Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffe, pelase; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.
Just a quick pass right now as "duty calls." Let's go out and play in the rain and the mud! I will try and get back later today.
work safe
"SSShhhhh, Boris - I'm glad to see you too, but if you don't keep it down to a dull roar, you'll wake up Spike, and I really don't want to pet him back to sleep, OK? Besides, it's after-hours, and I can't order anything to drink, so why don't you find the PPF's in the icebox and have a quiet snack - but keep the noise DOWN, please!!"
**~CRASH!!!!!!!~**
Damn!!
Well, since my cover is blown I guess I'll do the drill:Eric - HEY, Fellow Night-Komrade!!! I'll address the Kirkwood half of your post in the next day or so; for now I'll just say that yes, my ride on the ICE 1 was indeed a shakedown run - at that time, the DB saw perfect logic in combining new equipment tests with public-acceptance tests, as opposed to the usual perfecting the design before testing with the public. The trainset was laced with cables and test-data gear {including several then-new video camcorders}, but my ride must have been a "determining practical top speed," because we did roughly 100 miles in 50 minutes, which works out to about 120mph as cruising speed! I was later told that the DB favored the "Fulda Gap Route" I rode as a pretty good test-track - and quite the far cry from say, the East Erie Commercial pike!!!PROST!!!!
Good morning Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, I'll have a coffee and a cheese danish! No, no sugar.
Nice surprise, there was more to read and look at than I expected! Great!
Tom – Why don’t you give me the information you have about those light kit batteries? I have a place here in Phoenix with all kind of batteries. I’ll be happy to check how much they are. Port Arthur, TX, seems like a strange destination for a long distance train. Have I missed something? 3,300th replies? I am aiming for #3,333! How many Keith’s is that? Planning a new trip to Alaska? That is the right thing to do! In the summertime that is! It’s only 126 days until the 3rd Annual Rendezvous in May!!!Very nice drumheads! Hard to pick a favorite. CM3 – Thanks for the info on KCS and “The Flying Crow”! Maybe you know the reason for having Port Arthur as the final destination for “The Flying Crow”? I saw that trains 5 and 6 ended up in New Orleans. Rob – Big Boy #4014 in Pomona, CA, is in pretty good shape and I read somewhere that it is probably the one that needs least restoration to get back in operational condition. I guess sweeper S37 was a regular streetcar from the beginning that was rebuilt and got a new life as a sweeper? Looks real nice in the Rendezvous I photo. Looking inside I see a controller to left in the top photo. Is it just kept there or is it a controller for the sweeper motor? The GG1 at the Museum of Trasportation is (was) green (I think) and is marked Amtrak. It is in need of a complete restoration, but I am not sure how much they will actully do. At least they should paint it in PRR paint scheme. Lars – Hope everything went well tod... yesterday! I owe you an email.Tonight I pick the Chicago & North Western Passenger Equipment book! That would be very interesting to read! The New Haven Railroad’s Streamline Passenger Fleet has a very nice picture on the cover! Pete – UP has a musuem in Council Bluffs, IA, across the river from Omaha. Info on this link:http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/museum/index.shtmlThanks for the photos! I guess they have not started any restoration work on the DD40AX at the Museum of Transportation. It seems like it is still sitting at the same spot as last May. Fergie – Congratulations to your new steam locomotive!! Looking forward to the pictures! Chris – Welcome back! I bet you have been to the Museum many times. You said you got to ride a brand new ICE 1 (that is what is what you see in my pictures) in late '89! It must have been a demo run since they were not put into revenue service until very late 1990 or early 1991 (can’t remember right now). A whole bunch of good old pics! I must say you look kind of tiny standing on the front of #4006! I have to look around next time I get to Kirkwood station. Obviously there was a lot of tracks in the neighborhood. Thanks for the photos and the story behind many of them!Allan – No, I still don’t have any op date. It is very frustrating. Glad you liked my pics on my site. I have many more that I am going to scan now when I don’t work every day. I also have about 6 hrs of video I have to take care of.
UP Class 9000.
UP DD40AX.
SP Class SP-2, #5021.
Eric
Evening, All!!!Leon, something a bit different tonight - a pitcher of Lynchburg lemonade!! And please put this jar of PPF's in the 'fridge for Boris if you would? I know he's missed me the last few nights, so this is my 'make-up' offering. I do wish Spike hadn't glommed onto me so fast, though - ever notice how hard it is to scratch one o' them cute lil' pincusions under the chin safely?Okay - where was I?Rob - well, we left off with your bit about the iron wheels, dinnit we? Always a pleasure to hear from you, my friend. As always, your museum pics are top-notch, and the info accompanying them is equally good! I'd love to see the blacksmith facilities your museum has - I imagine it's pretty well-equipped, if you're maintaining century-plus-old cast iron!!! I'll have a tidbit of relevence in the following Rampage, so sit tight.Lars - ah, what can I say? You Da Man with the covers, memorabilia, pics, etc. Like Cap'n Tom's work, I can't single one thing out to rave over - it's ALL good!!! I'll just keep enjoying it all, like everyone else does.Another friendly wave to Fergie!!!Allan - double mention, now that we've "overlapped" again. Don't know if the kit was insured or not, but it probably didn't matter much - management back then was quite happy to spend a group $50,000 or more in the hole, then work their a**es off touring for two years straight, just to recoup! Now you know why so many of us musical types have er, "difficulties" with drink! {Myself, I'm digging life at present!} BTW - check out the new vid I put on the profile page - can you Name that "Sir?"Okay - RAMPAGE TIME!!!!!Tonight's installment is going to be "double-plus," so get comfy. The first set of pics is a continuation of my visit to the Frisco's Lindenwood Yard on 5-24-80. Our trip started off well - we got stopped by a westbound {to Springfield} hotshot that was punctuated thusly:
Talk about a good omen - catching one of the elusive 1725-series bay-window jobs was something my brother and I had been trying to do for three years previous!! Once we got into the yard proper, we zeroed in on the caboose track where we found:
This pic accompanys the earlier-posted ones; then as now, it was our last "crummy" shot. I loved this final scheme on the Frisco's cars - too bad both it and the cars themselves were so short-lived.Ambling over to the enginehouse, we found this fellow, who happily held still for us:You've already seen his close-up, which I love because it shows one of my favorite diesel accessories, the nose-mounted Gyra-Lite!! Little did I know or suspect that I would have a close encounter - this time in Springfield itself - with one of 437's sisters, five years later.......... Our Lindenwood jaunt was beautifully capped off with a rousing send-off that would turn ol' Al Gore apopleptic in an instant:
Shifting gears a bit, here's a Kirkwood Hill vignette from 1978:
I'll always remember that magical summer; aside from it being blazingly hot, it was also the time when my brother and I were fortunate to get a glimpse of the past, just before it vanished for good. The subject matter here was fresh out of the Sedalia shops {itself already in it's dying throes} and is part of a rare company-owned track-maintenence outfit. The water/fuel tank car was my fave, but the supporting "tool-boxes" had their own charm, too - like good old Bettendorf caboose-trucks, complete with friction-journal-boxes neatly fitted with brand new roller bearings!If that isn't enough, the visible trackwork in the pics is noteworthy - the MoW cars were parked on the "third main track", about 200 yards east
Good evening Leon , I see that things are moving along nicley this evening I think I'll have that Keith's Tom mentioned thank-you sir. Here's a sack 'o' quaters for herr Wurlitzer as well. You will find a large bag ceder chips and pellets in the storage room , they are some high fiber treats for spike.
