G'day!
Three in succession from Rob on this Thread that shouldn't be - but IS! <grin>
My Monday offering . . . .
Enjoy!
Tom
Ah yes one of the bosse's old home roads and a favourite of many others around these parts Here's an evening shot.
Another weirdy for you. Bombardiers HR 412 demo numbered to go for a test on the CPR ( CPR always used 7000 numbers for their demo trains )
enjoy
Rob
"Way cool" demo from Rob!
Here's my Tuesday submission . . .
Ah yes the bookmobile strikes again Love the NH !Here's one Tom will appreciate.
A gem from that flea market cash I found suposed to be Niagara Falls in the late 70's.
Luv the RDC-3 from Rob!
My 2nd for this Tuesday . . .
Northern Pacific train No. 25, the North Coast Limited, pulls out of Billings, Montana circa 1960. <from: Wikipedia.com>
I knew you would love that old RDC ! Great NP pic as well Here's the evening shot.
A CN Sweep rebuild at the Toronto yards
Nice work horse from Rob!
Mine for this Wednesday . . . .
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O)
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O)
Southern Railway (SOU)
Wednesday again and after a splendid mix from ROB & TOM,heres a midweek medley from my travels...
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From T.L:-Cl 158`s crossing at H/West (uncommon),T.R:-Cl 158 arrives at Aberystwyth from Shrewsbury,B.L:-Inter-City 125,Paddingtin -Swansea,somewhere between Cardiff & Swansea,B.R:- unknown D.M.U class on preserved West Somerset line,heading for Minehead
Enjoy
Evening gents. Some interesting stuff from the two of you today Here's a late Wednesday submission.
My first train shot from Binghamton NY in the 80's a crusty old Conrail U30b
Just spent about an hour and a half going through this thread, great stuff guys. I have been around for some time but seems I have to reregister every time I am away for a while.
I live in St. Thomas Ontario and grew up within a block of the T H & B on Cayuga street in Brantford, and know it well. I have been meaning to return there and see my old haunts again, I used to watch trains at the CN station pre via, and took some shots there plus with a friend I used to go to Toronto in the early 70's to take pictures there mostly on slides though.
The museum Rob keeps refrring to is that the Halton County Radial Line? Also where is this bar you keep talkin g about?
I promise I will keep watching though now I am here.
James
A departure from my normal daily contribution to this lonely Thread - I see a friendly face!
Hello James! You won't believe this - BUT - Brantford is a special place for a couple of us. First - Rob lives there! And I've been a visitor on a couple of occasions - we had our 1st Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in Toronto <2006> with the guys staying at a hotel in Brantford - Rob was our host.
I recently visited with Rob in Brantford <May> with some passenger railroading thrown in . . .
Yes, the Halton County museum is indeed the one Rob mentions. It's a great place - as I'm sure you well know!
Anyway - there's all kinds to pass along - but it would be better over at the bar - which is "Our" Place. Where is it On the Classic Trains main Page - look for it under General Discussion. Won't be hard to find at all.
Highly recommend that you read the FIRST PAGE - then check out 4 or 5 of the last Pages, just to give you an idea of how we do things at this adult bar 'n grill in the Ether. Also, "click" on the cyber names of our crew - just to check out their profiles. Most of the boyz have provided some meaningful stuff to help others get acquainted . . .
On your SECOND visit - you'll receive a warm welcome from the boyz plus a free drink! Can't beat that, eh
Glad you have found this Thread to your liking - but I think you'll enjoy the bar soooooooooo much more. The idea of this Thread is rather simple - drop off a foto or two 'n hope some discussion ensues. Hardly does . . . but we try! <grin>
Looking forward to "meeting" you at the bar . . .
Tom, Proprietor of "Our" Place
Well here we are again-once more it`s thursday at the little thread that could-and hello James -O.K:- In order to show our new Ontarian (?) friend the diversity that is the order of the day here,lets have a touch of ancient and modern from the old country.....
Here we have a Beyer-Peacock 0-6-0t (not sure which one) easing through the streets of Welshpool towards Llanfair Caereinion-poss. early `20`s
And here-just to tweak TOMS nose a little -is a Walker railcar on a sunday working on the County Donegal Rly-late `50`s
And finally,some contempory Southern electric stuff-a Waterloo bound 8 car service awaits departure from the bay (plat 1) at Guildford-earlier this year
enjoy !!
Good evening gents. Nice to see som activity and chat over here today I do hope we can make Jame's aquaintance more as well. As Tom said I do live in Brantford. I suspect that St Thomas and your old haunts have changed a fair bit since you were last there as a good deal of the trackage is sadly gone.As Tom mentioned though please pop over to the bar we don't bite.Nick lots of neat bits of this and that I love that little rail bus Well here is today's pic.
A little something from Home for James
Good to see two of our regulars from the bar keeping this site "up" . . . Nick 'n Rob!
More drumheads for this Friday . . .
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF)
Union Pacific - The Overland Route (UP)
Windsor & Hantsport Railway (WHRC) <a short-line freight op>
Been awhile since I did a "back to back" on this Thread . . . so here's another on this end of the work week <for many>!
1953 - The Clinchfield Route
Ahoy Cap'n Tom!
Couldn't visit the forums without swinging by this lonely place AFTER first stopping at the bar, of course!
You, Nick 'n Rob seem to be holding things together on a thread we all thought was going to fold up, several times.
Thought I'd drop this off, as you KNOW I just love the NYC . . . and at Cap'n Tom's favorite time of year at that!
Hope to see ya over at the bar on Saturday for our anniversary celebation!
Until the next time!
Lars
Two in a row from me on this lonely site!
Ah yes a fine Friday here at the lonely thread four posts make that five with this one almost nose bleed territorygreat covah's and books from the two big guys Here's tonights lonely offering from moi.
CPR "pups" in Hamilton ontario in the mid 90's
Thanks for the welcome and I will definitly keep checking and discussing here. though not so sure about the bar.
Love the photos and I will make an attempt to get into the bar early next week, but for now I have to shuffle off to Buffalo, for the weekend. Might be in Brantford tomorrow and maybe check out my old haunts a bit if I can get away from the dreaded in laws for a while.
Thought I'd drop one off after visiting the bar for our monthly anniversary celebration . . .
For OnHarry . . . you've been invited, so the rest is up to YOU!
Seems like olde tymes with Lars 'n Rob at this lonely Thread!
Mine for this Saturday . . .
1945 - Christmas
Enjoy - gotta get back to the festivities over at the bar!
Well here we all are....LARSMAN !!!!!-good to see you,JAMES is still with us (between dodging the near and dear) lets try something different this night.......
Here we have the end of platform main starter & run-round loop arms at Rosslare Europort on an early summers evening
And a touch more Irish whimsy-A monthly cattle special (the only traffic left at this time ) at Castlegregory Jn on the Tralee & Dingle,c1953
Good to see Nick over here from the bar . . . gets a tad lonely on this Thread. Far more activity at "Our" Place . . . but we keep trying, eh
Mine for this Sunday . . .
1944 Speeding Through the West
Well,as it`s sunday,lets have something completely different...........
Here we have a Messerschmitt 3-wheeler (2-stroke engine) outside Llangwm school-part of the carnival vintage car procession
And here we have a couple of tall ships,plus a coastguard cutter,in Milford docks during the seafair festival
So it`s trains you want then--Well here is German built 0-8-0t "Sir Drefaldwyn" at castle Caereinion on the Welshpool & Llanfair-a wonderful sleepy spot in the middle of nowhere ...
Good to see things are still progressing over here.Great stuff from the bossman Lars and Nick. Indeed just like old times ( olde tymes ) for Nick James good to see you again. If the Sattion Hobby shop was one of your old haunts haunt it sooner as opposed to later as they are winding things down sadley.Always an open invite for the bar as well
Lets see what's up for today.
Something near and dear to moi.A CLRV on Parliament Street in Toronto
Nick 'n Rob made Sunday visits 'n Pix for this lonely Thread . . .
Monday's contribution . . .
1953 Michigan's Lumber Pikes
As always something interesting from the bossman
Lets see what's up for this morning.
Small Peter Witt 2766 ( still owned by the TTC and used for charters ) on Bloor street in the 70's while doing tour tram service.
Always like the Witts, Rob!
My nite cap for this Monday . . .
1945 - Inspection Engines
That's an interesting looking contraption on that cover,a good one to be sure.So since you like w Witt's here 's some more.
A Classic shot from St Clair STreet in Toronto.
Lets see another happy shot for this little thread.
Snow sweeper S37 at the museum.
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