Miningman 2) Holy Makinaw, that's a lot of loco's. Looks like all Southern and Norfolk and Western and their affiliates but 2 Great Northern in Sky Blue? ( maybe not) snuck in there.
2) Holy Makinaw, that's a lot of loco's. Looks like all Southern and Norfolk and Western and their affiliates but 2 Great Northern in Sky Blue? ( maybe not) snuck in there.
Those blue units are Conrail.
Great photo spread! Let's take 'em one by one...
1) The High Line. What can we say? Sic transit gloria mundi.
2) Man, that IS a lot of locomotives! Where the hell is it? All that unused power, mysterious, to say the least.
3) Now that's a nice paint scheme on that TAG Line Geep! It has to be, if it makes a Geep look elegant!
4) Now that shot of Mickey and Pluto makes me think "Penny Trains" was in Disney World at exactly the right time and place, and with camera locked n' loaded!
5) Street running! Real ol' time Americana! Wonder who's got the "right of way?"
6) Groan! My late, lamented "Blue Comet!" And with a dirigible in the background, no less! Makes sense, Lakehurst Naval Air Station isn't too far away from Lakewood. In fact, Paul Kimball Hospital in Lakewood is where the Hindenburg's civilian casualties were taken in 1937. The hospital's still there, although heavily rebuilt since that time.
The poster gives the impression Lakewood was a destination. Not really, Atlantic City was THE destination, although Lakewood WAS a station stop for the Comet.
The High Line being built.
The High Line in use.
The High Line today ...no more rails, being lifted.
3) Now this is a nice looking corporate image. Down South too in Yankee Blue? Well I like it!
4) A rare photo capture! Mickey and Pluto taking the train. Perhaps going on vacation... now where would they go?
5) This one is for CSSHEGEWISCH. CSS, 11th Ave, Michigan City, Indiana, GP38-2's .
6) The Blue Comet. If only we could go for a ride on the real thing.
Jones1945 Miningman 1) Prototype HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83 The styling of the HST prototype reminds me of the 6000hp British Rail Class 89 prototype electric engine...
Miningman 1) Prototype HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83
1) Prototype HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83
The styling of the HST prototype reminds me of the 6000hp British Rail Class 89 prototype electric engine...
I don't think I'll ever look at the HST prototype again without thinking of minions.
Long ago, of course, it was Kubrick. Remember the pods?
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/375:_Pod_Bay_Doors
Miningman That's Bozzo the Clowns horn. Design Engineer must have been a fan.
That's Bozzo the Clowns horn. Design Engineer must have been a fan.
I thought it was the sound of my cat's purr or he just farted...
Jones 3D Modeling Club https://www.youtube.com/Jones3DModelingClub
NorthWest Mass Coastal and Cape Cod Central are two sides of the same Iowa Pacific operation. They also have MC 2026, another FL9.
Mass Coastal and Cape Cod Central are two sides of the same Iowa Pacific operation.
They also have MC 2026, another FL9.
With Iowa Pacific's bankruptcy, it puts some uncertainty into the FL-9 operation.
Jones1945 Look at that crying-robot-face front end... cute!
Look at that crying-robot-face front end... cute!
With the horns it tooted - it should be put out of its misery!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Miningman 1) Prototyoe HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83
1) Prototyoe HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83
The styling of the HST prototype reminds me of the 6000hp British Rail Class 89 prototype electric engine:
Both were CDOT units used in the Metro-North power pool.
I don't remember everything that was posted days ago...
Interesting stuff all around.
More on scrapping steam.
Overmod (Incidentally, has anyone noticed disappearing posts in the last couple of hours?)
(Incidentally, has anyone noticed disappearing posts in the last couple of hours?)
More "upgrades". Yay.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
NorthWestRunning with Mass Coastal power for whatever reason... To be fair, CDOT are the closest people running McGinnis-painted equipment, though the FL9s are ex-Metro North.
Mass Coastal is a freight line, and doesn't run FL9s. As in the link I previously posted (before, in fact, Peter even brought up CDOT) 2011 is running for the Cape Cod Central guys, and to my knowledge is still dolled up in a Matter paint scheme:
https://www.capetrain.com/about/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CapeFlyer
Running with Mass Coastal power for whatever reason...
To be fair, CDOT are the closest people running McGinnis-painted equipment, though the FL9s are ex-Metro North.
I'm still waiting to hear why Peter thought CDOT would be running a service onto Cape Cod. They'd have to go all the way through Rhode Island just to get to Massachusetts in the first place...
Meanwhile, this via RyPN: Wayne will appreciate some details in the first clip
Note the very old coach in the work train, and how long the RDG Pacific pops off without the fireman using the injector -- I think the engineer is intent on clearing the obstruction in minimum time and getting right back up to speed!
rcdrye Those are T coaches from Boston. The purple stripe is the giveaway.
Those are T coaches from Boston. The purple stripe is the giveaway.
On closer inspection, I agree the stripe is purple rather than orange....
But they are still decades later than the New Haven....
I think the New York MTA bought the first of these...
Peter
Yes yes of course. I hope they are doing well and long may they survive. On the other hand a great deal of trackage has been lost forever in New England. Many of the household names are gone.
A pic I can relate to at this time of the year. New York City elevated with some winter weather to contend with.
Nicer weather. Must have been great to be a kid with this view daily!
PRR West of Altoona , near or approaching Horseshoe Curve. All 4 tracks occupied with trains. 1907 PRR in its glory, imagine witnessing this routinely.
Miningman Central Vermont, ... and so many others all gone, vanished.
Central Vermont, ... and so many others all gone, vanished.
Central Vermont is now called the New England Central, and is alive and well. It even carries Amtrak trains thru Vermont.
More views of the same but not the consist.
Titled: RailPictures.Net Photo: MC 2011 Mass Coastal Railroad EMD FL9M at Bourne, Massachusetts by Vincent Colombo
Miningman 1) Prototyoe HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83 2) Nice glimpse of the New Haven in action with Commuters
2) Nice glimpse of the New Haven in action with Commuters
The first of the prototype HST power cars, 43000, built as 41 001 has been preserved in working order and was working on a preserved railway with matching trailer cars, but has been returned to the National Railway Museum.
The bilevel commuter cars post date the New Haven by twenty years or more. These are double deck cars rather than gallery cars and are built to reduced clearance compared to those in Chicago, for example. So the train is presumably a Connecticut DOT operation rather than New Haven.
MiningmanOur NH fans and ex-pats from the area will know for sure. They look like commuter double decker to me but maybe it's a special move.
Surely the trailing locomotive in T colors would give it away if the doubledeckers didn't -- this is long past New Haven days.
For those interested in FL9s and the Cape Cod Canal...
and for the MBTA train to Cape Cod
https://capeflyer.com/
Thanks for commenting Midland Mike. Our NH fans and ex-pats from the area will know for sure. They look like commuter double decker to me but maybe it's a special move.
Glad to hear that bridge is still around... can't see an asset like that going to waste. Both pictures!
It is difficult for myself and certainly others to get our head around all that has been lost. The many different roads that were so important, the meaning, value , character and atmosphere of being around our local railroads, all lost forever. The Milwaukee, Rock Island, Central Vermont, M&St. L and so many others all gone, vanished. Worse yet for me are the many railfans that have cheered this on.. thankfully just as many that work in preservation and rememberance.
Miningman 2) Nice glimpse of the New Haven in action with Commuters 3) Another glimpse...Milwaukee Road... people actually rationalize that it's a good thing it is gone, that it was never viable.. malarkey! This is big time Railroading!
3) Another glimpse...Milwaukee Road... people actually rationalize that it's a good thing it is gone, that it was never viable.. malarkey! This is big time Railroading!
The New Haven photo was on the Cape Cod Canal bridge. They had service to the Cape, but I don't know if it was considered in the commuter zone.
The MILW photo looks like Mobridge (Missouri River Bridge) which still sees BNSF trains.
4) Most sadly the end of the line
(a) Clinchfield Challenger
(b). An Allegheny..scrapyard in Chicago
(c) GP9 B..
Penny Trains CSSHEGEWISCH Diesels DO NOT all look alikeSoapBox. Modern American safety cab hood units look much more alike than first gen units ever did. Don't worry, I'm not a diesel hater. I just long for the days when it was easier to tell a loco apart aside from the hard to memorize model names they have today.
CSSHEGEWISCH Diesels DO NOT all look alikeSoapBox.
Modern American safety cab hood units look much more alike than first gen units ever did. Don't worry, I'm not a diesel hater. I just long for the days when it was easier to tell a loco apart aside from the hard to memorize model names they have today.
Johnny
CSSHEGEWISCHDiesels DO NOT all look alikeSoapBox.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
CSSHEGEWISCH Penny Trains Miningman 1) Really interesting lash-ups like this really don't happen anymore. 4503--C630 4463--FPB-2 8773-- RS-18 All Alco/MLW They do, you just have to use a lot more letters and numbers to describe locomotives that appear to be the same. Diesels DO NOT all look alike.
Penny Trains Miningman 1) Really interesting lash-ups like this really don't happen anymore. 4503--C630 4463--FPB-2 8773-- RS-18 All Alco/MLW They do, you just have to use a lot more letters and numbers to describe locomotives that appear to be the same.
Miningman 1) Really interesting lash-ups like this really don't happen anymore. 4503--C630 4463--FPB-2 8773-- RS-18 All Alco/MLW
They do, you just have to use a lot more letters and numbers to describe locomotives that appear to be the same.
Well no, but sometimes you have to work to spot the differences. "Oh yeah, NOW I see!"
Hey, when I started getting into rail history I couldn't spot the differences and nuances between different steam engines either, unless they really jumped out at me.
What can I say? In 1975 I wasn't a railfan, and when the bus I was riding took an overpass by Washington's Union Station yard and I saw the Amtrak GG1's I thought to myself, "Wow, look at all those cool 1930's diesels! I didn't think there were any around anymore!"
What did I know? Although I did know Art Deco when I saw it.
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