Royal Hudsons 2820-2864
H1c 2820-2849
H1c 2820 first of the semi-streamlined 2800's. MLW #68956 9/1937 Glen, Montreal 3/24/1960 Glen yard shop track very late in the steam era still working in passenger (commuter) service.Note: 2459, 2811, 2816, 2820 and 2822 were still in commuter service in May of 1960. Last steam likely was 2820 with a Montreal bound freight train (transfer?) sighted on June 29th.1960.
Missing its Royal Crown which had become a collectors item!
Streamlined
Served the people for a long period of time
Always looks CLEAN and neat
Simple but classy
Capable to reach higher speed
Jones 3D Modeling Club https://www.youtube.com/Jones3DModelingClub
Jones1945 Streamlined Served the people for a long period of time Always looks CLEAN and neat Simple but classy Capable to reach higher speed
Sounds like the Pioneer Zephyr to me.
I always liked the looks of those Royal Hudsons, a nice blend of the British and American esthetic.
I'm surprised the crown is missing from the skirtings on those locomotives pictured, maybe they lost them after a while, or never had them to begin with?
Anyway, a Mike's Train House O gauge catalog described the honorific "Royal Hudson" better than anyone else...
"If any locomotive was ever granted a knighthood, this was it!"
Flintlock76"If any locomotive was ever granted a knighthood, this was it!"
Sounds like the sort of thing to expect from the folks that sold us Proto-Sound 1.
Conveniently ignoring Blighty where they had a whole class of locomotives actually bearing knighthoods... and deserving them.
Overmod Flintlock76 "If any locomotive was ever granted a knighthood, this was it!" Sounds like the sort of thing to expect from the folks that sold us Proto-Sound 1. Conveniently ignoring Blighty where they had a whole class of locomotives actually bearing knighthoods... and deserving them.
Flintlock76 "If any locomotive was ever granted a knighthood, this was it!"
Nuthin' wrong with Proto-Sound 2 or 3, I'm a happy customer with those two.
Never had an MTH engine with Proto 1, so I can't comment on those.
Anyway, I like Mikes catalogs, very colorful and much better than Lionels.
Urgent hot message to Overmod from Montreal
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ey0wvGiAH9g
Fetchez la vache!
Honi soit la vache qui rit,
Honi soit la vache qui rit... you showed what to my aunt?
But I think the Quebecois prefer sheep to cows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jC7NKkjCe0
OvermodHoni soit la vache qui rit
Sounds like my family motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Ah, that's right Becky, you're a Plantagenet!
No wonder you're the "Queen of O Gauge" for the rest of us "Classic Toy Trains" folks!
I'm just a humble knight of the order "Semper Fidelis," but my sword is yours!
Wayne
Pourquoi rit la vache?
Johnny
That is the question! Why is the cow laughing ? Probably the nice red earrings and she's happy.
Penny Trains Overmod Honi soit la vache qui rit
Overmod Honi soit la vache qui rit
With the greatest of respect to Overmod's admiration of British steam locomotives, and don't we all admire those gorgeous machines?
The Brits did build perfect locomotives, but the problem with a perfect locomotive is it needs a perfect roadbed to run on, which is the reason they never caught on here in the New World, in the US and Canada.
In Britain, with railroad builders rollin' in money, cheap labor, and shorter distances to travel building a perfect roadbed wasn't an issue. Not so here.
It also meant that there was a great marketing opportunity around the turn of the 20th Century for American builders like Baldwin, ALCO, Porter, and others when developing nations started building railroads of their own with less than perfect roadbeds, hence the reason there's American steam locomotives found all over the world.
The Canadians came up with their own masterpieces that worked well for them, that Royal Hudson being a prime example.
Hey, it's all good, as long as it's steam.
Speaking of "Lord Of The Rings" spoofs, this is the best one I've seen, but you'd better stand by, it's a little rough!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8jW19Ibjyo
Miningman That is the question! Why is the cow laughing ? Probably the nice red earrings and she's happy.
