Good morning Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, my friend, I think this is the right time for a Sugar Cured Ham Sandwich. On rye! No, no, I don't want any tomato slices.
A pretty busy Monday here! Just 213 days until the 3rd Annual Rendezvous!
Tom – If that Swedish car is sitting on a siding you should hook it up to some HEP to keep the battery charged and keep it warm now when the winter is coming! A lot of people believe that the Peace Prize is awarded after discussions between Oslo and Stockholm, but that is not the case. No big deal though. I have studied the Al-Can Highway for a long time. Every few years I buy this annual book, Milepost (I think that is the name of it) where one can find all the info needed to travel the Al-Can.Lars – Snakes were swept! Not a chance with that kind of baseball. Interesting pictures of an interesting train, the TurboTrain. Certainly not beautiful, but different from several points of view. Looks kind of like a submarine on land.CM3 – You are right, the Rockies didn’t make any mistakes. Swept Snakes without any problems. D’Backs tried to catch up in the 8th inning but it didn’t work. Ron – Nowadays the length of the tractor is not included when the total length of a tractor- trailer is decided. Unless some states have their own rules. I don’t remember when this was changed. UP has one Centennial left, #6936, of the 47 that were built. It is mostly used for special trains but once in a while it can be seen in a freight train. The locomotives in the northern part of Sweden usually have just regular flangers for the snow. But they also have espcially equipped locomotives with snowplows in case there is a blizzard or something.
For deep snow!About the Class D loco. Do you have the right size for the wheels? Axle 1 and 5 diameter is 980 mm. The drivers, Ø1,530 mm. JanOlov – Pictures of some older equipment. They are all retired by now. The first one, Kamelen (the Camel), was built in Germany 1966-67. The rest were all built in Sweden. Fergie – Interesting breed of pig you have up there! What altitude do they reach when flying?Pete – 2,800 steam locos? Wow! The whole island may sink with all that weight! Your guess about how SJ Class Yo1 was used is correct! When I was a kid/teenager one could still see them in service. Allan – I think you are right about the viaduct! Looks very much like the one in the poster! Thanks for the info and link!
Eric
Hi Tom and all,
Tui`s all round for the crew please Leon!
Tom. That answer to the age query is 61! Funny you mentioned Kuala Lumpur in your trip out to Malaya, we were stationed 40mls south of KL at Seremban no less! This was during the Malaysian/Indonesian Confrontation in the early 60`s, so we have been fairly close during our travels around the globe. Enjoyed all your posts and the Denali Star pics and the other posts and pics, and the flicks choice was top notch, had the same problem as you had getting onto the site over the weekend.
Pete. What a great win for England in the semi final, they are really fuming over here about it, and it`s becoming very puerile in the comments going around. At least Dad`s Army got a hellva lot further than the AB`s! Those NCB lines were very busy with a lot of saddle tank loco`s hauling the coal to the staithes on the river Tyne, they seemed to be going 24/7 in those day`s. Enjoyed all your posts and thank Alan for all his pics for me.
Eric. That bridge pic in the poster Tom posted on the East Coast main line looks like the one at Durham city, county seat of County Durham, my wife`s home county, you will find a photo of it here;
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/69665
Hope you are able to find some venison sausages over there, I do`nt get that guilty feeling when my specialist asks me about how my diets going!
Per. We just had another quake down south this morning 6.7 with an after shock of 6.2, we did`nt feel it up here in Hawkes Bay but it was felt in the lower North Island. Wish the N gauge Mountain came with sound as well, my mate has a Broadway SP cab foreward and it sounds fantastic, he has got the doppler effect off pat now and it sounds just like the real thing!
Lars. Nice pics of the Turbo Train mate, and I am keeping an eye on your`s and Tom`s pics on the other site too, see CM3 was on there as well just lately. How are the Mets doing? Is it safe to mention them again yet?
Ron. We do`nt have that driving on the wrong side problem over here at all, we drive R hand drive like the UK and Japan, at the moment we have a Nissan Sunny [Sentra] and it`s a very reliable and economical car, does around 42mls to the gallon [UK] when converted from litres per 100km, easy on the budget!
Jan. Enjoyed all your posts mate, great LV steamer`s and nice series of photos`of Swedish railways, those railcars look very like the one`s they used to run in southern Ireland. I must congratulate you on how bright the place looks now after all your elbow grease!
CM3. Enjoying all the info on your posts.
Fergie. Still wondering if you have been involved with the charting of the North West passage at all, we had a news item here showing one of your CG ships working up there?
See ya, Allan
HI Tom and all.
Well RUTH the Oktoberfest went well Saturday and it is good TOM was able to call in Sunday. Free beer for me for a week, so a Bathams please. What is that list like a toilet roll,OH NO it's the till roll from Saturday, where I bought the drinks all night. Oh Well looks like weeks of chandelling to pay for it.
