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.
That's close to your last sighting on June 24, 1960.
So the last dispatched regular service was the very first Royal Hudson built #2820.
Ditto the rest of your comments but in Burlington. Waited for one more but it never came, never happened. Nighttime was busy with steam whistles and the sounds and then it stopped and never came back. Nothing was the same after that.
Joni Mitchell said it best...
"Don't it always seem to go, and you don't what you've got 'till it's gone..."
Of course, it's even worse when you DO know what you've got, and it goes anyway.
"Progress may be change, but change ain't always progress!"
But on a lighter note...
"May your blood scream!" is a Klingon toast?
OK, now just WHO'S been selling those boys "Jersey Lightning?"
What, you think Southerners have a monopoly on moonshine? We know a bit about it up North too, 'ya know!
Keeping the Canadian content here, I understand they know a bit about 'shine up there as well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEe4LS1_gTg
Dick Nolan sounds like Johnny Cash.
I imagine there was some Newfie Screetch shine .
says Firelock, err Flintlock .." Of course, it's even worse when you DO know what you've got, and it goes anyway. "
That is for certain! As a youngster I knew this was all just too good to be true and that it would end. Funny how you sense that even at an early age.
Overmod While we are on the subject of Klingon and streamlining: 'IwlIj jachjaj! reH taHjaj!
While we are on the subject of Klingon and streamlining:
'IwlIj jachjaj!
reH taHjaj!
We are the Future,
Drop your fires and drain out your boilers.
We will eliminate your individual mechanical distinctiveness.
Your shops will adapt to service US.
Resistance is futile.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Excellent post! A Classic on Classic. Thank you Dude! The Dude abides!
So CSSHEGEWISCH is Borg.., I suspect others.
It figures the Borg would have been behind dieselization! Soulless, mindless, loveless, no warmth, no pity...
Somebody get on the horn to Jean-Luc Picard, HE'LL know what to do!
Miningman's right, this is the best thread EVER!
Miningman Excellent post! A Classic on Classic. Thank you Dude! The Dude abides! So CSSHEGEWISCH is Borg.., I suspect others.
Hmmm.. being a fellow Blackhawk fan I will take you at your word and offer respect. Perhaps we can agree to disagree as they say.
Besides you reside in the Chicago area which is the undisputed crown jewel of Railroading and you must have seen a lot, a whole lot of history.
We interrupt this thread to bring you Stan Lee's cameo in the newly released Captain Marvel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtAEfujX1qg
Flintlock76It figures the Borg would have been behind dieselization! Soulless, mindless, loveless, no warmth, no pity...
Goes back further....
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Oh jeez, I forgot about those pesky Daleks...
"We are not de-feeeted, the Daleks are never de-feeeted!"
OK, in addition to getting on the horn to Captain Picard someone better call the Doctor as well.
Flintlock76Oh jeez, I forgot about those pesky Daleks... "We are not de-feeeted, the Daleks are never de-feeeted!"
Disney may have Scrooged out Stan's cameo ... but no one can cancel out how we get those pesky Daleks...
Great video Mod-Man, I love the music too!
"I love the smell of burning Daleks in the morning, it smells like VICTORY!"
The trouble is, those pickle-skinned self-propelled garbage cans just keep coming...
Flintlock76The trouble is, those pickle-skinned self-propelled garbage cans just keep coming...
They will as long as I'm around!
Great idea Becky! Sic a Dreyfuss Hudson, a Class J, an American Flyer, a Warbonnet, and a Lionel 2035 "Blockbuster" on 'em! That'll learn 'em!
Nothin' the "A" team from Schenectady, Roanoke, New Haven, and Hillside can't handle!
Now have that Ohio regiment of Civil War troops I know you've got on the layout give 'em the bayonet! Or a can opener!
My local supermarket!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-_HPDqB2Q
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Interesting! I like the eyes they put on it to make it less, well, is ominous the right term to use?
Lady Firestorm asked me to start an informal poll:
In a fight between the Borg and the Daleks, who'd win? All opinions are welcome!
Flintlock76 Lady Firestorm asked me to start an informal poll: In a fight between the Borg and the Daleks, who'd win? All opinions are welcome!
Borg. No question about it.
The same question came up on here a couple years ago. I stand by my tactical opinion:
http://cs.trains.com/ctr/f/3/p/263868/2977847.aspx?page=3
SD70Dude In a fight between the Borg and the Daleks, who'd win? All opinions are welcome! Borg. No question about it.
Seconded.
Nerd canon invocation: Daleks don't have triaxilation and would get one shot before Borg targets adapted. I personally have some question whether the Borg would find them technologically advanced enough to bother with as a "race" after that. Judging by how easy it is for humans, even unarmed ones, to do Daleks in, I'm not thinking the ex-ter-mi-na-tion will go very far before it is ASS-sim-il-a-ted.
On the other hand, I'd be more concerned with the Black Hats in Heinlein's Number of the Beast, or on the gripping hand, far more concerned with Moties. (Berserkers don't count, as they always lose in the end...)
Tactical stalemate. See Dalek-Movellan war:
Great tans! Have they been to Florida for spring break?
Well there goes my Royal Hudson thread.
Miningman Well there goes my Royal Hudson thread.
Had to happen, as soon as you brought up the Borg!
No problem, I can fix that! Here's Royal Hudson 2860 co-starring with "Bullet Nose Betty."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba4E_rzBUgE
Hey, I just got this from Mike! Want to see a Royal Hudson acquiring it's title?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfh6SYHBCuI&t=52m23s
It also features King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the couple Lady Firestorm's mom was proud to call her sovereigns.
You know, I've heard both BETTY and BETSY over the years. So which is correct?
Bettie
Flintlock-- That doubleheader --Best video I've seen in a while! You are completely absolved and have restored the thread.
Flintlock76 Miningman Well there goes my Royal Hudson thread. Had to happen, as soon as you brought up the Borg! No problem, I can fix that! Here's Royal Hudson 2860 co-starring with "Bullet Nose Betty." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba4E_rzBUgE
That's a very good choice of a youtube video of the 1939 Royal Tour, thank you for posting it, Wayne. I think this scene is very beautiful:
Source: Rapido
By the way, the "Bullet Nose Betty" was probably one of the most economical ways to streamlining a steam engine, I think it looks good enough.
Jones 3D Modeling Club https://www.youtube.com/Jones3DModelingClub
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