That's deep!
A bottle of wine and some Laughing Cow Cheese is always a winner on the second date. I know that there are fine cheeses to go along with wine but the Laughing Cow on a first romantic interlude melts the ladies.
The cow is Laughing along with us. Job well done. Those French eh!
English Hol jatlh nuqneH! pagh tlhIngan mughmeH ghun lo' jItlhIjchoHtaH! Qapla'!
Lady Firestorm asked me to spring this on everyone, just to keep things bovine.
And she must be obeyed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJZfdtcKBA
Uh, my Klingonese is a bit rusty. OK, it's non-existant.
And I only know enough German to get myself in deep trouble.
This is the greatest Forum in all of history!
Chapeau to Lady Firestorm.
CSSHEGEWISCH Sounds like the Pioneer Zephyr to me.
I never underestimate or look down streamliners like Pioneer Zephyr and all Zephyr of CB&Q, they were, according to the historical trend and what really happened in the RR history of America, The Zephyr together with UP's early diesel streamliner were the real "Train of the Tomorrow" a.k.a Diesel powered streamliner. : )
Hey! Get your stinkin Diesels off the Royal Hudson thread... geez you've already got at least 3 threads on streamliners where this belongs. No respect!
Launch the cows!
While we are on the subject of Klingon and streamlining:
'IwlIj jachjaj!
reH taHjaj!
See.. best Forum in the history of the world.
My Klingon a bit weak.. something about ' scream' or maybe just scream.
Miningman Hey! Get your stinkin Diesels off the Royal Hudson thread... geez you've already got at least 3 threads on streamliners where this belongs. No respect! Launch the cows!
Jamais!! Streamlined steam locomotives are teakettles trying to look like the diesels that inspired the attempt.
MiningmanMy Klingon a bit weak.. something about ' scream' or maybe just scream.
Beware the literal translation -- here as in so many other contexts.
Here is a useful tutorial.
Overmod While we are on the subject of Klingon and streamlining: 'IwlIj jachjaj! reH taHjaj!
You know, that does kinda-sorta remind one of a Klingon battlecruiser!
Maybe we should head "across the pond" for a look at what good 'ol Scotty might have sicced on 'em...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqDQAsXS1iU
Was Scotty a Jacobite? I don't know, he never said.
Anyway, we DO know Scotty didn't take any crap off anyone, especially Klingons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsO-7ENKGP4
"Will ye no come back again, will ye no come back again?
Better loved ye canna be, will ye no come back again?"
I'M a Jacobite, although my mother's Scottish ancestors were allegedly from the hated Clan Campbell. Then on my dad's side, his Ukrainian mother was supposed to have been descended from Scots who fled to Poland. Bonnie Prince Charlie was half Polish and many Scots did find refuge there. When Poland was partitioned between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the region of Ukraine where my grandmother hailed from became Russia. So Dad's story is entirely plausible.
I'm not sure I'd want the DNA test. I might find out the Harrises were Welsh, not Scottish.Can t track down my mother's relatives as she was an only child. Her parents died long ago,and her paternal uncle had two daughters. Any male Harrises who could be family would have to be descended from her grandfather's younger brothers.
Not to worry Father. As the Scots say, if the sound of bagpipes send a shiver down your spine, makes the hair on the back of your neck rise, and makes your blood run quicker, you're one of them!
Certainly applies to me, my mother's family (on her mother's side) were from Scotland, although of Irish ancestry, but they considered themselves Scottish. I grew up surrounded by Scottish accents, and I love the pipes!
They were Jacobites too. They were Catholic, Bonnie Prince Charlie was Catholic, so need I say more?
I don't want the DNA test either, I know all I need to.
Overmod Miningman My Klingon a bit weak.. something about ' scream' or maybe just scream. Beware the literal translation -- here as in so many other contexts. Here is a useful tutorial.
Miningman My Klingon a bit weak.. something about ' scream' or maybe just scream.
My app said: May your blood scream!you always!
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