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[coalminer3]

Good Morning Barkeep and All Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.

Enjoyed all of the bash postings yesterday, dome pictures, etc.

I see that today's theme is the Southern.

We'll get things started with another summary of passenger service from right before Amtrak. This summary includes service on the CofG as well because they really were part of the family when it came to passenger service. You will note that there are a couple of trains numbered 3 and 4. This is not an error, but the way they were listed in the TT. You may need a piece of paper to figure out Pullman lines, etc. as some lines ran in two trains, others went south on one train and returned part way on another before being switched en route.

In regard to reading material, there are a few books out there. Probably the most encyclopedic is Prince's book on Southern Steam Locomotives. There are also a couple of others that are more recent that kind of fall into the general "picture book" category which seems to be so popular these days.

Thomas Wolfe had some excellent depictions of the Southern around Asheville and also in Virginia in several of his novels.

Southern Railway System – 1969

“Crescent” between New York, Washington, Atlanta

SOU 37/38 Northbound operated via L&N between New Orleans and Montgomery, A&WP between Montgomery and Atlanta and SOU from Atlanta to Washington

Sleeping cars
11dbr: Washington to Atlanta
10 rtte/6db: Atlanta to New York; Atlanta to Washington
Dining Car: Washington-Atlanta
Diner lounge: New Orleans-Montgomery
Coaches: Washington-Atlanta, New Orleans-Atlanta

“Southerner” between New York, Washington, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans

SOU 47/48 (NOTE: Ran with SOU 37 between New York and Atlanta) Dep. Atlanta 9:40 a.m. (ET), arr. New Orleans 8:40 p.m. (CT)

Sleeping cars:
11 dbr: Atlanta to Washington
10 rtte/6db: Washington-Birmingham-New Orleans
10 rtte/6 db: New York-Atlanta
DR, MR, buffet lounge: Washington-Atlanta
Dining Car: Washington-New Orleans
Tavern lounge car: Washington-Atlanta
Reclining seat coaches: Washington-New Orleans, New York-New Orleans (2 cars), Atlanta to Washington
Coaches: Washington-Atlanta

“Peach Queen” between New York, Washington, Greensboro; New York, Asheville
Southbound Charlotte, Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans

PC 175-155-137/SOU 29

Sleeping cars – Northbound sleepers operated in SOU 38
10 rtte/6 db: New York-Atlanta, Washington-Atlanta
10 rtte/6 db: New York-Asheville (in SOU 15 from Greensboro) Northbound in
SOU 16-38
Dining Car: Greensboro-Atlanta, Mobile-New Orleans
Reclining Seat Coach: New York to Atlanta
Reclining Seat Coaches: Washington-Atlanta, Greensboro-Asheville, Atlanta-New Orleans

“Asheville Special” between New York, Washington, Asheville

PC 175-155-137/SOU 29-15
PC 140-4/SOU 16-38

This train dep. Greensboro 7:00 a.m., arr. Asheville at 12:13 p.m.; dep. Asheville 1:35 p.m. arrive Greensboro at 705 p.m.

Sleeping car 10 rtte/6db: New York-Asheville
Dining Car: Greensboro-Washington
Reclining Seat Coach; New York-Greensboro (Atlanta)
Reclining Seat Coaches: : Washington-Greensboro, Greensboro-Asheville

“Birmingham Special” between Washington, Chattanooga, Birmingham

PC 137/107/SOU 17
PC 154/SOU 18

Operated via SOU between Washington and Lynchburg, N&W between Lynchburg and Bristol, SOU between Bristol and Birmingham

Dining Car: Washington-Monroe
Reclining Seat Coaches: Washington-Birmingham

Between Washington-Bristol-Roanoke and Bluefield

Operated via SOU between Washington and Lynchburg and N&W between Lynchburg and Bristol

SOU 41
SOU 42

Reclining Seat Coaches: Washington-Bristol

Between Cincinnati and Somerset (pending discontinuance) – Numbers were the same in TT

SOU 3/4

Coaches

Between Atlanta and Dalton (pending discontinuance) – Numbers were the same in TT

SOU 3/4

Coaches

Central of Georgia Railway – 1969

“Nancy Hanks II” between Atlanta, Macon, Savannah

C of G 108/107

Reclining seat coaches
Grill lounge serving all meals and beverages

“Man O’War” between Columbus and Atlanta

C of G 19/20

Reclining seat coaches: Columbus-Atlanta

“City of Miami” between Birmingham, Columbus, Americus, and Albany

C of G 52/53

Sleeping cars
11 db: Chicago-Miami (2 cars)
10 rtte/6 db: Chicago-Miami (2 cars)
10 rtte/6 db: Chicago-St. Petersburg
Dining service: Chicago-Miami
Grill car: Jacksonville-St. Petersburg
Tavern-lounge-observation: Chicago-Miami
Reclining seat coaches: Chicago-Miami (2 cars), Chicago-St. Petersburg
Dome coaches: Chicago-Miami, Birmingham-Albany

“City of Miami” operated via IC between Chicago and Birmingham, C of G between Birmingham and Albany, and SCL between Albany, Jacksonville, Miami, and St. Petersburg

I posted this awhile back but thought we could redo it as it gives a taste of what SOU service was like in the days of the heavyweights.

Here’s some information about the Crescent as it was about 1930.

