Fateful Trip , passengers of Destiny.

[seppburgh2]

It has been said the picture of good Father in the barber chair taking his picture was the very first selfee. 

[Overmod]

I will have to check, but I think American Milemaster was built with aluminum truck frames.  They were quickly replaced and, as with front-feed coal stokers, swept as quickly and mercifully from popular railroad history as possible.

Guided by some of the research into duralumins in the WWI era,  PRR made and tested a set of aluminum side rods (!) on an I1s Decapod (!!)  I have only ever seen pictures of these under test with a great many strain gages across the web of the main.  Let's say I'm not terribly surprised this experiment 'failed to thrive'...

[Flintlock76]

Well this is surprising, someone's come up with a traditional sea chantey concerning the Ocean Gate sub disaster.

I don't know what to think about it.  What does everyone else think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v11-ID5vq-k

[zugmann]

Flintlock76

I don't know what to think about it.  What does everyone else think?

I couldn't make it past one verse.  Hearing the deep breaths on the microphone before each line is horrible.   I don't think the guy has the pipes for it. 

[rcdrye]

Overmod

I will have to check, but I think American Milemaster was built with aluminum truck frames.  They were quickly replaced and, as with front-feed coal stokers, swept as quickly and mercifully from popular railroad history as possible.

American Milemaster and duplicate Muskingum River were built with GSC steel trucks.  The 1933 "George M Pullman" was definitely built with four wheel aluminum trucks, replaced by six wheel steel trucks.

[pennytrains]

Seems a tad mean spirited to me.  It has a classic feel but it's right up there with the ballad of Casey Jones and Be British as far as being a popular tune a century after the event is concerned.  They ain't no Gordon Lightfoot.