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[siberianmo]

G'day Gents!

Thanx Rob for that fine explanation of why certain trains may be considered Classics! I concur - also think it's good discussion material for the bar.

Since many are celebrating this day for the Irish, here's some fotos from the bar . . .

85 at Lisburn - 3rd July 2004 <GNU Free Documentation/Wikipedia.com>

Irish Rail #077 - class 071 - <GNU Free Documenation/Wikpedia.com>

Irish Enterprise train <Public Domain/Wikipedia.com>

Enjoy!

Tom

[trolleyboy]

G'day Tom. Nice to see some more of the lovely loco's from the Emerald Isle Fitting for the day.here's another pseudo classic SD40-2 set from my travels to Chicago in '95.This is an all BN lashup , yes BN as in Before the mega merger, all in their classic green and black paint, the third unit is one of the purpose built "B" units.

Rob

[trolleyboy]

Morning folks , here's a fallen flag shot that I just posted over at the bar.

Rob

[siberianmo]

G'day!

Another from the Emerald Isle . . .

 

CIE #187 - class 181 <GNU Free Documentation/Wikipeida.com>

 

 

Enjoy!

Tom

[siberianmo]

G'day!

From a soggy mid-continent USA . . .

Headlines from 'round the world when trains 'n floods don't mix!

Flood damage put at $300 million - railroads hurt by 1993 Midwest floods <US>

Torrential rain floods towns and halts trains <UK>

Trains have been cancelled and diverted because of breaches caused by floods <US>

Trains stranded as floods hit <UK>  

20 trains were halted after floods washed away a rail line <India> 

Floods Threaten Future of Train Line <UK>

Flood Strands Amtrak Train <US> 

Floods halt sleeper trains <UK>

Buffalo Susquehanna Train Slides Into River When Tracks Give Way <US>

 

Later!

Tom

[siberianmo]

G'day!

Not much happenin' on this lonely Thread . . . but here's something a bit different . . .

 

Quebec Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

The Quebec bridge, with the Pierre-Laporte bridge in the background.
Carries	3 lanes of roadway 1 rail line 1 pedestrian walkway
Crosses	St. Lawrence River
Locale	Quebec City, Quebec, and Levis, Quebec
Maintained by	Canadian National Railway
Design	Cantilever bridge
Longest span	549 m (1,800 feet)
Total length	987 meters (3,239 feet)
Width	29 m (94 feet) wide
Opening date	December 3, 1919
Coordinates	46°44′46″N, 71°17′16″W

 <from: wikipedia.com> 

See the rest of this over at the bar!

 

Enjoy!

Tom

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom.

Popped over from the bar.

A photo of a ex U.S.A. Transportation Corps 2-8-0 locomotive at work on the preserved North Yorks Moors Railway in England.

Pete.

[siberianmo]

G'day!

Good to see ya, Pete! Nice steamer . . .

 

Something different for this lonely Thread . . .

(1) Newfoundland Railway (NFLD)

 

(2) Vermont Railway  (VTR)

 

(3) London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company  (LMS)

 

Enjoy!

Tom

[Bergie]

Spring maintenance time....

I'm locking this thread and asking that you start "Part II." With 134 pages and hundreds(?) of photos, we can't keep dragging a big thread like this around without having an impact on the forum performance.

I'm doing this to all big threads around the forum (i.e. your thread is not being singled out).

Thanks,
Bergie