This was an L&N/A&WP/SOU/PRR operation

Northbound

Lv. New Orleans 9:00 p.m. – L&N
Lv. Mobile 1:15 a.m. – L&N
Arr. Montgomery 6:25 a.m. – L&N
Arr. Atlanta 11:40 a.m. – A&WP
Arr. Spartanburg 5:30 p.m. – SOU
Arr. Charlotte 7:25 p.m. – SOU
Arr. Lynchburg 12:40 a.m. - SOU
Arr. Washington 5:20 a.m. – SOU
Arr. Baltimore 6:35 a.m. – PRR
Arr. W. Phila. 8:43 a.m. – PRR
Arr. No. Phila. 8:55 a.m. – PRR
Arr. New York 10:45 a.m. – PRR

Southbound

Lv. New York 8:40 p.m. – PRR
Lv. No. Phila 10:34 p.m. – PRR
Lv. W. Phila. 10:49 p.m. – PRR
Lv. Baltimore 12:57 a.m. – PRR
Lv. Washington 2:10 a.m. – SOU
Lv. Lynchburg 6:52 a.m. – SOU
Lv. Charlotte 12:01 p.m. – SOU
Lv. Spartanburg 1:50 p.m. – SOU
Lv Atlanta 6:05 p.m. – A&WP
Lv. Montgomery 11:30 p.m. – L&N
Lv. Mobile 4:22 a.m. – L&N
Arr. New Orleans 8:30 a.m. – L&N

Flag stops were at Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Gulfport, Edgewater Park, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula “to take on passengers to or from Atlanta and points east.”

“The Crescent Limited will carry northbound from Mobile, and southbound to Mobile, only passengers to and from destinations beyond Alabama; south of Montgomery will carry Montgomery passengers only from or to New Orleans and points west.”

EQUIPMENT

Club Car: New Orleans – New York (Valet service, movable chairs, two sofas, four double seats, buffet, magazines, writing desk and accessories, shower bath.)
Dining Cars – All meals en route
10 sect/2 compt/1 dr. room sleeper: New Orleans – New York
10 sect/2 dr. room sleeper: New Orleans – New York (2 cars)
14 section sleeper: New Orleans – New York (at least one car)
10 sect/2 dr. room sleeper: New Orleans – Washington
2 dr. room/3 compartment/observation car: New Orleans – New York (women’s lounge room, shower bath, maid and manicure service, sofa, movable chairs in the observation end, magazine, writing desk and accessories.)

No coaches.

The Southern had its own personality. I dug a couple of items I jotted down yrs. ago out of the notebooks.

To Live and Die in Dixie

Southern people like trains; they always have. The train touches their psyche in a way that an airplane can't. I'll bet you can't name more than five country songs that have been written about airplanes. There are a lot more songs about trucks, but the list of train songs is almost endless. The train, like The Cause, has been and always will be there.

It also rains a lot in the south, all the time, even throughout the winter, except for the occasional rogue snowstorm that surprises everyone, but generally it rains. There are many different kinds of rain in the south. There are the tumultuous, drenching rains that happen in the Appalachians; sometimes sweeping all before them in a welter of red mud, rocks, garbage, and coal mine refuse. There are the nasty penetrating rains of Virginia in December that seem to paint everything in shades of gray. There are the horrendous almost Biblical rains of deep South August nighttime thunderstorms that shake houses to their foundations. Then, sometimes, there are gentle, sweet rains falling slowly like a lover's caressing hand from the warm southern sky. Along the railroad it smells of wet ballast, creosote, and the musky odor of vegetation. The rain streaks down the sides of the freight cars in small rivulets at first and then coalesces into a reflective sheen that picks up light and enhances shadows.


Charlottesville, Virginia was a good place for trains in the evening because it was the crossing of the main lines of the Chesapeake and Ohio and of the Southern. Of the two, the Southern was the busier in the evening as it rolled freight train after freight train southward from the congested tracks of the Potomac Yard outside Washington, DC. Just a glance at these trains told the viewer that the Southern was a mighty property that linked the industrial north with deepest Dixie. Trains from the north heading out of town, and trains of cars from the south heading north. Lot's of boxcars and covered hoppers.

The Southern's main line is full of curves and twists and it has a rolling profile as it heads from Virginia toward North Carolina, South Carolina, and points beyond. The trackage around Charlottesville is an example of how the railroad's engineers had to deal with the quirks of terrain. Southbound trains had to pull an uphill grade to get to Charlottesville which sits on a ridge line. The track drops into a sag just south of the station which gives the engineer a chance to make a run at the next uphill grade which begins almost immediately. In short, an engine crew has to know how to handle a train.

The high point of the evening was the Crescent's station stop at Charlottesville. Railfans talk about first generation EMD units "chanting," but the E8s did not. Starting out, their sound was at first a low growl that grew to a roar that drowned out everything around them (pairs of V12 engines will do that). The impression I got while watching a set of four Es get underway with the Crescent was effortless strength and an eagerness to get out of town and over the road to the next station. The E's seemed to hunker down as they accelerated and the last car would be moving pretty quickly by the time it passed me at the end of the platform. It was impossible to keep up with them if I saw a train rolling along. I tried to find a place before the train got there, wait for it there and enjoy the show.

Have a good one

work safe

[siberianmo]

Good Morning!

A new day has dawned with some blue skies, a chill in the air and temps just a bit below freezing. Quite a change from the 81 (F) of just two days ago!

What’s to say about yesterday[?] I’d say what needed to be said – was. For those who took the time and made the effort to participate, it was a great time and I hope the two recipients enjoyed it all.[swg]

However, there is a bit of something that must be mentioned. There was a comment about our “core” group with reference to the Bash! So I ask this – where were they[?] Take a look at the SUMMARY and you tell me where they were. The Bash! began at 2 PM (Central) and “ended” around 7 PM (Central) – so there was ample time for that “core” to show up. Many didn’t and once again a profound disappointment was felt by me. I see this place “limping” into our 12th month of existence and have serious doubts about the 13th.

