Interesting, that photo of the boxcab. I can see why the veteran railroaders of the time called the early diesels "streetcars," and not as a complement!
Probably just a little ahead of it's time, but sometimes if you don't push the technology a bit you don't move forward with it.
In today's photo I see the Wabash crew is running that Train Master short-end forward, like the Jersey Central people preferred to run theirs, and probably for the same reasons.
Flintlock76Probably just a little ahead of it's time, but sometimes if you don't push the technology a bit you don't move forward with it.
Wabash Train Masters were set up to run short hood forward. There's a little "F" on the frame near the steps indicating that, at least in the later dark blue scheme. SP's were also set up to run short hood forward.
rcdrye Wabash Train Masters were set up to run short hood forward. There's a little "F" on the frame near the steps indicating that, at least in the later dark blue scheme. SP's were also set up to run short hood forward.
Very wise. The visibility would be a lot better short-hood-forward and they wouldn't have to deal with diesel fumes blowing into the cabs which other FM users found out about the hard way.
B&O until the arrival of the GP30's with low short ends; had all geep style road switchers operating as long hood designated as forward - GP7's GP9's FM's & Alcos. To my recollection Baldwin, Lima and Hamilton never produced road switchers that the B&O bought, though they did buy switch engine from each individual entity as well as the combined entity.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDTo my recollection Baldwin, Lima and Hamilton never produced road switchers that the B&O bought, though they did buy switch engine from each individual entity as well as the combined entity
Today's time capsule shot, I wonder if it's 3:10 in Yuma?
Sorry.
The thought hit me, I'll bet those artefacts the Native American women are selling are starting to show up on "Antiques Roadshow" now!
B&O hasd 16 AS-16s bought new between 1952 and 1955, plus the ex-C&O AS-616.
B&O's AS16's were the only other power that could run in multiple with their Sharks.
For you rivet counters, the railcar coming in as the Pekin Express is an EMC.
rcdryeFor you rivet counters, the railcar coming in as the Pekin Express is an EMC.
2-2 POTD Now THAT'S a berkshire!
Same me, different spelling!
Re: stainless savior
Did anyone else get puzzled by the line in the caption," This Fargo-Winnipeg train takes on passengers at Hawley, Minn., in 1966. The NP’s last RDCs ran in 1969."
Is it just me, or is that a very out-of-the-way routing?
The RDC was scheduled to connect with the MAINSTREETER at Hawley allowing for a Twin Cities-Winnepeg schedule. Not as direct as the GN WINNEPEG LTD or the Soo WINNEPEGER but it was a daytime alternative.
pennytrains2-2 POTD Now THAT'S a berkshire!
You ain't kiddin'! It's almost a force of nature as well!
NP B-32 is former Western Pacific Zephyrette 376. Post-NP it was sold to Amtrak (#30) by BN, getting some additional life in Chicago-based regional trains until 1981 or 1982.
I don't know about the routing, but the photo makes me think the motorman(?) above the loaded cart must be yelling "HEY! Tell them to sit on the other side before we tip over!"
I can see the end closest to the camera looks like it's tipped, the the far end looks like it is standing straight. Makes me wonder if the carbody itself was twisted or there is some lens induced distortion.
It's on a supeelevated curve. The rear is just as tilted as the front. Without enlarging, a background tree looks like it is part of the RDC, and fools you into thinking the rear is upright. Ir's not.
Rear is probably more 'superelevated' than the front, hence the visible tilt at the pilot; Mr. Klepper is right about things at the back end (it was clearer in the non-fuzzy version of the picture).
I can't help but be nervous seeing that line of passengers that ends across the other main, on a curve that sharp... with idling 110s to mask any ambient sound...
Today's photo is proof positive that interurbans continued to exist even after the wires came down. Besides P&N, Illinois Terminal and to a lesser extent South Shore, how many interurbans managed to continue their existence cleverly disguised as "steam" railroads?
Sacramento Northern, Oregon Electric and Bamberger all ended up attached to larger systems. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern both continued as freight only. That's just a single handful.
The "significant snowfall" in February 1967 was locally referred to as the "Big Snow". While it was only about 3 feet, it plugged Chicago up for several days. It actually started Thursday January 26th and ran over most of the weekend. Drifts were still aound in May.
ONLY three feet????
pennytrains ONLY three feet????
Uh-huh. One winter in the Jersey Skylands we got four! We had to dig a trench and then a large cleared area for our Basset Hound to take care of "business."
And even then she wasn't in a rush! You should have heard us:
"Tobi, it's one in the afternoon, you've been asleep 14 hours, you have to GO!"
It looked like a lot more than three feet to me, but I was smaller then... There's a huge difference between three feet of fluff and a lot of heavy wet snow. We had a three foot storm here in New England in December and were pretty much cleaned up the next day.
rcdryeThe "significant snowfall" in February 1967 was locally referred to as the "Big Snow". While it was only about 3 feet, it plugged Chicago up for several days. It actually started Thursday January 26th and ran over most of the weekend. Drifts were still aound in May.
Was working Salem, IL at the time - would have a member of the B&O System rail gang that would leave on #12 every Sunday night to travel to where the gang was working.
For that storm he left on #12 and then was sent to Chicago to help dig the railroad out - when I go to talk to him afterwards, he was on pay 24 hours a day for two weeks with the 'dig out'.
I was a high school freshman at the time of the "Big Snow". We got dismissed early on the first day and I caught the last South Shore for a few days at 115th Street to get home.
Today's pic is a local? An extra? A symbol? How DO you classify a loco, a pig flat and a hack? Surely not a Super-C!
pennytrains Today's pic is a local? An extra? A symbol? How DO you classify a loco, a pig flat and a hack? Surely not a Super-C!
I think I have seen that photo in Trains in the past...
If you have only two trailers paid for on a premium scheduled service, you run the train with one flat car....
Peter
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