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Posted by MidlandMike on Friday, February 14, 2020 10:01 PM

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.

 

 

Those blue units are Conrail.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, February 14, 2020 8:37 PM

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!"  Crying  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.  

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Posted by Miningman on Friday, February 14, 2020 8:11 PM

The High Line being built.

The High Line in use. 

The High Line today ...no more rails, being lifted.

 

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.

 

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.

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:17 AM

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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...

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

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Posted by Jones1945 on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 2:37 AM

Miningman

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... Coffee

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Posted by MidlandMike on Monday, February 10, 2020 9:09 PM

NorthWest

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. 

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Posted by Miningman on Monday, February 10, 2020 8:56 PM

That's Bozzo the Clowns horn. Design Engineer must have been a fan.

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, February 10, 2020 8:09 PM

Jones1945

 

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!

              

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Posted by Jones1945 on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:52 PM

Miningman

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:

 

Look at that crying-robot-face front end... cute!

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:19 PM

Mass Coastal and Cape Cod Central are two sides of the same Iowa Pacific operation.

They also have MC 2026, another FL9.

Both were CDOT units used in the Metro-North power pool.

I don't remember everything that was posted days ago...

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Posted by Miningman on Monday, February 10, 2020 2:07 PM
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Posted by SD70Dude on Monday, February 10, 2020 1:07 PM

Overmod

(Incidentally, has anyone noticed disappearing posts in the last couple of hours?) 

More "upgrades".  Yay.

Greetings from Alberta

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, February 10, 2020 12:53 PM

NorthWest
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.

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/

 

(Incidentally, has anyone noticed disappearing posts in the last couple of hours?) 

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, February 10, 2020 11:08 AM

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.

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, February 10, 2020 10:52 AM

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!

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Posted by M636C on Sunday, February 9, 2020 7:36 PM

rcdrye

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...

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Posted by Miningman on Sunday, February 9, 2020 12:53 PM

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.

 

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Posted by MidlandMike on Saturday, February 8, 2020 9:16 PM

Miningman

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.

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Posted by Miningman on Saturday, February 8, 2020 6:08 PM

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

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Posted by rcdrye on Saturday, February 8, 2020 6:03 PM

Those are T coaches from Boston.  The purple stripe is the giveaway.

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Posted by M636C on Saturday, February 8, 2020 4:48 PM

Miningman

1) Prototyoe HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83

 

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.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, February 8, 2020 4:29 PM

Miningman
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.

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...

https://www.capetrain.com/about/

and for the MBTA train to Cape Cod

https://capeflyer.com/

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Posted by Miningman on Saturday, February 8, 2020 1:30 PM

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. 

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Posted by MidlandMike on Friday, February 7, 2020 8:26 PM

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!

 

 

 

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.

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Posted by Miningman on Thursday, February 6, 2020 9:51 PM

1) Prototyoe HST Power cars, at the Derby Works Oct. '83

 

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!

 

 

4)  Most sadly the end of the line

(a) Clinchfield Challenger

(b). An Allegheny..scrapyard in Chicago

 

(c) GP9 B.. 

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 10:01 AM

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.

 

Becky, I gave up trying to distinguish one manufacturer's work from that of another long ago.

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Posted by Miningman on Monday, February 3, 2020 8:24 PM
CSSHEGEWISCH
Diesels DO NOT all look alike SoapBox.
 
Penny is correct. I know Mr. CSSHEGEWISCH loves his Diesels and well...ok. 
I love anchovies on my pizza. 
 
A lashup of a C630, FPB-2, RS-18 is quite distinguishable and interesting but todays main line freight Diesels ... come on! 
 
" oh look an SD70xxxx and a rebuilt SD90uuuu now a SD70yyyy-xxx-u2 and another rebuilt something or other now a SD70zzzz-yuxu-9043 ... all the same carbody but if you look real close you can see that the SD70yyyy-xxx-u2 has a flayrod connected to the treadle that makes it go faster over bridges" 
 
The only thing different is a SD70 Dude running after his train cause he spent too much time on the Forum... " be right there, just a sec, just one more thing"
 
Commuter and regular passenger train locomotives at least have a wee bit of variety.
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Posted by Penny Trains on Monday, February 3, 2020 6:26 PM

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.

Trains, trains, wonderful trains.  The more you get, the more you toot!  Big Smile

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Monday, February 3, 2020 10:52 AM

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.  Smile, Wink & GrinWhistling

 

 

 
Diesels DO NOT all look alikeSoapBox.
 

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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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, February 3, 2020 10:22 AM

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.  Smile, Wink & GrinWhistling

 
Diesels DO NOT all look alikeSoapBox.
The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul

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