Tom-I'm humbled for hitting a mile stone of sorts, I'll cherish the keith's .Interesting slew of drumheads this afternoon sir,I particularly liked the last two not sure why really
Pete-Many thanks for the positive comments on S37's rebirth. it's one of teh more interesting and usefull cars at the museum. on work equipment day people line up to ride on it. The plow should go back together realitivly easily as it's an all metal car. It too was always a fan fav on the work equipment days because of it's large open back flat deck.
We too set some heat records two straight days we hit 14 C it's going to saty above the 0 mark for the rest of this week and into monday though the highs will be two to three C with a lot of rain aparently
Nice to hear about the continuing efforts at the St loo museum, nice to know that they have a GG1 not so nice that it's painted for Amtrak <barf> something they need to fix methinks.
Chris-Good to see you back in again, I'm already bracing myself for part two of today's rant great catch-up BTW for the last couple days (daze).
Allan-Good evening sir or morning that's the problem with the bunch of us being in different countries oh well it's the comraderie that counts. What more can I say about those fools and their paint cans. The G cars needed a repaint but it still PO's us terribly. They are the only survivors of the original built in England subway cars that the TTC openned the first subway route on Yonge Street , they are also the only all steel sets left a few of teh alter G car sets are still around but those are the Aluminum bodied ones that Hawker Sydely built in Canada.
I'm gald you liked the shots from the museum, I try to slide some in now and again,the before and afters are always interesting,most people don't realize teh amount of work that's required to restore let alone maintain older rail equipment.
Rob
Hi Tom and all,
Hi Leon, the same old round of Tui`s for all the crew please!
Mike. Thanks for all those links to the pics and the Statue of Liberty pics as well.
Rob. Is`nt it always the case with vandals, they never seem to catch them, or if they do all they get is a slap on the back of the hand with a wet bus ticket! Liked your great selection of trolley pics and info.
CM3. Some interesting info on the camp trains and the KCS, thanks mate.
Lars. The Larsman Mobile back to it`s usual high standards with a nice selection of Alaska RR covers, Brit goods wagons and various RR covers, really enjoyed them all.
Eric. Enjoyed all the pics on your site, hope you`ve got your op date by now. Looking forward to receiving the Pete`s book from you soon.
Pete. Never got the chance to see an LMS streamliner in the flesh at all for some reason, I was so hooked on A4`s in those days, it will be great to see the Duchess when it`s completed. Enjoyed all your pics and write ups, nice pic of Tom you took at the museum.
Jan. Nice to see you in again mate.
Fergie. Looking forward to seeing the pic of your new steam loco.
Chris. Nice to see you in, was the kit insured at all? Sounds as if you have been very busy, will check out your latest blog ASAP!
Ron. Hope you are getting back to normal again.
Tom. Thanks for all the very interesting pics and info, nice operating pic of the do-nut mo-sheen, and the one of the Road Kill sausage mo-sheen Nice pic of the B&M loco, and Passenger Train Nostalgia #65 on the Milwaukee Road, great link to the Big Boy`s, snow plow`s, and nice selection of drumheads`. Nice of you to let me know Eric has posted the book off , looking forward to it`s arrival soon. Hope you have got SNOW by now!
See ya, Allan
G'day Gents!
Looks like trolleyMAN Rob made the 3,300th reply at the bar! That'll earn ya a couple of Keiths when you're ready . . .
BUT, I really thought Lars had made it, then suddenly . . . that could've been caused by "edits," who knows <groan> Let's go with Rob! It's OH-FISH-UL, Mates! <grin>
Appreciate seeing CM3 Shane, Lars, Pete 'n Fergie too!
Rather sad to note that many of our irregular part-timers have dropped below the radar . . . makes it even MORE special when our small, but active, group of Rat's Patoot Proponents come thru!
And yes, it's true, we ARE heading back to Alaska right after Rendezvous III . . . really looking forward to it - just may STAY there! <wishful thinking> . . . .
Something to keep things moving along . . .
Now Arriving on Track #2
Classic Drumheads by the Dozen - #3
(1) Southern - Crescent Ltd
(2) SP - Cascade
(3) SP&S
(4) UP
(5) Wabash Cannon Ball
(6) WP - California Zephyr
(7) ATSF - The Chief
(8) B&O - The Ambassador
(9) B&M/CP - Alouette
(10) Burlington Route (CB&Q) - Denver Zephyr
(11) CP - The Dominion
(12) CN
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Enjoy!
Tom
Missed any
#1 . . . Page 156
#2 . . . Page 158
Hey Captain Tom...
siberianmo wrote:Hey! Purchase the "steamer" - it's what your pike needs - ONE more! <grin>Tom
Hey! Purchase the "steamer" - it's what your pike needs - ONE more! <grin>
"Now arriving Track 1" (pictures to follow)
Bought it today! Even got to call the LHS owner an Illegitimate Child front of all the other customers. Should have never shown me but what a gem!
Since I'm here I better get a stiff one to kill the pain if Lisa finds out! Anlters and quills will be the least of my problems.
Fergie
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Hi Tom and all.
A pint of Bathams please RUTH
MIKE Yes that is the link to CM3's radio, I had another listen.
Enjoyed the different ways of showing the Statue Of Liberty including on the Jersey Central logo. The L&SWR poster is interesting, I think at that time there was an agreement with the Great Western Railway with ships from the U.S. arriving at Plymouth, where the GWR worked the mails and the L&SWR carried the passengers. I guess the ad was aimed against the London & North Western Railway, who would carry the passengers to London if they arrived through Liverpool.
Great photo of the Statue on its inauguration, with the smoke from the salutes giving a look of the Statue floating on clouds.
Are all those cars on the CV in the photo carrying the sausage.
ROB I thought we would pay for those few days we had here of unseasonably warm weather in January, I believe there was a new record set here for the warmest day.
Yes the NYC steamer is a great looking locomotive. It is really good that some work is being done on her, they have a GG1 at the Museum of Transportation, and I believe it is in Amtrak colors.