ERIC Thanks for the kind words on the photos.
That is a very good question as to how many steam locos are working in the UK at the present, I think it must be in the high hundreds. I did find a web site in which the operator has found out about 2,800 steam locos in the UK, at present, but it did not say how many were capable of being steamed. I guess this includes narrow gauge as well.
Thanks for the info on Nohab. I don't know if there is a company in Britain that builds locomotives anymore, I think that multiple units are still built there, perhaps DL can help.
I hope one of the regulars can help with the ditch light question on those Canadian diesels.
Many thanks for the details and the link to the Grand Canyon Railroad.
PER From the UK, I do not know a lot about earthquakes, except we are lucky not to get them in the UK. What did they do to that tunnel to make it useable again after the walls had shifted like that.
The Science Museum also has the first Great Western Castle class locomotive No 4073 Caerphilly Castle and what is left of Stephenson's Rocket.
1973-1974 would be a good time at Maidenhead. It was a couple of years before the 125 High Speed Trains took over most of the GW passenger services. The main passenger trains would have been in the hands of the Western class diesel hydraulics, although the class 50 diesel electrics would have started working on the Western Region after their transfer from the West Coast Main Line with the electrification extension to Glasgow.
Also there was probably of few of the Hymeks still working around Maidenhead at that time.
I have found a link to the Westerns. I though they were very stylish looking diesels
http://www.jboon.fsnet.co.uk/westerns/cl52work.html
Although I don't know a lot about aircraft, I must admit I got a lump in my throat when I watched a live broadcast of the last 3 Concordes in service landing at Heathrow.
I have some more photos of the Sierra Railway. We enjoyed our visit there very much.
Have you got anymore info on the museum in Dallas, is it any where near the Amtrak station.
Many thanks for the Grand Canyon Depot photos; they have some good locomotives.
JAN The bar is still looking great after your Saturday tidy -up, even the track gang took their boots off to keep it clean. Glad you enjoyed the photos.
I have a couple of links, one about Peat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat
And this one on a peat railway in Ireland.
http://www.narrow-gauge.co.uk/gallery/345
O.V.S. Bullied designed a steam locomotive that burnt peat as fuel.
Many thanks for those great photos of the very different types of SJ Units. I suppose the Yo1s were used on rural branch lines.
LARS I guess I was lucky I was still logged on Saturday as I did not know anything about it until I got the e-mails. I was able to get on the puter a bit more as it was a wet day here which stopped the outside chores, but only temporarily.
Many thanks for the Turbo-Train photos.
CM3 Glad you liked the photos. The Great Western could make even their freight locomotives look good. The look of their locomotives hardly changed since Churchwards days in the early 1900s.
I too would love to see BORIS"S version of " Paddy on the Railway"
RON Many thanks for the details on the Algonquin Frigates.
Glad you enjoyed the photos. Nearly all the photos I posted quite a while back at the bar I accidentally erased from my Photobucket album so they no longer appear in my posts.
I still have not got a scanner yet altho
Good Afternoon All And Tom... I says yous was asleep as, according to the crowd, it took two bucket to stir ya!!!
Well she's blowing 30kts out of the WNW and it's cold and definitely a Fall kinda day.
On that note I'll take a Big Mugg'a Java! It's Pizza night onboard so I'm taking it easy.
marthastrainyard wrote: Fergie (Fergmiester), I don't know what pigs you have in Canada, but to catch one in the morning and eat the ham in the afternoon; now come on!
Fergie (Fergmiester), I don't know what pigs you have in Canada, but to catch one in the morning and eat the ham in the afternoon; now come on!
Sure it's true. We have a breed of Pig up here that has been specially cultivated for our hostile environment. It's a much smaller sub-species that was developed during the Second World War by Agriculture Canada. It was a cross breed between the Standard North American Swine and the Flying Squirrel, which by the way is indigenous to Nova Scotia. It was hoped the experiment would cut down on the amount of wastage after a big meal, war rationing being what it was. Well the experiment never came to be, They were released into the woods. Don't really get too many sightings when they're on the ground. Let's just say you'll only catch one "When Pigs Fly"!
Siberiamo wrote:Fergie (Fergmiester) at 5:52 AM: The sailorman returneth! Great seeing you again ‘n figured that the comms blackout had something to do with the positioning of your vessel ‘n satellite comms. "Back in the day," we had no such things! I'm from the era of the telegrapher - where the radio shack was really radio! Anyway, good to have you aboard again!Good to see you eating "light" this fine day! <grin>What, huh, who poked me I wasn't sleeping - just resting my eyes!! <oooooooooh>All the talk about conditions at sea makes me wanna sign on . . . Hope the mission goes well ‘n you'll find your way to safe harbor (harbour) on schedule!
