Hi Tom and all.
Running very late this Saturday LEON so a round for all with my Bathams please
A great finish to yesterday at the bar, with ROB and JAMES.
ROB Thanks for the tips on the Chandling. I never knew the track gang got through so much beer on a Friday night though, hard work keeping the bar stocked but great for Tilla and the Cashinator and the TIP JAR.
I hope Tom and I will be able to see the LNER A4 at Delson as well as the London Brighton & South Coast 'Terrier' 0-6-0 tank loco that has been recently repainted. Apparently the latest Steam Railway mag as a special on the A4s and a piece on 60010 at Delson, if and when it arrives here.
Many thanks for the ALCO/MLW locomotive designations, very helpful for one new to the North American diesels, definately one to keep and I will look forward to others in the series.
JAMES Great to see the cable is fixed and you are back with us.
Glad you liked the pics of the Bluebell. There is indeed a lot of steam running in Britain, although it was sad to see all those branch lines close in Britain in the 1960s it did give rise to the many preservation societies who now run steam trains over some of the closed lines. It also was very lucky that Dai Woodham's Scrapyard at Barry in South Wales did not scrap the 200 steam locos and they were able to be saved of which over half of them have steamed again.
Hopefully the SOO pacific will steam next year, it will be good to see the photos.
Many thanks for the Chessie System info I found it very interesting.It was sad to read of loco #2101 being damaged in the roundhouse fire.I seem to remember reading quite a while ago about a roof of a museum in a roundhouse collapsing and causing a lot of damage. I think it could have been a B&O Museum.
I have seen a very few CSX locomotives here on Union Pacific tracks, but never when I have the camera with me.I dont suppose there are any locos working with the Chessie livery still.
Thanks again for finding out about the picture.
LARS Great to see you in. I know exactly how you feel about the Shopping.I think if it was in the wedding vows "Do you take this woman shopping every Saturday" there would be far less marriages
Thats a good idea to put your new and elegant bar in the Penthouse Suite although I have not had the pleasure of being in there, and I don't suppose I will unless Tom sets a British railway quiz and DL does't beat me to the answer.
I hope PHIL will still look in the bar when you have returned home.
TOM Sorry about the late hour it as been one of those days.
I see what you mean about Named trains to the general public, but I am glad Amtrak are still using them. I still get a kick about traveling on a train called the Missouri Mu
Here's a short note I'll just slip in the slot. Busy as usual here. I'm getting over my cold and am now expected to resume painting duties, starting with the bathrooms and then going through the rest of the place. The bride keeps making decorating plans, which is fine by me. Especially the suggestion that we have a professional come in and take care of the windows in the great room.
Gotten behind the ball as far as keeping up with the doings here, as has been my pattern. Glad to see Lars and the Florida train material is continuing, especially since I was saving some ACL pix from the March 1947 Railroad Magazine for today. Still can't figure out how much of what he's telling us is bragging or confession! Howdy to Rob, and I'm looking forward to seeing some of the special car pix (funeral etc.) you mentioned. Nice post on loco classifications.
Yes Tom, I am badly in need of a train room, but I have other things to square away around the new digs before I will be allowed to spend time and money creating it. You know how it is. Quite the Wikipedia article on the Hinton train wreck. Thanks for sharing it. Nice RDC ENCORE yesterday too. Do you like RDCs?
Congrats to Pete on his semi-permanent full-time part-time elevation to the exalted position of Assistant Chandler! Put me down for a celebratory round when the bar re-opens!
I see that Cm3 had a trivia question, quickly answered by Tom. Very impressive descriptions of the Railroad Magazine front covers, which started with ....
Mike, who provided these and other URLs, along with information on locomotive designations.
Eric noticed the tender was backwards on my SP loco (later, so did James), which is something I did not do, but also didn't notice. My bride unpacked those models and put them in "my side" of the entertainment center, but I failed to notice anything was wrong. Good eyes!
Glad you liked the Zephyr material DL, and thanks for sharing some of your knowledge on so many subjects.
Well, this old man better get to work, so here are some Sunday Pix (last week as ya'll know)
A vampire bat came flapping in from the night covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood and began hasseling him about where he got it.He told them to go away and let him get some sleep but they persisted until finally he gave in."OK, follow me" he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him.Down through the valley they went, across a river and into a forest full of trees.Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him."Now, do you see that tree over there?" he asked."Yes, Yes, Yes!" the bats all screamed in a frenzy."Good" said the bat, "Because I sure as hell didn't!"
Denali Star - from my personal collection
Even though the bar at "Our" Place is
CLOSED on SUNDAYs -
We do observe Sunday Photo Posting Day!
G'day Gents!
A mild beginning to this winter's day as the temps are in the high 20s (F) with the warm up bringing us into the 40s today. Then later we have a "watch" for a storm that may bring us a mixed bag that is supposed to end in snow by Tuesday. That's life in mid-continent USA! <grin>
Today is a mile-stone of sorts - our final Sunday breakfast - brunch - lunch (‘til 2 PM) and more significantly, the last of the Photo Posting Sundays here at the Bar by the Ballast.
Starting next weekend, look for Saturday as the day for ENCORES! ‘n Photo Posting! Sunday, this place will be closed up tighter than a tick (go ahead ‘n steal that one, Rob!). Of course your messages may still be dropped into the mail slots on either set of front doors - BUT - I won't be here at all to address ‘em.
Tomorrow, February 12th is the 22nd Month Anniversary for "Our" Place!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS!
Rob at 9:46 PM yesterday: Thanx for stopping in and as always, appreciate having our Ontario Connection with us!
Regarding the RDCs, I too added "passengers" to the ones that are on the pike (VIA Rail & BC Rail). The DAs are in my display case and will one day have some "people installed." I purchased a box of ‘em some time back and there's sufficient numbers for effect! Should you desire to get into the DCC aspect of it all, I recommend you communicate with "Fergie." He provided me with an abundance of info on the subject when I thought of converting. Then with the subway system, I figured perhaps I'd use DCC for it since the arrangement will be totally separate from the Can-Am. Anyway, he's a great source and of course, most willing to share knowledge.
Shane had recommended that book you mentioned a couple of weeks ago. I researched it for a "hard cover" and found it to be out of print. Thanx for the info . . .
Pete at 9:59 PM yesterday: Better late than never, eh Very good to see ya and having both the Chandler ‘n Assistant on board in the same timeframe is special indeed! Nothing like some OJT from the "man," eh <grin>
I'll have to make a point of finding out why the Canadian Railway Museum at Saint-Constant, Quebec is referred to by so many as "Delson." The first time I ever heard about it was from a long-gone Permanent Member of The Legion of the Lost - Chris Fournier, who also was the first customer at "Our" Place. His Pix "live" somewhere in the Ether of his trips to the museum. Anyway, all references I've found to date on the "web" refer to it otherwise. Oh well, what's in a name, eh <grin>
A URL for anyone interested: http://www.exporail.org/public/
Doug at 8:22 AM today: Good to see ya this morning! You didn't have to slip it into the slot, the doors are OPEN! <grin> Anyway, fine spate of Pix and associated info for the steam loco's of the ACL!
Painting duties Painting duties! What in the world Thought you were in a new home, good grief!!
Man, you've gotta rethink those PRIORITIES! Train Room comes way before things like painting, landscaping, paying bills, etc. Wuddathunk you already knew that! <grin>
Enjoy this FINAL Sunday Photo Posting Day!
