Good Morning Cap'n Tom!
I see the protocol these times has it down to perhaps one photo per submission. That does make a great deal of sense to me in light of the participation from "outside."
Just left the bar and wanted to make an appearance here, where at one time I tried to do so on a daily basis. Times and circumstances change, sorry to say.
A contribution to keeping this fine thread running:
BK in Alberta, Canada's beautiful high mountain country!
Ahoy Cap'n Tom!
And another . . .
Until the next time!
Lars
G-day guys and those visiting!
Well, it's still going and I'm joining in with the fun. So here goes.
Another Milwaukee Road shot for you all. F7 #97A, Bensenville, IL, Oct 28, 1974 Kodachrome
And yet another Milwaukee road shot. These are F9s leading there train around a corner somewhere in Illinois. Note the classic maroon, orange, and black paint of the Milwaukee Road.
A nice shot indeed.
That's all for now.
James
Well nice to see that the gangs still keeping this old girl a cooking along.One of only three threads on this particular forum to hit the century mark in pages, the other two being both MK's of the barn all started and loved by the good captain and his crew
Some great looking new england and canadian books from Lars apreciated And a bookcover and some sage words from teh other bookend Sir BK. Also good to see you,always welcome whenever you can make it sir and young Jame's MILW photo's and some Rock before their horrible final blue scheme grea to see nice to see some juice jacks in there as well Well with it being Canadian rail days (daze)over at the bar here's a few more for posterity.
A CN RS18 resting in Mimico yard in Toronto
A CPR rebuilt RS18U at Welland Ontario in 1989.
two shots of my favourite Alco's x a million
Rob
G'day!
A Pix a day to keep this "thing" going, why not
James 'n Rob 'n Lars 'n BK - now that's quite a line-up!
We had Canadian Passenger Railways over at the bar yesterday, and it is still going on!
BC Rail: Budd Cars along Anderson Lake. (courtesy: www.scenic-railroads.com)
Enjoy!
Tom
Love the RDC's - looking mighty fine!
Here's my daily contribution . . .
G'day Cap'n Tom!
Getting back to "lonely street" 'round here . . .
Check this out:
Thanx Lars for the continuing support!
Here's but one of a spate Posted over at the bar . . .
BC Rail: RDCs along Anderson Lake in British Columbia
(with permission & courtesy of : www.scenic-railroads.com)
Fine looking RDC consist. Must be the Cariboo Prospector, huh?? Absolutely beautiful territory up n British Columbia. Love it!
Something from Canada today . . .
VIA Rail's Ocean (from: viarail.ca - photo: Steven J. Brown)
Some traction at KCity's Union Station from my personal fotos . . . .
Something from back when UP ran passenger trains . . .
Appears as if this lonely Thread has once again dwindled down to just me . . .
Soooooo, here's something from the bar on the Illiionis Central . . .
Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday morning mail . . .
Hmmmmm, perhaps one more - this time Santa Fe!
Drumheads
How about some Union Pacific drumheads?!?!
g'day Tom and any other's looking in. Does seem to be a bit of a lonely outpost these days (daze) oh well it has looked worse.here's a couple more shots for the road aas it were.
The one and only RSD17 built. Shown in the early 80's right before the nose chopping.raad more aboiut it over at da bar
This site is STILL operating! Honestly thought it would "go" - but . . . .
Awright, here's one from me down in the middle Keys of Florida . . .
Hello again everyone. I see Lars has swung by with a blast of moist southern air.This ships still alfoat, hasn't taken that fatal torpedo yet I have to say thouhg that purple is not a colour that should have graced a locomotive oh well could be worse.Here's a couple more classic shots for posterity.
Some classic CNR passenger power.
A 5 axle FM C-Liner in CNR's classic super Continental passenger scheme.
It's lost it's more attractive Super Continental passenger livery in place of passenger zebra stripes, but this MLW FPA4 is still a winnah
Great to see Lars make the 2,000th Post here at the lonely Thread!
