Flintlock76I should have realized, if it was Schaeffer's Crossing there'd be beer cans and bottles laying around instead of steam locomotives.
No, that would be 'Schaefer's Crossing' (if you're having more than one).
I learned it the wrong way way back in the Karl Zimmermann days, and made the mistake of "checking" via a quick -- too quick -- consensus of Googled pages. 'Shaffer' still looks wrong; I can't help it...
Miningman The war is won. Steam reigns supreme here. J's sticking their snouts out from the lubritoriums. Articulates at the ready. Massive lineups of massive locomotives. Many stored (near the top right). Not a Diesel in sight. Not required. These guys knew what they were doing.
The war is won. Steam reigns supreme here. J's sticking their snouts out from the lubritoriums. Articulates at the ready. Massive lineups of massive locomotives. Many stored (near the top right). Not a Diesel in sight. Not required. These guys knew what they were doing.
Don't know when that photo was taken, but I have the HO model of the last main-line steam locomotive, #2200, erected in America. It was a venerable Y6b. The year? 1952, my own YOB.
BigJim It is "Shaffer's Crossing" fellows.
It is "Shaffer's Crossing" fellows.
You're right Big Jim, it is Shaffer's Crossing.
I should have realized, if it was Schaeffer's Crossing there'd be beer cans and bottles laying around instead of steam locomotives.
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That's Schaeffer's Crossing gang, and N&W steam at the height of it's power!
Gorgeous, glorious, "...railroading for all eternity..." as the late Don Ball Jr. might have said.
And then those "Internal Confusion" stinkeroos came along and ruined everything.
Yeah, I'll watch diesel trains trackside for a little excitement, you take what you can get, but it's just not the same.
Seeing Mighty 611 in full cry and then imagining a yard full of the same is the thing that dreams are made of, kind of like seeing a B-17 or a Lancaster and imagining the skies black with them.
Steam locomotives and big reciprocating engined aircraft, it's the sound of victory!
BackshopWhat's the location, Roanoke?
Schaeffer's Crossing, I think, to be more specific.
What's the location, Roanoke?
Miningman Heck I'd sweep the floors and make coffee just be a part of it.
Heck I'd sweep the floors and make coffee just be a part of it.
That's the most important job on the railroad, no one moves without coffee!
I first saw this photo when I was gifted Bill Withuhn's "The Spirit of Steam" as a child, I thought it impressive then and recognized it instantly here.
Amazing what has been lost.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Very little in that photo remains standing today!The Call Office/Engineer's Register Room, Turntable, Pump House, Hump tower.
Yeah baby! Hostlers paradise!
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
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