Many thanks for the photos of S37 a great restoration job. I hope the restoration of the snowplow goes well in the re-assembly stage.
The car in Canadian National colors we talked about at Kirkwood.
I agree we must keep H&H they are invaluable as bouncers if the track gang get out of hand on the weekends.
ERIC I must try to get to Omaha one day and see that Big-Boy and the DD40AX, do you know if UP has a museum there, which is open to the public.
The DD40AX at St Louis
Many thanks for the # 4014 cab photo.
CM3 Our dog, the 15 lb rottweiller as the bride calls her, was acting strange before the tornado warnings it is strange how they seem to know although thunder storms don't seem to bother her.
I thought there would be a locomotive performance article in a magazine over here. There was an interesting article in the (British) Railway Magazine recently of a number of new found logs of the North Briton, a tightly timed train which ran from Leeds to Glasgow via Edinburgh, it dated from the 1950s into the diesel era with steam locomotives from a Leeds depot. It was very interesting to see which locomotives and drivers produced the best running and how the performance of the A3 locomotives improved after the chimney and blast pipe modifications, although the best running was if the train got delayed and time was being made up
Many thanks for the info on the KCS Flying Crow through sleeping cars to St Louis and the link to that great A&O model layout with the wonderful photography, the ‘night scenes' are very well done, a good ‘un indeed.
With Tom and Mikes help I was able to listen to the Camp car radio broadcast, it seems a lot of the workers who use them now will be sad to see them go.
LARS Like Rob, we were lucky and only had the tornado warnings, but it is best to heed them and we did not lose power (this time).
Yes Vito The Hit's Men's Quarterly is a good issue this time, I particularly liked the pull out section "New local building sites with fresh poured concrete"
Another great selection from the Larsman Mobile. The locomotive on the cover of British Goods wagons is a Class 59/2 Built by GE in Canada in1990, those and the slightly earlier class 59/1 were the first main line American diesel locomotives in the UK. The 4 59/2s are named after villages around the quarry site in Somerset. The BR steam locomotive is an ex LMS class 5 4-6-0 I think the photo is taken in the Northern Fells of England.
Great painting on the New Haven cover.
TOM I really doubt if anyone will come up with that song line, it is off an early 1970s UK album, that why I offered a years free beer.
Enjoyed the new form of the KCS Fallen Flag
I see that CM3 and I basically posted on top of each other, oh well nice to ahve a bit 'o' company eh Ruth another spiked oj for myself and the coal miner if he wishes
That's an interesting layout , thanks for providing the link , it's an amazing piece of work, more so tha it's "O" scale to boot a rarity these days (daze)I ahd two critters heer hudlling on my lap for most of the time I ws home yesterday as well, at least teh two of tehm together are only about 30 pounds <groan>
Thanks for the info on KCS passenger service(s) as well .It is amazing that eh KCS has manged to stay clear of the rest of the merger crazy railroading world.I wonder if they could do speed studies on the highspeed mainline freights of today ( specifically roadrailers and intermodal jobs ) a question for another day and or forum I suppose.
Lars-Morning sir, good to see you whirl in and out like a Texas Tornado or is it a MO one I wonder ifliving on the powdered eggs and jerky etc would be all that bad,likely better than some of the stuff Boris has made / will make .I've also noted that Vito has an unhealthy intrest in the saussage mosheen as well <uh oh> Saving on cemment maybe More fin selections from the book o the month club as well ( there should eb a train book of the month club donchathink )fair weather sir we'll keep the "splash" ready for you the next time you are in.
A couple more randome S37 reno shots , these are the interior's all now repainted and functuoning as designed.
"A" end
"B" end
Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!
Ruth my deAH, set ‘em up on the ManagAH if you please - Boris ring the bell! Me Well just a mugga Joe minus the jolt, thank you.
You read it here FIRST - Cap'n Tom ‘n his REAL 1st Mate are heading back to the 49th state! <saw it on his "other thread">
Kinda <blah> today - nothing to worry about, just "down" a bit by the bow . . .
I see the crittAHs have been taken care of ‘n "my" Ruth is as radiant as the sunshine itself! Now THAT will cheer up most men in a NY minute! <grin>
Good to see that our Bar Chandler Pete is ok ‘n unharmed after taking shelter in that "bunkAH" built back during the A-bomb era <cold war, wasn't it? > Anyway, living on canned beans, jerky ‘n powdered eggs ‘n milk can get old in a hurry! Guess as long as the brew was flowing freely - no problem-O, huh
Hey Pete! I already KNOW about Vito ‘n his "collection" of cans, bottles ‘n SHOES! I'd be mighty careful if I were YOU! <uh oh> Cement shoes are "in" according to the latest "fashion" statement in his monthly Men's Quarterly! <huh????>
Good to see the KCS "stuff" rekindled some interest from Cap'n Tom - Eric 'n Shane!
Mike stopped off with some links 'n talk . . . yeah, things are "different" down here. Nothing like New York harbor, for sure! <grin>
I've got to get right to the Larsman Mobile then sorry, but am "off" to a few appointments the Mrs. MUST keep . . . no rest for the wicked as someone once said. <grin> Very uncertain about tomorrow . . .
Caught up on the emails - got some out too . . .
Enjoy these guyz!!
Chicago and North Western in Color - Vol 2 - 1954-1958
New York Central in Color
British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour - 1960-2003
The New Haven Railroad's Streamlined Passenger Fleet - 1934-1953
Chicago & North Western Passenger Equipment
British Railway Steam Locomotives - 1948-1968
Ruth my deAH, why of course I'd love to be in our favorite place! <blush>
Until the next time!
Lars
Morning Ruth , figured I would pop in while I wait to see what the weather has in store f us today,thunderstorms in january at least the tornado warning s here were never more than that. I think a number three with extra hashbrowns ( unless Boris made them in the sausage machine )
Tom-just watch your melon while your crawling around underneath the neather regions of the of the Can Am , youi don't want to sang any body parts or leave bits behind Somehow I knew that Boris would,derive some twisted pleasure from the sauasge grinder , still better than him squishing and stuffing by hand .It also will make the mentor village Game and Wildlife folks happy again as now with a machine to feed both he and Leon will be back to their sunday "nature " walks <uh oh >
So they want to do more resto work on that NYC unit do they hmmm upto and including firing it up or is the museum there strictly regulated to static display ie no trackage to run on or out of. Bringing back a steamer to full life is expensive , not to mention the boiler specs and inspections that must be adheared to.
Eric-Interesting shot of the interior spaces of the Big Boy.I'm amazed at how intact the controls are . A lot of times things destined for museum's get stripped of a lot of their furnishings.Needs a good paint job and clean up but all and all it isn't to bad.
We should finally have our snowplow back in service this year. We've had it in pieces on the shop floor for three years, it's been getting a compleet electrical and mechanical overhaul , it was stripped down to basically the bare frame , new brakes and piping new wheels and all four traction motors and all the control wiring have been re-done, it's now in the re-assembly stage. Hopes are to ahve both it and the snowsweeper available for feb 09 when we have a musuem convention comming in, gotta keep the line open.At least it's one more long term project done and we can move onto the raft of minor to major cosmetic repairs required for other equipment as the they have had to wait while Tp-11's sat in pieces in one full bay of the shop.
A couple random restoration shots of sweeper S37
before tired after 50+ yeasr of road service in Toronto Boston, and New York
part way ( east end's wood replaced ) the underlying framework was restored as well.
after during rendezvous # 1 in '05
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Gasoline "holding" at $3.25/gal. Slopped abt. $15 worth into the beast this a.m.; less than ¼-tank.
Fergie - Tramp steamer? How about Railbox's old slogan, "Next Load Any Road."
Mike stopped by with some pictures and comments. The Railroad Magazine cover was a nice rendering of a generic NYC tug along with some mighty loose safety practices. How many fallen flags do you find in that CV picture?
Lars - KCS in Color and KCS Color Pictorial - well, they go on the list. BTW, Pentrex did a good KCS video program not that long ago. Interesting railroad that has managed to stay the course as an independent.
Pete - Sounds as though you are getting ready for spring weather a bit early. The front went through here last night, but I secured everything b4 retiring for the evening. We had a lot of wind and a little rain but nothing like you folks experienced. The K9 Korps didn't like it much and he decided the safe place to be was beside the alpha female at the house. Jeez, 80 pounds of nervous dog!
You had a good question about speed surveys. They were done yrs ago as an annual feature in Trains. This was, of course, back when we had passenger service in the U.S. (Unhand me, Boris). You can dig around say 30+ yrs ago and probably find them. This was done, as you suggest, between fixed points on a specific line and the articles gave the reader a pretty good idea of what operational practices existed.
OSP stopped by with a sausage maker and KCS material. Following is in response to Eric and to a KCS-related question.
KCS, in 1950, had several passenger trains.
Trains 5 and 6 and Trains 15 and 16 carried the "Flying Crow" name.
5 and 6 handled coaches between Shreveport and New Orleans.
Trains 15 and 16 carried coached between Kansas City and Port Arthur and a 14 rooette/4 double bedroom sleeper between Shreveport and St. Louis. This car operated on 16 to Texarkana where it was handed off to MP 32 for the rest of the run to St. Louis.
Going the other way, the St. Louis-Shreveport car operated on MP 31 to Hope, AR, and then on L&A 3 to Shreveport where it was handed off to KCS Train 3, the "Shreveporter."
Yes, Spike, it was every bit as confusing as it looks.
In line with model train day which seems to pop up here every now and then, here's a good ‘un.
http://www.aorailroad.com/index.html
Sorry if folks had trouble finding the camp car story. Honest, it worked from here.
Work safe
<personal foto>
Wednesday's Witticism
A crooked tree will never straighten its branches.
It's mid-week in mid-continent where the slow moving cold front has finally brought us back to winter temps - lo-30s (F) <yeah> Gonna be a mostly blue sky day, so "they" say!
Coffee's ready ‘n so are the pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery. Order up a <light> or <traditional> breakfast from our Menu Board too!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):
Tuesday- Jan 8th:
Page 165 - Fergie (Fergmiester) at 9:50 AM: An "almost real-time" visit with the humor that makes our Resident Canadian Maritime Mariner one of our most looked forward to customers!
Tearing out model RR wiring can be hazardous to one's mental health! <arrrrrggggghhhhh> I ALMOST did the same thing as I plod along with the construction of my Can-Am subway system beneath Can-Am City. Gotta keep my caboose LOW-LOW-LOW as I crawl beneath spaces meant only for storage boxes ‘n Juneau!
Page 165 - Lars (LoveDomes) at 11:24 AM: Not to disappoint, our WintAH Resident Florida Keys New YorkAH made it in!
Thanx for the continuing "call" for support - it all helps. Problem has always been that those who should be reading your words - aren't. We've experienced a drop-off <again> amongst our irregular part-timers. Such are the ways of playing in the Ether. Don't let it getchadown!
I hear you regarding the B'day Bash "thing" - ain't gonna happen, we'll just stay the course.
Another fine spate of book covers to enjoy - can't imagine owning all of ‘em, but if one did - one could be called a library, eh Good stuff, Mate!
Page 165 - Pete (pwolfe) at 2:16 PM: Back from the "missing" is our Bar Chandler ‘n Resident Brit in mid-MO!
A fine inclusive, informative ‘n interesting Post, which you are known for.
Glad you checked out that snow-bound snow plow "clip" - I found it most interesting too.
Thanx for the foto from our Dec 18th visit to the StL Transportation Museum at Kirkwood. That New York Central "beast" is a beautiful MoSheen! The guys may want to know that she was sitting directly outside "the shop" where all of the asbestos within her had been removed, thereby putting her in position for more restoration. Really a fine locomotive ‘n tender.
Page 165 - Mike (wanswheel) at 8:42 PM: Speed isn't everything, said the tortoise to the hare! <grin> You're doing just fine, Mate! Lady Liberty looooooookin' fine! Always good stuff . . .
Page 165 - Rob (trolleyboy) at 11:02 PM: Getting to be somewhat "normal" ‘round here again with our Resident Ontario Connection resuming his place at the bar!
The Roadkill ‘n Sausage MoSheen is sitting in the galley, right next to the DoNut MoSheen ‘n has been in use almost immediately since arriving. Boris loves it! Just gotta watch him as he's so "playfull" with the mascots. <uh oh> <yikes> "In goes a critter, out comes a thingy," so he sings. <grin>
Disgusterator, indeed! But a "gudun"!
Wednesday - Jan 9th:
Page 165 - Eric (EricX2000) at 1:36 AM: The man never sleeps as our Resident Nocturnal Desert RETIRED Swede keeps on keeping on with his early, ea
Leon, give me something I haven't had before! Not too hot and no tomatoes! Coffee, please.
Time for a brief break before hitting the sack!
Fergie – Thanks for the answer to my question. It certainly is close escort work! Most interesting. To steer a ship is nothing like operating a locomotive, that is for sure. Must be very hard going down the stream.
Murphy’s laws! That is what caused the mishap with the wiring under your layout. At least it will give you something to do. I think that Roadkill MoSheen can take care of antlers and quill. Thanks for the round!CM3 – I agree 100% with your comments on machine design. Tom – Ahh, a Roadkill ‘n Sausage MoSheen!! A genuine Hot Dogger. Green lights in your passenger cars? Hmm, there must be a reason. What kind of batteries do those light kits use? I understand they are kind of expensive.Kansas City Southern! They certainly had some fancy drumheads! “The Fying Crow”, where did it run? Kind of different name on a train. Lars – Don’t forget you are supposed to relax and take it easy down in the Keys, that’s why you an your Mrs. bought that place! So enjoy and stop by whenever you have time and feel like it. Meanwhile we’ll take care of the Bar by the siding and Ru... the crew! A nice mix of book covers today! Different railroads, including British Railways. Chicago and North Western is my choice though. Pete – You are right about two of the Big Boys I have seen. The third one is the one in Omaha. They (UP) moved up on that hill together with a DD40AX. You can see them from Interstate 80. Mike – Thanks for the link to CM3’s radio clip! Interesting to learn that NS is the only railroad today using camp cars! Nice mix of book covers and posters! I like the photo of the inauguration of the Bartholdi (never heard that name before) Statue in 1886! Remove the ships and it looks the same today. Rob – I’ll do my best to eat all the donuts and sausages! I am sure you are right about the museum and more preserved and cosmetically restored artifacts! Big Boy #4014.
Good evening Leon, I think a large keith's with maybe one extra as a back up <grin> Well we survived another year end inventory <barf> 20th one I've delt with , knida like at bad case of piles that keeps on giving
Tom-Wow you found the "mosheen" I don't know I still think it's best left unseen at least they cleaned it up and we only see the finished product end . I have a feeling that if you were , to pitch the girl out they would still haunt the place , they do still have their massage and caual torture parlour down the street , they even rent sapce out to Vito <uh oh >
I noticed that we've been on the most visited lately too , oh well someone's having a good read other than us , heck if it wearn't for us their wouldn't be much happening on this forum.By the way allow me not to come over for dinner on any nights that you are feeling a tad un-lubricated or that Fergie may be over and helping you cook Good Gawd Gertie but there are easier ways to attain regularity
Lars-Sorry to hear that you amy be a bit scarce, not to worry I think that we shall all do our utmost to keep the ship right way up. Speaking of which I hope you and Phil got some quality boat time in while the ladies were terrorisng the malls.
A couple fine selections from the great bookmobile from the south
CM3 SHANE-I've said it before no one should know what falls into ( or is purposly used ) in any kind of sausage making contraption.The words 100% ( fill in your fav meat ) can and does take on a new meaning, see fergie and Tom's twisted usage of antlers and quills.Assuming Tom does call for a name the sausage machine contest I think I'll tentlivly book myself in for teh "disgusterator"
I haven't yet deeply dug into the camp train url but I shall it looks interesting.
Pete-Good glory man I'm glad you dodged the worst of those storms. By the way I recieved your e-mail thanks for the thoughts , right along my thinking as well. I've been dodging thunderstornms all evening here as well it's hit 14C for the second day in a row, snows gone and now we have rain and lightening go figure.Loved the picture of Tom by the NYC steamer, he looks almost as happy as if that were a GG1 !
Fergie-Woops , ah you wanted to run all your wiring in encased conduits under the layout anyway didn't you You should by that steamer though , it will conteract all the diesels you've been buying besides in the end it's all about the guy with the most toys that wins.
eric-Right on with the airline comment. I do hope you get your date with the doc, someone's got to help us eat all the donuts and sausages that we are now all set up to make.
I think that we have now turned that corner at the museum , with more rpeserved and at least cosmetically restored artifacts I think we can better convey the what was in the electric transportation industry.
Mike-A couple fine photo's and urls tonight sir thank-you loved the side wheeler by the statue of Liberty, that statue was probably almost brand new in that shot, probably smelt new
Hi Tom and everyone, a round for the house
A narrative at my typing speed takes all day, all night and half of tomorrow, or time enough to answer Ron's famous question: How long can you look at the Sphinx?
I think this is the link to CM3's radio clip
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17774490&ft=1&f=1006
Fireworks that Lars will miss in the Keys
http://www.cunard.com/rendezvous/
Jersey Central logo
http://www.railpictures.net/images/images2/c/CNJ2000seriesJersyCityNJ01510rpF.jpg.79772.jpg
Central Vermont hauling "Not-Too-Swift Premium Roadkill Sausage"
http://www.railpictures.net/images/images2/c/CV_492_head_end.jpg.92730.jpg
Mike
We surely seem to have slipped a bit backwards again . . . as our irregular regulars have appeared to have abandoned ship! <grin> But, we'll carry on, eh Don't know how in the world our Thread gets the "top billing," where are those figures coming from, I wonder
The Passenger Railroad Fallen Flags of "Our" Place #31
<A form of this was initially Posted on Page 148, Oct 28th, 2005 on the Original Thread>
Here's another Fallen Flag for the gang from Classic American Railroads:
Kansas City Southern (KCS)
Caveat: The information provided is NOT all inclusive and is reflective only of the periods mentioned.
Headquarters: Kansas City, MO
Mileage:
1950: 962
2000: 2,995
Locomotives in 1963:
Diesel: 121
Rolling stock in1963:
Freight cars; 581
Passenger cars: 22
Principal routes in 1950:
Kansas City, MO-Shreveport, LA-Port Arthur, TX
Dallas, TX-Shreveport-New Orleans, LA
Minden-Alexander, LA
Passenger trains of note:
Flying Crow (Kansas City-New Orleans & Port Arthur)
Shreveporter (Hope-Shreveport)
Southern Belle (Kansas City-New Orleans & Port Arthur)
Some drumheads of the KCS:
A pint of Bathams please RUTH. Was writing this yesterday when the Tornado sirens went off (FREE BEER for a Year if anyone can guess from which song this line came from "Hear those sneaky sirens wail WOOOOOOOO") anyway, they stopped after a fair while only to start up again. The local TV station KMIZ done a really good job with their storm tracker and luckily the main storm passed by us, but a tornado was spotted about 10 miles North West of us. Later it was a night of thunderstorms. The brides mom's county was very badly hit with unfortunately two fatalities but the bride has managed to get in touch and her mom is OK with no damage but weary after a long night of tornado warnings.
ERIC I guess two of the Big-Boys you have seen are the one in California and the one in St Louis, which is the other one. The three I have seen are at St Louis, Green Bay WIS and one in a museum in Denver.
Thanks for the kind words on Alan's photos and the info on the class 44 and 52s.
Many thanks for the ICE photos especially the ones that show details of the unit that are not normally seen.
Great photo of you on the X2000 like Tom I would like to hear more about the X 2000 in revenue service.
You are so right about how airlines get away with those very long delays and the way passengers are treated compared with the railways it is the same in the UK.
JAN Happy New Year. Great to see you in the bar and many thanks for the New Year wishes. Hopefully things will get back to normal at work after a very busy time.
Many thanks for the kind words on the photos
LARS I though the Giants played really well yesterday and best of luck against Dallas next weekend.
Great photos and paintings from the wonderful Alaska RR. I wonder what the NENANA 1928-1998 was; I have not heard the name before
Hope you have some great trips out on PHIL's boat.
You will be sorely missed on the days you are not able to call in the bar, many thanks for the thoughts for me, I am really glad I use the word processor nowadays so I did not lose yesterdays post.
Many Thanks for the book covers from the Larsman Mobile. It is hard to believe those unbraked goods wagons on British Railways lasted so long into the 1970s. I am enjoying trying to guess where the photo in the 5th cover is; I think it could be Bristol.
ALLAN I remember at the time a big fuss was made about King George V leaving Paddington, the year escapes me at the minute, but I recall is was on St David's Day. A friend and I went down to Didcot, Oxfordshire to see the King arrive there, if memory serves there was a fault on the locomotive and the return to London was diesel hauled.
I agree the red looked better than the blue on the LMS Streamliners, did you ever get to see one streamlined, they were before my time so I am very much looking forward to seeing Duchess Of Hamilton when she is finished.
Glad you enjoyed the photos in the Hartz Mountains
MIKE I knew the miniature inflatables would cause problems.
Many thanks for the NYC ad and the photo of Mr. Winchell
ROB Many thanks for the kind words on Alan's photos I will be sure and pass them on.
Alan said those German steam locomotives hauling the heavy freights was just like going back over 40 years, when it was a regular sight on British Railways it is hard to believe it is still possible to see it in the 21st century.
Ruth my deAH, getting close to lunchtime so I'll have one of my "standards" - a Larsman Special Hero of ham ‘n Swiss, with mustAHd ‘n buttAH along with two extra large ‘n crunchy pickles from the barrel. A saucer of brine for Tex, a tray of seeds for Awk, a bucket of ice cubes for Frostbite, some tree bark for Spike ‘n a chew bone for Juneau - can you handle all of that, Boris And yes of course, a LARGE jar of PPF for you. Ooooooops, can't forget Artie ‘n his field mouse, now can we Do THAT outback, wudja please <ugh>
A round on me ‘n the change is YOURS, my deAH!
Hey Bossman! So you found the MoSheen for the road kill and sausages, huh Got quite a laff outta your comments to Fergie . . . yeah, nevAH, evAH throw away ANYTHING from road kill. <grin> So, when's the NAMING CONTEST comin' up
Interesting light arrangement for your passenger cars. Battery operated So I'm guessing the thing called a wand is a magnet that turns on 'n off the "activator" for the current flow. Pretty nifty idea . . .
It's just about 80 -F- ‘n sunny down here and life is oh soooooooo good! <grin> The Mrs. is off "doing her thing" with Phil's wife - translated: shopping. <ugh> <triple ugh> They made a colossal mistake of leaving us behind! WondAH what kinda "things" we can find to do . . . . hmmmmmm. <grin>
Did youse guyz catch that college "bowl" game last nite LSU looked mighty fine to me, but had I bet on it, I wudda lost money. Don't really follow college sports very much, but when it comes to the bowls ‘n the New Year - well it's kinda traditional. Just don't like the way they "do it" these daze - far easier when the four major bowls were on New Years Day.
Don't get very much sports news down here, so I'm on the web more than evAH . . especially the JINTS web site. Big game coming up ‘n in spite of the odds, I think if the same team shows up that played the Patriots and the game this past Sunday, well we have a bettAH than fair chance at winning. LET's GO JINTS!
On the serious side of life, I'm really NOT sure about being able to continue on with being an every day contributor. So, just know that I'll give it my "all" . . . there just will be days when I'll be unable to drop anything off. Bother me a lot, but that's the situation for the immediate future . . .
This joint NEEDS some dependable people - guys that can come through at certain times and keep to ‘em. Shane does well at it, in spite of having to work. I'd rather see the day time exchanges than anything into the wee hours. Sorry, Eric. The guys in Europe ‘n downunder have no choice since the differences in time is so vast. Bothers me to see such long gaps between posts at "Our" Place especially when it's in the daytime.
But on the bright side, we DO have a fine crew ‘n are perking along in spite of what we thought was our downfall when a few of our used-to-be's took off for other places.
Hey Bossman! For what it's worth, let's NOT get back to the B'day Bash "thing." It would most probably fall flat - so "greetings" should suffice. That's my not-so-humble OH-PIN-YUN!
Good to see Shane - Eric - Fergie ‘n Rob brighten up the joint since my last visit . . . won't even ask about the Bar Chandler. <groan> How much time off does this guy require <geesh> But on the serious side - hope all's well. Da bar ain't the same without Pete!
Awright, here's something from the Larsman Mobile of book covAHs for the gang!
British Railways Goods Wagons in Colour
Kansas City Southern in Color
Chicago and North Western in Color
New York Central Railroad - Color History
British Railways Wagons - Their loads and loadings
An "amost real-time" exchange - just like the good ole daze here at the Saloon by the Siding!
No, no, no - FERGIE - do NOT remove the antlers 'n quill! The former provides the "aphrodisiac" whereas the latter the "sphincter lubricant"! <uh oh>
Understand about motivation - man do I understand THAT! I've been tinkering with my subway system for so long that it shudda <'n cucca> been finished several times over. Just need a "boost" or something . . .
Speaking of model RRs - I installed all but one of those "Easy-Peasy" light kits in my passenger cars - a damaged one is pending replacement by either Walthers or the manufacturer. I'm NOT that enamored with those lights. Why oh why are they GREEN Surely puts a different "glow" than what I had hoped for. With 36 passenger cars in "service" on my pike - well I guess I'm gonna have to come up with something to change out the window transparencies OR simply live with it . . . . not pleased, especially in consideration of the expense of the things! BUT, I DO like they way they operate - the "wand" idea is 4.0 'n I hope the batteries have long lives.
By the by, have you located a "source" for replacement batteries aside from Rapido that is I'm thinking Radio Shack or some other such place should be able to knock the socks off those prices . . .
The refill <and Jolt> is on me!
Thanx for the return comments . . . [tup ]
siberianmo wrote:Page 165 - Fergie (Fergmiester) at 7:50 AM: Haven't quite figured out "where" to put our part-part-time Resident Canadian Maritime Mariner when it comes to "customership" ‘round here. Not a regular - perhaps IRREGULAR part-time will do! <grin>Might use your culinary skills to operate our Roadkill ‘n Sausage MoSheen back in the galley. Interested Figgered you'd already "mastered" our DoNut MoSheen! <grin>
Page 165 - Fergie (Fergmiester) at 7:50 AM: Haven't quite figured out "where" to put our part-part-time Resident Canadian Maritime Mariner when it comes to "customership" ‘round here. Not a regular - perhaps IRREGULAR part-time will do! <grin>
Might use your culinary skills to operate our Roadkill ‘n Sausage MoSheen back in the galley. Interested Figgered you'd already "mastered" our DoNut MoSheen! <grin>
Good Question...!
Kinda like the "old Tramp Steamer of yesteryear. Anyone, Anytime and anywhere as long as there is a paying fare. To be honest with you it's been a busy time and a slack time. Busy with Christmas and slack as the business at hand regarding getting motivated with house chores, painting and finishing up on Dad's estate. So yes some days I do sit and read but don't post as it's been a o'cast and laclustre day for me and on other daze I figure I have something to add. (did I tell you the LHS is trying to dump a Van Hobbies CN "Mike" with Belpair Smokebox on meA real classy number) I'm still hemming and hawing on it.
Road Kill Cook... Do I have to remove the Antlers and quill?
PS since I'm going to sit here for a bit pour me another cuppa Please and Thanks
Tuesday is upon us ‘n the return of winter is at the doorstep after a few days of spring-like temps. Although we're hardly in the freeze, at least it feels a bit more like it should this time of year. Now if only it would SNOW!
Coffee ‘n pastries are fresh ‘n ready! Time to order a <light> or <traditional> breakfast from our Menu Board to get the day off ‘n runnin' in the right direction!
Some storms roared through here in the late night - caused Juneau to spend some time "snuggling" up against "mama" . . . <grin> Still have more predicted for this early afternoon as the slow moving cold front makes its way through east central MO . . .
Comments from the Proprietor:
Found it! Here's our Roadkill ‘n Sausage MoSheen . . .
<courtesy: http://www.famcousa.com/>
Bon appetite! <grin>
News of the RR BOOK RELAY 2007-08: Eric sez he's ready to mail it off to Allan in NZ!
Thus far it has gone from Pete to Lars to CM3 Shane to Eric . . .There's STILL TIME to sign on for this event - just ship me an "offline Email" if you want "in" on the opportunity!
Monday - Jan 7h:
Page 164 - CM3 Shane (coalminer3) at 8:31 AM: "Some day they'll reminisce about today," is a sure-fire <keeper> - nicely done, Mate!
You may have "hit" on something regarding a secret weapon ‘n Spike. Good thinking - I think! <grin>
Topped off the bride's chariot yesterday at $2.97 (rounded) . . . Temps are supposed to drop marginally by the ‘morrow as a front passes through . . . predicting severe "stuff" - thunder boomers in January! <uh oh> Crazy world we live in, eh Remember when all of this was "blamed" on the atom bomb? Why not!
Was impressed by the Giants yesterday. Sorry, but I'm no fan of Eli - just isn't "my kinda guy." Can't say I'm enamored with his big brother either - but I'm sure they'd be devastated at the news! <grin> Good game, after what appeared to be a poor beginning. They were "up" for it ‘n proved it where it counts the most - on the field!
Round, quarters AND dependability of your visits make for a fine start to the week!
Page 165 - Jan (JanOlov) at 8:51 AM: Failed to make mention of your suggestion in an earlier Post about combining birthday celebrations. <see yesterday's Posts> Anyway, we used to hold Birthday Bashes which were "real time" exchanges of greetings amongst our guys. Would set a "window of time," ‘n then the participants would show up ‘n it was fun. Rather successful endeavors for about a year or so, then things began to taper off - as happens. Finally had to ditch the idea. Not that there wasn't any interest, but the numbers just weren't there any longer - plus we had a few who pretty much dropped off the radar, thereby essentially killing the idea. Soooooooooo, if you <or anyone else> wants to take on this task - GO FOR IT! <this is where an "offline" Email account really helps to organize things. Virtually impossible to do it at the bar, where READING ‘n RESPONDING becomes a problem for some . . . .>
Thanx for the visit ‘n chat . . .
Page 165 - Lars (LoveDomes) at 11:02 AM: Figured you'd be in "hog heaven" on this Monday after . . . Giants were on a "roll," although at first it didn't look promising. Guess we know "which QB" showed up, eh Should be more daunting next week . . .
Yes, I did catch that "blurb" about "Our" Place being the "most popular thread" for the past 3 days and was amazed. Don't think I've ever noticed our bar mentioned in that manner. I concur, doubt that it is solely based upon Posts - definitely must be the "hits" that do it. Perhaps a subject to be discussed in our "offline Email net."
Enjoyed the Part Deux of the Alaska RR posters . . .
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Going to be pushing 70 degrees here today, but there is already a forecast for snow by Saturday. IOW, if you don't like it, wait a minute.
Jan Olov stopped by and Lars visited as well with a fine collection of Alaska RR Graphics.
Rob - Your remark about sausages reminded me of one of my favorite TR quotes which was roughly to the effect that there were two things nobody should see being made; one was a law and the other was sausage.
Eric - Good comments on ergonomics and machine design. Over the years there is a long history of machine design being counterintuitive; a problem which obviously affects safety. You can train somebody to operate a piece of equipment, but when a dangerous situation occurs, all the training goes out the window; so-called "muscle memory" takes over, and the operator does things that make the danger worse. Thanks for the information "behind" the pictures.
Fergie - Good to hear from you.
OSP provided ‘moom pichers of the donut machine in operation. I also enjoyed the MILW items and the drumheads. The B&M 4-8-2 painting was a good one that captured the essence of the terrain out on the west end of the railroad. The "speed lettering" on the tender was a nice touch as well as not too many of the B&M steam engines had it. In short, the artist did his homework.
There has been a fair amount of local discussion re the use of camp cars on the Norfolk Southern; one of the few roads left that still use them. Anyway, the following will link you to a recent WV Public Radio story which tells it "like it is." I think you'll find it to be an interesting one.
http://www.npr.org/template/story/story.php?storyid=1777
Good Morning Captain Tom and Sundry!
Well I figured a better get my patoush in here ands chip the ice off the seat before Guido comes a calling. And speaking of which I'll have the "gladiator's special" Blood rare breakfast steak, two over easy, beans and crisp home fries.
EricX2000 wrote:Fergie – Interesting video you linked to! It seems like they were very, very close. Or does it look worse than it was?
Fergie – Interesting video you linked to! It seems like they were very, very close. Or does it look worse than it was?
Short answer... No! standard operating procedures. Some of our ships have been "kissed" before and yes there were sparks but close escort work is all apart of the job as it is the only way to keep the escort moving.
Well I am presently relegated to under the table. Yeppers, Before Christmas and when I was at sea, Lisa said she would not go under the layout to get all the decorations in fear of ripping out the wiring. I said don't worry when I get home I'll do it. Sure enough I ripped out the wiring! So before I put all the gear back under the table I have some wire to replace and reconnect " border="0" width="25" height="20" />
Anyway that's life
BTW Great pics everyone!
Just came by a windfall the other day as I returned a bunch of beer cans to the recycling depot. So rounds on me!!!
Hey Guido, put another quarter in the Juke box buddy!
Leon, new week. Hmm, what should I have. Maybe a Grilled Chicken Tenderloin Sandwich? Okay, that sounds good. Steak Fries, please!
After a rainy day in the desert I picked up my Mrs. at the airport tonight. She was 18 hours late. Or, to be more correct, the airline was 18 hours late bringing her here. The reason was missing crew to the plane from Lincoln, NE to Denver. It seems like delays are getting longer and more and more common when you fly nowadays. Long delays. But do you hear any politicians in Washington complain? Very seldom. They love to criticize Amtrak for being 3-5 (sometimes more) late on a 3-day crosscountry run. But an airline being 3-48 hours late on a 3-4 hours flight seems to be okay.
JanOlov – Good to see you again! You better take it easy now until next Christmas. X2000 and ICE look pretty similar on the outside. Lars – Some nice Alaska stuff! I like that mousepad (?) with the Northern Lights! I have always been fascinated by the Northern Lights. Since I was a kid. But it also makes me think about cold winter nights. Allan – Glad you liked my website. Hopefully I will get some time to improve it later this year. I am still waiting for a date for my surgery. Mike – Interesting ad, New York Central Coast-to-Coaster! Via Tucson and Phoenix. The founder of Winchella’s donuts in front of five clocks, one showing the time in the old country! But I don’t see any donuts.Thanks for the links!Rob – I don’t know if the ergonomics are better on long shifts than desk tops. I think it is more a matter of habits. I remember an engineer that rode in the cab of the X2000 and complained that it was too quiet in the cab and he wanted big metal handles and levers on a control stand, not on a desktop.
X2000.
I think the museum is right about about cosmetically restoring some equipment. It is not necessary to have everything operational.
Tom – I checked your other thread and saw your photo of the UP snow MoSheen and you are right, our photos are almost identical.I am not sure about your comment to Pete about the “hourly” passenger train in Germany has been reduced to a one-car self-powered unit. It must be on a branch line in the middle of nowhere. Most hourly trains in Europe are getting longer. More and more people travel by train because the gas prices are so high and also because of the traffic. Thanks for the links and coffee!! I’ll be happy to put something together about X2000 in revenue service. Roughly, the train was in revenue service 02/01-early May and from early August until late September (09/29?) 1993. But I’ll be back in a few days (maybe Saturday) with train numbers, etc. Thanks for the picture of the Greasel Doughcomotive machine! There is only one thing I don’t like about the picture of the Boston & Maine mail train, the snow! Northwest Wonderland Vacations! The Milwaukee Road, America’s longest electrified railroad! At least it was. Too bad they didn’t keep it that way. I know why, but still... I like the Columbian drumhead. It’s electric!Birthdays? Again? I don’t think I am the right person to organize a Bash. CM3 – The X2000 was put into service in September 1990 in Sweden and the ICE train started its service a few months later in Germany. For some reason we, who were deeply involved with the X2000, were invited to Hamburg, Germany, to have a look at the ICE train. It was very interesting and I could take photos of any details I wanted.
Good evening Leon , whats that noise , he ducks as a large semi infalted infaltable flies by his head. yes indeed Spike and Boris's crations don't quite get along do they, good thing I bought Boris all those innertube repair kits for Christmas. So Leon I think I'll have a Keith's oh and here's a bit of extra for the Our Place Slush fund , I figure with Spike around our insurance premiums might just go up <uh oh >
Tom-Thanks for the email,obviously the picture made it through.I sometimes loose atachments in transit.Some iteresting Milw.and another fine poster as well f from you today The poster of the line-up of Milw engine reminds ne of some of teh pre-wwar Lio9nel ads I've seen interesting it's been quite warm here the last two days as well, it's hit the low 60's and all our snows gone
Amazing how you were able to find a donut machine photo so quickly as well they even look as greesy as Sven had hoped.I hoope thye sausage renderingn machine picture isn't as readily available <barf> if everyone see's the machine the Oktoberfest sales this year may be compromised and you know how compromised oktoberfests infuriate H&H
Lars-Ah some fine posters from da manager today as well. I figure that if you can hack the cold at a football game outdoor hockey should be right up your alley
Thanks also for your e-mail as well, it truly is sad donchathink Congrats on the Gints big win. maybe they will provide NE with their only loss this year,wouldn't that be a coups.
Shane-Nice and warm and mucky in your end of teh planet as well I see too. Oh well could be worse 40 below and snow upto well you know you live in themthar hills
Jan-nice to see you again mate,you knwo you should save some of your money for a retirment plan of some sort Corse Boris can always take you in once your retired an needing a place to lay your head Corse he may give you infaltable CPR training <uh Oh>
We have some January Birthdays coming up for our crew . . . .
January 14th (Eric - 65) - Next up!
OKRA (Dec 22 - Jan 20) Are tough on the outside but tender on the inside. Okras have tremendous influence. An older Okra can look back over his life and see the seeds of his influence everywhere. You can do something good each day if you try. You go well with most anyone.
January 23rd (Jan - 39)
January 26th (Chris - 40)
CHITLIN (Jan 21 - Feb 19) Chitlins come from humble backgrounds. A Chitlin, however, will make something of himself if he is motivated and has lots of season-ing. In dealing with Chitlins, be careful they may surprise you. They can erupt like Vesuvius. Chitlins are best with a Moon Pie but Catfish or Okra is O.K. too.
Jan made mention of perhaps celebrating all three on one day . . . as some of our long-time customers know we used to hold Birthday Bashes ("real time" exchanges amongst the crew) - but discontinued them for a few reasons, mainly dwindling interest. When one of the guys didn't even show up for his own - well THAT pretty much put the lid on it. <groan>
HOWEVER, if someone wants to orgazine a BASH for all or some - go for it!
Here's a trip back to the archives for an enhanced rewrite of a Blast from the Past!
PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #65
<A form of this was initially Posted on Page 230 of the Original Thread on 26 Jan 2006>
NORTHWEST WONDERLAND VACATIONS Along America's LONGEST ELECTRIFIED RAILROAD . . . LOW FARES YELLOWSTONE . . . PUGET SOUND COUNTRY . . . . . . MT. RAINER MT. BAKER . . . OLYMPIC PENINSULA . . . . . . BRITISH COLUMBIA ALASKA "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS" ESCORTED ALL-EXPENSE TOURS Return via California-Colorado or the Canadian Rockies if you wish. Costs no more via the OLYMPIAN The electrified way * Scenically supreme
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Some drumheads of the Milwaukee Road
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Enjoy! Tom
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