Fergie (Fergmiester) at 5:52 AM: The sailorman returneth! Great seeing you again ‘n figured that the comms blackout had something to do with the positioning of your vessel ‘n satellite comms. "Back in the day," we had no such things! I'm from the era of the telegrapher - where the radio shack was really radio! Anyway, good to have you aboard again!
Good to see you eating "light" this fine day! <grin>
What, huh, who poked me I wasn't sleeping - just resting my eyes!! <oooooooooh>
All the talk about conditions at sea makes me wanna sign on . . .
Hope the mission goes well ‘n you'll find your way to safe harbor (harbour) on schedule!
EatingLight?!? Not likely Last night it was Steak, Lobster and Shrimp and tonight Pizza... Man it's rough!
lovesdomes wrote: My Mrs. "discovered" that I was "idle," ‘n quickly found things for me to occupy myself! <groan> Hey Fergie! Any room on that ship of yours for a retired engineer <puleeeeze>
My Mrs. "discovered" that I was "idle," ‘n quickly found things for me to occupy myself! <groan> Hey Fergie! Any room on that ship of yours for a retired engineer <puleeeeze>
Between you and Cap'n Tom I'd make a killing in the cruise boat biz...
Coalminer3 wrote:Fergie - You got a good pick with the KC-CIN game. Guardian is a good movie. My son saw it and made me get the DVD. Let me guess, you do laps on the quarterdeck as certain famous persons did...
Fergie - You got a good pick with the KC-CIN game. Guardian is a good movie. My son saw it and made me get the DVD. Let me guess, you do laps on the quarterdeck as certain famous persons did...
The only laps I do, is around the dinner plate! Lapping up all the gravy and such! Actually a good hard workout in the morning on the treadmill starts my day for about 450 calories worth.
As far as projects not too much this month as I'm not really in the right frame of mood. I'm hoping I'll be back at it this winter and get some serious work done on the layout!
Well that' it for me!
Later All
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
coalminer3, I really look forward to your commentary mate !
DD1, I'm in no way an expert on this, but I think that the counterweight on the second pair of drivers is larger because the mainrod is attached to those...
Which makes you wonder how they counterbalance Boxpok and Scullin drivers....
Greetings Tom and fellow passengers on the Limited....
Extra cold Guinness and a top up with cigars for the lads please.....$$$$ for yourself...
Tom, stunning Alaska pics as always mate .....I'm eagerly awaiting what will follow up....
EricX2000, nice pic of the OKB car ! Was just wondering since I can't remember seing any facilities in of locomotives that I've been up in. Any idea how it was/is on the locomotives across the pond?
Da Larsman, that is some great pics of the Turbo Train . Reminds me of the train that SJ had, "Kamelen" or whatever it was called.
SJ Y-3.
SJ Y-3 cab
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SJ Yo1 in Gavle.
SJ Y-8 in Gavle.
Interior of a Y-7.
SJ X-9 in Herrljunga.
Interior of a X-9.
SJ X8 in Trollhattan.
Photographer: Christian and Markus Stellerup
Credit: jarnvag.net
Sorry for the amount of pics but 1 goes with the other and makes it two which ic one was it???
Hopes that everybody's buying it.....
Good day Tom and all bar attendees. If it is too early, then pastries and strong coffee. If you want(need) something stronger, by all means have it on me. The usual for me.
Eric: Thanks for the picture of the Dm3. That must be a breathtaking sight. Swedish engineering at it's best. The cabover was developed to shorten the tractor and therefore allow for longer trailers to be hauled (greater payload). My son was looking for a long snout Pete, but didn't realize at the time, the cabover was what he really needed. There is so much need for dump trucks and short supply down in Ms. We are still cleaning up and building after Katrina. One friend of his is making 20 grand a week hauling dirt and gravel. You may not consider yourself an expert, but you have driven those engines and I haven't even seen one in person, so as far as I'm concerned, you are the expert with more knowledge than any of us have. By operational, do you mean the UP Centennial is still in service? Nice pictures at the Arctic Circle. Does the snow require special snowplows or can the flangers on the engines handle it? Thanks for the class D pictures. I didn't know if I would see any interior shots and machinery layout, but I'm happy with them.
Tom: I have always had many activities involving the use of my hands. Over the years, my interests have always been woodworking, metalworking, model trains, cooking, photography, music and armchair railroading. Very little time was available for other pursuits like sports. As I get older, I find that all my interests keep me busy. There's never a dull moment. I've known too many people lacking craft skills to sustain them in their twilight years and have died shortly after retirement or have gone back to work. I wish I had a bit more money to spend on my hobbies.
