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Posted by LoveDomes on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:04 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

I debated whether or not to post here today, but once I saw the NYC pix, well . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:37 AM

G'day!

Fine looking consist along the Hudson River from Lars! Always enjoy the New York Central in that splendid livery! Yeah!! [yeah]

Here's something just a bit different . . .

 

NYC EMD E8A #4043 (foto credit: unknown - www.yesteryeardepot.com)

 

Enjoy!

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Posted by LoveDomes on Monday, February 19, 2007 1:30 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Just left the bar and thought I'd drop off a pix, just to keep things on the move here . . .

 

NYC 20th Century Ltd EMD E units southbound along the Hudson River(1947)(from: Bruce Wolfe collection)

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Monday, February 19, 2007 6:11 AM

G'day!

Nice Pix from James . . . thanx for the Sunday visit! Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's a Pennsy "classic" from an "unknown" source.
PRR Centipede:

 

 

Enjoy! Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

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Posted by CMSTPP on Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:05 AM

G-day Captain [4:-)] and all present.

I saw some pretty nice locomotives out there. Those Pennsylvania E8s looked really sharp. Also liked the GGI from lars. Nice touch.Thumbs Up [tup]

Now it's time for my pictures.

A Milwaukee Road Fairbanks Morse H10-44. This one is located at the IRM. And the best part about it, it still runs.

photo from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks-Morse

Now this is cool. 4 Milwaukee Road SW1s in La Crosse, Wisconsin, roar there way back to La Crosse yard. The lead unit, #862 is perserved and runs on the Wisconsin Great Northern In Spooner, Wisconsin.

Photo from: spoonertrainride.com/equip_862.htm

Enjoy!

Happy railroadingLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by LoveDomes on Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:54 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Fine looking machines from the Pennsy. E8s, huh Question [?] Really great to view. Thumbs Up [tup]

I remember the Army-Navy games being a "big deal" when I was a kid. I think they were always played right around Thanksgiving as I seem to recall it being a Saturday thing and always in Philadelphia. Anyway, brought back a memory or three. GO NAVY! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Glad you liked the GG1 - figured you would.

Check this out from my FAVORITE railroad!

 

NYC EMD E8A #4096 (Credit: Corel Corp.)

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:53 AM

G'day!

Thanx for the great looking GG1, Lars! Thumbs Up [tup]

Wish I could provide the "answer" regarding "why," but my guess is that an overwhelming majority of those using these Forums are simply "browsers" and not really "into" dialogue. It's more fun with the latter, for guys like us, but so be it. Whatchagonnado, eh Question [?] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Something to reminiss about . . .

 

PRR Liberty Ltd for Army-Navy game (foto credit: unknown - from: www.prrths.com)

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by LoveDomes on Friday, February 16, 2007 4:11 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Never get tired looking at those GG1 machines! Remember the "sounds" of 'em Question [?] Like nothing else on earth, for sure! Thumbs Up [tup]

You'd think on a forum like this, called Classic Trains, we'd get some discussions going from those who can relate to things like the GG1 and other trains of the past. Oh well . . .

Here's something for you, Tom!

PRR GG1 #4933 (photo credit: Jack Humphrey)

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, February 16, 2007 7:46 AM

G'day!

My all time favorite in locomotion!

PRR GG1 (foto: Corel Corp from trainweb.com)

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:37 AM

G'day!

Well, it isn't every day that someone drops off a note from "half a world away"! Wow!! [wow] Jerusalem - just a bit further down the tracks than NYC, eh Dave Question [?] <grin>

Appreciate the info - perhaps would've been better over at the bar, given we are much more interactive there as opposed to this "lonely" Thread! But, appreciated nonetheless . . .

My adult rail experiences began back in the mid-50s, if one can consider 18 an "adult"! Anyway, no such luxury trips for me back then. Spent many a weekend traveling between Grand Central Terminal and New London, CT aboard the New Haven (Fridays southbound - Sunday nights northbound). Always had heavyweight coaches on Sunday evenings, but most times picked up some fine looking Pennsy cars heading south from Boston powered by New Haven diesels.

Always traveled in uniform and always was treated just fine by crew and fellow passengers. Different times, far different society. Was 'fun" being a sailor in those times . . .

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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:24 PM

Greetings and salutations from Jerusalem.    Well, some people like shrouded streamlined steam locomotives, like the Milwaukee's 4-6-4's and4-4-2's, and the Gresley A-4's, and the Commodore Vanderbilt, and the Aeolius of the Q, and the Reading's Crusader Pacifics, but I prefer the streamlining that keeps to the basic shape of steam locomotive, like the Daylights, and the Norfolk and Western J's, and most of all, as far as looks go, the New Haven I-5's.   I like the Central's Century and Empire State Express J-3's too, but not as well as the afformentioned three.

