QUOTE: CFournier Posted: 12 April 2005, 09:31:47 HELLO, TOM I LIKE PLACE # 1, Looks like a good place to have a sandwich ,a beer and a little chat. Chris.
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
QUOTE: passengerfan Posted: 12 Apr 2005, 18:33:43 I'm not prepared to knock the new Via Renaissance cars until after I give them a chance. I too still like the Budd cars. At least Via fianlly purchased some new equipment even if it had been stored for awhile. If this is to be about Classic trains than I shall mention my two favorites from the past the GN Empire Builder and Santa Fe Super Chief. I rode the new 1947 Empire Builders days after their inaugural the first of many trips on this and the subsequent Empire Builders up to and including Amtrak.
QUOTE: bjdukertPosted: 12 Apr 2005, 19:22:23 Hi Siberanmo thought I would come on over and see how things were going and it looks like you have a good start How about a hot tea while sit in the corner for awhile. I'll look in from time to time and I think you will have some other vistors as well. GOOD LUCK Duke
QUOTE: trolleyboyPosted: 12 Apr 2005, 23:22:09 Hi Tom put me down for place #1 as well. Reminds me of a little restaurant along highway 11near Bracebridge. My favrorite "classics" are the Montreal & Southern Counties the NS&T and the CP electric lines in ontario. Back soon. Rob
QUOTE: CFournier Posted: 13 Apr 2005, 15:03:26 Hi! Just stop for a quick cofee. I'm curious: anybody could tell me about a trip he took on a Western Pacific branch line passenger train? What consist, cars , what engine pulled the train, where did he go, etc. I'd like to model that on my layout. Chris
QUOTE: [b]bjdukert/b] Posted: 13 Apr 2005, 14:02:44 Ok Siberianmo so that I will know for sure where to come when I stop the next time how about #1 Gotta go dentist appointment Duke
QUOTE: West Coast S Posted: 14 April 2005, 15:27:38 Hi gang...sounds like my kinda folks, mind if I join you for a cold one and impart a couple of examples? The WP had branches? Being sarcastic of course, the Reno branch and the Loyington branch. Chris this one is for you: WP ran an excursion in conjunction with the 50th anniversy of the Nevada Northern. The special operated from Oakland CA. to the NN interchange at Cobre NV. where passengers boarded a steam powered NN special. A-B-B-A F7s from the freight pool along with a Zepherette provided the power (The Zepherette was removed at Cobre and continued on to Salt Lake on its regular run, talk about efficient power movement). The second set of CZ equiptment was tapped to provide a source for the domes, diner, and lounges along with heavyweight equiptment from the D&RGW . There were two seperate excursions using 4-6-0 # 94 and 2-8-2 #34 from San Jose to Stockton in the late 50s. So ok. Are there any additional WP excursions I have missed?
QUOTE: coalminer3 Posted: 14 April 2005, 15:46:46 Greetings from the coalfields. We have lots of small places around here for beer, etc. so your off to a good start---BTW - where's the pool table? I know, behind all the mt kegs. Look forward to seeing more in this section of the forum. work safe
QUOTE: espeefoamer Posted: 14 April 2005, 16:59:22 This sounds like a great place to enjoy a pastrami sandwich, onion rings, and a tall frosty root beer. We can reminisce about the days when we could go to Beaumont Hill and watch the Kaiser ore train with 3 U28Cs on the point,3 in the middle and 3more pushing just ahead of the caboose. I vote for #1.
