Good to see 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
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
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.
Rob
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.
James
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.
Pete.
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
Lets see what's on tap for this afternoon. I see Pete's been in with a wonderfull shot of the Mallard
Another PCC on Carleton street in Toronto
G'day!
I see the boyz from the bar are keeping things hoppin' over here . . . AND Pete made it over too!
So, we've got Nick - Pete 'n Rob contributing, along with Moi . . . looks like we're feeding ourselves, eh 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!
Couldn't resist this one, Rob . . . remember what we were doing I snapped it
Enjoy!
Tom
Nice shot from R one there Tom.How could I forget. 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.
That's quite a classic from Rob!
Mine for this day . . .
New Haven Railroad
That's a fine poster from the good Somehting from the local area again this morning.
CP SW1200RS at Kineer Yard on top of the Niagara Escarpment (former TH&B territroy)
enjoy
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 -ROB`s crane shot another highlight pour moi -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.............
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.....
So-Some assorted Canadiana for the gang
Enjoy
Always a treat to have Nick provide his quartets of fotos . . . and of course having Rob as a maintstay.
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
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.
work safe
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
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.
Glad you are enjoying this lonely Thread, James . . . that's the idea!
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!
GM FTA demonstrator at StL Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, MO <personal foto>
Just because it's a lonely Thread . . .
Euro Railways
Hi Tom
Called in from the bar, enjoying the photos and posters here..
A couple of photos of LMS Duchess class No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland.
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Great to see ya over here, Pete!
Mine for this mid-week day . . .
New York Central System
Good Morning - Nice posters and pictures. HAve always liked the Empire State one.
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!
Lars
Many thanx, Lars - very surprised 'n pleased to see ya back in the Ether!
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>
Afternoon gents m, I see that the lonely thead hasn't been completly abandoned while I was away Good to see that Nick and Pete and Lars have added their personal stamps as well these last few days Also James is still enjoying the show so it's all good
Lets see something from the archeives today I think.
Something from the "wild west" of Canada
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.
Lets see one more for the road this evening. a random shot I got at Bayview jct earlier in June.
Afternoon folks,something I shot at the museum not all that long ago.
Some of our snow fighting equipment,subway snowblower Rt24
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>
One from me for this Thursday . . .
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
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 )
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
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
Nice to see Nick pop in with a fine photo Here is the night cap for you gents.
A VIA LRC in action at Kingston Ontario in 1989
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!
Mine for the day . . .
Northern Pacific Railway
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