Reminder: On Monday, Ruth has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.
Boris, serve ‘em all of the OJ they can handle!
Tom
Even though the bar at "Our" Place isCLOSED on Sundays - We do observe Sunday Photo Posting Day!Now playing at the Mentor Village Emporium Theatre!
. . . Sunday, February 11th thru 17th: Throw Momma From The Train (1987) Starring: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey & Kate Mulgrew - and - Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean & Kevin Bacon. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Saved By The Belle (1939).
Throw Momma From The Train (1987)
PLOT SUMMARY:
A bitter ex-husband. A put upon Momma's boy. Both want their respective spouse and mother dead, but who will pull it off? Two men have someone they would dearly love dead; One his ex-wife who is making his life miserable, the other his domineering, nasty mother. What could be simpler than exchanging murders to avoid any possible complicity. Momma turns out to be a hard nut to crack, not to mention the guilt.
from: amazon.com
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion. All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal....
SHORT: Saved By The Belle (1939)PLOT SUMMARY: Featuring Moe, Larry & Curly
The Stooges are fur salesman trying to sell coats in a Central American country prone to frequent earthquakes. Desperate to raise the funds to pay for their hotel bill, the boys start succeeding by selling pillows as shock absorbers, but the get arrested and are suspected of being spies out to kill the country's president.
from: threestooges.net
Enjoy! Tom
For the last Sunday Photo Day I have made it in on time for some Brunch
DOUG I will enjoy your drink tomorrow to celebrate my Bar Chander and the 22nd month of Our Place.
Thanks for the pics and the list of the locomotives of the Alantic Coast Line. I see on the list that the P-5a # 1519 has the largest driving wheels on the ACL of 6 feet 1 inch I guess the ACL had some hard grades.
TOM Thanks for the link to the Canadian Railway Museum. It looks like a new web-site the train whistle was a bit of a as I had the speakers on. I could not find a reference to the Brit locos but they have some fantastic locos there both steam and diesel and not to forget those great Trolleys.
Three good films on at the Emporium. I have not seen 'Throw Momma From The Train" and it will be good to see "Planes, Trains and Automobiles' again, it has been a while since I have seen it, and of course the Stooges.
Yes the 22nd month of Our Place tomorrow and it we should have over 400 posts at the new bar.
This week pics are from last year when I was travelling to Kirkwood where I met Tom and we went to the TrainWreck for the first time. The pics are taken at Jefferson City MO.
Amtrak loco #132 on the West Bound "Kansas City Mule". under the new schedule this train passes the Eastbound to the East of Jeff City but on this day the eastbound was running late.
While 132 picked up passengers it was passed by a UP frieght.
The eastbound "Ann Rutledge" Tom has posted a pic of the loco whwn it arrived in Kirkwood.It was a good trip we the train making up a bit of the lost time.
These pics should enlarge.
Pete
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS -
Some Pix from my trip to Chicago with Wolfman Pete last month . . . . It was a rainy start to the very early morning departure! And if you recall, we returned to the beginning of three waves of ice storms. Quite the adventure! Here are some "vanilla" shots to get it all started . . .
Amtrak LINCOLN SERVICE at boarding time in St. Louis
Amtrak LINCOLN SERVICE getting ready for departure in St. Louis
Amtrak LINCOLN SERVICE business class - that's the Wolfman!
Amtgrak LINCOLN SERVICE arrived Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station great hall
Chicago Union Station "THE STAIRWAY" to the great hall - that's the Wolfman!
Should make note that the great hall isn't being used for anything fuctional. All Amtrak and Metra services are located elsewhere within the cavernous confines of Union Station.
More later . . . .
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS!
We do observe SUNDAY PHOTO POSTING DAY!
More Chicago Pix . . . .
Chicago, Chicago - My kinda town!
Chicago - a mid-west city!
Chicago "gawking"
Chicago has class! (and glass)
Chicago River
Chicago River bridge
Chicago Union Station
More later (maybe)!
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS! -
The final installment of the Chicago Amtrak trip on this FINAL Sunday Pix Posting Day!
Texas Eagle at Chicago Union Station
"Our" Texas Eagle Superliner Coach
Texas Eagle boarding at Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station from the rear door window of the Texas Eagle
Departing Chicago Union Station on the Texas Eagle - trackside cars
Texas Eagle Superliner Sightseer Lounge - that's the Wolfman!
Joliet, Illinois from the southbound Texas Eagle
Union Station, Joliet, Illinois from the southbound Texas Eagle
Metra at Union Station, Joliet, Illinois from the southbound Texas Eagle
Ice bound at home with Juneau the Wonder Husky!
NOTE: USE THE REFRESH/RELOAD feature to ensure that you load the Pix in order of the captions!
Enjoy! See ya in the 'morrow . . .
TOM Really great pics of the Chicago trip. It is still a great railroad city and the Union station is a wonderful building. What great colors reflected on the side of the Texas Eagle car and the car in the Amtrak yard came out really well with the light being quite dark and our train moving quite fast as I recall. Great pic of Juneau and us.
We will have to do that trip to Chicago again.. This time I will make sure my film as not run out.
Here are some pics from alan's recent rail trip to Belgium, it featured diesel lcomotives and I am afraid I have no details of the locos, perhaps ERIC may be able to help.
De Panne Yard ,Belgium, near the French border.
These three pics are between Gent and Zelzat.
Pete.
Hello Captain Tom and all present!!
Shouldn't be too many here since the bar is closed. I thought i heard some voices back from Boris' shed. I am here just to push one pictuure underneath the door. I promised Pete some info on the Swedish Railroad Signals. Maybe they are installing the new fancy bar Lars donated? I heard that Ruth is going to be the bartender! Compensation or what??
Anyway, here are most of the signals and the different aspects used in Sweden:
I'll be back later with an inclusive post!
Eric
G-day Tom and all present.
Leon- Could I get a coffee, please.
I see some great photos out there. I really enjoyed looking at them. But I will give acknowledgements tomorrow.
Now, it's time for some photos.
Milwaukee road FP7 #108A takes a very short passenger train through Wisconsin. Not sure where this is located.
This was a real cool picture. This SW7 is sitting at a locomotive facility and looks to be sitting in small yard. I also have no idea where this is located but I could guess and say somewhere in the Dakotas since the land flat and a few hills.
Enjoy.
James
Sunday again! Nothing to eat or drink, just push this inside and leave.