QUOTE: Originally posted by siberianmo Hey Rob! Thanx for popping in ....... we start serving lunch in about an hour from the time you sat on that stool ..... check out the menu - sandwiches are ample and made from only the freshest lunch meats in town. Cheeses are cut in the back room - need a mask back there, especially with the empty kegs, etc.! Would gag a healthy maggot, someone said one day. Still hungry? Anyway, that site you mentioned is pretty interesting. What's your connection with the museum? Sure don't know why traction, if indeed it's "classic", cannot be included in our discussions ...... GO FOR IT! Stick around![tup][;)]
QUOTE: trolleyboy Posted: 14 Apr 2005, 23:43:34 QUOTE: Originally posted by siberianmo Hey Rob! Thanx for popping in ....... we start serving lunch in about an hour from the time you sat on that stool ..... check out the menu - sandwiches are ample and made from only the freshest lunch meats in town. Cheeses are cut in the back room - need a mask back there, especially with the empty kegs, etc.! Would gag a healthy maggot, someone said one day. Still hungry? Anyway, that site you mentioned is pretty interesting. What's your connection with the museum? Sure don't know why traction, if indeed it's "classic", cannot be included in our discussions ...... GO FOR IT! Stick around! ==================================================== Well I don't generally eat lunch meat the Dr frowns on that but what the hey once in a while won't kill me much. Actually this is the museum that the wife and I are card carrying members of. This year is it's 51st season. Heather's mom and dad have been members for 32 years and Heathers been there since she could crawl. I've been a member for almost 4 years now. I'm on the operating crews I run the cars or conduct. We also help out in the shops keeping things humming along. The museum was started to save two old ttc relics which were going to be scrapped and it's snowballed from there. Close to 100 pieces of electric railway equipment and a few buses and non street car railway equipment as well. One big artifact we have is CN's ex Grand trunk Rockwood station which we had moved to the museum in 1972. We have three cars barns and are working on raising the final funds for #4 which if you go to the museum site you can read up on. It will be called the Sir Adam Beck centre in honour of Ontario hydros first chairman who was also a major propnent of electric interurban systems and helped found several. A large portion of our operating and non operating fleet is TTC but we have equipment from the City of London(ontario) Hamilton, Guelph, Oshawa. as well as interurban equipment from the Montreal and Southern Counties the London and Port Stanley. The Grand River railway and the Lake Erie and Northern. We even have an old Chicago "L" car for giggles. Anyone interested in more info please hit oursite ior ask away I'll be happy to attempt to answer. Better yet come see us and ride the cars. Until later Rob
QUOTE: West Coast S Posted: Today, 10:46:52 I'll lend my experiences on Beaumont Hill, back not too long ago it was the place. It was where helpers were added or dropped in addition to a Intact water tank and helper wye until the yellow machine came along and razed and realigned. This was grade that SP had to contend with out of West Colton on the Sunset Route with a single track rolling profile all the way to Indio, 10-15 units on a train were not uncommon, placed midtrain or on the rear or both in addition to the front set to tackle the 2%+ grades with the usual SP tradition of running the longest, heaviest trains possible on a tight schedule. The GE units reigned supreme on the Sunset route, U33Cs, U25Bs, U30Bs were all assigned this district. Spent many a hour on that hill back in the day... Well enough from me, time to refresh my coffee for the day ahead. I'll let Espeefoamer give you the word on the Kaiser operation.
QUOTE: easter Posted: 15 Apr 2005, 11:52:01 say "bar keeper" I'm not sure this is such a nice place. You know what Yogi Berra use to say about certain establishments. " Must not be a good place. nobody goes there anymore more,because the place is always crowded." I'LL give it a try though as long as there's no cover charge. Easter
QUOTE: csxt30 Posted: 16 Apr 2005, 13:40:29 Good afternoon Tom ! Think I'll just have a Cherry Coke if ya have it. How's the Polar Express runnin' ? Nice place you got here, been noticing it lately & saw you guys talking about the Beeliners. Don't know much about 'em, just that when I was a kid back in the 50's, my Dad and Mom & I would go to Niagara Falls on his vacation in the summer by train. He worked for the NYC & had the Golden pass, so we rode free I think. We would get on the train in Ashtabula, Oh, where we lived & then get on the Bee line in Bufallo the rest of the way to the falls. As I recall, I just was so fascinated with that ride on the Beeline, I talked about it all the time. It seemed like it was just so fast, boy, I sure loved that. The thing is, when I got older, I could never find out anything about it. I'm pretty sure they were RDC's or Budd cars though, & they were silver. Wonder if anyone else remembers them. Well, you have a nice day now, I'll be back if ya lay in the Cherry Coke, & I'll put in a quarter for the Orange Blossum Special! Thanks, John
QUOTE: earlydiesels Posted: 16 Apr 2005, 16:56:04 Hello from southwest Misery. I vote for place no.1. Seems like most everyone on this thread is from the east--have to speak up for the midwesterners. I am a volunteer on a tourist railroad and other preservation groups and have liked railroads all 42 years. I'd like a tall, cold ice water with plenty of lemon, please.
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