Jan: Nice looking Di-3. The coldest weather I've worked in was when I worked at Mil Davie shipyard in Quebec in January and February. The temp was below zero most days and nights. It was so cold, snow didn't melt on the roads to turn to ice. You could drive 70mph on the snow pack and still keep control. Appreciate the LV pictures, especially the one of the F6 4-4-2 # 2476. Those spoked drivers are beautiful. Can you explain why the counterweight on the 2nd driver from the front on LV 4-8-4 T2 #5209 is larger than the rest? Quite a dialogue on the wreck of the ol 97. I'm impressed.
Lars: Nice pictures of the steamers. By "diesels leave me cold", I mean the motion of the steamer's rods and gear combined with all it's sounds contribute to an experience not seen by any other mode of transportation. Some rod driven electrics also fill the bill. Diesels just don't have the sensory stimulation. I get choked up when I watch a video of steam locomotives in action. Diesels don't do that for me. I like the colors for the NYNH&H turbotrain the best.
Pete: Great pictures of the Sierra Railway and the British big four, also the encore pictures. I haven't seen them before. The Algonquin frigates were built at the Mil Davie shipyard in Lauzon, Quebec. It was the second ship to carry the Algonquin name. The first served admirably during the 2nd world war and was scrapped shortly after the war ended. The latest Algonquin was built in 1981, converted to an anti-submarine destroyer and is home ported in BC.
Allan: Yes, my son is very happy with his "Pete". While he's going big, I'm going small. I'm looking at some Japanese "micro" trucks here. They are all 4wd, "wrong" side steering, ½ ton capacity and cost anywhere from $2300 to $5000. It would be the perfect vehicle for me to get around on my 8 acres for maintenance purposes. The ground can sometimes get pretty muddy and a full size pickup can bog down easily.
Fergie: Sorry about the Canadian navy/Coast Guard connection. I thought you were a private contractor, but of course the Coast Guard is a private entity not associated with the government. I was asking about Thanksgiving because here in the lower 48, it is more important than Christmas, at least to me. It means family get-to-gathers, lots of food and drink. We like it because it's much less commercial than Christmas.
Per: Nice round of pictures for photo day. The KMI web site didn't list prices, so I must assume it's far out of reach for most. Thanks for the info on the "lollipops". I was going to leave them off as I didn't know what they were for. My 8 acres is mostly planted with trees. Only about 3 acres is available for a railroad. I hope I have enough time to do all that I want to do.
Tom: Nice pictures from Alaska. That picture of Wasilla and all the rocks lying about reminds me of my day in California. Here in South Ms, there are NO rocks, only sand. Many years ago, Ms was under water. When the land emerged, only silt, mud and sand was left. You can imagine how much rock products cost here. They have to be trucked in from other states.
To all: I have started construction on the wood version of the class D engine. I've built up the roof from 11 pieces of Radiata pine and cut out the sides. Most of the parts will be made from various hardwoods and some metal as well. I'm glad I have a CAD program on my computer. It saves me a tremendous amount of time and wasted material. I have detailed each part. It's just a matter of building it from the plan. Half the work is done. I'm taking pictures as I go for documentation purposes. Who knows, someone else may want to build one. For me, the most difficult part of this project is making the spoked wheels. Castings are out of the question due to cost. They are about $40 apiece and I need 6 big ones and 4 smaller ones. I may end up with wood wheels ( hard maple), since it will be in my museum.
G'day Gents!
Here's something from "my other Thread" that was Posted this AM by CM3 Shane . . .
it is in reference to that yellow VIA Rail TurboTrain foto provided in the Larsman Mobile offering of this day . . . .
Good Morning: Fine artwork and a vintage turbo shot. I could never get used to the yellow nose, however. Turbo was an interesting ride as I did it more than a few times when it ran between Boston and NY. Best seat was in the bubble on the head end. I tried to sit on the "fireman's" side as you could see all of the instruments, etc. the engineer used. It was also good for watching signals, etc. Incidentally, the nose was actually clamshell doors that could be opened. Fiberglass, IIRC.work safe
Good Morning: Fine artwork and a vintage turbo shot. I could never get used to the yellow nose, however. Turbo was an interesting ride as I did it more than a few times when it ran between Boston and NY. Best seat was in the bubble on the head end. I tried to sit on the "fireman's" side as you could see all of the instruments, etc. the engineer used. It was also good for watching signals, etc. Incidentally, the nose was actually clamshell doors that could be opened. Fiberglass, IIRC.
work safe
See whatchamissing by not checking out "my other Thread"!?!? Of course the idea is to ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS . . .
Later!
Tom
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.
Let's start by spotlighting the sports in the sportlight spotlight. College football is upside down after this weekend; especially UK and LSU game. I did not last until the end of the Red Sox game on Saturday night as I had things to do yesterday morning. Then we have the Patriots continuing - the game with Indianapolis later on is shaping up to be a "gunfight." Giants as Lars has alerted us, play tonight. So we will surf back and forth between them and the Olde Towne Team. Rams and Bungles is dead, IMHO, along with a few other clubs as well.
Pete stopped by with all kinds of comments and pictures. I especially enjoyed the shot of the GW 2-8-0.
Allan visited as well.
Eric - It's hard to stop a tem when they are "on a mission" as the Rockies are right now. The only thing is that they can come back to earth just as quick. They never should have played in that weather last night. If the Red Sox survive and go on to play Colorado, the only question I have is how far will Ortiz hit one out there? Thanks for the winter pictures. New England Models did plastic kits for roads in that part of the country. This was back before manufacturers did stuff for Maine Central, CV, etc. I model in "N," but did buy some of their items for display.
Fergie - Cabot Strait next! Enjoyed your description of the thunderstorm - remember that sort of things well off the Maine coast. You got a good pick with the KC-CIN game. See my comments above. I watched some of it and it was nowhere as close as the score suggested. Guardian is a good movie. My son saw it and made me get the DVD. Let me guess, you do laps on the quarterdeck as certain famous persons did...
Jan - Thanks for the LV pictures - I'll provide commentary later as my LV stuff is somewhere in the east wing. Thoroughly enjoyed your post with "Hey, Porter" and the "Wreck of the Old '97." Can't wait to see Boris do his stuff to "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" and one of his favorites, "Paddy on the Railway." He has an excellent washboard solo on that one.
Lars is here, with Turbo shots, too. The one marked "new Haven" is at South Station in Boston, beck before the rebuilding project, electrification and everything else that changed it beyond recognition. Look sharp and you'll see some NYC commuter cars on the far side of the building which is where the B&A trains operated from. Oh, and look at the picture at Wilmington with the GG1 in the background! Something for everybody
Last OSP has sent along some Alaska pictures. Also some excellent graphic arts material and historical items as well. Good movies, too. Hornblower series is always a good choice. Second Hand Lions, for those who have not seen it, is a hoot. Then we have the Stooges.
Work safe
Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!
Ruth my deAH, a most strange weekend - I think a double jolt in the morning coffee will do me fine!
Appears that things ‘round here have been going on quite well in absence of the Proprietor ‘n Manager! That's really most heartening in that with so few "watching the store," the one's we do have certainly rose to the occasion! In particular Pete - Eric ‘n Jan! Nice going fellas! 5 Salute to you three!
Boris, you don't look any worse for wear <no, no - I'm not talking about your ‘designer' overalls!> I see that our Bar Chandler provided you with your PPF on Saturday - after you fed the crittAHs, of course!
Regarding the forums ‘n stuff, well I think Cap'n Tom pretty much described it all. For me, I did NOT use any "system tools" or the like to clean my disk. Nope. Just logged off the forums, like I always do, and couldn't get back on. Don't have a clue why or what happened. One strange thing with my situation, is at first I could view the sites, but then I couldn't even get the bar to "load" at all. Crazy. When I tried this Monday morning - no problem-O! <???????>
I see Da Bossman caught up on Sunday with his Saturday "stuff"! Good movies at the Emporium ‘n some excellent pix from Alaska! <double wow>
For Per: Nope, don't have very many railroad books, but do have boxes of magazines. However, the books are just a "thing" I do to provide some interesting "stuff" for the guyz at the bar. Glad you are enjoying ‘em!
I don't even wanna get involved with this Norway - Sweden "stuff" regarding the Nobel Prize! No one in my lineage evAH came close to that subject ‘n I suspect no one evAH will! We're just your "garden variety squareheads," work hard - play hard ‘n so forth. No egg heads amongst the lot. <grin>
I will say this, being a 2nd generation American I'm pretty much removed from the nonsense of European nationalistic this ‘n that. Ya know, the kind of stuff wars were fought ovAH - ‘n still could be! Nope. I'm not at all interested. I can't control where my "genes" came from - but I'm as American as they come in mind, thought ‘n soul!
My relatives who came to this country all did their level best to ensure that they ‘n theirs quickly "joined" the new society. No "press one for English" with any of them, I assure you!
A control tower for a model railroad!?!? That must be SOMETHING ELSE! Luv to see the aerial view . . .
For Jan: Really don't know much about mid-western passenger roads. Undoubtedly with the hub in Chicago, there indeed was all kinds of competitiveness going on for the passenger's dollars! No doubt <no doot aboot it, for those in Canada!!>
On the pro-sports front:
Jets looked terrible - Jints are "on" tonight! GO JINTS! Rangers didn't look good in their last game . . .
Don't know what to say about Eric's Repitles other than a quote from one of our less distinguished leaders, "I feel your pain!" Rockies are hot, Reptiles are not. Saw in the paper that the Rockies were one strike away from not getting the wild card. Happened during the Padres-Brewers final game of the year. Went into extra innings with only one more strike needed for the Padres to win the wild card slot. Didn't happen - Brewers won the game, forcing that one game playoff between the Rockies ‘n Padres to see who would get the wild card . . . the rest is history.
Ok - subject ‘round here is Classic Trains - so let's get to ‘em. Here's what I wudda provided youse guyz over the weekend - HOWEVER - I'll trim ‘em down in number - in order to ensure that I don't get a <tweeting>!!
Time again for the Larsman Mobile!
TurboTrain Amtrak "The End" (1976) (from: www.trainweb.com)
TurboTrain VIA Rail/CN (from: www.trainweb.com)
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A smile to begin the week!
The Mayor's wife commented on how "cool I looked and I replied: "You don't look so hot yourself."
<A Yogi-ism!>
Guten Morgen allerseits!
Wie ist jeder? Es is OKTOBERFEST! Partei wollen wir!
Monday has reared it's head to begin the work week <for many>. So, make the most of your start to the day by enjoying a hot mugga coffee, pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery ‘n a <light> or <traditional> breakfast too!
Comments from the Proprietor:
OKTOBERFEST at "Our" Place every October Saturday at noon!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative)
Sunday - Oct 14th:
Eric (EricX2000) at 11:26 PM: Snakes lost! Snakes lost! Snakes lost! Who wuddathunkit, eh BUT, there still is a chance . . . . as Yogi once was quoted as saying, "It ain't over ‘til it's over!"
Nice looking passenger cars from the old country! By the by, don't know if I've told ya this, but the car you gave me at the Rendezvous is sitting on a siding in the Can-Am Union Station complex. Yeah, decided to put her in there for a foto event - which hasn't happened <yet>! Looks kinda out of place - BUT - interesting fer sure, fer sure! One day she'll wind up in one of the wall mounted Lucite display cases . . .
Apologies to you ‘n your fellow countrymen regarding the Nobel Prize comments . . . blame it on ignorance <mine> and the media who reported it as being awarded by Sweden. Shudda known better, since it's always been awarded in Oslo for as long as I can recall . . . HOWEVER, I was under the impression that there is <was> a collaborative effort by both countries to come up with the winners. Oh well, live ‘n learn, eh Mea culpa, Mate! <grin>
We immediately ruled out cruise ships for our Alaska trip for two reasons: (1) I've had all the "sea duty" I'll ever need - and - (2) My bride has no interest in ships - zip, zero, zilch! So we flew to Anchorage ‘n the rest has been documented in fotos! It's a great place to visit - so much to it - highly recommend it.
The Al-Can Highway is another story. Be sure to do lots of research regarding it BEFORE making plans to drive up. It's hardly a piece of cake to drive . . .
We have 8 Horatio Hornblower episodes that were put out by A&E . . . great stories 'n well done on DVD with many special features.
Appreciate the Sunday nite visit ‘n good stuff you provided regarding this ‘n that . . . especially the "train stuff" from Sweden!
Reminder: Ruth has the bar from 9 AM until Leon the Night Man comes in at 5 PM ‘til closing.
Thursday is Fish ‘ Chips Nite!
Friday is Pizza ‘n Beer Nite! - and - Steak ‘n Fries Nite!
Saturday is Steak ‘n All The Trimmings Nite!
Dinner begins at 5 PM so come early ‘n often!
Cindy is our Saturday bartender!
Boris, serve ‘em all of the "spiked" OJ they can handle!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Hmm, here it is! Just drop it through the slot. The Oktoberfest is going on at full blast in the tent, I can hear.
The Snakes lost again tonight! It is pathetic. I wonder how they managed to win their division?
Per – The first moose hit by the X2000 did not have a chance, even though the speed was very moderate, 60-70 mph. It was a cow and she ended up in the ditch along the track with her feet straight up. The damage to the train was minor, the plastic cover over the coupler got a crack. I’ll keep my eyes open next spring to see if I can make it to the Fullerton Railroad Days. It sounds like a one day trip to visit the events. Thanks for explaining the reason why the SP steamer couldn’t make a stop at Wylie! Dm3 was never used for passenger service. The train in the picture was a special during the 150th Railroad Anniversary in Sweden last year. The picture was taken in Gävle. The car on the next track is an OKB (Ostkustbanan) car from the 30’s. See picture below.
A snowdrift across the track? Just keep going, don’t slow down. Same thing if there are no drifts but a lot of deep snow. Count on reduced initial braking power during the next brake application though. The “lollipops” on older Swedish locomotives are so called front-end signs, indicating the front end of the locomotive. They were removed 1973, replaced by letter A for the front end and letter B for the rear end. Very nice pictures from Williams, AZ! Steam locomotive #18 is a SC-4 class, 2-8-0, locomotive built by ALCO 1910. #18 (and #20, 29) served on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad in northern Michigan until 1960. Locomotive #6776 is an ALCO FPA-4, built in 1959. This particular locomotive served the Canadian National Railway. It began its service for Grand Canyon Railway in 2000.The dome car, The Kokopelli, was built for the Empire Builder and was put into service for Great Northen Railway May 29 1955. Amtrak took over the car in 1971. The car was leased to Alaska Railroad in the mid 80’s. Under new ownership of the Great Northern Dome Co. it was rebuilt in 1998. Grand Canyon Railway is leasing the car from the Great Northen Dome Co. since May, 2000. This info can be found on this link:http://www.thetrain.com/learnmore/fleet/Tom – Good to see you back at the Bar! I guess you were lucky enough to bring the keys so you could make it inside this Sunday. Or did you go to the tent in the back and borrowed Boris’ tools? Don’t worry about missed Anniversaries! There is a new one coming up in less than a month! No, honestly, the Norwegians are solely responsible for who is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I am just happy if the Budd cars in Canada will stay in service. Maybe I will get a chance to travel in them before it is too late? Another Hornblower movie? Wow, how many are there? Secondhand Lions is new to me. Never heard of it, but the plot looks pretty good. The same about Dizzy Detectives.I guess you and I are wired in a similar way (except when it comes to snow), I am in the same situation, never seen a “Back to the Future” movie. I’ve seen a few trailers, but that is it. More Alaska pictures!! Very nice pictures of very beautiful landscape! I wonder what those trailers are waiting for? I hope they are well insulated. Alaska is like a huge magnet on me. But I want to drive the Alaskan Highway up there and then take the train to Denali. No cruise ship for me. Thanks for the pictures!JanOlov – I have never seen any toilets in any locmotive in the old country. I know there were some vague plans to do something, but nothing ever happened.
"Our" Place is CLOSED on SUNDAYs!
Continuing on with the weekend series of fotos from my 2006 Alaska RR Adventure, here's ten more!
(1) Train Depot at Talkeetna, Alaska from southbound Denali Star
(2) Southbound Denali Star at Talkeetna, Alaska
(3) Where the Iditerod dog sled race officially begins!
(4) Wasilla - Home of the Iditerod
(5) En route Anchorage from southbound Denali Star
(6) Trailers in wilderness from southbound Denali Star
(7) En route Anchorage from southbound Denali Star
(8) En route Anchorage from southbound Denali Star
(9) En route Anchorage from southbound Denali Star
(10) En route Anchorage from southbound Denali Star
<last 8 cars were Cruise Ship UltraDomes>
Enjoy!
That's it for this fine day! See y'all Monday morning - good Lord willing ‘n the creek don't rise! <grin>
Continuing on with "catch up" . . .
Saturday - Oct 13th:
Eric (EricX2000) at 10:40 AM: THANX for the ALERT! Appears the bar was in good hands with Cindy at the Helm! <yeah, Buddy!!>
Pete (pwolfe) at 11:12 AM & 1:11 PM: Appreciate the Monthly Anniversary greetings - HOWEVER - that was Friday, Mate! <ooooooooooooh> Celebratory round ACCEPTED ‘n APPRECIATED! <grin> <ka-ching> <ka-ching>
I MUST be wired differently, for I've not see ONE, nary ONE of the "Back to the Future" movies! Hmmmmmm, guess I'll have to check ‘em out! I went for YEARS without seeing even one flick - and I mean YEARS. When at sea, I rarely watched ‘em, although there was one every night. Used the time either to sleep between being on watch - or getting a leg up on my correspondence courses needed for the next promotion, etc. Priorities, priorities, eh
The Guardian was featured at The Emporium Theatre during the week of July 29th - Aug 4th, 2007! So how come you missed it Hmmmmmmm. Thought you ‘n the bride had reserved seats in the balcony for ALL of our presentations! Hmmmmmmmm.
Nice spate of fotos from your Mate - Allan!
Run off with Cindy, you say!?!? She's mine, mine, mine . . . don't need to run anywhere! Unless of course you are referring to the "chase" - ahhhhhhh, yes - the chase! That's where guys my age chase the young things, catch ‘em then forget why they were chasing ‘em in the first place!! <grin>
Transylvanian Bathing Beauties of 1920s and 30s Perhaps a ‘good one' for The Emporium Theatre as a Short Subject! Transylvania had bathing beauties Of course, says Boris - of course!! <grin>
Thanx for the ENCORE! of the Rock Island Golden State ad . . . . Nice to see that at least one customer still follows the Saturday ENCORE! theme . . .
Hope you didn't try that "key" to the Penthouse Suite that you think Boris has . . . a turn of that key could get you in serious trouble. All tied to the Mentor Village Early Warning System installed last year when the thugs from The Second Class Saloon were attacking us with their catapult systems, etc. One turn of that key could've begun a conflagration . . . <yikes>
Visits, chat, Pix ‘n rounds MOST appreciated!
Jan (JanOlov) at 1:35 PM & 4:13 PM: Lehigh Valley steamers AND a most clever "arrangement" of verse ‘n doings at the bar!
Much appreciation for helping to keep things moving along on a Saturday at the Tavern by the Tracks!
Place is lookin' mighty "spiffy" - best be careful, otherwise the crew will begin to think lace doilies are next up! <yikes>
Rounds ‘n stuff always appreciated!
Pete (pwolfe) at 5:12 PM: Love the fotos! Brought back some memories of our recent visit to ExpoRail - Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant (Québec) <sorry - it ain't Delson!!!!>
Had you shown that Iowa, Chicago & Eastern diesel before Nice shot!
Much appreciation for putting forth such an effort on this Saturday!
Eric (EricX2000) at 11:30 PM: That's a GREAT idea for Jan - "Permanent (unpaid) job as cleaning crew," you gotta love it! Can surely tell when someone has aspirations to please management ‘round here! <grin>
Class D photos are fine to view when enlarged. Nicely done!
Perhaps today the Snakes will begin their come back! <yeah>
Many thanx for the support this weekend!
Per (marthastrainyard) at 11:
For Jan:
Don't know what it is - but you just don't seem to be on the same calendar as the rest of us! <grin>
"Our" Place is CLOSED on Sundays!
Very strange about the Email situation - for you've been responding to the one's that I've sent you via the Forums - or at least it surely appears that you have. I've sent two - and I've received two responses - BUT - I've been unable to open 'em.
I've provided my Email address to you back when you signed on for the B'day Watch List 'n again just the other day.
Anyway - thanx for stopping by on SUNDAY!! <grin> If you're reading what's been Posted in between your visits, you'll note that I'm "catching up" . . .
Greetings Tom and whoever is present....
Around with cigars for everybody!!! $$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer...
pwolfe, great pics posted mate ! One wee question thoygh....what on earth is a peat bog railway???
Looking forward to more interesting pics....
EricX2000, anything below 0 celcius is cool......
One thing that I've always wondered, didn't SJ ever install toilets for the engineers on their locomotives? Great pics as usual mate !
marthastrainyard, tell me about it. Every winter before lake Storsjon freezes it's unbearable, I hate that moisty cold. As soon as it has frozen it's a different kinda cold....
Remember all those lovley outings in the military? Winter manouvers in tents were always SOOO popular......not!
Awesome pics mate !
Tom, I'm very sorry mate. I haven't recieved any emails from you. I have checked in SPAM box as well, because I've noticed that sometimes when they notify me about a new message in the forum, I don't know about it until I look here....
That's because they've ended up in my SPAM for some odd reason, never done that before.....very weird indeed.
Have a round on me.....
. . . October 14th thru 20th: Horatio Hornblower - The Duchess and the Devil (1999) Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay (II), Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford & Ronald Pickup - and - Secondhand Lions (2003) Starring: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick & Nicky Katt. SHORT: The Three Stooges - Dizzy Detectives (2003).
Horatio Hornblower - The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
PLOT SUMMARY:
Acting Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower captures the French vessel, Le Reve, and is asked by Captain Pellew to sail her back to England so that she can be outfitted for the English navy, and also, as a favor, to convey the unusual Duchess of Wharfedale back home. . He is also assigned to take top secret papers back with him. The papers are hidden in the duchess' undergarments for protection. Unfortunately, Le Reve, Hornblower, the duchess and the crew are captured by the Spanish and imprisoned. There, Horatio finds mid-shipman Kennedy, wasted and hopeless from months in solitary. Against the odds, Horatio must find a way to escape with Kennedy, against mid-shipmen Hunter's protests, and with the growing suspicion that the duchess may not be who she appears.
<from: imdb.com>
NOTE: For the next few weeks at The Emporium Theatre one feature will be a Horatio Hornblower classic!
Secondhand Lions (2003)
13 year old Walter has had a hard life, with his no good floozy of a mother getting together with many equally despicable men. Before going on yet another husband-hunting trip, she drops him off at the house of his great-uncles Hub and Garth. They disappeared for quite a while in their youth, and are rumored to have acquired a great fortune, which Walter's mother hopes to get her hands on if he can ingratiate himself enough to the two cantankerous men. Though reluctant to put up with him at first, