2008 BIRTHDAY WATCH LIST
<rev. Jan 1st>
Customers at "Our" Place
January 14th (Eric - 65) - Next up!
January 23rd (Jan - 39)
January 26th (Chris - 40)
March 31st (Lars - 68)
May 18th (Tom - 70)
August 11th (Pete - 57)
August 14th (Allan - 73)
August 14th (Sven - 63)
September 8th (Rob - 37)
October 9th (Ron - 74)
Good Afternoon, Friends!Ruth I'll have the Ham-N-Swiss, fries, and a Nuke-Nog, please. I see Boris is happily shredding what looks suspiciously like a Razorback pennant - what in the world has gotten into him?
Great to see this place sailing into the New Year on a bit of a high note - no finer reward need be given to all involved who made such possible, and made my debut here so special. So, let's dive right in, shall we?Cap'n Tom - rather sexy-looking FPA4 you shared with all of us, first off - my kind of "porn," you know? Spot-on with the music/train observation; from my perspective, they're one and the same, in terms of the joy they deliver. I've been fortunte to have a literal lifetime of wonderful experiences with both, and I'm quite willing to share all of 'em with whomever cares to notice! As for me stumbling in here during a point of low morale, blame it on my musical tendencies - drummers are always looked to, whenever a swift kick in the A** is most needed; I'm just doing what comes naturally. The difference here is that I finally seem to have come in right on the beat, for a change!!! No, I don't know how the hell that happened, either -but I think I can live with the aftermath. If nothing else, let my being here help heal the wounds present just before my arrival........ As for my web page, you're most kind, Mate - it has helped me keep my 'Net abilities razor-sharp, among other things. No pressure felt at all, don't worry........Allan/Gunnerall - nice to meet you too, and thanks for the kind words!! I'll plead guilty to the "frequent-flyer" observation, and throw myself on the Court's mercy - it's the only thing to do, right? Hooking up with a Kiwi neighbor is always a blast for me, and I'm looking forward to "terrorizing" the odd billabong in the near future - you with me, or what? Don't beat yourself up about your PC-challenged BIL, Allan - he'll come 'round when he's comfortable, I'll wager.Rob/trolleyboy - oh, CLANG-CLANG-CLANG and be done with it already - SHEESH!!!!!!!{Did I fail to mention my penchant for WICKED teasing, earlier? My error - character flaw, and all that......}Seriously though Rob, this place truly does have a great Brotherhood, and I'm happy to be included. Meeting some or all of you lot is definitely something I'm looking forward to; my only gripe is that we can't do it up "right-n-proper," now that Rail-Cruise America is no more - meeting new friends on a domed dinner-train pulled by F-units is a nice notion, you've gotta admit. D'you think if I tried the "pathetic whipped puppy-dog" routine on What's-his-face Corman, he might toss us an Old Kentucky Freebie, out of pity?
Jan Orlov - thanks for the kind tab that was in place just before I crashed in - dreadfully sorry about running it into the seven-figure total; I tend to get a little silly during the Holidays..........Fergie/Fergmiester - PROST, and looking forward to meeting you.Today's item for group consideration pays tribute to my fondness for all things "offbeat," a trait of mine that will be explored in-depth as we go along. For now, please enjoy the following:Have a great day, Friends!!! More shortly............
<personal foto>
G'day Gents!
Two Thousand Eight is upon us 'n whowuddathunk it would arrive sooooooooo quickly, eh If you feel that way, you're getting O-L-D in a hurry! Such is the way of aging my friends. But not to worry, there's not a living thing on this planet that doesn't age - so push it to the back burner 'n siddle up to the bar for some breakfast offerings on this First Day of a New Year!
Coffee's freshly ground 'n brewed - pastries fully stocked in The Mentor Village Bakery Case 'n of course our Menu Board listings for <light> 'n <traditional> breakfasts should satisfy even the most discriminating of tastes . . .
Comments from the Proprietor:
Here's the link to the Original "Our" Place for those wishing to look back . . . it will take you to the last Page - ENJOY!
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/451/991587/ShowPost.aspx#991587
Name the DoNut Machine CONTEST underway!
<closes on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 at NOON (CST)>
Lars . . . . GreeseMeister (27 Dec)
Sven . . . . The Halo Creator (27 Dec)
Pete . . . Holey-Moley (27 Dec)
Rob . . . . Track Greeser (27 Dec)
Mike . . . . Greasel Doughcomotive, built by EMD (eat more donuts) (29 Dec)
<Contest Participants may "vote" for any of the above by sending me an "offline" Email - NOT via the Forums pu-leeze!>
REMINDER: Drinks are "on Rob" today ‘n tomorrow!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative) :
Monday, Dec 31st:
Rob (trolleyboy) at 9:05 AM: Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work YOU go . . . <grin> Yeah, I recall those days <daze> . . . kinda miss a lot of it, mainly the interaction amongst the guys ‘n feeling of BELONGING to something worthwhile. Yeah, that's it!
Figured your reasons for the disdain directed at the P42s kinda echo my own <I recall our past conversations!>. Anyway, next visit to Halton County's museum I'm sure my view of things will be far different - always is that way 2nd time around, eh
Fine spate of trolley shots!
Good chat ‘n even better to see ya!
CM3 (coalminer3) at 11:52 AM: Didn't expect to see ya on the Eve . . . but there you were! Seems to me we've had a much better ending to the year than expected ‘n nothing but good prospects for the tomorrow's . . .
MoPac Chris (MoPacBarrettTunnel) at 4:15 PM: Had a friend in this area who used to "talk trolleys" ‘til the cows came home . . . really knew the history ‘n thanx to him, I've seen many, many remnants of what used to be in this area. Such a pity that those lines were discontinued, dismantled ‘n pretty much forgotten. I could go on, but won't . . . <groan>
For whatever the reason, music ‘n trains go together, eh Surely seems that way . . .
Happy New Years from the East Coast of Canada!!
Rounds on me so drink up please and no bird sips!
Fergie
Flat bed of Kieth's enroute ! INCOMING!
