lincoln is a scheduled stop for all of the trains running between St. Louis ‘n Chicago . . . it is the next station north of Springfield. A link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois
Shame on YOU - the BEST way to see the sights along the main lines of the Can-Am Railway is up in the dome of the Park Car! <geesh> Then adjourning to the drawing room below <triple bedroom> makes the voyage extra-special! Eric's brunette would be very impressed . . .
Read in our local gazette <aka: bird cage liner> that there's a rather serious effort underway in KCity, MO to get an initiative passed for a tax increase in support of light-rail ‘n transit for the area. The guy behind it is persistent - I wish him luck, for it will take a lot! Maybe - just maybe, these times we're in will help, as more ‘n more people are clamoring for more transit. We'll see . . .
My guess is 240 pennies "back in the day" weighed a pound! Smart, eh <grin>
Dire Straits - one of my favorite bands . . . have two of their albums chock full o' hits!
That ½ liter was an "oh so special" brew - it was called Rob's Debt! Otherwise known as Labatt Blue!
Many thanx for the two-fer on this rather slooooooooow day ‘n of course the ROUNDS!
Page 34 - Allan <Gunneral> at 9:48 PM <4:48 PM Tuesday NZ time>: Funny thing about that politician "friend" of mine - he's really a nice fellow, but oh so caught up in the <crap> of his "profession." When he started out I could see "promise," for when it came to sincerity and the like, he was straight-A. Then a few years passed, he learned "the game," and now - well, ‘nuf said. We have term limits in our state, so he'll be exiting after this term as a senator. Won't take long for another to fill the void - there's a bunch of ‘em out there. <ugh>
Enjoyed the eavesdropping - especially regarding Dire Straits.
Many thanx for the visit, chat ‘n ROUND!
Tuesday - June 3rd:
Page 34 - Eric <EricX2000> at 1:25 AM <11:25 PM Monday Sandbox time>: Hmmmmm, I do think you are going to have to accompany Pete to Molly Throttlebottom's Adult Learning Centre - Reading the words, Part One! What am I referring to, you ask The Chaleur arrived at Gaspé - head in. Discharged the passengers, then we backed our way to the Wye.
We remained on "our side" of the tracks in Springfield - took that shot from the station. I've visited the building a couple of times many decades ago ‘n should you ever return - it's worth it.
"The rest of mankind prefer the dry desert heat," you say! <geesh> I seriously doubt <doot, for Rob> THAT! <ugh>
Can only hope that perhaps next year we'll get to "do" the Empire Builder. Second time we've cancelled out . . . Fortunately, Amtrak doesn't penalize you for that. Something the airlines would "delight" in.
A good Post for eavesdropping - many thanx for the visit ‘n Rendezvous III fotos!
Now Arriving on Track # 1
Back in the Day - Number Twenty
The Caboose
A caboose (North American railway terminology) or brake van or guard's van (British terminology) is a manned rail transport vehicle coupled at the end of a freight train. Although cabooses were once used on nearly every freight train in North America, their use has declined and they are seldom seen on trains, except on locals and smaller railroads.
The caboose provided the train crew with a shelter at the rear of the train. From here they could exit the train for switching or to protect the rear of the train when stopped. They also used windows to inspect the train for problems such as shifting loads, broken or dragging equipment, and overheated journals (hotboxes). The conductor kept records and otherwise conducted business from a table or desk in the caboose. For longer trips the caboose provided minimal living quarters, and was very frequently personalized and decorated with pictures and posters.
Early cabooses were nothing more than flatcars with small cabins erected on them, or modified boxcars. Side door cabooses remained in service until outlawed due to their danger, but the standard form of the American caboose had a platform at either end with curved grab rails to facilitate train-crew members' ascent onto a moving train. A caboose was fitted with red lights called markers to enable the rear of the train to be seen at night. This has led to the phrase bringing up the markers to describe the last car on a train (these lights were officially what made a train a "train")
Cabooses are non-revenue equipment, and on the poorer lines were often improvised or retained well beyond the normal lifetime of a freight car. Tradition on many lines held that the caboose should be painted a bright red, though on many lines it eventually became the practice to paint cabooses in the same colors as locomotives.
<from: wikipedia.com>
The interior of an Indiana Harbor Belt caboose as seen in January 1943. <Public Domain/Wikipedia.com>
A former Milwaukee Road cupola caboose on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI <foto: Sean Lamb/Wikipedia.com>
A bay window caboose on display at the Illinois Railway Museum <foto: Sean Lamb/Wikipedia.com>
St. Louis Southwestern Railway caboose #2333, a drover's caboose <Fair Use - Denver Public Library/Wikipedia.com>
A retired wooden Grand Trunk Western Railroad caboose #77904 sits on a small section of rail front of an old mill. <GNU Free Documentation/Wikipedia.com>
A 4-wheel "bobber" cupola caboose at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado. <foto: Sean Lamb/Wikipedia.com>
and one extra!
Former Seaboard Coast Line class M-6 caboose on display at the Mulberry Phosphate Museum --Mulberry, Florida. <Foto: Harvey Henkelman/Wikipedia.com>
Enjoy!