Spent a few hours catching up on everything since last Thursday! I would say it was well spent time!Tom – You found another worthy idiot of the week!! I wouldn’t dream of claiming the win! You, Sir, won! I was the last one to answer.I got the info about those 4-8-2’s from a book I have “Guide to North American Steam Locomotives” by George H. Drury that I have. Full of facts and pictures. I am glad you got your computer to work properly! My very first computer, a Mac II SE, from 1989 is still working just fine. I had it in a closet for nine years after moving to P{hoenix. Then I took it out, hooked up keyboard, mouse and power and it started up right away! The only thing out of order was the time, it was 23 minutes behind! I’ll put together something about the “dead man’s pedal”. Sounds like your trip from North Vancouver to the “hinterlands” in 1999 was a great one! Do you know if they still are running those RDC’s on that line? I loved to read your Encore!Love those pictures from Alaska! Denali N.P. is a place that I have to visit one day!!Good movies as always. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of my all time favorite movies!!Nice pictures from Chicago Union Station and your trip! I don’t know why I didn’t take any pictures when I was there in 1993. I think I have some video from that time though. Chicago is a nice city in my mind. The last picture shows the boss iof youtr house in the center, correct?CM3 – I found some Rutland [pictures including #90 on the link below. They were retired 1955 after being delivered in June 1946. http://www.railarchive.net/rlsteam/index.html?MainFrame=http://www.railarchive.net/rlsteam/misc.htmThanks for the info on the Fayette County railroads! It seems like quite a few of those short lines are still in operation!DL – Swedish Class X3 was built (assembled) by Alstom at Birmingham, UK. The bodyshells came from Spain and the trucks from France.Pete – No, who wants to argue with the boss? Tom was first, so he won! I don’t know which was the most popular wheel arrangement in the US, but after a quick check it seems like 2-8-2, Mikado was the most popular one. I don’t have any number of Mikados built. But I also found one book claiming the Mountain type, 4-8-2, being the most popular. Nice Amtrak pictures! Reminds me about a trip I am planning to Washington D.C. to ride Amtrak’s Acela. I have an invitation to do that. Just have to find time for the trip.The Belgian Railways Class 62 were introduced in 1961. Total built: 136, most of them have been withdrawn now. It has a GM 12-567C diesel engine, 1,400 hp. Max. speed 75 mph.This is basically all the info I could find about the loco in Alan’s pictures.Rob - A new house it will be when I win the Powerball! Then I use the change to buy the business car! RDC? Hmm, I have to think about it. Very interesting info on ALCO locomotives! Alco looked Alco long way!James – On our trip to the Canyon our train was pulled by engine #29, a steam locomotive. See picture below. That was back in 1992. As far as I know they did not have any Alcos then. The speed of the train was very modest, I really don’t know how fast, maybe 30-40 mph? Hard to tell.Thanks for the Chessie System aricle! I would say after UP Chessie is my wife’s favorite RR thanks to their kitten logo!Nice pictures! Do you know when the FP7 picture was taken?
Grand Canyon Railways #29.
Lars – Hope your shooping trip turned out as a good one, maybe some RR-books? I am glad to hear that you are not guilty! I thought that the picture maybe was from Key West. Too bad that part of the old Florida East Coast RR is gone! Doug – I noticed the tender problem thanks to both models were very nice looking (so I had to look closer at them) and I especially like everything SP. Nice old pictures and roster of Atlantic Coast Line!
Good morning Tom and gang! ONly have time to grab a roll from the Mentor Village Bakery, and hit the snowy trail to work. Wonderful pictures yesterday from many patrons here, which I will properly acknowledge soon. Here are the other two pix I didn't get back to uploading yesterday.
Happy 22nd Month Anniversary to "Our" Place!
A hearty good morning from mid-continent USA where winter seems to be on the return, but not without some advanced ‘slop' before it gets serious! Time for a hot mug of our freshly ground ‘n brewed coffee <unleaded> ‘n <regular> along with a sampling or three from The Mentor Village Bakery case; and of course a <light> or <traditional> breakfast offering from the Menu Board!
We've entered a new phase here at the Saloon by the Siding, as our Sunday Photo Posting Day! is "history." In case you've been somewhere else in the Ether and missed the "announcements" - we're folding the Pix Posting event into Saturdays. Now we'll have ENCORE! Saturday - and - Saturday Pix Posting Day! all rolled into one. On Sundays this bar will be CLOSED with only the mail slots available for those of you who are determined to drop off messages. The day of rest has finally come to "Our" Place! Sad Don't be. You always have "my other Thread" if you need an "Ether fix"!!
A smile to begin the week!
90% of the game is half mental.
(A Yogi-ism!)
Want to thank those of you who have responded to my Email regarding the Rendezvous! Next will be the agenda, which is now ready for ya!
FYI: Received a message from Lars telling me that his home Email is down and to hold off on anything to him for a few days via that mode. All's well in the Keys and he expects to drop by today or tomorrow fer sure, fer sure!
10,000th Post CONTEST update (in order of submission):
<9013 was the final number on the "original" Thread>
Feb 14th - BK
Feb 15th - Lars
Mar 12th - Pete
Jan 1st - James
Jan 28th - Eric
Jan 18th - DL
Feb 8th - Doug
Jan 31st - Rob
Mar 15th - CM3
Appears as if only Pete ‘n CM3 are remaining . . . ‘round ‘n round she goes, where she stops, nobody knows! <grin>
Pete at 11:33 AM ‘n 3:50 PM yesterday: Some fine Amtrak shots along with that spate of Belgium Pix made for a well round-effort for our final Sunday Photo Posting Day - THANX!
Eric at 5:56 PM yesterday: Fascinating display of signaling from your "old" country! Would love to see something that easy to understand from the roads here in North America!
James at 10:11 PM yesterday: A late night effort with a couple of nice shots - Thanx!
Eric at 12:40 AM today: Back as promised with a fine inclusive Post!
Yes - you figured it out - Juneau is the BOSS of "his pack"! He's looking forward to meeting you guys, as the Can-Am trainroom is just one of the places he loves to frequent. Does a bit of running ‘round ‘n ‘round the layout! <groan> Forever vacuuming up the hair . . .
No, YOU won! (After YOU, no - after YOU, and so forth . . . )
Regarding that Amtrak trip aboard the Acela you mentioned. One of these days I MUST do that. I have some grand kids in the WashDC area and could make a visit, then take the train up to Boston and fly home from there. Perhaps we could coordinate our trips - something to think about.
Nice looking steamer for the Grand Canyon Railway!
Doug at 5:48 AM today: Some things are hard to put to rest, eh Continuation from yesterday's Pix Posting on the Atlantic Coast Line steamers. Nice way to begin the day! Thanx!
Reminder: Ruth has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.
Boris, serve ‘em all of the "spiked" OJ they can handle!
PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #7
Initially Posted on Page 134 of the "original" Thread . . . Here's something to ponder with regard to our appreciation and fascination with Classic Trains.
Check this out (unknown origin - found at flea market; circa 1920's) HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES in the BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS along the Washington and Old Dominion Railway
Name .............................. Terms and other information Bluemont, Va. ................ Located on mountain overlooking the Loudoun Valley; ... J.M. Moreland ............. modern conveniences; excellent board. Rates on application. ... H. Rathbone Smith ....... Accommodations for several guests on large estate located ...................................... on mountain; meals at owner's residence close to main ...................................... house; reasonable rates; references required. ... A. L. Longerbeam ........... Best country board; terms moderate. ... Mrs. Millard Patterson ...... Excellent board; chicken, milk, fresh eggs; home garden. ...................................... Terms $2.00 per day' $10.00 and $12.00 per week. ... "The Heights" ................ Modern conveniences; splendid home cooking. ... Mrs. T. P. Simpson .......... Terms moderate. ... Proprietress ... "The Loudoun" ............... Large lawn; tennis. Comfortable rooms, porches, etc. ... J. C. Beatty, Proprietor ...... Terms: Single rooms, $15.00 per week; double rooms, ............................................. $12.00 per person per week. Round Hill, Va. ... "Baldwin House" ............. Terms on application. ... F. P. Lowe ..................... Near town. Terms on application. ... E. L. Donohoe ................ Terms on application. ... Fannie Wynkoop ............. Terms on application. ... Maud Wynkoop .............. Terms on application. ... T. W. Best ..................... Near town. Terms on application. ... Mollie Copeland ............. Terms on application. ... Edw. Finnell .................. Terms on application. Purcellville, Va. ... "The Bell Inn ................ Modern conveniences; plenty shade; ... Mrs. M. H. Beal ............. Lawn; garden vegetables. Terms $3.00 ... Proprietress ................... per day; $30.00 per month. ... "The White Cottage" ....... Near town. Excellent table. ... Miss Rebecca Lloyd ........ Terms on application. ... Proprietress ... Mrs. E. Shoemaker ......... Near town. Large shady lawn; fresh ... R. F. D. No. 2 ............... vegetables. Terms on application. ... Mrs. Alice Corder .......... Near station. Modern conveniences. ..................................... Terms on application. Hamilton, Va. ................. Large shady lawn; fresh vegetables; ... Mrs. J. W. Chamberlin ..... milk; cream; eggs. Modern conveniences; . .................................... excellent table. Terms $10.00 to $12.00 per week. Leesburg, Va. ................ Located in business section. A delightful place ... "Leesburg Inn" ............. Spend day and week-end vacations. Special Sunday .................................... chicken dinners. ... Mrs. Fulton ................. Near town. Modern country home. Delightful meals; .................................... terms on application. Electric Trains leave from Rossyln Terminal Station (Washington), located South End Key Bridge, on Frequent Schedules Enjoy! Tom
G'day Cap'n Tom & fellow travelers at the bar!
'Tis the Larsman in rain soaked Marathon where the thunder showers have descended upon us! Expected to be rather heavy today and tomorrow. However, the temperatures are just fine and one has to take just a bit of sour with all the sweet we've had thus far!
Ruth my deAH you look radiant this fine day and I'd love to spend a bit more time with you, however, I am being "watched" if you know what I mean <oh!> A tankard of your finest Keiths and a round for all in commemoration of this establishment's 22nd Month Anniversary! Boris, ring the bell 22 times! No, no, no - only kidding! <geesh. Thank heavens he can't count much past the digits extending from his paws!
I've been enjoying your Monday - Wednesday - Friday "specials" in your morning posts . . . nice touch with the humor!
Sorry I couldn't make it in for yesterday's finale for the Pix Posting Sundays. I had hoped to provide something, but "things" overtook my intentions. Looks as if the Cap'n provided quite a bit of material to culminate a successful run over these many, many months. I think it was a wise move and made lotsasense from my perspective. After all, the guys who used to provide so many pix have either departed the scene or slacked off considerably thereby leaving it to a few to keep it going. Looks like the "other thread" did better over the weekend than this one, insofar as photos go (not counting the Cap'n) AND THAT'S REALLY STRANGE! But that's for another day . . .
So now, managing this joint will be just a bit easier knowing that there won't be a requirement for staff on Sundays. Some of the guys won't have to "worry" about "who" is working and whether to order something or not. Oh so confusing, huh Not really for most, but there are always one or two who just never did "get it." <grin> That's over now. Saturdays should work out just fine.
I checked the upstairs tub and there's plenty o' cash in it to sustain some "dipping" by our Assistant Bar Chandler. It's the HONOR SYSTEM around here, so use a small dipper!
I'm having some e-mail difficulties from the home end of things (I think). Cannot access the account from here and my son says he can't do it from there either. So actually, I don't know where the problem lies, but if anyone needs to send me something, please hold off for a couple of days 'til all of this settles down. I did receive the hotel info for the Rendezvous and responded. After that, "zippo."
Been wondering about BK these days. I guess they are in Australia, as isn't that where he said they were heading Ah yes, how stupid of me, I did get an e-mail some weeks back saying that's where they WERE! <geesh> The SECOND thing to do is memory, or so I've heard!
Anyway, sure miss my "bookend" and wonder if he'll ever return to the bar We've really seen quite a few changes since the "resurrection" this past summer and not all good, huh
Ya know with the 2 year mark only 2 months off, I'm hoping someone, other than yours truly, is thinking of a "bash" for this joint. Two years is quite a milestone and one that we all should take a bit of pride in helping to accomplish. Seems like there's only Rob & Shane left from the early days of the bar, but then guys like Doug & Pete have come along to keep things going. Don't know if this will be "it" as Tom thinks, but I'd like to have us really host a "bash" on that April 12th date! How about it How hard would it be to get things rolling NOW and stick to a commitment Any takers out there and more importantly, anyone willing to oversee this
I enjoyed those pix of your Chicago trip with the Wolfman. I've never been one to use a camera for my trips. Can't tell you how many times I've packed one, but never used it! Anyway, thanks for the spread, they surely show that you 'n Pete enjoyed yourselves. Nice one of Juneau too, by the way! Looking forward to "meeting" your best buddy!
Pete, that comment you made about the "wedding vows" wasn't lost on me. I showed it to Phil who got quite a laugh out of it which then attracted his Mrs. and mine! <arrrrggghhh> Only kidding - everyone got a kick out of it. My Mrs. still cannot understand the "attraction" I have to doing this sort of thing, when there are so many stores and so little time . . . (and MONEY!) <grin>
Looking forward to receiving the agenda for the Rendezvous and my hopes are that all will remain as is thereby enabling me to attend.
Ruth, one more and then I best skedaddle. Don't quite know what is in store for this rainy day in paradise, but I'm being summoned beckoned!
Until the next time!
Lars
Good Afternoon Barkeep and All Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Let's see what we can find today.
We'll begin with Curly Howard's rendition of "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky, But She's Only a Crumb Up Here," followed by "Railroad Lady," and concluding with one of Boris's favorites, a medley of "Put the Chains on Mother, There's Ice in the Middle of the Road.,: and "Head for the Roundhouse Nellie, the Engineer Can't Corner You There." My, my, he can clog in those brogans.
Lots to mention today, so we'll jump in.
Our ‘Steamed Proprietor has graciously provided us with some fine movies. IIRC, many of the rail scenes were shot on the LE&W (in western NY). One of my favorite scenes is the one where they're riding in the pickup truck with the frozen dog. OSP also sent along some fine shots of Chicago and environs. I kept looking for the baby carriage and the bookkeeper when I saw the shot of the stairway at CUS. The last picture was a keeper as the look on the Mighty Husky's face clearly said, "Jeez, if I had a thumb I could open my own beer." Amazing how they run things w/o us dumb humans even knowing we're being conned.
NHL -argh! Too many teams=diluted talent, plus no coherent plan to market the product (and EVERYBODY gets to the playoffs).
Also thanks for frozen north pictures.
DL stopped by with comments and a history lesson - many thanks.
Pete had a good question. I'll put my money on the 2-8-0 as being the most popular wheel arrangement, followed by the 4-4-0.
Rob sent us a good summary of ALCO and MLW. Always enjoyed looking at the MLW beasties when in Canada. Also rode behind a few of them as well.
James sent an interesting MILW passenger picture. Maybe the "Varsity?" This was a FR-SA-SU only operation between Chicago and Madison. Coaches only. My other guess was MILW 23 or 12 which ran between Milwaukee and Watertown. The only problem here is that when I looked at a tt, I discovered that 23 ran in the dark and 12 very early in the a.m. So I'll cast my vote for the "Varsity."
Pete sent a summary of the Chessie. The Steam Specials ran through here back in the day. Lovely stuff, but I did prefer the NKP engines on the New River trains as they looked more "at home."
Eric sent some information on signals - thank you, sir; are those Rutland 4-8-2s not handsome?
And also thanks to Pete for the Belgian locomotives. I knew they had EMD-style innards, but that was about the extent of it.
Barndad is with us - just remember, it's too cold to paint. Scroll back a couple of pages and you can read about the contractors who wanted to come to our fashionable coal camp hovel, and install the "winders" we'd ordered. It's enough to make you weep.
Lars - Enjopy the sunshine; only shop at places with comfortable chairs and/or a hobby shop.
We'll close with the following
I'm the Boss
The boss was complaining in our staff meeting the other day that he wasn't getting any respect. The next day, he brought a small sign that read: "I'm the Boss!" He then taped it to his office door. Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had taped a note to the sign that said: "Your wife called, she wants her sign back!"
Go ahead and take off, Ruth - hardly worth staying here . . . Never would know it's an Anniversary! Man oh man how times have changed . . . There's THAT word again - CHANGE! Gotta love it!
Acknowledgments!
Lars at 11:25 AM today: Many THANX for the Anniversary Round! Just sorry that we haven't the numbers to fully partake . . . Boris loved ringing that bell, had to pry him away from it before the clapper gave out! Any more brilliant suggestions <grin>
Rain in the Keys! Well, what's new At least you aren't shivering your stern sections off as is happening in many parts of the land north of you! <brrrrrrr> Just beginning to do the freezing rain bit here, with snow expected throughout the evening into the AM . . .
Nice of you to begin thinking about our 2nd Year Anniversary Bash. Would be a nice thing to do.
Don't sweat the Emails from here - we'll hold off 'til you give us the "go ahead." The Rendezvous Agenda was sent out this AM.
CM3 at 12:30 PM today: Nice song titles! Keep 'em coming . . . Also, THANX for the round 'n quarters too!
Received your Email and understand the situation. Seriously doubt if there'll be a 3rd one . . .
Intersting that you brought up that "thumb" business with Juneau. I'm forever reminding him that I'm ALPHA 'round here and it's because I have thumbs! His response it to try 'n chew 'em off! <arrrggggghhhhh> Dogs, they rule, eh
Nice "funny" regarding the Boss sign . . . makes sense to me! <grin>
Catch y'all in the AM . . .
A Bathams Special to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Our Place please RUTH.
ERIC Many thanks for the Swedish signals aspects.It is a good idea to have a different aspect to show a maximum speed.BR used to use a flashing double amber aspect as an advanced warning to the driver when the train was approching a junction and the train was to take the diverging route.This may well have changed as I have lost touch on BR Signalling.
What a great link to Dr Leonards web-site.A keeper for sure.It really is sad about the short life Nos 90-93 had, as the text said they were handsome engines and the tenders looked right.Another sad tale in the link, is the fate of SOO loco No1025 thats was all prepared for preservation but was scrapped,also a very poignant description of locos making their last trip to the scrapyard.
Another great pic is of the Vermont Valley RR locomotive passing the Highball signal. Also great pics of the UP and CP locos on that link. Many thanks for sharing the site.
The Alstom plant in Birmingham where the X3 was assembled has sadly recently closed after the Virgin Pendelinos order was completed. This was originally the Metro - Cammell plant that built many of BR s railcars and had a very fine history of railway carriage and tram building.
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=2229&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468
Glad you liked the pics and thanks for the info on the Belgian class 62. I have a couple more pics from Alan of smaller Belgian diesels.
JAMES Enjoyed the pics.The FP7 look as though she as seen better days although it is good to see her still running.That is a great pic of H 602.
On Eric's link there is a pic of loco 2101 ready for the Freedom Train.
DOUG Thanks for the two ACL pics. On the second pic it has the ACL early diesels, it is interesting how the tractive effort of the 1,000 HP switchers is higher than the 2,000HP Road locos.
CM3 Great to see the song titles back.
In Britain the most popular wheel arrangement was the humble 0-6-0. In 1955 the Ex LNER which became the Eastern Region of BR had 1,220 locos of this wheel arrangement. This is just the tender locos and not counting the very many 0-6-0 tank locos. For passenger work there were far more 4-6-0s than there were Pacifics .
Liked the joke.
LARS. Luckily the bride has not seen my comment on shopping. Luckily on the trips to Hermann I am parked in the park there, with the Missouri River on one side and the UP/Amtrak line on the other while the bride looks in the shops .
I hope BK is enjoying his trip to the Southern Hemisphere, hopefully we will here from him on his return.
Rest assured I have only got a small dipper and I still don't know when pay day is
Indeed Tom and I did have a great day out to Chicago. I really hope you can join us in May.I agree we should celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the bar, all being well I should be able to help out on this.
TOM Thanks for the kind words on the pics.
That was quite a sight seeing Boris attacked by TEX, AWK and FROSTBITE for disturbing their nap by ringing the bell 22 times
Good to see the list of the Hotels and the Boarding Houses in the Blue Ridge Mountains again.. I suupose in those days there were a lot more lodging houses than there were hotels.A situation that as reversed today or are there still a lot of boarding houses still in certain areas of the U.S. In the UK there is still a lot of Guest Houses, as they are called. A good one is so much better than a hotel..
Hi Tom and everyone, a round for the house
Today is Lincoln's birthday and here's a picture of his Inauguration, March 4, 1861
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a40000/3a48000/3a48600/3a48697v.jpg
PCC streetcar
http://saulnadler.railfan.net/PCC_LastDay_IN_DC.jpg
Union Station
http://mdhsimage.mdhs.org/Library/Images/Mellon%20Images/Z4access/z4-0171.jpg
B&O station 1872
http://mdhsimage.mdhs.org/Library/Images/Mellon%20Images/Z24access/z24-00788.jpg
http://saulnadler.railfan.net/Rutland_93_Manchester.jpg
Duluth Incline postcard
http://images.nypl.org/?id=69896&t=w
Company for Juneau
http://collections.mnhs.org/VisualResources/VRDbimages/pf061/pf061583.jpg
Movie theatre car
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2263.jpeg
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2264.jpeg
Scenes from a movie
http://www.archive.org/movies/thumbnails.php?identifier=danger_lights
Rugby pics
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=18519
Lincoln and McClellan at Antietam
http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/speccoll/imcatimages/77-12-023.jpg
Mike
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Happy 22nd Anniversary!!!
Months or years, who cares? It is still something to celebrate!! Drinks on me all day tomorrow!
Leon, tonight I would like my favorite, Rumpsteak Café de Paris!! Quiet evening? I am sure they all are preparing for the big one coming up in two short months! You better be prepared!
Doug – Thanks for the two “missing” pictures! Hope you made it safe to work and back in the snow and ice!Tom – Happy 22nd Anniversary boss!!! Are you the only one left from the very start? The Acela trip is something I have been thinking about for quite some time now. I got an invitation from Amtrak when I left to come back for a ride in whatever train they were going to buy. The main problem is to find one of those persons to claim my ride. Maybe this is something we can discuss in May?Now I have to find out what Washington and Old Dominion Railway was. I kind of recognize the name but can’t recall anything in particular. A bunch of hotels and boarding houses along that road!Lars – I’ll do my best to produce some more substancial posts for the 2 year Anniversary in April. That will be close to my own 1 year Anniversary! CM3 – Nice music! Yes, the Rutland 4-8-2’s are handsome! You put your money on the right horse! I did some more research tonight and 2-8-0, Consolidation, was by far the most popular wheel arrangement. 33,000 2-8-0,s were built according to one book. I don’t know if that number is correct, another book claims 21,000 2-8-0’s were built. Still an impressive number. The first one was Lehigh Valley Consolidation, 1866 and the last was U.S. Army 610, 1952.Pete – Glad you liked the linked site. Found it by accident a few weeks ago and remembered the picture of the Rutland locomotive. Sad news about the Alstom plant! Thanks for the link! Same thing is happening in Sweden. I don’t know if they still have any plant building locomotives or cars any more. Mike – A nice mix of pictures tonight! I especially like the one where you can see Union Station in Washington D.C. in the background!
A rainy turning to icy morning here in mid-continent USA. Calling for 5 to 8 inches of snow before it ends tonight - temps hovering at the freezing mark (F) - not a nice start. Rained most of yesterday afternoon and all night - lotsa water. Too bad it wasn't white stuff!
What better way to start Tuesday than with a hot mug of Joe, pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery and a <light> or <traditional> breakfast from our Menu Board
DRINKS ARE FREE TODAY for all of our customers - THANX to Eric!
Pete at 4:17 PM yesterday: In spite of my giving Ruth the afternoon off, she stuck ‘round. Must've known YOU were coming in! Hmmmmmm. Does Lars know of this And of course, does the Mrs. <ohhhhhhh boy> Anyway, thanx for the Anniversary acknowledgment!
Always sorry to read about the demise of plants ‘n companies associated with the manufacture of railroad equipment. My guess is Canada's Bombardier (Montreal) is now the world's largest, fer sure, fer sure. I think that "officially" happened when they acquired ADtranz a few years back. Also noted that they picked up a huge contract to build German rail cars for years to come. AND 234 subway cars for the subway system in Toronto (TTC).
Appears as if you've gotten quite a bit of info in response to your inquiry regarding the preferred "wheel arrangement" for the steamers. That's just one of the "benefits" of hangin' ‘round this joint, eh
THAT was quite a fiasco with the pets of "Our" Place pretty much ganging up on Boris. Happens!
Ah, pay day at "Our" Place. Pretty much has been a Saturday night thing. Only criteria is that one must have been present for the times when the money is supposed to be earned. Size of dipper Up to you - the more you work, the larger the dipper!
Received your Email - will get a reply off this AM. Glad you like the Rendezvous Agenda!
Mike at 5:03 PM yesterday: The return of "silent Mike" with some always interesting URLs. Juneau "appreciated" the photo of his "mates." He'd be quite the LEAD sled dog, as he is VERY bossy! <grin>
Eric at 12:22 AM today: Many THANX for the free drinks ‘n acknowledgment of our 22nd Month Anniversary! On "that" day in April when we opened up, Rob is the only remaining customer. CM3 came aboard shortly thereafter - so there are 3 of us still here from the beginning.
I've Posted that Washington and Old Dominion piece several times over on the "original" Thread and have gotten very little, if any response. Impresses me as a fine example of the attendant businesses that depended so heavily on the railroads in this country. Glad you appreciated it!
Regarding the Acela trip: Well if all else fails, I suppose I could "authorize" you to "dip" into the upstairs tub for the fare! <grin>
Significant events in Canadian RR History
during the month of February.
Initially Posted on Page 243 of the "original" Thread
*February 25th, 1832: The Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad becomes the first Canadian railroad charter. The route runs from Dorchester (St. Jean) to a point near Laprairie on the St. Lawrence. *February 15th, 1881: By Royal Charter, the Canadian Pacific Railwaybecomes incorporated, pursuant to the Act. Included in the terms are the railways Port-Arthur-Selkirk-Winnipeg-Emerson and Port Moody-Savona. Additionally the CPR receives a subsidy of $25 million and 25 million acres of land. *February 24th, 1888 The Grand Trunk Railway acquires the Northern & Northwestern Railway, 494 miles long. *February 1898: The first railway in North America to illuminate its cars with acetylene gas in the Pontiac & Pacific Junction Railway. * February 16th, 1931: The first break through in the tunneling under the Plains of Abraham to Quebec City's Wolfe's Cove Harbour Terminal. * February 10th, 1950: The Canadian National Railway assumes control of the Temiscouata Railway, with trackage from Rivière du Loup to Edmundston and from Edmundston to Connors. * February 9th, 1951: The Royal Commission on Transportation produces its report from the Turgeon Commission. * February 16th, 1951: A self-propelled rail diesel car (RDC-1) begins testing with the Canadian National Railway between Ottawa and Montreal). * February 1952: Lagauchetiere Street, Canadian National Railways tunnel station in Montreal is demolished for the laying of more trackage into Central Station. * February 1st, 1953: A Budd RDC is placed into trial service on the Mont Laurier-Montreal run of the Canadian Pacific Railway. * February 13th, 1954: With construction begun in 1950, the Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway opens between Sept Isles, Quebec and Schefferville, Labrador. * February 4th, 1958: The Kellog Commission provides its findings on the use of firemen on diesel locomotives. * February 14th, 1989: Vancouver's Skytrain opens the New Westminster to Columbia Expo Line. * February 8th, 1986: Hinton, Alberta is the site of a head on collision between a VIA Rail passenger and Canandian National freight trains; claiming 23 lives. * February 1st, 1989: Canadian National Railways drops the caboose from its freight trains. * February 26th, 1999: Ontario Southland begins operations using the CP Port Burwell subdivision between Ingersoll and Tillsonburg, Ontario. Information contained in this compilation was obtained from internet public domain sources and materials from my private RR library collection. The use of this information is strictly for pleasure without intent of monetary reward or profit of any kind. Enjoy! Tom
Good Morning Barkeep and All Present; coffee, please and $ for the jukebox - I see where we have a "buyer" for the day - thank you, sir. The storm is all around us (weather, that is - not a metaphor) - No Boris, that's not a four pack of large cans of ale! Gas jumped to $2.36 in one hours time yesterday.
Pete sent a wide-ranging post.
Mike sent more pictures - I love looking at pictures as it saves me having to read (yeah, right!). Herewith a few comments on some of these offerings.
Check out the combine behind Rutland 93. It has truss rods - well, the RUT (I still miss it) got as much use out of their equipment as possible - similar to the Boston and Maine in that regard.
The N&W theatre car is an instruction car. I'll bet that was REAL comfortable during the summer.
Now, some of you know that I am a longtime student of the Civil War. No Boris, I wasn't there. McClellan's the sixth man from the left in the picture - the one who looks extremely uncomfortable (and with good reason) as the Great Tycoon, as Lincoln's personal secretaries called him, had not come to pay a social call. We had a family member in the 15th Mass. who took five shots at Antietam and survived although both of his arms and one leg were pretty well useless afterwards. So thanks for putting the link in there.
Before I forget, there is a relatively new book out titled The Eloquent President. It is about Lincoln as what used to be called a "speechifier." One of the chapters describes, with contemporary accounts (and PTL, a map), his trip from Springfield, IL to Washington for the inauguration. The chapter has lot of good insight into the rail operations of the day. The author includes a parallel description of Jefferson Davis's inaugural trip from Mississippi to Alabama for his inauguration - again a lot of fascinating material.
Re the W&OD - A LOOONG time ago, in response to OSPs post on the Washington and Old Dominion, I posted on the old thread a short history of the line. I am sure it's still there.
Lodging houses were not all that uncommon. Thomas Wolfe's novel, Look Homeward Angel has some good descriptions of them, their inhabitants, and the folks who ran them.
Our ‘Steamed Proprietor is with us as well with Canadian material. Is it really 22 mos.? Seems like it was yesterday.
Here's a good one. Will send answers along later this week. Talk about politically correct language - your task is to "translate" them into plain wording. First one is for the Mighty Wonder Dog of the North.
1] A canine which gives vent to his sentiment by a series of vocal effects seldom finds use for his bicuspids.
2] When urging abandonment or acceptance of an idea or course of action, one should also follow his own directives.
3] Those that possess unusually little mentality frequently project themselves precipitately into situations where winged ethereal likenesses of man hesitate to perambulate.
4] Evidence as to whether the custard is edible is only determined upon consumption.
5] Egotism prophesies the speedy affect of the law of gravity.
6] Palatable animal tissue for one is like taking arsenic to another.
7] Deviation from the ordinary or common routine of experience is that which gives zest to man's cycle of existence.
8] Although one is the only remaining factor should not cast him as being low quality.
9] Avoid calculating the possible number of your juvenile poultry before the usual period of incubation has been fully accomplished.
10] A moving projectile does not attract leafy growths.
11] He who locks himself into the arms of Morpheus promptly at eventide and starts the day before it is officially announced by the rising sun excels in physical fitness, increases in economic assets, and celebrates with remarkable efficiency.
12] The 212-degree mark is not obtained by visible mean in cooking.
Work safe
THE CUSTOMERS of "Our" Place after 22 months of business!
Rob - trolleyboy, first visit: 12 April 2005 - CHARTER MEMBER! Ontario, Canada connection!
CM3 - coalminer3, first visit: 14 April 2005. West Virginia, USA connection!
Doug - barndad, first visit: 12 July 2005. Illinois, USA connection!
Pete - pwolfe, first visit: 8 Aug 2005. Mid-Missouri, USA connection!
BK - BudKarr, first visit: 16 Sep 2005. Alberta, Canada connection!
Mike - wanswheel, first visit: 13 Nov 2005. New York, USA connection!
Lars - LoveDomes, first visit: 11 Jan 2006. New York City, USA connection!
Eric - EricX2000, first visit: 05 May 2006. Arizona, USA connection!
DL - DL - UK, first visit: 19 Sep 2006. Great Britain, UK connection!
James - CMSTPP, first visit: 19 Sep 2006. Minnesota, USA connection!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
That's the list of folks we see ‘round here.
Eastern Missouri, USA connection!
Proprietor of "Our" Place,
An adult eating & drinking establishment!
PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #8
first Posted on Page 137 of the "original" Thread
Here's something to ponder with regard to our appreciation and fascination with Classic Trains. Check this advertisement out (from The Official Guide of the Railways - 1956)
Great Northern Railway (GN)
Great Way To CALIFORNIA via the Pacific NorthwestChicago-Minneapolis-St. Paul-Spokane-Seattle & Portland-San Francisco-Los AngelesTOWERING PEAKS in Glacier National Park in the Montana Rockies.LOFTY MT. RAINIER looks over Seattle and Tacoma.GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE is only one of the fascinating sights awaiting travelers in San Francisco.Rail Fare to San Francisco is no more on Great Northern's incomparable Great Dome EMPIRE BUILDERTo delight travel-experienced patrons who are planning a fall trip to California, suggest that they route themselves via the Pacific Northwest.Great Northern's EMPIRE BUILDER, now with Great Domes for both coach and Pullman passengers, takes the northern route across the nation - - more than two thousand miles of truly superb scenery.Your patrons will thank you for sending them on a route where they can see the Mississippi River Palisades, Glacier National Park, the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho. the Cascades of Washington and Oregon.Connections with fine trains to and from California in Seattle or Portland. Rail fare from Chicago to San Francisco is no more via Great Northern.For information:P. G. HolmesPassenger Traffic ManagerGreat Northern RailwaySt. Paul 1, MinnesotaEnjoy! Tom
A pint of Holden's Golden Glow please RUTH, Cheers ERIC.
MIKE Many thanks for the links. I wonder if James can tell us if any parts of the Duluth Incline remain today.
Loved the Rugby Pics.They are quite historic pics as for the first time in over 100 years there is no girder bridge at the south end of the station. The bridge that carried the Great Central Railway, which closed in 1969, over the LMS was removed over the Christmas holidays.The abutment of the bridge can be seen in the last pic to the right of the first container in the train hauled by 90045.
The pics are a good selection of the locos that can be seen on frieght traffic through Rugby, although a couple of classes will not be seen for much longer, the 86/6 electric and the 57/0 diesel locos.
5 of the locos in the pics were built by GM or have GM power units( the 57 and the 66s).
In the pic of 92001 the length of the platform can be seen.In steam days the was a scissor crossing on both the north and southbound platforms controlled by small signal boxes, so two trains could be handled at the same time and the second train could go first. The station is being completly remodelled.
The class 92 electrics are named after notable European authors and composers and were designed for use with trains through the Channel Tunnel. They can work on two voltages, 25kv AC overhead and 750V third rail.The locos are equiped with Electric Train Services as they were going to be used to haul the regional passenger trains from Britain to mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel, but this service never happened, some of the cars that would have formed the service are now used in Canada,as we have talked about in the bar. Some of the 92s have been in store for quite a while now as sad fate for locos just over 10 years old.
ERIC Thanks for the beer today.It is a shame to hear that the engineering in Sweden is going the same way as lot of it has gone in the UK. There is talk of two more cars being added to each Pendelino( 106 cars) but I suppose they will be built and assembled abroad now not at the Birmingham works.
Thanks for the photo of the narrow gauge N0 5 it is great looking loco in good condition .
CM3. That sounds an interesting book on the Lodging houses I wonder if the author is a distant relation.Many many years ago a Mr Wolfe from the U.S.A sent a letter with a dollar bill in it asking if we knew of a certain member of the Wolfe family who he thought had lived in our part of Rugby, many years ago. But we had to write back to tell the gentleman that we could not find any records of the person with the first name he gave us in the church records. I suppose nowadays it could be checked up on the computer.
By one of the industrial units here this weekend, there was a Boston & Maine boxcar it looked as though it was in a light blue livery, although the light was poor, but it did look in very good condition.
That is a good quiz. I think I have translated them all, but I could have some wrong.
TOM I think RUTH is still a bit miffed about LARS's 'present' so all I done was lent a sympathetic ear..
Well we didn't get the amount of snow they said we would here,only an inch or two, although it is going to be bitter cold the next few days they say.
It is good to hear about the good orders for Bombardier .I think the North American loco builders are doing well at the present as well, with some locos being exported. I think the American diesel locomotive builders have produced the best designs from the very start. It would be very interesting to know in how many countries around the world there are North American built diesel locomotives running today.
As you say, ask a question at the bar and it is soon answered. If there was a railroad quiz league I would back a team from Our Place against anyone.
Thanks for the Canadian RR History for February and the Great Northern Encores,what a great trip it must have been in a dome-car on the Empire Builder or even with some of the time in the Observation Car that is now at Union Station Kansas City..
Looking at the list of the 'Customers' it is good to see the different countries represented. I wonder if anyone from the Southern Hemisphere looks through the windows of the bar, as we have mention before it would be great if some one from New zealand or Australia were to join us.