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
Good evening Leon , that's an interesting hat your wearing , did you kill it yourself Oh I see , how often do you have to feed it then I hope it's house broken. Anyway I think a tankard of Keith's for me sir and a round of whatever those still standing wish
Tom-Hi again , yes I read your addendum to your morning post. I think they have widened the run area for the engine as it has been photographed a few times the last week or so. Have you seen a picture yet
Nice to read the the great events in Canadian railway history again, some interesting bits in that one. The Great Western has a 5' broad guage system.When the Grand Trunk bought them out they apparently mamged to re-guage them to standard guage in 18 hours ! Quite and accomplishment by 1880's standards.The current Brantford train station which is now over 100 years old is on the grounds of the original Great Western depot.
Nice to look at those old Christmas catalogues again as well. Put your feet up and have a nog or two on me.Looks like you need the break after having to polish the boot rails all afternoon.
Allan-Nice to see you back in again sir.Sounds like you had an interesting trip to Auckland. Your brother-in-law sounds as though he has as an ecclectic music tastes as I do.try not to saok up too much sun over the holidays
Jan-Long time no see.I hope that that was a cashiers cheque as I think the tab was quite large,you wouldn't want Vito's boyz have to come around and collect anything that might have bounced<uh oh> thanks for the ongoing <hick up> hospitality sir.
Chris-Hey nice to see you in again today,we truly are quite the band in this here joint jsut wait until you meet some of us face to face.A couple more nice pics from you , I look forward to the stories that will follow.Nice to see you fitting in so well with the gang, I'm sure that you will not be dissapointed or otherwise question your jumping into our little neck of the internet.
Interesting to hear that I may have another traction nut on board, eventually we will wear them all down.
CM3-I don't think we can ever get Boris to understand the ins and outs of life let alone railway pricing. I must say though that the people catcher on 23 might just fit him,he would certainly see where he was going should he ever choose to travel on it.
Leon I think my glass is empty, you agve me the one with teh holes in it again didn't you I think another is needed.
Rob
Hi Tom and all,
Leon a double shot of Johnny Walker Black Label please for all the crew to toast the New Year of 2008 in!
To Tom, Lars, Eric, Pete, Shane, Mike, Rob, Ron, Fergie, Jan, Dan, Sven, Per and Chris, wishing you and all of your families a very HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR for 2008, " Lang may your lumb reek"
Just got back to home base from our trip up to Auckland so have not caught up with all of your posts yet, so i`ve got a heck of a lot of very interesting reading to catch up on. I will acknowledge all your posts when i`ve caught up with the latest info and pics. My brother-in-law is not PC orientated, he has a Fax machine, but reackons a PC would cramp his music interests, he is a complete music nut from the Big Bands up, you name it!
Hope you all have had a great festive season with lots of everything that was going . My wife and I would like to thank you all for your very warm Christmas and New Year greetings,many, many thanks!
Chris. Nice to see a new member of our great gathering since i`ve been away. Nice to meet you! From the skimming of the posts i`ve carried out it looks as if you are a "Frequent flyer", which is great!
See ya, Allan
Leon. How about another double shot for all the crew just for "Auld Langs Syne"
Greetings Tom and gentelmen!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!
I'll be back to tomorrow. Been working extra today, I just though that I pop in to wish you a happy new year and all the very best for 2008....
And also to top up the drink tab....drinks on me until Sunday at midnight, cigars included *hands a check to the barkeep*...
To your health gentlemen....SLAINTE'
Afternoon, Gents!!!Ruth, I'm Mopac Chris, just joined in the last few days. Nice to meet you! May I have a French-dip, fries, and a Nuclear 'Nog, please? Boris - not noshing on anything? I've got some leftover pemmican you're welcome to, but I'd like to retain my fingers, if you don't mind?Oh, where to start? So many good thing have been happening recently {including joining the gang here}, that it's hard to pick a starting point. I guess the kudos are the most logical, so........
Rob / trolleyboy - I LOVE that "band-o-brothers" bit; describes this place to a "T!" And I agree about the way I'm fitting in here - I'm just kicking myself for not doing this sooner!!!!! {keep that last thought in mind - it also applies to something else that happened to me this weekend.}. We're going to become tight and up to speed in short order; I'm certain of that. One last item for now - I too have a fondness for the trolley/interurban/light-rail branch of the hobby, ever since I found out that our good old Museum of Transport here was founded with the acquisition of a retired horse-drawn streetcar!Cap'n Tom - For me, joining this place was like the proverbial "falling off the log," again my only beef is why it took me so long. Your background is most interesting, indeed - I can identify with much of it, but the one thing that really leaped out at me is your Amtrak involvement here. I guess you know Mike Gibbons pretty well then, eh? I retained his services in the ealy '90's, when he helped me out of a mucked-up auto accident situation. Never did get to talking about the rails with him, as he was then on an hourly retainer; I would have been bankrupt in 24 hours, if I had!! BTW - at that time, Mike's legal office was just a couple blocks north of Kirkwood Station - poetic, no?
As for me being the "shot in the arm" this place needed, I sincerely thank you for the raves, but I'm humble about the overall situation. My debut here was a happy fluke; as a musician, I've had more than my share of disaterous opening nights, but this place was one of those times where everything flows easily and naturally. Loyal sideman that I am, I'll do my best to keep the "backbeat" constant, and if you've heard my music, quite busy at odd moments. Railroads and music are my twin passions, so I'm just doin' what comes natural. Good choice in movies - I quite like the community theater idea, and it's always nice to see The Stooges enjoy a marquee-revival...............
Eric /X2000 - First off, I'm not taking your "Nocturnal Steward" position away - all I'm doing is joining you in the odd-hours department. This way, nobody has to have sole responsibility - sharng "the burden" is one of the main ideas of this place, if I'm not mistaken. We'll do the night-Owl routine in rotation, and all shall be well. Now, as for Union Station - no, I was gigging the week that the "real" X2000 was here, although I did manage to see it being ferried to KC {by Amtrak's F69PHAC "Winnebego's," no less}, just after you saw it {and took that cool picture}. And have no worries, my Friend - more Kirkwood Hill tales are in the offing, and we'll get to them when appropriate. For now, I'll just point out my good fortune really IS good, by noting that just behind the Grande Tunnel-Motor in my pic are two SP T-Motors!!! Can you say "All In The Family?" Finally, I'll have to check, but I'm certain that GP-50 3510 {if it's still on the roster, or hasn't been rebuilt} is now in standard UP garb - the last "interim"-painted units were re-done by 1994 or so, if memory serves.Shane / cm3 - Smoked you out on the Sedalia r/b's, eh? I have the odd "good" moment, as y'all are rapidly learning. Seriously though, I appreciate your appreciation, and I'm not in the least bit surprised you have great roster-detail info of your own - whilst doing my homework in the archives here, your posts caught my eye for just that reason; that plus the wonderful memorabilia you share with the group. A toast in your honor, Sir!Shifting back to house-in-general mode, here are a couple quickies:
Both date to May of 1980, and are the results of a fruitful visit to the Frisco Lindenwood yard here in town. I'll always be grateful that my Dad, brother and I spent quite a bit of quality time with the Frisco in it's last year of existence. As for the pics themselves, the first is just an OK pick of one of the International extended-vision jobs the Frisco was long known for pioneering, and the second one is a poor-exposure grab shot of a very young Yours Humbly hamming it up inside a sister crummy. More shots and a full story on this particualr episode are in the pipeline, so don't worry; the good times-memories will turn up in due course............And fnally, I encourage all and sundry to check out my homepage, which I've linked up in my profile here - it'll bring you up to speed pretty much about my background, and how my mind works "away" from our Passion we share here.More shortly - and happy New Year one and All!!!!
Time for a 2007 finale - a monthly staple here at the Bar by the Ballast:
Significant events in Canadian RR History
during the month of December
<A form of this was initially Posted on Page 451 of the Original Thread on Dec 31st, 2006>
Caveat: Much of the information appearing was gathered from internet sources, with credit to "Colin Churcher's Railway Pages" at http://www.railways.incanada.net/
* 1853, December 31st - The Great Western Railway opens its main line between Hamilton and London. The Great Western went on to build, lease or buy other railways throughout Southern Ontario, and it can be claimed to be the first Canadian system. Other sections opened as indicated:
1853, November 10 - Hamilton to the Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls. 1854, January 27 - London to Windsor. 1854, August 21 - Galt branch.
* 1854, December 25th - Opening of the Bytown and Prescott Railway between Prescott and Bytown (now Ottawa), 54 miles. First rail service to what is now Canada's Capital. Bytown was renamed Ottawa in 1855 and the railway became the Ottawa and Prescott Railway Company, now part of Canadian Pacific.
* 1855, December 3rd - The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic.
* 1859, December 12th - First train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke.
* 1859, December 27th - The Grand Trunk Railway completes its line between Toronto and Sarnia and establishes a ferry service across the St. Clair River to Fort Gratiot (Port Huron).
* 1860, December 31st - The Brockville and Ottawa Railway opens a tunnel l/3 of a mile under the town of Brockville. This was the first railway tunnel in Canada.
* 1879, December 29th - The locomotive J.G. Haggart is taken over the ice of the Red River into Winnipeg by the contractor Joseph Whitehead to start construction westwards across the Prairies in the spring of 1880.
* 1898, December 13th - First passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.
* 1912, December 14th - Canadian Pacific leases the Quebec Central Railway Company, Quebec along with the following companies:
Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, Nova Scotia, on January 3. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, Vancouver Island, on July 1.
* 1914, December - The Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway is opened to service the aqueduct between Winnipeg, Man and Shoal Lake, Ont.
* 1916, December 9th - Canadian Pacific inaugurates the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel which eliminated the old route over Rogers Pass and shortened the line through the Selkirk Mountains by 4 1/2 miles.
* 1916, December 19th - an order in council gives authority for the shipment of rails and fastenings from Canadian railways to France for war service. Under this and a subsequent order, some 800 miles were taken up from sidings and divisional yards of the eastern division of the National Transcontinental Railway (98.2 miles from between Moncton and Diamond Jct.; 11.8 miles east of Levis; 206.6 miles from between Quebec and Winnipeg) and a further 300 miles from the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, partly from the portion of line running through the Yellowhead Pass which closely paralleled the Canadian Northern Railway.
* 1918, December 20th - The use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.
* 1936, December 6th - Canadian National opens its line between Senneterre and Val D'Or, Quebec.
* 1937, December - Canadian Pacific takes delivery of its first diesel electric locomotive, a switching unit numbered 7000.
* 1938, December 3rd - Canadian national opens its line between Val D'Or and Rouyn Noranda, Quebec.
1952, December 1st - Canadian Pacific launches an intermodal freight system by carrying truck trailers on railway flat cars between Toronto and Montreal.
* 1954, December - Canadian Pacific opens a branch line from Havelock to Nephton, ON to serve the American Nepheline Co. min
Good afternoon Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please and $ for the jukebox. Clear weather here today although the roads were plenty slick earlier as it rained most of yesterday and the temperature dropped quick last night.
First off, thanks to all for the Birthday greetings! They were greatly appreciated!
Lars - A fine selection of MP reading. I assume you watched the Gints on Saturday. It was a good game (except for when the wheels fell off for a time in the 3d quarter). Safe travels, sir!
Fergie stopped by - The Rapido passenger cars you mentioned are nice if only because they pay attention to paint and numbering. I have a good handful of old MRC cars in N scale painted and lettered for the C&O. They are still some of the best N scale cars I have ever seen. We're still waiting for anyone to do New Haven LW cars with the correct roof line.
Rob stopped by with CS material and tractionb items as well.
Pete - Cars generally did not linger too long in the station once they arrived. As Eric suggested, it did give passengers a little longer to get ready and get out. At South Station, for example, road power headed into the station so heating was not really a problem. Other places had steam lines which were attached to cars as needed. The bigger problem back in the day was cooling ‘em off, especially if you had set out cars that beaked in sun all day. This became much less of a concern, of course, when decent air conditioning was developed. The Duchess, what can I say? That beautiful LMS scheme.
Eric - The picture of BCT shows how the building was cut "in two" to allow for passage of HW loads and double stacks. They are doing some work with the main terminal building which was really in sad shape. The item on car 23 is, in deed a "people catcher," although Boris thinks it's a lower berth. He still has never been able to figure out that the price of the lower is higher than the upper because its lower.
Mike - Good Buffalo terminal pictures - thank you.
MoPac Chris - Good to read all of your posts and thanks for the kind words. I will be doing some more transcon sleeper stuff as research time permits. I enjoyed the picture of MP slug set.
I didn't want to get caught up with the Sedalia r/bs, but you smoked me out. MP 5321-5327 were all r/b at the Sedalia shops in 1939. Classed MT75, they had smaller cylinders (26½ x30"), but bigger drivers (75"), 225 SP, and 53,720 tractive force. Just looking at the numbers will tell you that they could cover some ground. Here's a list or o/r/n and r#
5306-5321
5303-5322
5305-5323
5307-5324
5303-5325
5302-5326
5301-5327
OSP continues with Pullman ads, and NYC ad, and some more good ‘moom pichers, as well as an all-time list of what has run at the Theatuh. Also appreciated the travel shots and an additional round of toy train guides.
Happy New Year to all!
Work safe
Thanx for coming in today, Ruth - I know it's hard not having Lars around 'n work takes your mind off of . . . <uh oh>
Email comms established with MoPac Chris - good show!
Now Arriving on Track Number Two
Electric Trains at Christmastime
#6 - Lionel & American Flyer Catalogs
Collector's Guide to Postwar Lionel Trains - 1945-1969
Lionel Train Field Guide - 1945-1969
Lionel: A Century of Timeless Toy Trains
Gilbert American Flyer Instruction Book
American Flyer Pocket Price Guide - 1946-2006
American Flyer S Gauge Operating & Repair Manual - 1945-1965
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Enjoy!
Tom
Missed any
#1 . . . Page 149
#2 . . . Page 153
#3 . . . Page 156
#4 . . . Page 156
#5 . . . Page 157
Morning Tom , I hope you gave Ruth the day offn so she can doll herself up for tonights festivities,don't worry Lars we will email you the pictures. Anyhow a splashed coffee and a number three I think this morning , oops looks like we need to "greese" the donut machine teh stuff that just ame out of it looks a tad dry by Sven's standards, Boris the lard jar my lad stat.
I think Tom I dislike the P42's for much the same reason as you , they have no sole , they also by VIA standards have no guts. They seem to slip like squirrels down a greesed tree trunk when they are met with any kind of grade unless the tracks are perfectly dry and clear of weeds. Just a freight loco with high speed gearing no thanks , bring back the FP7's in the old solid Blue and Yellow or better yet the FPA4's but ask me how I really feel about them
There were a few "life guards" around when I had you guys up at the museum, most pf them were the more modern style that ride under the front of the car so they don't stick out.Number 23 which is in that picture was in the one dislay barn that day , but if I remeber correctly the life guard was in the shop as it had got caught on a switch stand a couple weeks before you guys got there It was teh first car that went down the line when teh had first put in the new number nine switch and it's stand,it was an after hours test run at least.23's not a car that's in regular service so it's frontal dimentions arew a tade wider than the Witt's and PCC's that make up the bulk of the operating fleet. The only other car we have with that type of catcher is the other open car 327 which you guys did ride on, only it's is not as long or wide as the car is a single trucked critter. Well I think a couple more musuem pics and I'm off to work for six hours get to close both holiday days Christmas eve and tonight mind you store close is six because of teh day off tomorrow so it's all good as the kids say
Happy New year Allan hope you can still see straight and I hope everyone enjoys themeslves today and tomorrow, free asprin will be available along with the rounds tomorrow and to cap teh festivities H&H will appear in their white leather nurse outfits,<uh oh > and Boris as their hunchback ( not a huge stretch for him )
enjoy Rob
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<"Our" Place Christmas Holiday Train>
A smile to begin the week!
It's déjà vu all over again.
<A Yogi-ism!>
HAPPY NEW YEAR to our friend Allan (Gunneral) in downunder NZ where 2008 has arrived!
The final day for our Christmas decorations as the New Year will be upon us in the ‘morrow! Where does the time GO
The smell of our freshly ground ‘n brewed special blend coffee always spurs the taste buds - so let's get with it! Our <light> ‘n <traditional> breakfasts are ready for orderin' from the Menu Board ‘n of course the pastries are fully stocked in The Mentor Village Bakery case <compliments of Mama ‘n Papa Grundledink>!
Join us at our New Years Eve Party back in the pool room, spilling over into the Rat's Patoot Room if needed. Be on your best behavior though as Inspector Clueless of our local Constabulary along with his erstwhile sidekick, Mr. Doyle, Private Investigator, will once again be on "patrol." <uh oh>
REMINDER: Drinks are "on Jan Olov" ‘til the New Year! So, don't be bashful - order away! PLENTY of holiday "nog" <spiked of course!> so help yourselves!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative)
Saturday - Dec 29th:
Pete (pwolfe) at 1:06 PM: Was hoping our Bar Chandler would swing by before departing for KCity ‘n the New Year - didn't disappoint!
ALWAYS enjoy viewing the KCS F7A . . . we were very, very fortunate on our trips to view her all those times . . . not to mention the ENTIRE consist of the Southern Belle!
Liked the other fotos too! Duchess looks great! Diesel okay - Bathams Special Strong Ale! <awwwwwwwwright>
Safe trip back . . .
Lars (LoveDomes) at 2:15 PM: What's to say other than the Giants gave ‘em a run for their money, eh
Good evening folks , wow a unusual "two fer" from da bossman on a Sunday. Still it was good to see the insides of the ole Emporium theater ( the second best place in the mentor village ) The first must be the mud wrestling emporium seriously Tom good to see the movie lists again. We'll have to break out the coconut shells and watch the Holy grail together
here's a couple of Toms favourite posters slide throught thew mail slots to enjoy for the New years eve celebrations. Remember guys the drinks are on my tab for Monday night and Tuesday all day. Everyone have a safe and happy new year and remember use Vito's cousins cab service after the party <uh oh >
"Our" Place is CLOSED on SUNDAYs
<However, feel free to drop your comments thru the mail slots in either set of front doors! >
Continuing on with the flicks at our theatre . . .
Movies shown at the Mentor Village Emporium Theatre
Part II of II - 2007:
. . . Sunday, December 31st thru January 6th: Sink the Bismarck (1960) Starring: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith and Karel Stepanek - and - The Enemy Below (1957) Starring: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel and Russell Collins. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Mutts to You (1938).
. . . Sunday, January 7th thru 13th: The Cruel Sea (1953) Starring: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner - and - Away All Boats (1953) Starring: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes. SHORT: Flat Foot Stooges (1938).
. . . Tuesday, January 9th GRAND RE-OPENING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION evening ONLY: Von Ryans Express (1965) Starring: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni - and - The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) Starring: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone. LIVE STA
Here's something for those of you who've enjoyed the flicks at our theatre . . .
Part I of II - 2006:
. . . GRAND RE-OPENING - Monday, January 9th: DOUBLE FEATURE: Von Ryan's Express (1965) starring Frank Sinatra & Trevor Howard - and - The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) starring Jeffrey Hunter, Fess Parker & Slim Pickens. LIVE STAGE SHOW in between features!
. . . January 10th thru 14th: Silver Streak (1976) starring Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor.
. . . Sunday, January 15th DOUBLE FEATURE The Iron Horse (1924) SILENT MOVIE starring George O'Brien & Fred Kohler - and - The General (1927) SILENT MOVIE starring Buster Keaton.
. . . January 16th thru 21st: Disaster on the Coastliner (1979-TV) starring Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr & Robert Fuller.
. . . Sunday, January 22nd: DOUBLE FEATURE Danger Lights (1930) starring Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong & Jean Arthur. - and - Runaway Train (1985) starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts & Rebecca De Mor Nay.
. . . January 23rd thru 28th: Denver and Rio Grande (1952) starring Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden & Dean Jagger
. . . Sunday, January 29th: DOUBLE FEATURE Narrow Margin (1990) starring Gene Hackman & Anne Archer - and - North by Northwest (1959) starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint & James Mason.
. . . Monday, January 30th thru February 4th: Oh, Mr. Porter! (British - 1937) starring: Will Hay, Moore Marriott & Graham Moffitt - and - Shadow of a Doubt (1943) starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten & Macdonald Carey.
. . . Sunday, February 5th thru 11th: The Titfield Thunderbolt (British 1953) starring: Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson & Sidney James - and - Breakheart Pass (1975) starring Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson & Richard Crenna.
. . . Sunday, February 12th thru 18th: Bound for Glory (1976) starring: David Carradine, Ronny Cox & Melinda Dillon - and - Emperor of the North Pole (1973) starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine & Keith Carradine.
. . . Sunday, February 19th thru 25th: Fahrenheit 451 (1966) starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie & Cyril Cusack - and - Northwest Frontier (1959) starring: Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall & Herbert Lom.
. . . Sunday, February 26th thru March 4th: Fours a Crowd (1938) starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland & Rosalind Russell - and - Holiday Affair (1949) starring: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh & Wendell Corey.
. . . Sunday, March 5th thru 11th: North to Alaska (1960) starring: John Wayne, Stewart Granger & Capucine - and - Lost in Alaska (1952) starring: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello. Short: The Three Stooges - A Pain in the Pullman (1936). (Page 264 w/Pix)
. . . Sunday, March 12th thru 18th: Mystery Alaska (1999) starring: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria & Mary McCormack - and - Slap Shot (1977) starring: Paul Newman - Strother Martin & Michael Ontkean. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Beer and Pretzels (1933).
. . . Sunday, March 19th thru 25th: Midnight Run (1988) starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin & Yaphet Kotto - and - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde & Charlton Heston. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Hello Pop (1933).
. . . Sunday, March 26th thru April 1st:Major League (1989) starring Tom Beringer, Charlie Sheen & Corbin Bernson - and - Bull Durham (1988) starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Plane Nuts (1933).
. . . Sunday, April 2nd thru 8th: Eight Men Out (1988) starring: Jace Alexander, John Cusack & Gordon Clapp - and - Field of Dreams (1989) Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster & James Earl Jones. SHORT: The Three Stooges - The Big Idea (1934).
. . . Sunday, April 9th thru April 15th: The Harvey Girls (1946) starring: Judy Garland, John Hodiak & Ray Bolger -and- The Train (1964) starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield & Jeanne Moreau. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Woman Haters (1934).
. . . Sunday, April 16th thru 22nd: The Molly Macquires (1970) starring: Sean Connery, Richard Harris & Samantha Eggers - and - It Happened to Jane (1959) starring: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon & Ernie Kovacs. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Punch Drunks (1934).
. . . Sunday, April 23rd thru Apr 29th: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford & Kathy Ross -and- The Sting (1973) starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford & Robert Shaw. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Men In Black (1934).
. . . Sunday, April 30th thru May 6th: Cobb (1994) starring: Tommy Lee Jones & Robert Wuhl -and- Hoosiers (1986) starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey & Dennis Hopper. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Three Little Pigskins (1934).
Good evening again leon i think another Keith's is required
Eric-I hope you are refering to the mattress type life guard and not my wife Yes it is a people catcher designed to scoop them up and deposit them in the basket as oposed to dragging them under the trucks. Some neat pictures from you tonight as well. That's an interesting trainshed that the x2000 was sitting under.
Here's a few more museum shots that have been seen before,hope you enjoy them again.
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
A sugar cured ham sandwich would be perfect this cold Saturday night.
Kind of busy day with the Mrs. in Nebraska. That means I have to do everything myself. Chris – I am ready to hear your Kirkwood Hill memories any time! So you saw the X2000 at Union Station, St. Louis in 1993? I was there but I don’t think I would recognize you today. Maybe you are in this photo?
Union Station, St. Louis.The tunnel was fenced off when I took that picture, just managed to get a shot through the fence. Too bad they didn’t save any MT-73’s. Some very nice pictures! You can’t take those photos today! Maybe that GP50 still has the same paint scheme today? I wonder if they still use the mother/slug set at Jeff City? Rio Grande! Nice!Mike – Nice photos from Buffalo! Buffalo Central Terminal is visible in both! Below is a photo from 1993.
Buffalo Central Terminal 1993.
Tom – You are right, I think Chris is bound to take over my Nocturnal title pretty soon. Yeah, I like my retirement, kind of regret I promised to work part time the next 50 weeks. Thanks for those photos from Canada! Good looking dome cars! 2005, was that the last year they used those cars to Halifax? Two very good movies at the Emporium next week! I haven’t seen any of them earlier. If I had some more time I would scan some pics from OK Corrall of the shootings! It was kind of ugly. Pete – I have a photo of UP’s #8444 I took at the World’s Fair in New Orleans 1984. Not a good one though. The photo below shows just one detail of #8444 (today #844). SKF = Bearings from the old country.Ahh, I can see the Captain holding on to that old diesel! Nice photos from Missouri and England! The Duchess of Sutherland is a good looking locomotive!Lars – Lucky you, going to the Keys and the warm weather. We have had cold weather here in the desert now for three weeks! A Happy New Year to you and Yours!!Rob – Thanks for the round! And a Happy New Year to you and yours!!Thanks for those traction photos!! What is the device attached to the front of car #23? Is it supposed to work as a people catcher without harming them?
Kirkwood Station, MO.
Eric
Okay Leon another round of Keith's please. here's a few random photo's from the museum to round out the year.
enjoy
Good evening Leon , I see that everyone's buying rounds today nice to see that we are going easy on Jan's tab. Heck I'll put up a round of whatever makes you happy tonight. a keith's for me Leon thank-you.
Tom-Loved the re runs of your VIA pics from days gone by some real keepers theer sir I just saw a picture today of VIA 6400 the first of the rebuilds on the F40's respendant in the new look VIA paint job to match the "chunnel chuggers "and the GE locomotives [barf] prefer the old paint job but whantcanyadoAt least they are rebuilding all the F40's instead of buying more of the GE's.If I don't make it in on Monday hope you and yours have a wonderfull new year
Mike-Nice to see you again buddy , loved those NYC shots you put up in honour of Shanes birthday. Great name for the donut machine as well. Hope you and yours have a great new year as well.
Pete-Happy trails and happy new year we'll keep your stool warm for you. to bad to hear that your restaurant lost it's railway flavour Some great pics though.
Lars-Happy landings, hope everthing settles in for "youse guys in da sunny south" Have a great new years. Don't do anything I wouldn'tthat gives you a lot of lattitudeThanks for the round bye the bye as well.
Chris-Glad to make your aqauntaince again. I think you'll get along famously with our international band o brothers that are here. Some wonderfull hots and wonderfull chat from you. I look forward to seeing and reading more from you in the new year.
For everyone else have a happy new year see everyone back next week
Evening, Everybody! Tom, might I trouble you for the fried Mozzarella / Ravioli combo-basket, {with the ranch dipping sauce} and another Michelob Amber Bock please? I see Boris is sporting a nifty 'Nog "mustache;" but I won't go any further than a quiet chuckle. Good - you've got The Game on; what I'd like to know is why I've heard so little mention of the '72 Dolphins? If anyone here can help with this question, please feel free.
As promised, I'll wind up my first {and very pleasant} weekend here with some appropriate goodies {since this place is closed on Sunday, it'll give me plenty of time to get all the way through the pages here - I'll be fully "in the loop" come Monday}.One of the things I love most about railfanning are the happy coincidences that I've frequently had happen to me. My vignette with UP #844{4} is one such instance; and a wonderful afternoon spent at Kirkwood Station in June 1985 yielded the following pleasant surprises:
This is the first of an eventual six trains I saw during my 2-hour visit. The "Armour Hammer" had already begun to drop, as denoted by the fresh paint on the lead GP50. Even though I was already mourning the eventual loss of the Jenks'-blue, I actally grew to like the interim image on the 3510, preferring the squared-off "North Little Rock-style" lettering over the UP's standard font. In best MoP fashion, bringing up the rear of the consist is a mother/slug set, on it's way back to Jeff City, after some repairs at the Choteau shops downtown. Also in best MoP fashion, the lead GP50 was isolated, while the slug set was online and working; just as in the steam days, the MoP always worked new repairs {or builds} immediately, to make sure all was in order, a practice that obviosly survived into the post-merger era. {Note the missing screens on the spark bonnets on the MP-15; this isn't sloppy shop practice; rather it was a sign that the unit had just been equipped with internal {in-stack} arrestors.}The final two pics for tonight are real gems:
These pics are wonderful because of what they foretold; in 1985, the short-lived SPSF "marriage" was still being planned, and the Rio Grande was just SP's closest interchange partner. The train in question is actually a Cotton Belt trackage-rights manifest, one of six in each direction that ran daily {including the famous Blue Streak Merchandiser} at that time. This agreement was a condition of the 1982 UP-WP-MP merger, of course. I really didn't expect to see a caboose bringing up the rear {the rest of the MoP runs I saw including the one leading off here all had FRED's}, let alone the pretty little hack that rolled by me!!I caught the soon-to-be-gone eastbound Amtrak River Cities and three more westbounds before calling it a day; the only thing I missed that would have made this day truly perfect was a shot of the newly-inaugurated appearance of the daily MKT trackage-rights manifest {in those days, it usually was scheduled to leave St. Louis between 9 and 10 pm, passing through Kirkwood some 20-30 minutes later}. Classic Trains, indeed!! Would that I had a time machine...........Enjoy, my friends, and have a great Sunday! See y'all Monday............
ENCORE! Saturday ‘n Photo Posting Day!
at "Our" Place!
We are CLOSED on SUNDAYs
<But if you MUST 'say' something, feel free to drop your comments thru the mail slots in either set of front doors! >
Starting Sunday at the Mentor Village Emporium Theatre!
. . . December 30th to January 5th, 2008: Narrow Margin (1990) Starring: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J.T. Walsh & M. Emmet Walsh - and - Hour of the Gun (1967) Starring: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi & Charles Aidman. SHORT: The Three Stooges - The Yoke's On Me (1944).
<Note: Narrow Margin was shown at the Emporium for one day only on Jan 29th, 2006>
Narrow Margin (1990)
PLOT SUMMARY: A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. When they finally catch up with her, she is unwilling to testify to what she has seen, but the Mafia are on her trail. Accompanied by a deputy district attorney, the woman boards a train traveling through a remote part of Canada. The Mafia know him but they have never seen her.