A few acknowledgments:

comechtech Dennis
Posted: 14 Mar 2006, 02:32:06

Yes, you’ll have to figure a way to visit us during “normal” hours. ‘fraid you’re speaking to yourself when it comes to Posting at 1 or 2 in the AM. Remember the “precepts” of this place, otherwise the wrath of the Tweeter may befall you![swg]


barndad Doug
Posted: 14 Mar 2006, 05:25:02

Good to see you up ‘n functioning this AM! Right back the “routine,” eh[?] Well, your efforts are appreciated.[tup]


passengerfan Al
Posted: 14 Mar 2006, 06:38:46

That has to be the shortest Streamliner EVER! [wow] But, it is in keeping with the “theme,” so thanx![tup]


Okay, boyz, I’ll be here for the day!

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]


Stick around a few minutes AFTER POSTING - The information you MISS may be for YOU!

Those who acknowledge the other guy, get acknowledged!

[siberianmo]

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Railroads from Yesteryear – Southern Railway (SOU)
arrives on track #1 at 10 AM today - WATCH FOR IT!


Tom[4:-)] [oX)]


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[passengerfan]

Good Morning Tom and the rest of the gang, Time for a cup of Coffee and a Crumpet.

PASSENGERFAN AL'S STREAMLINER CORNER # 74

L&N/A&WP/WofA/
SOU/PRR
CRESCENT LIMITED
(December 17, 1949) By Al

The pride of the SOUTHERN was the all Pullman CRESCENT LIMITED and when its lightweight streamlined replacement entered service it was just in time for the Christmas rush of 1949. The new streamlined CRES-CENT LIMITED was an all Pullman train initially only between New York City and Atlanta, beyond Atlanta to New Orleans the CRESCENT LIMITED operated with Coaches added. The CRESCENT LIMITED was one of only three postwar streamlined trains to carry the most deluxe sleeping car space the Master Room; the other two postwar trains with this space were both PRR trains the BROADWAY LIMITED and the LIBERTY LIMITED. The general makeup of the CRESCENT LIMITED was initially a pair of EMD E7A units south of Washington, They were trailed by a Baggage 60’ Railway Post Office Car, a Baggage 21 Crew Dormitory Car, five sleeping cars, a dining Car and five more sleeping cars one being a Sleeper Lounge located next to the Dining Car. As was the case with the NEW ROYAL PALM the streamlined 5 Double Bedroom Buffet 25 seat High Windowed Lounge Observations were not ready for the train’s debut as a streamliner. The L&N, A&WP, W of A, Southern, and PRR all contributed cars to the lightweight streamlined CRESCENT LIMITED.

TTFN Al

[Anonymous]

Good morning Tom and friends! I'll have a light breakfast, but I think I'll probably just sit here and stare at it. I spent the night inside one of the cakes apparantly. I can hear snoring coming out of the other one, so I assume that's Lars. Oh well ...time to get back to the "normal" routine here. Here's some SR stuff:

From Sept. 1937 Railroad Magazine

If the railroads want to get more passenger business, they’d better start giving decent customer service. I refer especially to the Southern. Traveling all night in a dilapidated coach en route to New Orleans the other day filled my eyes, ears, nose and throat with cinders and grime. There was no washing facilities in the men’s room – which itself was filthy! – so I stepped into a Pullman washroom for a minute to clean up, but was ordered out.

The washroom is one of the few conveniences which makes passengers willing to pay more for railroad travel than for bus travel. If there are no such facilities aboard a train, a fellow might just as soon take the bus for less money – M.A. Nelson, 6602 S. Richmond St., Chicago

From June 1946 Railroad Magazine

Icebound, “While I was in Asheville, N.C., one day last winter gathering material for Railroad Magazine,” writes Herbert G. Monroe, Southern ex-brakeman, 2343 Venetian Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Ga., “an ice storm completely isolated (no pun intended) the city from east and south. All wires were down and the suddenness of it caught many trains on the east side of the Blue Ridge Mts. Without running orders.

“It was interesting to observe the way dispatchers got trains moving on the two divisions where signals and wires were useless. In one instance, where a passenger train had reached the top of Saluda Mt. – as far as it could go without orders received – a signal maintainer, walking from Spartanburg to Saluda, found a wire intact west of Saluda. The dispatcher called an order to him. He, in turn, called it out to the operator standing on the ground below. Number 9 left Saluda a few minutes later.

From Oct. 1943 Railroad Magazine

Old-timers remember the popularity of the famous Congress gaitor shoes. They had elastic sides so you could easily slip ‘em on and off. Black in the link-and-pin days many accidents occurred because men’s footwear became wedged in frogs and switches. In fact, such accidents were so frequent that Congress passed a bill demanding the manufacture of the gaitor shoe and recommending it be worn by railroaders. Hence the name, Congress shoe.

If more men had heeded this advise, as Frank Connor did on the old Cincinnati Southern, there wouldn’t have been quite so many peglegs and widows. “Hoggy,” as Frank was called, was mixed up in several bad wrecks. Before he left the railroad his anatomy had been patched here and there. He might have gone to the Great Hereafter before his time if he hadn’t worn Congress gaitors. These shoes, he declared, saved his life in a wreck. It was a freak wreck. Although 310 passengers were aboard train No. 3 that night of December 3rd, 1902, in ten wooden coaches, not one of them was hurt.

The trainmaster, W.E. Wheellock, and the road foreman of engines, William T. Edwards, were waiting at Somerset, Ky., to take No. 3 into Chattanooga, Tenn. “Bill,” said the T.M., “these fellows are falling down on the schedule. Let’s ride the engines tonight and find out what’s the trouble.” As usual, No. 3 was doubleheading. Two Baldwins under steam were standing at the Sommerset station to relieve the Cincinnati power. Hoggy’s regular engine, the 562, was in the shops; so he and Fireman Owen Curd were taking the lead that night on the 546. They had finished their work and were lolling around the 9-wheeler.

In those days, as now, fast Florida trains scorched the rails. Engineer Alex Jeffrey rolled them each winter; and his racer, the 10-wheeled 563, had just come out of the shops after a face-lifting before pulling what is now the Florida Sunbeam. At Sommerset station, where T.M. and the road foreman were waiting, John “Drawbar” Fowler and his tallowpot, Frank Elliot, were limbering up the old girl on tracks 3 and 4. Wheellock said: “Let’s put off the engine ride tonight ,Bill. I’m too tired to take it.” So the two officials pitched their grips into the baggage car and climbed into the first day coach. They walked through the entire length of train before finding an empty seat. Then they discovered the two long seats in the smoker of the last Pullman were vacant. They stretched out on these and almost immediately went to sleep.

While they were slumbering, another train was battling Greenwood Hill in a race to get to Oakdale, Tenn., ahead of No. 3. This train was in charge of Condr. Ely Shipp and Engr. John Thomas. Before they reached Sunbright, in the dip at the bottom of Pilot Mountain, they were short on time for the varnish. “Better go in for ‘em’at Sunbright, John,” the big ox advised. “We’ll pull by and back in,” the brains figured out; and thereby hangs a story. The sidetrack was located on the east side of the main. Near the middle of the cut of cars was an old flat car loaded with a heavy cottonseed oil press. When John backed in, he hit the string a pretty hard lick. “Reckon we did any damage back there?” he asked Shipp, as No. 3 whistled up the track. “Don’t think so,” the skipper answered. He did not know that death, in the shape of a massive cottonseed oil press, lurked in the fog and darkness between the siding and main stem.

Meanwhile, Hoggy Connor was well underway, with a clear block. He was going places dwon the hill into Sunbright for a run at Pilot Mountain, little dreaming that the huge press had shifted on the car and that the impact of John’s engine had caused it to slide off, fouling the east rail of the left hand curve. Hoggy couldn’t possibly see it; but the obstacle slid two feet further, to straddle the west rail, a red eye would have flashed in his face.

The curving track was in a long cut shaped like half a moon, and the deadly press lay in the deepest part. Without the least warning to the speeding huggers, the 546 hit this obstruction, running as fast as her 598-inch drivers would turn. And what a wallop! The engine leaped into the air like a frightened colt, turning a somersault before her boiler landed 100 yards down the track. She was completely stripped and almost demolished. The 60-ton Baldwin lifted the 546’s tank on top of the cut of cars, several of which were being loaded with bulk wheat; then she rode over her running gear. The two brass hats, enjoying shut-eye, were suddenly pitched onto the floor of the Pullman. “They’ve sideswiped something in the Oakdale yards,” the trainmaster told the road foreman.

Both hurried out to investigate, not realizing then the fate they had missed through Weellock changing his mind about riding the engine. However, as soon as they passed the three Pullmans that remained on the track, Edwards cried: “Great God, what a mess!””And to think we would have been under those engines!” the other said. Well, the coaches were rammed crazily into the banks and the cars on the siding. Pintsch gaslights, still burning, cast eerie shadows as the two officials made their way along the top of the bank. By the time they reached the engines, those lights had set the mail car on fire. I was told later that the mail clerk, Walter Helms, shot himself rather than be burned to death.

By the light of the flames, Weellock and Edwards saw Fireman Curd trying to pull Hoggy Connor from under his ashpan, using only one hand – the other arm was broken. Hoggy’s foot was caught. The two officials dragged him out, leaving in the wreckage a Congress gaiter shoe that was eaten up by flames a few minutes later. Yes, Hoggy recovered from his injuries. Those shoes had saved his life. The freight engine pulled her train and some other cars out of danger; the three Pullmans also were rescued from the flames fed by bulk wheat. But Fireman Elliott was never found.

“The last time I saw Frank,” Drawbar Fowler said later, in answer to a question, “he was putting in a fire.” As for the 546, she was not rebuilt. Her boiler was used for many years afterward to make steam for a stationary engine in Sommerset – Hert G. Monroe (ex-brakeman, Southern Ry.) Smyrna, Ga.

[:I] A husband and wife were golfing when suddenly the woman asked, "Honey, if I died would you get married again?"
The man said, "No dear."
The women said, "I'm sure you would."
So the man said, "Okay, I would"
Then the women asked, "Would you let her sleep in our bed?"
And the man replied, "Ya, I guess so."
Then the women asked, "Would you let her use my golf clubs?"
And the man replied, "No, she's left handed." [:I]

[siberianmo]

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TUESDAY’s INFO & SUMMARY of POSTS


Tuesday is here! Time to start up with a cuppa Joe, some pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery and of course a selection from our Menu Board for a <light> or <traditional> breakfast![tup]


Daily Wisdom

Asked by Cardinal Spellman of New York City what his Holiness had said to him and what did Yogi say in response, Yogi said, “He said, ‘Hello, Yogi,” and I said, ‘Hello, Pope.’ “[swg]
(yogi-ism)


Info for the Day:

Railroads from Yesteryear: Southern Railway (SOU) arrives TODAY! This will be the THEME for the DAY!

Canadian Railways of the past – Hudson Bay Railways (HBRY) arrives Thursday – watch for it!

* Weekly Calendar:

Wednesday: Pike Perspective’s Day!
Thursday: Fish ‘n Chips Nite!
Friday: St. Patrick’s Day – Special Menu!
Saturday: Steak ‘n Trimmin’s Nite! – and –
ENCORE! Saturday
TODAY: Steak ‘n Trimmin’s Nite! – and –
ENCORE! Saturday


SUMMARY

Name …..…………… Date/Time …..…..………. (Page#) .. Remarks

(1) comechtech
Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 01:36:03 (273) Back again!

(2) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 05:21:21 (273) Monday’s Info & Summary

(3) passengerfan Al Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 06:41:32 (273) Streamliner #73 – Larks

(4) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 07:13:13 (273) AM comments, Phantom Switching & Joke!

(5) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 07:34:39 (273) Acknowledgments, etc.

(6) coalminer3 CM3 Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 08:09:35 (273) AM report!

(7) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 10:11:00 (274) NOSTALGIA #73 – Ad: CP (1952)

(8) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 11:48:18 (274) Acknowledgment, etc.

(10) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 12:05:24 (274) PM Chat & Joke!

(11) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:00:01 (274) Start of B’day Bash!

(12) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:06:12 (274) Bash!

(13) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:13:10 (274) Bash!

(14) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:23:11 (274) Bash!

(15)LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:26:46 (274) Bash!

(16) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:30:37 (274) Bash!

(17) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:32:43 (274) Bash!

(18) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:36:04 (274) Bash!

(19) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:45:43 (274) Bash!

(20) BudKarr BK Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:49:17 (274) Bash!

(21) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 14:51:49 (274) Bash!

(22) BudKarr BK Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:01:47 (274) Bash!

(23) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:07:16 (274) Bash!

(24) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:09:51 (274) Bash!

(25) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:12:03 (274) Bash!

(26) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:17:53 (274) Bash!

(27) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:24:42 (275) Bash!

(28) coalminer3 CM3 Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:37:23 (275) Bash!

(29) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:38:47 (275) Bash!

(30) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:46:54 (275) Bash!

(31) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:50:35 (275) Bash!

(32) pwolfe Pete Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:52:47 (275) Bash!

(33) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 17:20:31 (275) Bash!

(34) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 17:32:47 (275) 4 Dome Pix!

(35) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 18:12:36 (275) 4 Dome Pix!

(36) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 18:23:48 (275) Bash! for Doug

(37) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 18:29:09 (275) Bash! for Lars

(38) LoveDomes Lars Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 18:52:24 (275) 4 Dome Pix & G’nite!

(39) siberianmo Tom Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 19:11:45 (275) My Final Bash Post!

(40) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 19:42:33 (275) Post Bash!

(41) passengerfan Al Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 20:02:59 (275) Post Bash!

(42) barndad Doug Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 20:07:33 (275) Post Bash!

(43) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 21:58:17 (275) Post Bash!



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Double Features! Now with The Three Stooges Short Subject!

. . . Sunday, March 12th thru 18th: Mystery Alaska (1999) starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria & Mary McCormack –and- Slap Shot (1977) starring: Paul Newman – Strother Martin & Michael Ontkean. SHORT: Beer and Pretzels (1933).


That’s it! [tup][;)]

Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Proprietor of “Our” Place, an adult eating & drinking establishment!

[comechtech]

Morning all! I say that cause it is morning now (01:20). Sorry we missed the party, I see the festivities broke off by 21:58,so I am going to have to try to change our hours to more clearly match yours. Happy birthday to the kids, I can say that since I'm already 66, but I do agree with your list of 10, they fit. As to the jokes,[sigh][sigh], wait till the Mrs. inserts one of hers!! Well, since we missed the fun, will depart for now, will try to match your hours next trip. Greetings to all, and remember, Murphy was an optimist!!

[trolleyboy]

Good evening fellow barflies[;)] Quite the party today,I see that Boris is burried under a ton of paper plates and plastic beer glasses.[:O]

I will apologize for the rather unfortunate choice of girls in the cakes[:D] It seems that only Hilda and Helga were brave enough and strong enough to survive in two cakes with that many candles on them.[:O][:0][;)][:p][}:)] The other upside is that we did not have to use much electricity when the candles were lit.[:D][;)]

Seriously a good time was had by all and the only fire that the volenteer's had to put out was the groanameter whuch caught fire somewhere around 3:30 pm[:0][xx(][:o)][:-^]

Tom and Pete I'm glad that the storms missed you, good news to be sure[tup][^]

Wonderfull photo day yesterday gents, I wasn't able to see all of the one's on pg 273 duw to computer locking but what I saw was well done. [tup][tup]

A final [bday] To Doug and [bday] To Lars [tup] good show and good sportsmanship with all the jokes thrown around,shows the proof is in the pudding where the bar and it's core members are concerned [tup][tup][tup]

See evreyone tomorrow.

Rob

[Anonymous]

Evening brother Al, and thanks for the birthday wishes. At the risk of being tweeted for premature posting, this article seems appropriate for tonight:

The Liquor Train Wreck Dec. 1936 Railroad Stories

No. 316, which figured in the incident related here was built at Richmond in 1901


Back in the days of the open saloon, the Southern Railroad handled a rushing beverage traffic. One morning in 1904, regular southbound freight No. 65, with a string of liquor cars, was speeding from Birmingham to Mobile. On the steep down-grade between Dogwood and Aldrich, the engine, No. 316, plunged off the high embankment.

Liquor cars piled up on one side of the track and burst open. Beer and whiskey poured into the ditch, along the right-of-way. Bottles, kegs, etc., were scattered far and wide. It wasn’t very long before all the miners and farmers in the community were there. They brought buckets and churns, which they filled from the pools of “red-eye.” People from miles around carted away barrels of the stuff.

The wreck became a great scene of merry-making. Operators of Dogwood, Aldrich, and Straven coal mines were forced to shut down for a week while miners celebrated. The countryside was littered with drunks and empty bottles.

I visited the scene of the wreck several times. Not long ago a relative of mine unearthed in a nearby field a number of beer bottles with the caps rusted off. I found an old link-and-pin coupling by the track. Engine No. 316 is still in service. At present she is pulling the Southern’s Akron run, “The Bullet” – Earl F. Kennamer, Selma, Ala.

[:I] I got tested for drugs the other day, but luckily the test came back negative. That's good, but now my dealer has some explaining to do. [:I]

[passengerfan]

Good Evening Tom and the rest of the gang. Time for a 7-up and a round for the house.

Good News for Birthday boy Lars. They have just released a DVD on domes. I placed my order a week ago and am anxiously waiting for the delivery.

Tom I had a pretty extensive photo collection at one time and even 35 mm slides but those boxes mysteriously got lost in one of my moves some years ago. I don't have the time or money to replace them now.

I do have a very extensive book collection and more recently have collected Videos and now DVDs. Since my computer has a DVD burner I am thinking of transferring all of the older videos to this format. My insurance man has just increased my rider on the RR collectibles I have. It never ceases to amaze me how the insurance companies want an extra rider on anything of value. I only wish I would have had insurance on my photo and slide collections.

Was absolutely amazed to see how much tax work has piled up while I was sick and Corporate is due by midnight wednesday.

I know I'm rambling again so guess I better buy another round.

Happy birthday to Lars and Doug once again. I remember fifty but only vaguely.

TTFN Al

[Anonymous]

Evening again Tom and friends! I'll have more of whatever used to be in my bucket. Nice count-down material. I think Lars stuff was more funny (because it thankfully wasn't about me). The traffic construction signs were all true, unfortunately. It wouldn't be surprising to find the entire state closed one day for remodeling and repairs.Pretty good stuff on your end Pete, I really got a kick out of it. I have to say that ya'll did a bang-up job today, and it's surely appreciated, and for the record, I have no independent memory of anything I may have been accused of today, and that's the story I'm sticking to!

I see many a dome pic has been posted in my absense. I want one.

I see that Boris has lowered the house lights in the bar a little too fast tonight. I want to thank the track and signal guys for setting up barricades to warn of the broken glass. Here's another joke to read in the candlelight:

[:I] A man goes into a supermarket and buys a tube of toothpaste, a bottle of Pepsi, a bag of tortilla chips, and a frozen pizza. The cute girl at the register looks at him and says, "Single, huh?"
Sarcastically the guy sneers, "How’d you guess?"
She replies, "Because you’re so *** ugly." [:I]

[siberianmo]

Evenin' Gents!

With the departure of Lars and an absent Doug I trhink it's time to call this a "wrap!" Let's close it on a high note with:

Some more New York humor:

NEW YORK—With a week to go before pitchers and catchers report for spring training, the New York Yankees shored up their pitching, hitting, and defense Monday by signing every player in professional baseball.

"We'd like to welcome the entire roster of Major League Baseball into the Yankees family," said team owner George Steinbrenner, watching as the franchise's 928 newest additions held up their pinstripes at a Yankee Stadium press conference. "With these acquisitions, we are in position to finally nab that elusive 27th World Series title."

Sports reporters were not surprised by the move.

"This is not entirely unexpected," New York Times baseball writer Murray Chass said. "When the Yankees followed up their signing of Japanese slugger Hideki 'Godzilla' Matsui by annexing Cuba for use as a Triple-A farm club, it was clear that Steinbrenner was willing to do whatever it takes to win."

By noon, Yankees GM Brian Cashman had signed the entire National League and most of the American League to multi-year contracts. Some 10 hours later, the final opposing player, Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez, had been acquired by the Yankees, who bought out the remainder of his $252 million contract for $300 million.

"It's an honor to be part of this team," said catcher Benito Santiago, picked up from the San Francisco Giants as insurance in case catchers Jorge Posada, Ivan Rodriguez, and Mike Piazza all go down with injuries. "It's a surprise, certainly, but I'd be crazy to turn down the opportunity to play on what is, by default, the greatest team in baseball."

Yankees manager Joe Torre, whose pitching rotation, prior to the mass signing, lacked a clear seventh ace, now has the luxury of starting each of his hurlers twice a season.

"As they say, you can never have enough pitching in this league," Torre said. "Especially come playoff time. Now, if we make it to the World Series, we'll be able to start Pedro Martinez in Game 1 and still have him fresh and ready to go for a Game 287, should it be necessary."

With so many egos to juggle and so many personnel decisions to make, Torre said his job will actually be harder this season, the lack of opposing players notwithstanding.

"Hey, I don't care who you've got on your team; winning in this league is tough—Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and Randy Johnson or no Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and Randy Johnson," Torre said. "And it's even tougher in New York. This is a baseball town, and some of these fans think the Yankees are the only team in baseball. Now that we truly are, the pressure to win will be that much greater."

The mass signing, extravagant even by Yankees standards, caused the Bronx Bombers' payroll to skyrocket from a former league high of $149 million to $5.6 billion. Cashman noted that much of that figure is tied up in bonuses to be paid out to pitcher Tom Glavine, who at 37 will almost certainly not play out the entirety of his 15-year contract.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approved the signing, noting that the other 29 major-league teams received ample financial compensation.

"I see no reason why a small-market team like the Twins or Expos can't continue to remain competitive, just because it lacks players," Selig said. "The league was due for contraction, anyway."
From: www.yankeesnewswire.com/

Some more Illinois humor!

State Motto

State Joke

State Flag/Statue

State Mineral

State Historical Marker

State Tree

State Animal – The Barrier Horse

Our Tax Dollars at Work

More Tax Dollars at Work

from: www.illinoissmokersrights.com/welcome_to_illinois.html

Hope you two guys enjoyed your day - I did!![bday]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[LoveDomes]

Hey Tom

My Captain. my Captain! Thank you very much for the great Bash! Time is approaching where I must sign off. Once again you have led the way by example and I know how much effort it takes to not only stick it out, but to amass all of the posts and innovative stuff you do. A five-[tup] salute to you, Sir! [tup][tup][tup][tup][tup]

Loved that Top Ten! The shoe "fits," so I'm stuck with it.[swg]

My "final four!" Why I call myself LOVEDOMES .....

Wabash #200 (1956) (from: www.trainweb.org)


Amtrak #9560, former Wabash #200 (from: www.trainweb.org)


Amtrak #9561 former Wabash #201 (from: www.trainweb.org)


N&W #1611, former Wabash #201 (from: www.trainweb.org)


One more JD on the Rocks, Cindy - then I gotta scam outta here! [bday]Doug!!![bday]

Just wanted to THANK all of the guys who took the time today to express their [blue]B'day[/blue wishes to Doug 'n me Many, many THANKS BK - CM3 & PETE Also, I realize Rob has a tough day and appreciate his weekend greeting .....

Until the next time!

Lars

[siberianmo]

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TOP TEN One Liners for 66 Year Olds!

(10) I'm not old, I'm youthfully challenged.

(9) Charter member, "Old farts hall of fame."

(8) Once over the hill, you pick up speed.

(7) My own mortality will be the death of me yet.

(6) In dog years I'm dead.

(5) I'm in no shape to exercise.

(4) Don't interrupt me while I'm talking to myself.

(3) Darn right, I'm good in bed. I can sleep for days!

(2) I get everything I set my mind to. Now where'd I set my mind?

And the number ONE is: <drum roll> Naps & farts, that's all I'm really good for these days.


Boris Ring the bell a few times – Let the good times rolll![swg]


Tom [4:-)] [oX)]


[bday]Lars[bday]Lars[bday]Lars[bday]Lars[bday]Lars[bday]Lars][bday]

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[siberianmo]

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[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug][bday]

FIFTY – 50 – FIVE-Oh!

TOP TEN One Liners FOR 50 Year Olds!

(10) 50! I demand a recount.

(9) Oh no, say it isn't so. Not the big 5-0!

(8) Fifty happens!

(7) After fifty everything that doesn't hurt doesn't work!

(6) I'm not 50, I'm 18 with 32 years experience!

(5) I can't believe you're 50; 49 maybe, but never 50!

(4) 50 year old; one owner; needs parts; make offer.

(3) Love your 50's, because you know what comes next? Your 60's!

(2) Nifty Fifty!

And the number ONE is: <drum rolll> Fifty is the ultimate "F" word.


BorisRing the bell a few times – it’s party time![swg]


Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug[bday]Doug][bday]


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[LoveDomes]

Evening Gents!

Well, I see that last post of mine really shook everyone up - so here's another "reason" why I call myself LOVEDOMES!

GN #1320 (from: www.trainweb.org)


GN #1321 (from: www.trainweb.org)


GN #1322 (from: www.trainweb.org)


GN #1323 (from: www.trainweb.com)


Cindy my dear, I'll take another one of those JDs on the rocks if you please![swg]

Lars

[LoveDomes]

Hye Guys!

This is why I call myself LOVEDOMES!

Wabash #200 (1956, Moberly, MO)



#200 as Amtrak #9560 (1972, Newport News, VA)



Former Wabash #201 as N&W #1611


Former Wabash #201 as Amtrak #9561


Lars

[Anonymous]

OK Mr. CM3, now I'm going to share the birthday present everyone chipped-in to get for me!


I have to run again, but I'll be back!

[:I] A grasshopper walks into a bar, and hops up on the bar stool. The bartender walks over and goes, "Hey, we have a drink named after you."
The grasshopper turns to the bartender and goes, "You have a drink named Fred?" [:I]

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.

[bday][bday][bday] To DOUG and LARS. I'll have a Bathams XXX to celebrate the day and a round for all at the party[tup][tup].

Glad the bad weather missed you yesterday TOM .Just to let you know what happened here. We spent a boring 45 minutes in the basement while the siren was going but we were lucky at Jeff City as I don't think there was much damage here. A tornado was spotted about 10 miles south of us but the storm skirted us.
Can I give a big [tup] to the local weather people especilly the chap on the local radio for their great job keeping us informed. Lets hope that the storms weaken before reaching our friends to the East.

Anyway back to the party.Great local Illinois and NY laws Tom. I think I shall have to go to pitchers of the strong Bathams to combat the Jokes. I never knew there was as many railroad jokes thanks BK.

DOUG and LARS I would love to do the Best Blonde Joke of the year But it might get me banned.IF you wonder about Doug's jokes how about this [?].

A man goes to the doctor.
MAN "Doctor I keep thinking I am a Cowboy.
DOCTOR " How long as this been going on "[?]
MAN. "About a YEEEEEAAAAHHHHH."

After that I had better hide in the corner for a while PETE.

[LoveDomes]

Gents!

This may be a good time for me to shut it down as well .... at least until a bit later on. Wife says that I have a few things to take care of before "soups on!" Translated, "Get your butt into the kitchen and help me with this dinner that you said YOU were going to prepare!"[swg]

Ok - I can "handle it!" Keep the place in check, Cindy my dear! Oh, my oh my .... wish it was really my Birthday! She'd make a lovely present!<grin>

As "Ahnold" once said, "I'll be baaaaaaaaaaack!"

Lars

[siberianmo]

Hey Doug! No fair - foul play (I should Tweeeeeeeet! you - but it's your Birthday! Cripes sake - no EDITING like that! Make a new Post - telling us you are checking out - backwards - doesn't get it! Now, you'll just have to make it up by refraining from Posting any more of those awful jokes![swg]

Tom[4:-)] [oX)]

[siberianmo]

Gents!

Just fair warning - I'll be shuttin' it down for a few hours pretty soon. Party will continue, and perhaps some of the guys doing the Phantom Browse will pick it up for us and make a Post or two . . . . maybe we'll even see some of the guys who used to keep these parties movin' ....

Hey! That's CM3!! Awright - glad you made it in . . . [tup]

I do plan on returning in early evening, though . . . so, don't leave on my account!

Cindy has offered to take the bar in my absence! Any objections[?] Thought not![swg]

I'll be here for a bit longer, then gotta run . . . .

Tom[4:-)] [oX)]

[coalminer3]

Good Afternoon Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please, round for the house and $ for the jukebox.

Geeez - these guys aren't as old as some of us; my first computer came with a stoker.

Its birthday time - as Yogi said, "I guess the first thing I ought to say is thank you for making this day necessary."

A few other gleanings from the archives; I found these in a mashed dinner bucket in an abandoned mine. These items somehow never made it to print, but the CM3 research dept (at your service day and night, we find it fast and find it right) was able to piece a few shreds together. You can imagine my surporise when I found them to be parts of interviews done for the local press. Herewith is what can be shared w/o being shot off the air..

Deserted by his folks at three, Lars shipped out on an oil tanker as cabin boy. Serving under a cruel skipper, Lars knew how to roll cigarettes before he was five; the captain before he was eleven. He said about early memories that , "The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food." But I guess he never learned to cook as evidenced by the following remark, "This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them."

At an early age, he showed a profound grasp of economics when he said, "With credit you can buy everything you can't afford." When questioned about money, he noted, "I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely usless as far as I'm concerned."

Unfortunately the rest of the manuscript was unintelligible, but Boris is working on it.

I couldn't believed what I found next - notes from an interview with Doug. They were kind of waterlogged as they were in the bottom section of the bucket. It was tough gtting the bucket open, but again, I was amazed at the breadth of knowledge (or is it breath) displayed.

Being from the heartland, Doug is one of those folks who tellis it like it is. For example, when questioned about his neighborhood, he recalled, "I'm a little hoarse tonight. I've been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines." The astonished reporter asked him how he coped with those condtions. He shrugged his shoulders and replied, "He brings a bat, you bring a knife; he brings a knife, you bring a gun - it's the Chicago way." He's a staunch law and order man and was once heard to say, "Take him to the tower and teach him the error of false pride!"

Doug has been a traveler for many years and he was quick to tell the reporter, "Remember, wherever you go, there you are." When asked about his trip to North Africa, he said "I came to Casablanca for the waters. But we wounbd up in the middle of the desert. I was misinformed! "

Again the rest of the MSS was indecipherable - I believe it wound up in Awk's cage.

We'll respectfully draw the curtain at this point with the following definition

Fiffy - The age of youth, the youth of old age.

work safe

[Anonymous]

The first Joke was The 2nd joke was

I'm going to need more to drink!

I need to leave for a few hours .... so ya'll can come out now!

[:I] While making his rounds, a doctor points out an x-ray to a group of medical students.
“As you can see,” he says, “the patient limps because his left fibula and tibia are radically arched.”
The doctor turns to one of the students and asks, “What would you do in a case like this?”
“Well,” ponders the student, “I suppose I’d limp, too.” [:I]

[LoveDomes]

Hey Guys!

Check these out . . . .


The train was about to pull out of the station. Swinging a large bag, a young man managed to reach the train, throw his bag in and climb aboard, gasping for air, before the doors slid shut.

Seeing at him, another man said, "Young man, you should be in better shape! At your age, I could catch the train by a gnat's whisker and still be fresh. Look at you, panting away."

The young man took a deep breath and said, "Pop, I missed this train at the *last* station."


Blake and his parents were drinking at the bar in a train station when they heard a whistle. The three of them rushed out of the bar onto the platform only to discover that they had missed the train.

The next train is in one hour," said the stationmaster.

The three went back into the bar. The parents had another drink; Blake had a Pepsi.

Again they heard a whistle, rushed out and discovered the train pulling away. "Next one is sixty minutes from now!" said the stationmaster.

An hour later, Blake, with his mom and dad, raced out onto the platform, and his parents leaped onto the train as it pulled away. The boy was left standing on the platform and began to laugh uproariously.

“Your parents just left you," said the stationmaster. "Why are you laughing?"

"They came to see me off!" the boy replied.


Are we having fun yet[?][swg]


Lars

[Anonymous]

There we go! Bring on the entertainment!

[:I] A man decided to march in the holy crusades. Concluding that his wife should wear a chastity belt while he is gone, he locks up her nether regions and gives the key to his best friend. He tells him, “If I do not return within four years, unlock my wife and set her free to live a normal life.”
So, the husband leaves on horseback and about a half hour later, he sees a cloud of dust behind him. He waits for it to come closer and sees his best friend. “What's wrong?' ” he asks.
“You gave me the wrong key!” [:I]

[LoveDomes]

Tinkerbell is MINE![swg] You can have the other two, Doug!

Lars

[siberianmo]

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[bday]HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Doug ‘n Lars![bday]


Hey Guys!

Vito ‘n Guido sent these “Hostesses” over to help liven up your party!




Ring the bell a few times, Boris, drinks on the house![swg]


Tom [4:-)] [oX)]

[bday]HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Doug ‘n Lars![bday]


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[BudKarr]

Captain Tom and Party goers!

Just wanted to let you know that I must depart. We have an afternoon of places to go and people to see down in the "village," as my gal refers to it. Nevertheless, I must finish up and get a move on.

Happiest of Birthdays to the both of you, Lars & Doug![bday]

BK

[siberianmo]

G'day!

Nice to see ya made it in BK![tup] Man oh man, now that you've retired and found the ways of the internet, you're coming along quite well![swg] Nice stuff - right along the lines that Doug DESERVES! Poor Lars he's just taking it all in, wondering, "Why me[?]"[swg]

Refills, anyone[?] How 'bout you guys "upstairs" - CM3 'n Pete - as Doug said, you can't stay there forever![swg]

Tom[4:-)] [oX)]