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Posted by nickinwestwales on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:59 PM

Good to see Pirate [oX)]Captain [4:-)]TOM & Count ROBULLA keeping up the old Batman & Robin tag-team routine-and good stuff it is too..

Think I will go for atmosphere tonight.........

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First up we have a selection of views around the yard at Portmadoc -the south end of the Welsh Highland Railway (also I notice,one from the Teifi Valley Rly @ Newcastle Emlyn) -The history of these side and top loading cars has been covered at the bar

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Nearer the other end of the line,top,we have a southbound service at Dinas Junction-at this point still on the former std gauge r-o-w ( I believe the footpath on the left marks the approx course of the Nantlle Rly-a horse tramway that was one of the earliest in Wales

Lower pic-the same train running round at the then terminus of Waunfawr with the western foothills of Snowdon as a backdrop

O.K-take care 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:43 PM

Some nice shots from that masked man from Westwales.Lets see another shot for this evening for you gents.

TTC crane car C2 now liveing SOB at the Rock Hill trolley museum,our museum has sister car C1.Both were built in house in Toronto by the TTC predessesor Toronto Railway Company in 1912.

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Posted by OnHarry on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:19 AM

LOve those old pics of the TTC, I used to ride it often back in the early seventies, though I never rode that really old car.

Actually I have only been to the station hobby shop once, and it turned out I knew the proprietor Rob Thompson, a fellow eagle place guy. Too bad he is closing but such seems to be the way for hobby shops.

I never even got to Brantford on Sunday but will definitly be there this Sunday coming and will make a point of checking out the TH & B my favourite, or rather whats left of it. My dad was a sectionman and later foreman on the Waterford Subdivision and I used to ride the cabs of the west local when it was really busy back in the sixties.   

Keep the pictures coming. 

 

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Posted by pwolfe on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:21 AM

HI Gents

Popped over from the bar, great photos and magazine covers.

A photo of LNER A4 Mallard  backing down to take over a railtour on July 3rd 1988  to celebrate the record run 50 years earlier.

There are some more photos of Mallard at the Our Place site.

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:30 PM

Afternoon guys. James,not much left of the old TH&B now,but CN is still serving the major industries that are on it and take rail service.It's still;a bit odd seeing CN geeps pulling the freights past the old TH&B station downtown but at least it still getting a fair bit of use.You can still ride the old TTC cars you just have to come upto the museum Thumbs Up [tup]

Lets see what's on tap for this afternoon. I see Pete's been in with a wonderfull shot of the Mallard Thumbs Up [tup]

Another PCC on Carleton street in Toronto

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Posted by siberianmo on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:27 PM

G'day!

I see the boyz from the bar are keeping things hoppin' over here . . . AND Pete made it over too! Bow [bow] Wow!! [wow] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

So, we've got Nick - Pete 'n Rob contributing, along with Moi . . . looks like we're feeding ourselves, eh Question [?] Might be time to cut this thing adrift, as we're surely not getting any takers for the bar.

Well, I've said that before 'n we're STILL here! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Couldn't resist this one, Rob . . . remember what we were doing I snapped it Question [?]

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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

 

 

 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:57 PM

Nice shot from  R one there Tom.How could I forget.Big Smile [:D] Well a night one from me.

One from the archeives. Lake Erie and Northern 797 at Galt Ontario. This car is currently under restoration at our museum. A complete refurb from the bottom up. Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:09 AM

G'day!

That's quite a classic from Rob! Bow [bow]

Mine for this day . . .

New Haven Railroad

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:14 AM

That's a fine poster from the good Captain [4:-)] Somehting from the local area again this morning.

CP SW1200RS at Kineer Yard on top of the Niagara Escarpment (former TH&B territroy)

enjoy

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Posted by nickinwestwales on Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:42 PM

Well howdy pardners-Nice to see PETE in with a beauty of a shot of the great Sir Nigel G.-shows off the`lines` perfectly Approve [^]-ROB`s crane shot another highlight pour moi Thumbs Up [tup]-the Boss continues to mix and match with top notch printed material-great stuff !!!!

James-`fraid I dont have anything from the T.H.B either in the archives or on the layout...Think the best I can do is a C.P freight on T.H.B metals-part of a 4in1 -lets see now.............

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Dont think any of these are exactly what I`m looking for,but by the time I`ve checked through the whole of my scans I will have forgotten what I was looking for anyway.....Sigh [sigh]

So-Some assorted Canadiana for the gang

Enjoy

Chef [C=:-)]

 
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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, July 18, 2008 1:57 PM

G'day!

Always a treat to have Nick provide his quartets of fotos . . . and of course having Rob as a maintstay. Bow [bow] Thumbs Up [tup]

Really - only one foto is sufficient at this lonely outpost, after all -we're hardly setting any records for interaction - except amongst ourselves, which we do quite well at the bar! <grin>

Mine for this Friday . . .

Canadian Pacific Railway

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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

 

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Posted by coalminer3 on Friday, July 18, 2008 2:34 PM

Good afternoon All:

Finally getting caught up with picutres, etc.  All sorts of interesting items out yhere.  Especially enjoyed the NH I5-based travel poster.

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:35 AM

G'day!

Shane's back from vacation - Rob's gone-zo on holiday . . . so, I'll hold things down 'round here for a bit . . .

A Saturday offering!

Milwaukee Road

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by OnHarry on Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:52 AM

I really like those old travel posters Tom, it takes you back to when things were a bit less hurried and the journey was as important as the destination.

Thanks also to Nick for the quartets, they look great, it is always good ro see familiar stuff in new, (to me) pictures.

 

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:25 AM

G'day!

Glad you are enjoying this lonely Thread, James . . . that's the idea! Thumbs Up [tup]

Seems we've met up before - a few years ago on a Thread I begun on Canadian Passenger RRs . . . so, all of my grey matter hasn't dissipated! <grin>

I generally only Post once over here - but with Rob gone, perhaps twice . . . we'll see.

Gotta tend to the bar, dontchano! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

GM FTA demonstrator at StL Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, MO <personal foto>

 

 

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

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Posted by siberianmo on Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:37 PM

G'day!

Just because it's a lonely Thread . . .

 

Euro Railways

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by pwolfe on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:34 PM

Hi Tom

Called in from the bar, enjoying the photos and posters here.Approve [^]Thumbs Up [tup].

A couple of photos of LMS Duchess class No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland.

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Posted by siberianmo on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:30 AM

G'day!

Great to see ya over here, Pete! Bow [bow]

Mine for this mid-week day . . .

 

New York Central System

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by coalminer3 on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:51 AM

Good Morning - Nice posters and pictures.  HAve always liked the Empire State one.

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Posted by LoveDomes on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:01 PM

Ahoy Cap'n Tom!

Just dropped off a thought or two over at the bar 'n figured I'm overdue here . . .

These are for Da Bossman!

 

 

 

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:24 PM

G'day!

Many thanx, Lars - very surprised 'n pleased to see ya back in the Ether! Bow [bow]


One for this afternoon . . . .

 

 

The Turbo is shown here in its original Canadian National livery in 1973, westbound from Montréal enroute to Toronto. <Fair Use - Wikipedia.com>

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:25 PM

Afternoon gents m, I see that the lonely thead hasn't been completly abandoned while I was away Thumbs Up [tup] Good to see that Nick and Pete and Lars have added their personal stamps as well these last few days Thumbs Up [tup] Also James is still enjoying the show so it's all good Thumbs Up [tup]

Lets see something from the archeives today I think.

Something from the "wild west" of Canada

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:20 PM

Good evening gents back in again. here's a shot from teh most recent trip ( tuesday ) to Huntsville Ontario. A shot of the Huntsville and Lake of Bays RR's yard. Nice little narrow guage steam line.

enjoy

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:26 PM

Lets see one more for the road this evening. a random shot I got at Bayview jct earlier in June.

enjoy

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:11 PM

Afternoon folks,something I shot at the museum not all that long ago.

Some of our snow fighting equipment,subway snowblower Rt24

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Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:36 PM

G'day!

The return of our Manager from the bar to this lonley Thread . . . good to see ya Rob! I see you brought along that Subway Snow Blower unit! Hmmmmm, begs the question asked at the bar! <grin> Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

One from me for this Thursday . . .

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:18 PM

Lets see another shot for this afternoon.Nice turbo shot BTW Tom oh and further comments on the blower over at the bar as well Thumbs Up [tup]

Another of the museum's ex TTC subway work equipment. Flat car RT 29, we have converted it to run on overhead power and it and it's sister RT 28 are used for line maintenance ( hauling of ties ,poles etc )

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Posted by nickinwestwales on Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:19 PM

Well howdy guys-I see PETE posted "Duchess of Sutherland"-well here she is in model form with 6 on-at least one from every region plus a B.R mk1

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Here we have her with a Stanier Bk 3rd,Collett rest. comp.,Maunsell comp,Stanier 1st,Mk1 comp,Gresley Bk comp with a std class 2 on the bank with a pair of collett Bk 3rds

Enjoy

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:48 PM

Nice to see Nick pop in with a fine photo Thumbs Up [tup] Here is the night cap for you gents.

A VIA LRC in action at Kingston Ontario in 1989

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, July 25, 2008 3:13 PM

G'day!

Way to go Nick 'n Rob . . . keeping things goin' over here with all kinds of diversity. Don't believe we've ever seen model trains on this lonely Thread . . . but they "fit" into the Classics theme, fer sure, fer sure! Thumbs Up [tup]

Mine for the day . . .

Northern Pacific Railway

 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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

 

Happy Railroading! Siberianmo

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