Well LEON another 'Glow' please.
G-day Tomand all present.
Leon- Could I get a coffee please along with a turkey sandwich please.
It's been awhile, So give the guys a round. I will pay..
Tom- I liked the Saturday encore about the RDC-1/ 3 train. Having a whole fleet of those would be cool. Atleast the NSSR here in Duluth still has one that operates. I also enjoyed looking at all the pictures from Chicago. Chicago is always a fun town to visit. We are going to Chicago in March for one of my dads favorite train shows, so that should be fun. Just looking at the "glass" Union station made me want to go back. A couple of years ago, we went for a ride on Metra and just looking at that station was unbelievable. It just gives you an idea of how many people go throught there a day.
Thanks for showing. Really enjoyed all the pictures.
Pete- I'm glad to hear South Wales didn't scrap all 200 steamers, and it's even better to hear that some have steam still in them. I also enjoyed looking at the Amtrak photo's you had posted. Some pretty nice shots.
I saw those interesting pictures of the passenger train near the boarder of Belgium. That is a very interesting locomotive to say the least. I have never seen anything like it. Do you have anymore info on it?
Eric- interesting chart of the Sweden Signal system. I see they use the white light indication. Very interesting.
The Grand Canyon is one of those marvals that you can't get enough of. And the railway is also really cool too. So you had a steamer pull your train a long. Well it sounds like you haven't been introduced to the FA1s they now own. They're really nice looking locomotives. So I will have to scan in the picture and show you guys.
Your question to the Milwaukee FP7, I would guess the 1960s some time. CM3 seems to have a pretty good idea of what train this might be so I would check with him. But I will do a little research behind this to find out. Infact I have a friend that would probably know.
mike- The movie scenes caught my eye. I have seen that movie, Danger lights. It was interesting. The whole movie was taken with the Milwaukee Road. So it was cool to see all the steamers in action. But it, does has it's dramatized parts that are a little less than real. If you know what I mean.
I also liked the picture with the Duluth incline station. The NSSR has a movie about that station and it is cool to watch those trolleys climb the hill.
Thanks for sharing.
Happy railroading
Leon, tonight it is enough with a cup of strong coffee! If you can find a danish from this morni..., no forget it. I'll have a ham sandwich! And coffee. No, I don't want to polish any more brass rails yet.
A very quiet day at the bar, indeed. I certainly picked the right day to buy the drinks!
Tom – Since there were so few customers today I hope you had several drinks on me. I am sure Bombardier today is the largest locomotive manufacturer in the world. They just landed an order for 500 electric freight locos to China, 12,873 hp. It is based on the world’s most powerful locomotive today, the Swedish Class IORE (14,843 hp) also built by B.Maybe I could use the little dipper when no one can see me and dip into the upstairs tub? If not there is always plastic.Interesting events obviously happened in Canada in the month of February through the years. Today it is 53 years since the Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway opened between Sept Isles, Quebec and Schefferville, Labrador!I like the list of first visits! The Great Northern ad just confirms the feeling I have that I missed a nice way of traveling by trains in the old(er) days! Too young!CM3 – I see that you pay more for the gas than we do here in Phoenix. The cheapest gas today was $2.19. Interesting family history!
Politically correct! I have to have a closer look but I’ll try the first one tonight in case the Mighty Wonder Dog of the North is waiting for a translation. 1] A dog that barks does not have to use its (sorry, his) teeth (fangs) very often. Pete – The narrow gauge (600 mm) NO 5 is in great working condition. I agree about the end of locomotive manufacturing in Sweden and UK (or any country). I would also appreciate a customer from the Southern Hemisphere! Australia almost became my new homeland in the mid 60’s. James – Travel by train the the Canyon is the right thing to do! I guess it is time to to that again soon. The white light is always flashing when it is used. Except when indicating that a grade crossing is clear to pass and the auto traffic has been stopped.
With Valentines we think of love
and of course that's Amore
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pieThat's amore.
When an eel bites your hand and that's not what you plannedThat's a moray.
When our habits are strange and our customs derangedThat's our mores.
When your horse munches straw and the bales total fourThat's some more hay.
When Othello's poor wife, she gets stabbed with a knifeThat's a Moor, eh?
When a Japanese knight used a sword in a fightThat's Sa...mur...ai.
A woman walks into a post office and notices a middle-aged,well-dressed man standing at the counter methodically placing"Love" stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. As he seals each envelope he sprays it with a puff of perfume.The woman's curiosity gets the better of her, so she goes up to theman and asks what he is doing. The man replies, "I'msending out 1,000 Valentine cards signed, 'Guess who?'""But why?" she asks."Because I'm a divorce lawyer," the man replies.
From: http://www.humormatters.com/holidays/Valentines/valentines.htm
Depending on where one lives in this area of mid-continent USA, it was feast or famine regarding the snow fall. We received about 5 inches, but there's a layer of ice beneath it and it was formed over nearly an inch of water. Right now it's well below freezing (F) and just looks like a winter wonderland!
Time for a cuppa Joe, pastries and a <light> or <traditional> breakfast!
Hope y'all didn't forget what today IS! Sweethearts have MEMORIES!
Pitchers ‘n catchers report to Cardinals spring training TODAY!
Pete at 7:12 PM yesterday: Many thanx for the visit and excellent contribution to the discussion(s) going on at the bar.
It always has been a wish of mine to have an Aussie and a Kiwi on board here at the bar. Great people fer sure, fer sure! But, we've discussed that before, eh Just a matter of time, and perhaps it'll come true . . .
Glad you enjoyed the Customers List . . . now if we could only get some "routine" activity from ALL! Something to "shoot" for, eh
James at 8:40 PM yesterday: With a bit of luck it may be Chicago, next year for the 3rd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous! Who knows, maybe we'll all get together in the "windy city"! It IS a great place for trains, eh Of course we've got to survive 2007 first, eh
I've been to the Grand Canyon twice - once in 1953 on a cross-country rail trip from NYC to Santa Ana, California (Boy Scout Jamboree). Then in 1988 on my return from California and retirement for what I did for a living over a 32-year career. Both times I had my picture taken at the old Santa Fe depot at the Canyon - and believe it or not, pretty much in the same spot! Amazing coincidence. However, the guy in the Pix looks quite different by comparison!
Eric at 12:27 AM today: The upstairs "cash tub" was begun by Nick, our former Chief Chef and now Permanent Member of the Legion of the Lost. Anyway, he was helping to keep this place going during one of my rail trips to Canada and "made" so much money, he had to put it somewhere. So, we've kinda kept it going, using it for parties (Bashes), salaries, and the like. So, customers in "good standing" surely can "dip" from time to time should their needs permit. Boris does keep "watch" over it though, but since he's a Cyclops, it's pretty easy to "sneak" past him! <grin>
Interesting that you also had considered moving to and living in Australia in the 60s. So did I! Somewhere on the Pages of the "original" Thread is my "story." Always have had a fascination with the land "down under" and as time marched on, still do. Made some great acquaintences with some Aussie Federal Police while I was in the LA area and we kept a degree of contact over the years, but that has faded into passing. One day . . .
Clarification is in order: pastries in The Mentor Village Bakery case are for consumption - any time! They get replaced each morning just before our 6 AM opening . . .
Great looking DMUs - tell us MORE!
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