A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. When they finally catch up with her, she is unwilling to testify to what she has seen, but the Mafia are on her trail. Accompanied by a deputy district attorney, the woman boards a train traveling through a remote part of Canada. The Mafia know him but they have never seen her.
<from: amazon.com>
<This film is filled with many, many moving train shots of VIA Rail's "Canadian" on the CP main line to Vancouver! >
Hour of the Gun (1967)
PLOT SUMMARY: Guns don't stay in their holsters long when vigilantes Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday meet outlaws in the Wild West. James Garner (Maverick) and OscarÂ(r) winner* Jason Robards (All the President's Men) saddle up as the legendary gunslingers in this riveting, fact-based story that is "the closest filmmakers have ever come to the truth of the OK Corral gunfight" (LA Herald-Examiner). With the dust barely settling at the OK Corral, the notorious Clanton brothers unleash their revenge. One by one, they gun down Wyatt Earp's brothersbut they won't have the last shot. Using his US Marshal's badge as his authority, and Doc Holliday (Robards) as his deputizedright-hand man, Earp begins a zealous pursuit of vengeance that the west will never forget.
Guns don't stay in their holsters long when vigilantes Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday meet outlaws in the Wild West. James Garner (Maverick) and OscarÂ(r) winner* Jason Robards (All the President's Men) saddle up as the legendary gunslingers in this riveting, fact-based story that is "the closest filmmakers have ever come to the truth of the OK Corral gunfight" (LA Herald-Examiner). With the dust barely settling at the OK Corral, the notorious Clanton brothers unleash their revenge. One by one, they gun down Wyatt Earp's brothersbut they won't have the last shot. Using his US Marshal's badge as his authority, and Doc Holliday (Robards) as his deputizedright-hand man, Earp begins a zealous pursuit of vengeance that the west will never forget.
SHORT: The Three Stooges - The Yoke's On Me (1944)
PLOT SUMMARY: The Stooges failed their military entrance exams and decide to help the country by becoming farmers. Word is received that three men have escaped from a Relocation camp. The escapees later hide on the Stooges' farm. With the help of an explosive ostrich egg, the escapees are defeated.
The Stooges failed their military entrance exams and decide to help the country by becoming farmers. Word is received that three men have escaped from a Relocation camp. The escapees later hide on the Stooges' farm. With the help of an explosive ostrich egg, the escapees are defeated.
<from: threestooges.net>
Enjoy the weekend!
Afternoon, Gents!I'll have A French-Dip, fries, and a Michelob Amber Bock please, Tom. Hope Boris didn't scratch his poor head too hard, trying to figure out just what I was doing last night. Had great fun with the last one, and I'm up to speed with all the R&R {Rules and Regs} now, so we should be good to go. I've updated my forum profile - I've linked my MySpace page as both my homepage and blog in my profile here, so that all who want to find out a bit more about me can do so. Note - you won't find much mention of RR's on my homepage; for some reason, I have yet to put any train material up there. Most of my online-rail acvtivity has been at the forums here the last year or so anyway - my posts pretty much speak for themselves. I'll get the e-mail details to you as soon as I'm done with this post, Neighbor, and yes, I can get quite carried away when I'm excited about "juicy" subject matter..........
Mike / wanswheel - Great to meet you, too! Love your contest entry; a man after my own heart. {Any Krispy Kremes left over from this morning, Tom?}Pete / pwolfe - thanks for the warm welcome, and it's great to meet anouther "transplant" so early on. I've done a bit of overseas "train-spotting" myself {yes, and took pictures}, so I'm just as fascinated with the trains across the pond, as you are with American trains. I'll do all I can to help broaden your knowledge ; a good place to start is in trying to answer the questions you asked about the MoP in Jeff City. The remnants you mentioned seeing in various places when the river's low are likely either traces of the origial right-of-way {the Sedalia Sub was single track until around 1924/5}, or are much more recent remains of flood damage {Jeff City has been hit hard in recent years, with the most famous one being the Great Flood of 1993}. I'm leaning towards the latter, although the MoP {and now UP} have done minor re-alignments in that area over the years. As for your pics my Friend, I'm in love with that gorgeous Dutchess - she definitely belongs on my "sexy steamer" list!!!That's about it for this one; I'll be back a bit later on wth some pics I took on a visit to Kirkwood Station in 1985 - until then, please feel free to peruse my forum postings here, All; they'll serve as my "encore" contributions for today.See you shortly - have a great weekend, All!
Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!!
Hey Bossman is behind the bar! Just like old times . . . I'll take a double belt of JD on the rocks if you please 'n slide the snack tray down my way wudja
Boris, I see the crittAHs have been fed - good man. Keep doing that while I'm gone 'n try to be more of a help than a hindrance to our Proprietor, ok
Ring the bell, Boris - these drinks are on me - last in 2007! CHEERS ALL!
All preparations are complete 'n we're ready for departure in the morning . . . just hope we have a smooth ride. The Mrs. gets very disturbed when things turn to "bumpy." <uh oh>
Thoughts in no particular ordAH - but thoughts nonetheless:
For Shane! Nice work with the sleeper info . . . could read that kinda stuff forevAH! Really enjoyed it. Have a 'n many, many MORE, mate! 5- to you on this 'n every day in 2008!
For BK! Not a day passes at the bar without a thought of my "bookend." Best to you wherever you may travel 'n know that you'll always be part of this cyber bar 'n grill! Happy 2008, mate!
Hi Tom and all.
A cup of your famous coffee and a bacon sarnie please CINDY
FERGIE Good to see you in the bar. It will be good to see photos of your latest model car additions to the MESS.
ROB Many thanks for the Classic Steam on the St Clair Branch Encore. An interesting read of a line that so nearly became a main through route if the bridge had been built.
Thanks for the wishes on the first.
CHRIS and great to have you aboard. Thanks for the info about you. I am fairly new to the US having come over from England so I am still learning about North American railroads and their locomotives. It will be really good to read about the line that runs through here.
At Jeff city by two pillars of the original brige across the Missouri they have created a small park with benches and a view of the railroad and the river. They have a boardthat shows a photo of thr roundhouse that was once there.
Many thanks for the photos In a local diner here the walls were covered with railroad photos and adverts including an old Mo Pac calendar. One of the photos was large framed one of #8444 which must have been taken the same day as yours of the loco coming into Jefferson City with the Worlds Fair Special sign on it. Sadly the diner has recently had some refurbishment and the railroad theme as been replaced by a cowboy one.
Perhaps you can help, on a recent Amtrak trip to Kirkwood I noticed, where the line runs alongside the Missouri it looks in places as though there is a trackbed running parallel to the tracks with remnants of bridges and it looks like a short tunnel. I wonder if the trackbed was moved at some time, it is only possible to see this in winter time when the trees have lost their leafs
ERIC I agree, as if us two would ever stir up anything with regards to Manager Lars and you know whom.
Yes 1892 was the last year of the broad gauge on the Great Western The Didcot Railway Centre has an original goods shed that had openings for the broad gauge and standard gauge tracks and are building a Broad Gauge line in the museum.
The KCS dome car is part of their vintage train I believe. The photo was taken on the day Tom and I went over to KC on Amtrak when the schedule allowed us a 4-hour stay. I believe the train was there as the KCS was showing new locomotives they had painted in a similar scheme to the old KCS vintage diesel.
Many thanks for the photos.
CM3.
LARS Hope you have a safe trip and enjoyable time at the Keys.
MIKE Great to see you in. What a great night photo of the steam locomotive.
Very good name for the DoNut machine.
TOM It is great that CM3 has provided you with the answer to the question you have long waited the answer for. The mine of information we have at Our Place really is amazing.
A couple of photos
UP diesel at Hermann MO
An LMS No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland at Carlisle, England
A Virgin class 57 at Rugby.
A toast to you all
We are off to KC for a couple of days, hopefully I shall be able to call in at the Bar, but just in case I cannot.
MAY I WISH ALL THE REGULARS AND THEIRS A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO THE ‘NEW' OUR PLACE.
Pete
This is ENCORE! Saturday - and - Photo Posting Day!
Remember: "Our" Place is CLOSED on Sundays.
Hmmmmm, guess I overspoke when mentioning it was gonna be a "good day." Appears as if everyone is elsewhere . . . Cindy, go ahead 'n secure for the day . . . Boris 'n I will take care of things. <grin> Yes Boris - feed the critters 'n the PPF is for you.
Okay - so it's a day set aside for ENCORE! presentations 'n fotos too. Here are some from my archives that have been presented before . . . enjoy!
Montreal's Central Station train board
The "Ocean" at Halifax, NS
Evangeline Park car at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Chateau Brule sleeping car at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Train #33 at Ottawa, Ontario
VIA Rail Station, Ottawa, Ontario
Later!
Happy Birthday to our long-time customer - CM3 Shane (coalminer3)!
<closes on Fri, 07 Jan 2008 at NOON (CST)>
Mike . . . Greasel Doughcomotive, built by EMD (eat more donuts) (29 Dec)
Friday - Dec 28th:
CM3 Shane (coalminer3) at 8:40 AM: Mate!
You really provided a wealth of fine info with that transcontinental passenger car sleeper service . . . In fact, I believe you may have uncovered <finally> some answers to questions I've had in my aging mind for decades ‘n decades.
Asked about it here - several times, with nary a response. Anyway, had to do with a train trip I took from Los Angeles to New York City via Chicago all by train back in 1947 or 48. I'm sure you recall some of the details . . . my father put me aboard a Santa Fe train in LA - alone - ‘n I was treated to one great experience all the way to NYCity . . .
I recall a bedroom compartment (roomette I believe) - at least one dome car - a lounge observation at the end ‘n of course a dining car. I was 9 or 10 at the time - so that was a long, long time ago . . . One thing though is that I didn't have the same bedroom all the way . . . that much I do recall.
There was a change of trains in Chicago - I do remember leaving one train and being taken to the other by train staff. Pretty hazy otherwise . . . the train home was the PRR, fer sure, fer sure.
Just never knew the names of either train (LA to Chicago or Chicago to NYCity). Guessed that it was "one of the Chiefs" ‘n the Broadway Ltd - but really never knew for sure. Your account kinda gives me some insight to make me believe that I was correct. In spite of the difference in years - I think your data is close enough to shed the light where needed . . .
Hi Tom and everyone, a round for the house
Name that machine contest: Greasel Doughcomotive, built by EMD (eat more donuts)
Welcome Mopac Chris, it is all good around here.
It can't be CM3's again already. Time to shuffle off to Buffalo
Mike
{One more boiler-explosion please, Leon my good man!! Gettin' enough exercise tonight, eh?}Okay, I've monopolized enough for now, so I'll revert to customary practice around here, and consolidate my reply appropriately - you whom I'm about to mention, please don't feel I've slighted you by not keeping the 1-on-1 direct approach going for the rest of my session tonight. We'll get to that once we're all better acquainted, and I'm comfortable driving the PM's here.
Pete/pwolfe - glad to be here, and glad you liked my debut - I think there just might be a bit more from where it came from, originally.........
Rob/trolleyboy - thank you too, and yes indeed there will be a LOT more coming. Might be wise to bump the old bar-tab credit limit here UP a notch or three............... BTW - you do good work here too, from what I've seen so far in the Archives.
And now, my final dazzle for the evenig/morning - the rest of the story I came with here tonight {what the hell - one more boiler-explosion please, Leon? A double, if you would?}:There was a VERY good reason for me to be out and about with my brother on March 10, 1984, despite the weather conditions - I just COULDN'T miss the sight of a working 4-8-4, charging Kirkwood Hill once again now, could I?
Well, obviously I didn't!! Seeing the then-#8444 on my old stomping grounds {and on my Dad's b-day, no less} was a real one-of-a-kind "life experience" I'll NEVER forget, and will forever be truly grateful for. Crappy photo-quality aside, for me it doesn't get any better than this, my New Fine Friends!!!!
'Nite, All!!!! GREAT time, tonight!!More shortly........................{Happily whistling, having already left my generous tip as is my usual custom........... 'Nite Leon, 'Nite Boris. Be careful getting home, once you're done here, OK?}
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