Always liked the green 'n black livery of the CN . . . never thought much about the Zebra stripes though . . . Thanx, Rob!
Now that we're within days of the 2nd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis, I've been thinking about last year and the fine time we had in Toronto . . .
A couple more from the "Our" Place 1st Annual Rendezvous in Toronto last year . . .
TTC subway at College station stopHere comes the subway train!
G-day Tom and all present.
How about a few more pics to keep this place a rollin!! 2000 posts. That's pretty good
Here is a couple of Milwaukee Road E7As on the end of a passenger train. Pretty much all of the Milwaukee's maroon, orange and black passenger scheme has disappeared and been painted in the 1955 UP colors.
March 1970, Kodachrome
Here's a Milwaukee Road Skytop Parlor car. Again this is after 1955 so the paint is in the UP colors. These were used on the Twin Cities afternoon Hiawatha a lot, so more than likely this is located in Wisconsin somewhere. Note the steam line hooked up to the back of the Parlor car. Got to keep the cars warm/ cool!
Happy railroading
We're in the midst of our 2nd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis, but thought I'd drop off something just to keep this tired old Thead up 'n runnin' . . . .
The Tube (Public Domain - Wikipedia.com)
A little something from our 2nd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis 2007!
Taken aboard MetroLink crossing the Mississippi River on the Eads Bridge to Illinois with the St. Louis Gateway Arch on the right (personal foto)
And another foto from our recently concluded get together in St. Louis . . .
From the Illinois side of the Eads Bridge - looking west - MLK Bridge, Admiral Riverboat Casino & Edward Jones Dome (home of the NFL Rams) <personal foto>
G-day Tom and all present!
Well it seems this place needs some perking up, soooo. here we go!!
A quick pic to show before ending the night.
Now how would you like to be on the point of this locomotive. It looks a little cold out there. Looks to be either early morning or late afternoon.
A finale from me for awhile . . . Thanx James for keeping this going!
Saw acres of locos sitting on sidings between St. Louis 'n Springfield, IL on our trip aboard Amtrak . . .
Tom is out for awhile on a trip So I will take over until he returns.
This place is still chugging along with all the guys helping out.
So here goes.
Now some may be familiar with this and others may not be. This is a Baldwin AS-6-16. 6 traction motors and 1600 Horse power. They were some of the more unusual shaped locomotives but a classic locomotive at that. I do not know of any of the Milwaukee road AS-6-16s that still survive today and my guess all were scrpped by the time I was born.
565, Minneapolis, MN, August 25, 1964
I surprised to know that this picture was taken in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This location is more than likely the Milwaukee Road's old Pigseye yard. Only 165 miles South from where I live. Neat stuff.
G-day Guys!!
I see there hasn't been much going on, so I will keep it going with a couple more pics.
How about FP-45 to start off the pics. FP-45,Bensenville, Illinois. Sept. 12, 1971, Kodachrome These locomotives were used on many of the passenger trains, such as the Twin Cities Hiawatha in the late 60s and 70s. This is surprising to see this loco still painted in the black and orange since most were painted in the UP colors by this time.
And what about the Milwaukee road E7 painted in the UP colors. Elgin, IL, Sept, 1974, Kodachrome by Karl C. Henkels. I can't tell but I think this is one of those shorter passenger trains like the Northwoods Hiawatha. But it's in Elgin Illinois so must have come from Chicago.
Here's a picture of the #E-2 described on the Our PLace thread
Here's another picture from the St. Louis MOT
1939 Illinois Terminal Railbus #206
Built by the White Motor Company as a school bus, it was adapted to rail by the IT railroad which equipped it with a special rear axle, flanged wheels and a four wheel bogie truck. This railbus, "The Dinky", was used to transport passengers between Grafton and Alton, Illinois. DOnated in 1953 by the Illini Rail club.
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