Good morning Ruth. I see that you have your heavy rain gear with you, a reasonable precaution Just my usual a high octane thermos of the BK blast and a number three.I've left another twenty for a later round ( pittying Pete again )More T-storms most of teh day yesterday knocked a couple limbs off the one pine tree in the back forty,thankfully those trees are well in the back forty and can only harm the lawn. really wicked T-storms again yesterday more today ( so far just rain ) I got caught up in that alomiost two agmes worth of a hockey game last night as well , it was worth the watch though.Boris get out there and feed the critters while the rains stopped,don'tyou look just darling in that bright yellow rain slicker.
Tom-Got the email sir no worries I was able to pop in and catch it between lightening strikes <yikes> the one strom yesterday sounded like it was right over top of the house.I'm beginning to think that I live in BC or England with all this rain
Some usual fine shots of R3 and Gaspe yesterday I enjoyed today's caboose talk as well. I prefer to refer to them as dinosaurs nowadays still you see the odd boarded up one on a transfer run,which is sad but whatchagonnado ? I noticed that there is no reference to your "favourite" "plural" of caboose in that excerpt. Did you just delete it or was it just not there
Unfortunatly plumbers and foundation guys love this sort of weather ( it's a licence to print money )I guess we now will have a monsoon season with global warming ( that will be the next excuse I'm sure )I think saturday's will always be hit n miss round here, no worries mate
CM3-Thanks for the update on the other thread I have found that alot of the good resorce sites out there tend to go long stretches without updating.I'm assuming it's a passing fad for the creator of the site when that happens. Yes Hamilton is his next foray,with all the heavy industry I'm sure it will be a shoe in for you.
Pete-A great selection of the EWS power with the WC paint jobs thank-you sir.Great Scottish steam shots again as well. Just be warned that Boris knows a real from fake pre-decimal coin so don't be trying to slip in any slugs. Vito won't be pleased ( he collects old coinage )
I'm guessing that provided you don't go on a bender your tab will be down to ten sheets of paper by 2020It still looks like a swollen roll of paper towels at the moment.
Nick-What ho my friend,more fab photo's
Allan-Good to see you wind out the business day for us,Eric has to put down as technically starting it with his post.Let me just say that I can't agree with you more.
Eric-You caught the stealthy one again on film,either he's getting slower and more predictable or you've been to Molly's widelife stalking and photographing coarses.Whick of coarse feature H&H and Copperkettle as the quarry that must be stoalked and photographed in the Mentor gorge woods.I too thought the S2's pans were just for show oh well shows what I knowThat RDC did look a little worse for the wear , but at least it is still with us.
All right Ruth just another top up please,again keep the change, you need to build up your vacation funds again.A couple dinosaurs to go along with Tom's post.
The restored Lackawanna caboose at the Western NY museum.
The NKP caboose at the same location .
TH&B wooden caboose at the Westerfield Pioneer villiage
A battered Point Ste Charles caboose on a transfer run through Bayview jct.
Enjoy
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. We presently have four different weather forecasts; everything from partly cloudy to the "end of civilization as we know it." Pick the one you want. I apologize for running late but it has been one of those daze where they decided we really deserved to have two Mondays.
Rob - The Hamilton book will definitely join the fold when it's published. As a friend of mine once said, "It covers back when smokestacks smoked." Nice caboose pictures as well - all right beside the last surviving PRR I1s. The LV Baldiwns are a perplex because I can't get dispositions on all of the S12s. Was going to show slides of them at the Rendezvous but we got caught up in ancient Boston and Maine and D&H items. Yes Boris, I did tell the story about the roundhouse dog at Oneonta. with a set of teeth like that, he had to be one of your relatives!
Pete was here - Nice shots of 61264 and of the EWS power. I thought its livery looked more like SP Kodachrome myself. You can Google Boston Globe and work through their site to find out the latest about the recent MBTA wreck. The NTSB investigation is ongoing and they said it will be awhile b4 any preliminary report is released, let along a inal accident report.
Allan - Good to hear from you.
Eric - Nice shots of the Train Wreck; IMHO the last pic. was the train wreck!
OSP continues his "ride around the wye!" Nice shots of Springfield as well. I knew we had shone "Breakheart Pass" awhile back but it was good to see it again.
Interesting pictures and history of cabs. The first picture, I'll bet, was originally FSA - has all the hallmarks of Delano or one of the others in the group. BTW, there's a truly classic book out there titled The Railroad Caboose - heartily recommend this one. I watched all of the Cards-Pittsburgh series (highlight had to be Ankiel's Willie Mays imitation.) The Bostons have hit a rough patch with injuries, etc. but they are going home (to face Tampa - Yikes!).
Work safe
Two of our stalwarts - Rob 'n CM3 Shane to kick off the daylite hours!
NOTE: The Chaleur consist at Gaspé, Québec, Canada
(183) Chateau Rouville - my bedroom car! <bedroom car #8225>
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(186) My bedroom window <lower>
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(188) Chateau Bienville <bedroom car #8202>
A pint of Bathams please RUTHwhile I still catch up.
ERIC Many thanks for the photos.
What a great trip that sounds behind Santa Fe # 2751 from Los Angeles to San Diego, it must be great to be in a dome car behind a steam locomotive. I see the train was calling at the Old San Diego Historic Park.
FERGIE It sounds real scenic where you are; we are getting the Mid-Mo humid and hot days here.
Thanks for the information on James Richardson Forman who built the West Highland line. It is great the line is still in use today and some of the line runs through some very remote country.
NICK I will have to have a look at the u-tube videos of the North Wales Narrow Gauge.
Many tanks for the photos at Ireland, the West Somerset and those lovely old narrow gauge shots. Love to hear more about the Hells Angles in that Slovenian bar. Great photo of the steam loco after you had been in the bar.
ALLAN That is a great story about Sting delivering your milk with his father.
TOM Many thanks for the Back in the Day No1 on the Pullmans (I though it was a great issue on the Pullmans in the latest Classic Trains mag) and the Fallen Flag #1 on the Southern Pacific, I see they ran into St Louis over the SSW. Enjoyed the link to the EMD E-7s
What great cars there were on the Empire Builder in 1956.
Good films on at the Emporium this week. The 2007 version of 3.10 to Yuma was a film I wanted to see but missedand the It Happens Every Spring sounds a good light heated baseball movie, then of course the Stooges.
Well I have reached the top of Page 34 and I see there are some posts by Rob, Tom, Eric, CM3 and Allan to read, but I have to go out for a while so I will post this.
A round please RUTH.
The Wolfman has been "in" rather early <for him!> . . .
NOTE: More fotos from Springfield, IL - waiting for the southbound Texas Eagle!
(109) Here comes the northbound Ann Rutledge
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(112) Pete ‘n Shane checking out the Ann Rutledge
(113) There she goes!
(114) Southbound Texas Eagle approaching!
(115) Southbound Texas Eagle arrived!
Well Howdy doody good people all,I trust your day has been less wearying than mine (SERIOUS yard work -one of my regular `mad old bats` (valued customers) has just been in touch for the first time this year-my word what a task,waist high grass,a hedge that she wanted left last year now up to 15 feet high and could I take it down by half.....-I wont bore you,suffice it to say I can no longer lift my arms above shoulder height and may have to complete this by typing with my nose....) .
Leon-I will take an imperial quart of the Staropramen please (cheers Bossman ) and a round of beers and black armbands to commemorate the passing of Bo Diddley-a rare talent,who,to quote a song written in the metre he made his own will "Not Fade Away"-Safe journey big fella..........
So-Once again I turn my back and the place is humming,lets start at the top:-
ROB-Glad you survived the storms-Have got Boris & Copperkettle building pontoons for the bar ("`Ere Noah-have you seen the weekends forecast.." "Silence woman,I`m watching the chariot racing on C.N.N ".....)--Like the Gomez Addams idea of glow-in-the-dark locos.... --Fallout was quite a worry at the time-as I recall all livestock in the worst affected areas was culled for about 3 years afterwards-remember the distance is not as great as you might think,prevailing winds also--P.S-LOVED the `terror alert` thing-send to the rest of the guys,if you havnt already-am forwarding to all my pals-spot on
TOM-Nice one on the Wabash #573 link-will be thinking of her next time we launch into Wabash Cannonball -- Apologies for soiling the bar with politics-sometimes tend to forget myself........Thanks for note on R.D.C-heres one for you
I know these have been out before but you can never have too many says I !!
Small monkey is a wee devil and has her daddy wrapped around her pinky (and knows it !!!)
Fine shots from Gaspe-as a confirmed water rat myself,what could be finer than a train trip to a small-boat harbour (love the sound of the wind rattling through the fittings-pure music )
Your comment about gas prices closer to the bone than you might think-last weeks outlay (admittedly a high mileage week )--$340-and ours is a pretty economical vehicle.......
CM3-or may I call you Shane ..?--Glad you liked the pix of Dinas-the newly restored line comes in on the former std gauge alignment and then takes the old route south of the road bridge-most of the buildings are still extant-the old sheds are now local council stores but largely unchanged-here is the only modern pic I have to hand-
A Funkey diesel runs into the former std gauge `up` platform (although as the Festiniog company,who own the line,cross on the right its now the `down` platform..... ) -in the other pic ,she is running round at Waunfawr-then the terminus..Snowdon in the background..
Having consulted local records,I can confirm that the gent in the hat is Stealthy PETE`s great uncle Idris-a notorious lad-about-town,domino fiend and sheep worrier (not proven)......
And so to the man himself -PETE-Some fine pix there mate-I have to say,for my money,that livery suits the 08 and the 37 rather better than the 73-although the 37 looks odd with the regional rail coaches-just my -quiz question-I`m gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the 002 was road tested in Mexico before delivery...
Right-gonna post this before it gets lost-and give Leon a chance to fill our glasses again-my shout-I`ve had a good few days of it and funds are available
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Right,here we are,back after the commercial break-everybody sitting comfortably ?
then I`ll begin (Brits-spot that quote.....)
TOM-A fine selection detailing Springfields most famous son--and I had always thought it was Homer Simpson..........Now the one that points out where he spent his last night-was that his last night in Springfield or his last night as in" What did you think of the play Mrs Lincoln ? ".......
PETE-Some confusion here dear boy-old Muesli is still staggering on although at much reduced boiler pressure and restricted route availability-not so much incontinent as inaccurate-but hey we`ve all been there-me more than most ,in truth
Dire Straits-completely missed that one mate,dont know why-great player,and great band as well,although they rarely seem to get the credit due them..
Barry at dawn-I bet that was a real experience-the elephants graveyard,especially with the mist rolling in off the estuary--lets raise a glass to Dai Woodham,without whom......just a real shame so much work went to Thos. Wards & other less forward thinking yards........
Now Brit coinage------Pay attention you lot..:- 4 farthings to the penny,12 pennies to the shilling,20 shillings to the pound,21 shillings to the guinea--we also had-3penny bits,sixpences,florins(2 shillings) half crowns (2 shillings & sixpence)-known as half dollars `cos at the time the pound was worth 4 dollars and Crowns -5 shillings -this currency was known as L.S.D (behave) based on Roman currency-cant remember what the `L` stood for but the `S` was sesterci and the `D` denarius-see-perfectly straightforward
ALLAN-Did you catch the clip of Tal-Y-Lyn in black with the cab off ?-looked completely different,not totally convinced myself but prepared to go with it-definately better than Dolgoch in that insipid pea-green she has been wearing in recent years-definately `Lady in red`-looking like that she is `Rheneas` from the books I learned to read with -good to see they are aware of their own history up there-both real and literary-just check out `Duncan` with that thick blue band for lining
Good call on Hank B Marvellous-that band did more to promote Rock`N`Roll over here than they will ever know-unbelievably crisp production-especially given the available technology-I still hanker after a salmon pink Strat and a WEM copycat or Echoplex tape-loop echo to plug into my WEM amps-even though I would never use one on stage (gimme a Tele every time...)---A shed full of Tui`s for you for suggesting it
ERIC-Howya mate ?-we are back here to the B.R standard designs-PETE has put up a pic of a std 4-tractive effort 25,100 lbs,mixed traffic-a similar design to the B1-which was a North-Eastern machine-the std 4`s were a Brighton build and seen widely across the network-saw some useful mileage on my beloved Somerset & Dorset route.
Glad you saw behind the trainspotter pic-have been watching too many Monty Python re-runs
As to the red wheels pic-..The Slovenian Govt have about a half dozen old steamers they use for tourist trains-they are based at either Srebvronice or Ljubjana-I think this one is an old D.R class 52 Kriegslok (although I am happy to be corrected here) which I imagine is an old war reparation machine-either way she was in fine fettle when she ran through,as was the vintage coach set she was pulling...--unfortunately,was the only photo op I got-Missisnick seemed to find the idea of spending her holiday sitting at a station bar drinking beer with gun-toting Hells Angels on the off chance of grabbing a pic or two strangely unappealing-no accounting for tastes I suppose.............................
And to finish-(appropriately enough)-some fine caboose shots-showing the enormous variety in design from the two main men-TOM & The mad COUNT ROBULLA himself-Nice work gentlemen all-
O.K chaps-looks like me for the night-if it rains tomorrow,I might get some layout pix for pikes perspective day,if not,we may have to put up with some repeats or those that didnt make the directors cut-
Heres a couple to round out the night
Here is a selection from the Toronto area
And ,just like the `human interest` story at the end of every news broadcast ,Here is the former Hoochie Coochie Band at the Blue Rock Festival a couple of years ago--I`m the one on the right..........
Take care now-be good
Good evening Leon, I see Nick's been by along with the rest of the crew so all in all a good day.I think I'll have a nice pint of guiness this evening. I'll leave an extra twenty for teh breakfast rush
Tom-Ahh many more wonderfull pictures today sir looks like your around the wye finally Intresting to see just how many people were on the plateforms for those two trains,tells me that rail travel in the US isn't quite dead yet.Imagine how much better it could be with funding.
Got rain out the wazzo again today sounds like another 6cm's worth toady according to the local weather guessers,more on tap for tomorrow,thank god we are on the high ground ( morally and otherwise )
Shane-Ah yes when factories were factories, and the grit was in the alleyways ( well the grit is still in Hamilton but it's not all necessarily a byproduct of Stelco and Dofasco ) Should be a good book he's launching it this summer from what I'm told,I'll keep you informed.It will be a must for my Library as well.I'm just waitng for someone to come out with a just as comprehensive study on the CPR in Ontario. That's the truly frightening part of his series of books, they only cover one province and he's already on number seven.Imagine if Ian was American,I'd hate to think the number of books he'd come out with
I wonder how that preservation group in Western NY is doing now.The old Hippo was in rough shape back then, the cabooses looked good,but those shots are at least ten years old now.I would have loved to see the slide show even without the old Baldwin shots.
Pete-Between you and Nick I now know more about old English currency than I ever knew ( or wanted to )
Nick-What ho there sir. Glad you liked that email com. I kinda figured it might tickle your funny bone. No Boris don't try to guess which bone that is just go back to your shed, you need the beauty sleep.Must have cost the farmers a ton of cash to have that much livestock culled for that long after the fallout settled.Yes I guess you are closer than most people would have wanted to be.
Loved the four part shots today some neat stuff. Railink, Goderich and Exeter,Go ,VIA turbo's some RDC's and the old TO Okeefe brewery,you ran the gammot nicely done Leon give the man another imperial quart on me.
Good evening captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, a #4 special with curly fries, please! Tuborg!
A not so warm day, they promised 104 but we got only 100. Bought a new USB turntable today. I am going to copy all my old records to CDs.
Tom – Did I miss something? Must be something wrong with the server or whatever. Dry desert heat is not bad! Not at all. Interesting article on the caboose! It is bringing up something that I thought about when we had our lunch at the Trainwreck Saloon. Their caboose is something very special, it is a combination of a cupola caboose and a bay window caboose. Never seen that before (except last year). Have a look!I love that little “bobber” cupola caboose!The photos from Canada look real nice today! Sunshine and no snow!!! How warm was it in Gaspé? I like the look of those cars!Thanks for the photos from Springfield! A very beautiful and interesting day! Rob – Oh, do you think Pete is getting kind of slow? Or maybe more sophistacated? Maybe it just looks like Pete, but is it?Yes, that RDC is there and it can be fixed which is a good thing. Nice photos of those cabooses! The Nickel Plate Road is pink! CM3 – The last pic was the train wreck? Hmm, maybe, could be. Thinking about it, yes you might be right! Pete – I learned about the steam train to San Diego just a few days ago when it was way too late to get any tickets. But I just got in touch with a locomotive engineer here in Phoenix. He is working for BNSF and his dad was operating the last steam train from Los Angeles to Barstow, CA in the 50’s! I will get together with him soon. Very nice guy!Nick – Very nice photos from Canada! Especially the top left one with the RDCs! What gauge is that diesel running on? 2 ft? No, that Slovenian loco does not look quite like a class 52 Kriegslok. I would say 52 is a little bit bigger. I have a model of one. A photo of a class 52 below.(Shown with permission from Wikipedia)I did not even know there are anyone who wouldn’t love to spend his or her holiday at a station! Strange people everywhere. Former? Aren’t you playing any more or is it a new band? An old tired BN caboose.
Wednesday's Witticism
You've got to the careful if you don't know where you're going ‘cause you might not get there!.
That aroma happens to be our freshly ground ‘n brewed coffee mixed with the just-delivered pastries in The Mentor Village Bakery case. <ummmmmm> Why not add a <light> or <traditional> breakfast from Our Menu Board to your order
I'll be scarce today - leaving in mid-morning, returning mid-late afternoon . . .
188 fotos from my 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey . . .
115 fotos from Rendezvous III
Tuesday - June 3rd <all times Central daylite>:
Page 34 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 9:27 AM ‘n 9:35 AM: A two-fer from our somewhat beleaguered Manager on this strange weather day for us all. <groan>
I too watched the Red Wings out skate, out hustle ‘n out play the Penguins - only to suffer a most disheartening loss. Those guys must've been absolutely drained . . . Couldn't believe the energy out there . . . amazing.
I didn't edit a thing in that caboose article - they said "cabooses," which of course is correct. The antithesis of the name, if used ‘round here, is subject to a hearty <tweeting>!
I've seen ‘em used in several of my trips in Canada - of course not with the major freights, but with lesser ones ‘n somewhat obscure roads. It's always a treat to see ‘em trailing along instead of that "thing" we've come to know as "FRED" - <flashing rear end device - or the "other" version!>
Been a ruff, tuff spring here in mid-continent ‘n apparently you're getting a dose of the same up your way too. I can handle most things, but when it comes to funnel clouds - I'm a definitive "fraidy cat." <uh oh>
Regarding daylite Saturdays: Depends on which side of things one is on - I do worry about the waste of my time ‘round here when we seem to have hit a wall with no resolution in sight. The only solution is to attract new blood, which of course requires effort on the part of our GoR ‘n the willingness of new folks to give it whirl . . . All of this has been covered in previous Emails to our crew who give a Rat's Patoot!
Glad to see that you're keeping track of Pete's tab . . . that "swollen roll" has gotten so big that it no longer can be kept behind the bar! The man has TWO wooden legs plus a very generous way ‘bout him.
Spate of four caboose shots are a fine supplement to my "Back in the Day" piece! Lackawana ‘n Nickel Plate are <keepers>!
I'll check the Email for your response . . . You shudda received "a bunch."
Good Post to eavesdrop ‘n appreciate the twenty . . . <KaChing> <KaChing>
Page 34 - CM3 Shane <coalminer3> at 10:31 AM: And in comes our equally stretched-thin WVA Connection! So what IS it when there are nearly 6 full periods in a Stanley Cup Finals game That's the kind of game whereby the overwhelming favorite can wind up on the losing end of the quest - a heartbreaker for them - tremendous motivation for the Pens, fer sure, fer sure.
I'm not following the AL very much, other than to see that the Royals are having an abysmal first 3rd of the season. Amazed that the franchise is hanging on . . . Said it before, far too many teams - talent is very, very diluted making for less than acceptable games at that level. Pretty much can say the same in all pro-sports, but since we are sooooooooo addicted to this stuff . . .
Concur, Rick Ankiel's catch was indeed a hi-lite. Still think Jim Edmonds catch when he was with the Angels was more spectacular. But "the man" title definitely belongs to Willie Mays. I saw that catch on the tube when Vic Wertz sent him into the depths of the Polo Grounds. Now THAT was a catch. Also, very little "ink" on the throw he made following it . . . what a player!
More slides Save ‘em for Rendezvous IV . . . I've got a ‘deal' for ya regarding a replacement lamp for your projector! <uh oh>
I don't know what it IS with some of our Rendezvous III shots, but there are several that are totally uncomplimentary ‘n should never appear for public viewing. <ugh> But, if we want to laff at others, we must first agree to laff at ourselves, eh <yuck> <yuck>
Many thanx for the visit, chat, quarters ‘n ROUND!
Page 34 - Pete <pwolfe> at 1:45 PM: An early PM arrival for the Wolfman!
Still engaged in catch-up, eh Some people never learn . . . <uh oh>
Perhaps being up in a dome behind a "smoking" steamer may not be the best of views. <grin> Depends on what one is looking for, I suppose . . .
We were supposed to have a full day of bad weather, but aside from early morning troubles, it's been a fair day - muggy ‘n too hot for my tastes, but not a bad "early summer" day in the spring! <geesh>
We have both of the 3:10 to Yuma flicks in our library- so we've watched the original first - then the new one. Almost like watching two entirely different movies - although one cannot escape the theme of ‘em. Highly recommend both!
As always, thanx for the visit, chat ‘n ROUND! <KaChing> <KaChing>
Page 34 - Nick <nickinwestwales> at 6:49 PM ‘n 8:26 PM <12:49 AM ‘n 2:26 AM Wednesday GMT>: All sorts of commentary to eavesdrop on ‘n fotos to take in - NickStyle of course!
Goats man, goats! They'll take care of that eccentric "old thing's" grass situation. 15 feet of hedge height too - Good Gawd Gertie! You must be an extremely tolerant soul to take on such a task. I KNOW what I'd tell her . . .
Enjoyed those RDC shots in your spate of 4 - do you happen to know the road names of those freight diesels below The one on the right is intriguing . . .
YOU need to seriously consider meeting me in Montreal for a Gaspé round trip . . . we'd have a blast . . .
Is there a "reason" why petrol prices are so high in your part of Wales I say that because it surely seems that the remainder of the UK have prices far lower . . . maybe it's whatever exchange rate table you're using. Just staggers the wallet, fer sure, fer sure. <ugh>
Thanx for "clearing up" the distinctive Brit currency 'n coinage. <yikes>
Hmmmmm - another talent you've displayed: deciphering "Pete speak"!
Springfield, IL looks far better in fotos than in reality - in my OH-PIN-YUN. Probably because I've spent a wee bit o' time in that place . . . but not bad for killing time on a rail turn-about! <grin>
Also noted some "techie talk" ‘tween you ‘n Allan. Always thought there's a "connection" between "dweebs" ‘n musicians! <grin> No OH-FEN-SSSSSS, Mate - just yankin' your chain . . .
You ‘n your bride are FORTUNATE that you didn't encounter the "brand" of "Angels" that frequent the deserts ‘n assorted rat holes in the U.S. southwest . . . they'd have carted her off in a heartbeat ‘n left you for the buzzards. Really. These guys make Vito ‘n his boyz look like Walt Disney characters . . . Could tell ya some stories.
An excellent foursome spate with VIA - Amtrak - GO - CN ‘n Turboliner - all for the eyes to take in!
So what happened to the Hoochie Coochie Band Last I recall, you were taking off for a tour with ‘em - disappeared from the bar for a long while, etc. Anyway, thanx for the shot!
As always, appreciate the visit, chat, fotos ‘n ROUNDs!!
Page 35 - Rob <trolleyboy> at 10:32 PM: A flagon of your choice for turning the Page to 35!
Rail travel in the U.S. has been "up" for years - problem is, not enough equipment nor "windows" along the freight owned rights-of-way.
A little o' this ‘n that for everyone - along with another twenty! We'll have to start checking out those bills - I've heard that . . .
See ya when the wind shifts!
Wednesday - June 4th:
Page 35 - Eric <EricX2000> at 1:04 AM <11:04 Tuesday Sandbox time>: That turntable ‘n roundhouse shot is a <keeper> ! Lots of good stuff to check out.
Temps were in the lo-60s (F) during my in Gaspé. Sorry - but YOU are "in" for the Molly Throttlebottom course on Reading the Words, Part I!! <uh oh>
Another fine inclusive effort along with a few insights in the form of fotos. You are correct about the caboose at the TrainWreck Saloon. And I too had not seen one like that before. I'll have to check out the MoPac # on her ‘n see what I can come up with . . .
Appreciate the chat, visit ‘n business! <KaChing> <KaChing>
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please (New England Four Seasons Blend will be fine), round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Boris, punch up all the Bo Diddly tunes that are in the mighty Wurlitzer. Just remember, "Bo don't know diddly!" Our e-mail is completely messed up today but the net is working - go figure. We truly had some rock and roll weather last night - wind lighting, buckets of sidewards rain with more on the way for today.
Nick - Yard work never ends - for pay or otherwise. The K9 Korps helps me by digging up spots in the yard. Pete's uncle - hmmm. Should that not read, "Domino fiend, sheep worrier, AND pinball wizard?" Lincoln never went back (alive) to Springfield after he went to Washington to assume the presidency. William L. Miller's new book, President Lincoln I heartily recommend for about the best summary of his rise to power and his inauguration that I have seen anywhere.
Rob - western New York group is busy running excursions, staging train shows. (I always try and get to the one they do right before Thanksgiving), and doing depot restorations - particularly Orchard Park and Williamsville. I was looking through the family album a few yrs ago (bride's side) and found a picture of her mom and several other family members done at Orchard Park probably back in the late 20s to early 30s. I rounded up those who were still around and able to travel, bride, and younger set and restaged the picture at the restored Orchard Park station - not bad to get four generations in one shot - most of them have passed since then. Glad I made the effort, for certain.
Eric was by with comments and cabs and a fine steam photo.
OSP - around the wye we go some more - those cars look to be in excellent condition. More Springfield pictures as well. I agree on the throw after the catch. The film clip shows Mays making the catch and then turning and throwing - the viewer does not get an idea of how deep the center field was at the Polo Grounds which is what made the throw every bit, if not moreso, extraordinary than the catch. Incidentally, Vic Wertz spent some time with the Red Sox and I remember seeig him play at Fenway.
BTW, since it is Wednesday, let me call your attention to an article in the June, 2008 RMC. It's titled "Turning Back the Clock on the Allegheny Central," and it is simply put excellent! Beautiful writing and inspirational at the same time; and exploains to some extent how at least some of us got involved with the whole railroad situation. One of the best I have read in years.
I see our Resident Coalminer has made it "in" . . .
This being our OP-SHUN-UL Toy ‘n Model Trains Day gala event, it's time to continue the Can-Am City Subway System development . . .
As mentioned at the bar, this effort is NOT complete. Still have many details to take care of along with soldering in my "device" that will enable the trains to automatically stop at the station for a pre-set period of time - then resume their journeys. Operating signals, more girders for the ground-level ‘n a 3rd rail too. Just takes TIME, lotsa TIME.
(13) "Boxing in" the CACSS station
(14) The view
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(16) Controls
(17) Another view
(18) People have arrived!
That's it for awhile . . . .
A cup of coffee and a bacon sarnie please RUTH..
Just had a quick clance at the bar and I see Tom will be away for a while today so I will post a few photos.Sorry about the quality they were taken from some old slides.These were taken around 1974.
Southern Region Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 No 35028 Clan Line on a steam special at Chester.
Class 86 25kv electric approaches Rugby Flyover from the north on a freight.
These next three are of a locomotive with an interesting history.It is a class 21c 2-6-0 No 377 built by Nydquist und Holm of Sweden in 1919 for the Norwegian State Railway, a developement of a Class 11 which was a David Jones of the Highland Railway of Scotland design and built by Dubs of Glasgow in 1891.In April 1940 it hauled King Haakon 7 his son and Government to safety from the advancing German forces. The loco carries the name King Haakon 7 today
Another, happier, claim to fame was that No 377 hauled the first passenger train from Loughborough to Quorn on the re-opened preserved Great Central Railway in 1973. I have happy memories travelling behind her on the GCR, including one trip with an old Christmas tree in the tender as fuel.
Back later when I have read the posts and done some chores.
Appreciate the daylite morning support from Wolfman Pete . . . Doesn't seem that long ago when we had a dependable group of PGs <periphery guys> - no more. <sad>
I'm baaaaaaaack, so here we go <again> . . .
My 2008 Canada Rail Odyssey continues . . . Rule of Six Suspended <by one>!
NOTE: The Chaleur consist at Gaspé, Québec, Canada. Yeah - you've seen SOME of these before - but since I'm now providing a sequential view into the trip - enjoy 'em again!
(189) Skyline Dome car #8503
(190)
(191) Coach #8126
(192) Baggage #8618
(193) The Chaleur headed by F40PH #6427
(194)
(195) VIA Rail F40PH #6427 at Gaspé
A pint of Bathams please RUTH.
TOM Hope you avoided the Thunderstorm and rain we had last night
Many thanks for the URL to the Wabash 2-6-0 locomotives; they look very useful mixed traffic locomotives.
Really enjoying your photos on the Chaleur and from Rendezvous III.5X The ice in the bay at Gaspe will be a great photo to enlarge, print and look at as we are getting in to the Mid-Mo summer heat. Seeing the road tanker at Gaspe, I guess they must have run it down to New Carlisle to fuel the locomotive when we had to go to Gaspe by bus.
Great photos of Springfield Ill. The information on Abraham Lincoln can be read when the photos are enlarged.
A French computer working out the old British money, I fear the worse for my bar tab.
I know the Park Car is the best way to see the sights on the Can- Am, although the ride to the Second Class Saloon in the RDCs is great, it seems Eric's brunette seems VERY attracted to the brown car.
Thanks for the URL to Lincoln Ill; I see the only town to be named after Abe Lincoln, which got me to thinking, how the city of Lincoln in England got its name. I wonder if that ‘Ghost Bridge' on the old Route 66 is visible from the train.
Glad you like Dire Straits, the song with the ‘Roar of Ruston Diesel' line in is ‘Tunnel of Love'
We will soon have nearly all of the regulars at Molly Throttlebottom's classes; mind you I think she spends most of her fee money on gin at the bar.
Another great Back in the Day on the Caboose with great photos of some of the different types. I guess the long distance ones that were personalized with pictures etc had a regular crew in them.
Thanks for the photos of the Can-Am City Subway System Constructio and good to see you back in the bar with the Chaleur photos; I think it is a real credit to VIA Rail in the clean appearance of those great Budd cars.
ALLAN Thanks for the kind words and glad you liked on the photos. Yes I must admit I am not that interested in the Euro 2008 football without a home nation in it, I believe all of the matches are live on TV here. The bride was quite pleased, I think, that the English season was over as it meant more time on Saturday for ‘Honey Dos', I think it will be easier for me to do the work than feign interest in the teams in the Euro.
A friend back in England as been a fan of the Shadows for many many years. He has all their songs and nearly all of the records they made, some songs off rare EPs and singles were released on compilation records and CDs I believe. I have been to a couple of Shadows concerts with him, one in the now closed Coventry Theatre and one in Northampton, they were really good shows. I don't think Hank Marvin and the Shadows sometimes get the credit they deserved in the development of British rock music.
Were original Shadow members Jet Harris and Tony Meehan (there's showing my age), Geordie lads as well do you know.
ERIC Thanks for the kind words on the photos. I was reading that there are some locomotives very similar to the EWS Class 66s working in Norway and Sweden and work inside the Artic Circle, CargoNet of Norway has 6 and TGOJ Trafik of Sweden 2. One difference with these locos is that they are fitted with guards around the air hoses to protect them in collisions with Moose and Reindeer.
Great photos from the TrainWreck saloon. The last one ought to be a ‘caption competition'
I am sure we will be able to get an adaptor for the ‘Brown Car'.
Good of you to spot the different caboose at the TrainWreck.
I bet it will be very interesting talking with the engineer whose father drove the last steam engine between Los Angeles and Barstow
Thanks for the photo of the class52 and the caboose
ROB Glad you enjoyed the photos and thanks for the twenty, it will help with my bar tab.
Many thanks for the caboose photos, liked the different designs and liveries; I would think that the Cabooses in North America and the Brake Vans in the UK were phased out of general service at about the same time.
I am glad Nick explained the old money for me. I had the bad luck to be in high school and had learnt all about Imperial money, weights and measurements including long division etc when we had to learn Metric with math exams using both forms on the exam papers, it could go a long way to explain the my present.
CM3 I will look forward to the LV Baldwins slides, did you get one of the roundhouse dog too.
I had a look at the Boston Globe site thanks, it was very sad about the lady driver, as you say it will be quite a while before the inquiry is completed.
Unfortunately I have not got a Pinball Wizard in the family but I have met one over here, a truly good guy I believe he is ranked in the top 10 in the world, he competes in the world championship in Pittsburgh, it was very rare that I got a replay when I played them.
NICK Hope you have recovered after that hard workand good words for Bo Diddley.
Yes I don't suppose us Brits will ever hear how that nuclear disaster in Russia truly affected us.
A relation of mine a sheep worrier. Reminded me of a joke, but I had better not put it on the site as it would probably get me banned.
Glad you enjoyed the photos, I agree the EWS livery did not suit the 73s, I thought the all over BR blue seemed to though. They did have a few of the 37/4s painted in a Regional Railway livery that suited the coaches and if memory serves there was one class 47 in the RR livery as well.
Yes 66002 was tested on the Pueblo Test Track for a while, which I believe is a large oval. I have seen a photo of the loco with a Chevy side mirror taped to it to comply with American rules while on the test track.
Glad the old Museli cat is still with us.
Yes the British preservation movement and railfans owe a great debt to Dai Woodham OBE
Thanks for the list of the old British coin age, old fart that I am I can just about remember farthings in use, after they were no longer legal tender you could still get four little chews (the name escapes me at the minute) for an old 1d.
The Standard 4s were another class of locomotives that did not get they deserved in my opinion, the say the double chimney versions of the class were well equal to a class 5
Many thanks for the great Canadian and the Dinas photos.
Any chance of a Hoochie Coochie band video appearing on U-Tube, but sure to let us know if there is.
LEON it seems I have got carried away with the post but there was great reading, anyway caught up now so a round please
Well good evening chaps,hope all is well-only a brief visit tonight as the pillow is exerting a powerful pull...
Leon-I will take that quart that ROB so kindly offered-make it a Labbatts for a little variety
Will have to leave responses `til the morning or I will never get to the end (that hedge wont beat me but I think we are gonna go the full 10 rounds....
Didn`t get any new model pix today so by a tenuous link-you have all made kind noises about the Clonakilty Model Village pix,here are some pix of the lines on which it is all based,the Cork,Bandon & Southern Counties.
Cork`s main terminus is Glanmire Road,this was connected to the C.B&S.C terminus at Albert Quay by a nominally freight only branch-this first batch shows(mostly) the section crossing the river Lee and the harbour
Here we have an Ivatt J11 0-6-0 tank on a transfer freight circa 1953
A `signature` engine class on these lines was the `Bandon` tank-here is 4-6-0t #464 on a pre-closure special,1961
In a similar position to the 1st shot,here is M&G.W.R Kitson 0-6-0t #552,-c1953
Facing the other way,here is Gen. Motors #b192 c1974
Here is the view from the bridge of Albert Quay station,c1961
Right,will post these and back in a sec with some `country` shots
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O.K chaps-back for part two-Leon ,a round for the guys please-and lets take a wander out into the far west
Here we have `C` class Metro-Vick #202 in original silver livery on sugar beet empties at Ballinhassig c1960
Now we move on to the Timoleague & Courtmacsharry tramway-here is #552 again,this time at courtmacsharry with an excursion working c1954
Another `C` class Metro-Vick -this time in green,on excursion duties c1960
#552 seems to have been a regular on the tramway-here she is at Timoleague loading sugar beet c1960-note the ruins of the 15th century abby in the background
Back on the main line,here we have another Bandon tank-rather less cared-for than #464 seen earlier,on a demolition train out towards Bantry c1962
Right-thats the pix-gonna post now `cos the machine is getting weird on me and mate a few notes for responses-might get some posted but no promises
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