I rode the postwar Florida Special several times in the period 1957-1967.  Since it was a seasonal train, all first class for at least part of this period, it used a lot of sleepers borrowed off other railroads, UP mostly, some SP, some NP.  It definitely did NOT have an observation car at the rear during this period.   The diner (sometimes two) and the lounge car were ACL.   There was hostess, Bingo games with prizes, but let us face it, a roomette is a roomette, whether it is on the Super Chief or Florida Special on the one hand, or the Everglades or Havana ---er Gulf Coast Special on the other hand.   But ACL and then SCL kept up high standards of service.

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Posted by LoveDomes on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:21 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Nice Park Car shot! They're especially significant when you know they come from a personal trip. Bet you and your Mrs. enjoyed that one! New Year's Day I noted . . . New Year's Eve on the train must've been a great time. Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Enjoyed the spate of pix from James as well. Suggest you post 'em at the bar for our Saturday pix posting . . . nice! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Having a great time down here in the Keys - temps are about to hit the 80 degree mark (F) and I'll bet THAT info really "gets" you guys in the frozen northland! <grin>

Another dome . . .

SP #3606 full length dome (from: LA River RRs)

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by CMSTPP on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:40 PM

G-day Captain [4:-)] Tom and all present.

Some nice looking pics have accumulated over the last couple of days.Thumbs Up [tup] It got quite busy over here, which is a good thing.

I will start off with a small brochure cover. This is from 1947 advertising the hiawathas and there schedules. Now usually it would give schedules to a curtain train, so I'm not sure which of the many Hiawathas this would be. Now If I were to guess I would say this would be one of the morning or afternoon "Hi"s, since there is a skytop Parlor on the end.

Photo from: http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/hiawatha48.jpg

Now I realize this is not exactly "real" but there are very few photos of these in cars in color. These were built for the Milwaukee's 1947 Hiawatha. You can tell by the orange, maroon and grey colors. They were very bueatiful passenger cars in those days. The skytop Parlor lounge car was like no other passenger car ever made.

Photo from: www.railwayclassics.com/milw07.htm

The Milwaukee's nicest looking passenger steam engine ever made. The 4-6-4 Hudson. This locomotive set speed records. Top speed was suppose to be 130 mph and it hit 124 mph. Now that is fast for steam. To have a train pass you in 5 seconds flat. Literally.

Photo from: http://www.ironhorse129.com/Projects/engines/hiawatha/Graphics/Painting.jpg

Enjoy!Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:34 AM

G'day!

Nice one, Lars! The guy who took that Pix really did a nice job fer sure, fer sure! Thumbs Up [tup]

Speaking of domes . . .

 

VIA Rail's Glacier Park car at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada - westbound "Canadian."

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

 

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Posted by LoveDomes on Monday, February 12, 2007 11:31 AM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Just dropped off my submission over at the bar and noticed that fine looking obs dome you put up over here! Thumbs Up [tup] Ya sure know how to "hook" me in, huh Question [?] LOVE those domes . . .

 

VIA Rail #8708 Kootenay Park (from: www.trainweb.org - photo: Gordon Hall)

 

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Posted by siberianmo on Monday, February 12, 2007 8:52 AM

G'day Gents!

Looks as if the "boyz from the bar" are keeping this Thread up 'n running - nice work! Thumbs Up [tup]

Ya know, some of those Pix would do just fine over at the bar, especially for this coming Saturday Photo Posting Day! Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's a little something from my photo files to keep things movin' forward . . .

 

VIA Rail's Revelstoke Park Car on the "Ocean" consist at Montreal's Central Station

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

Tom Captain [4:-)] Pirate [oX)]

 

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Posted by pwolfe on Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:21 PM

Hi Tom and Gents.

Some really great pics and text from TOM,LARS, DOUG, ROB and JAMES, recentlyApprove [^]Thumbs Up [tup]

A couple of pics of British steam locomotives on main line steam tours last year. 


Ex LMS Stanier 4-6-0class 5 no 45407 leaving Crewe the town where many of this class were built. 

BRs only Standard 8P 3-clyinder pacific no 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' the last all new Express Passenger steam loco built for BR in 1954,at Carlisle .

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Posted by CMSTPP on Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:24 PM

G-day Captain [4:-)] Tom and all present.

So, how is everyone doing with all these cold days. We are hitting our usual 15 below at night and about 10 to 20 degrees during the day.

Now for some pictures.Thumbs Up [tup]

ri0630

Here is one of the Rock's many passenger units. unfortunatly when this picture was taken back in 1969 in Blue Island, IL, The locomotibe was near the end if it's days. Now it is hard to tell but I believe this is an E6 but could also be an E5.

ri0630a

Here is the same locomotive, only six years later. It is now 1975. As you can see the yellow wing that used to be on the front is now gone and the locomotive isn't looking so good. It is coupled up to a commuter train.

 0093

Now, I decided to go with an FP45 for the last picture. These locomotives have now almost completely disappeared. The only place you may find any of these running would be at a museum. I guess, if you're extremely lucky, you can still find one or two roaming around on mainline railroads. These locomotive look great, especially behind a passenger train. This is located in Temple, Texas, in September of 1990.

EnjoyCool [8D]

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Posted by trolleyboy on Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:03 PM

Good evening again folks,nice to see some contributions still rolling in. Thumbs Up [tup]

Lars-Tom's right love that locomotive too, actually that type is the wifes favourite unit as well, and we are lucky enough that 6060 is still around and running excurions in Alberta Thumbs Up [tup]maybe BK will partake in one should he come home to roost again at some point. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] A vice GO shot from Tom to always nice to get that semi overhead angle makes for a nice picture. Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's a couple more new traction shots for everyone.

Oshawa Street Railway #82 in service in the late 40's. this car is also awaiting it's turn at restoration at our museum, a fine early double ended city car. From the OERHA collection.

Another Ottawa car this car number 955 an ex TTC TR car built in 1914 and sold to Ottawa in 1943 to help with the passenger overflow during the war. From the OERHA collection.

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Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:17 PM

G'day!

Fine looking machine, Lars! My bet is Rob will like it as well, fer sure, fer sure! Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's a Pix taken from our hotel window in Toronto the morning after returning from Vancouver aboard the Canadian . . .

 

Toronto GO train eastbound to Union Station 

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by LoveDomes on Saturday, February 10, 2007 11:58 AM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Nice looking pix of those mountains! Really great shots and both from moving trains at that! My guess is that your work has already been "pirated" for use elsewhere! <grin> Really nice! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Good to see Rob over here with his traction pix! Keeps us on our toes, huh Question [?] Nicely done! Thumbs Up [tup]

Been quite a bit of talk over at the bar on the Mountain steam locos - here's one of my favorites:

 

CN #6071 4-8-2 (from: www.yesteryeardepot.com)

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Friday, February 9, 2007 11:44 PM

Good evening folks. Tom that's a couple of mighty fine pictures fer sure fer sure. I'm glad you liked the traction shots, here'sa  couple more just for the heck of it. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Here's a  rare shot of TTC's crane car C2 taken at the Hillcreat shops. This car was built in 1912 by the Toronto Railway Company one of the TTc's predessesor roads it and it's sister C1. our museum has C1 and C2 is also preserved and is located at the Warehouse Point Museum in Connecticutt.

This is a classic shot from the late 50's.A Peter Witt tye car leading it's eventual successor a PCC on St Clair street. By 1962 all the Witt's were retired after giving yoeman's service to te TTC since 1921.

enjoy  Rob

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Posted by siberianmo on Friday, February 9, 2007 12:13 PM

G'day!

Here's another personal photo, this one take by my bride on our recent rail trip in Alaska.

Mt. McKinley, highest mountain in North America at 20,320 feet (6,194 m)

Taken from ARRs southbound Denali Star on the observation deck of their Gold Star Service ultra dome car.


Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Thursday, February 8, 2007 4:27 PM

G'day!

Nice Pix from Rob! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

Here's one of my favorite shots that I took on our last cross-Canada rail trip aboard VIA Rail . . .

 

Mt. Robson - Highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies at 12,972 ft/3,953 m. Taken from the observation dome of VIA Rail's Strathcona Park Car - eastbound "Canadian."  

 

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Posted by trolleyboy on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 10:37 PM

Good evening Gents, nice to see this thread still plugging along as it were. Some fine steam shots from Tom. 2860's due to see some action again this year if alls going well. She's been undergoing a retubing and fire box refurbishment. The hope is that she will be back up and running on her old excursion services again.5xThumbs Up [tup] for that anyway. Great info from Doug as well nice to see some substance here again Yeah!! [yeah]

Well her'sa couple new shots from me, ioriginally intended for Sunday at the bar till I was called away , anyway hope you enjoy them, they will resurface with friends at the bar next Sunday.

A shot of 1943 Port Dalhousie Ontario. NS&T Streetcars and interurbans meeting the cross lake steamer to Toronto. From te OERHA Arechieves Al Patterson the photographer.

A shot of the TTC's Modern CLRV's in transit along King street. Car 4004 is one of the frist ten built in the 70's in Switzerland.

Shot from the nations capitol. Car 842 on the Britannia line. parliment Hill is in the Background c1946. From the OERHA collection.

Enjoy  Rob

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Posted by LoveDomes on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 7:37 PM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

Mighty fine lookin' Canadian steam . . . here's a little something a bit different:

 

 

Until the next time! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by siberianmo on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 11:14 AM

G'day!

Many thanx to Doug - James 'n Lars for the contributions these past days - nicely done! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

 

Some Canadian steam locos from Classic Trains days . . .

 

CPR 4-6-4 #2860 Royal Hudson (foto credit: Greg Chadwick)

 

GTW 4-8-4 U-4-B (foto credit: Richard Leonard)

 

Enjoy! Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by LoveDomes on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 9:39 AM

G'day Cap'n Tom!

The Larsman reporting in from Marathon in the Keys! I see things have been quite active here on your lonely thread. Thanks to Doug, there's more material floating around in cyber space than I can recall. Too bad the responses are so hard to come by. Just a bunch of people who aren't interested in communicating I guess. The individual's choice, huh Question [?]

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 5, 2007 5:15 PM

Here's another bump for the thread, along with more info!

This diesel pioneer, a model E3-A EMD construction number 956, was built in late 1939 for the Florida East Coast's new Budd-built all-coach streamliner between Jacksonville and Miami, the Henry M. Flagler. Flagler was not only the organizer of the FEC but in many ways was the father of modern Florida.

The E3 design was the first of EMD's standard passenger locomotive models, and although only 18 were produced, along with 19 E4 and 113 E6 models, during 1938-42, these locomotives were pivotal in the history of diesel power, for they were widely successful. They were powered with twin diesel engines, the then-new EMD 12-cylinder 567 prime movers capable of 1000 hp each, which were conservatively built and the result of evolutionary development. Many of these locomotives accomplished several million miles of service over 20 more years of life, a good record by any measure.

This was the FEC's first diesel and was numbered 1001. The locomotive carried the Flagler name for a number of years, although the Henry M. Flagler train became the Dixie Flagler in December, 1940, operating every third day between Miami and Chicago via Atlanta and Evansville, Ind. (in a multi-railroad operation via Atlantic Coast Line; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis; Louisville & Nashville; and Chicago & Eastern Illinois). It alternated with South Wind via Montgomery and Louisville and the City of Miami via Birmingham. The Miami-New York trains, such as the East Coast Champion, were operated via ACL, Richmond, Fredericksburg  Potomac and Pennsylvania Railroad. Indeed, most FEC trains with service beyond Jacksonville were handed over to ACL.

No. 1001 continued to handle a variety of passenger duties between Jacksonville and Miami for a number of years until it was retired in `960. This photo at Miami (the Dade County Courthouse towers in the background) evidently dates from the mid to late 1940s, and shows an unidentified departing train with a mixture of heavyweight and lightweight equipment. The depot is hidden behind the consist.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 5, 2007 11:50 AM

Howdy guys. Couldn't help but notice this thread needs a little bump, so here's some information on the Florida Special. More can be found at "Our" Place Reborn!

No train in the record, not even the magnificent Sunset Limited of 1894 or the all-room Century and Broadway of the late 1930s, could be more aptly cited as a paradigm of the concept of the luxury train as an extension of the functions of a grand hotel the The Florida Special when it was placed in service in 1888. Here in every aspect and detail the parallel was fulfilled. The equipment incorporated in its structural economy every perfection both operational and in décor that was known to its age. In much the same manner that, the following year when it opened its doors in London, The Savoy Hotel enlisted the services of Cesar Ritz to conduct its operations, the Florida East Coast prevailed upon George M. Pullman in person to ride the maiden run and lend it the enormous prestige of his name. As when any de luxe hostel was to open its doors in a later age of skilled Madison Avenue press agentry, social and civic leaders participated, on the cuff of course, at its inaugural. Communities along the right of way the train followed were encouraged to light bonfires in the night to illuminate its passing and the press, also present in the capacity of honored guests, reported breathlessly every detail of its luxurious progress. The muse of gastronomy was invoked on the palates of the patrons flattered with rare viands and costly vintages whose service was personally superintended by urbane and cheerful George M. Pullman. The director of the United States Marine Band was inspired perhaps with tangible encouragement from Henry M. Flagler, to compose a "Florida Special March." Travel editors were sluiced and gentled in a manner familiar from that day until the present and Sunday supplements shortly blossomed with spreads in praise of The Special and the fine hotels at whose very portals it deposited fortunate seekers of Florida sunshine and relaxed attitudes generally. Nothing was neglected that could project a more than favorable image of The Florida Special on the general awareness, and passengers when they boarded the cars at Jersey City were made to feel as though they were already enjoying the amenities of the well-conducted Ponce de Leon Hotel and other equally sumptuous caravansaries of The American Riviera. In a very real sense they were.

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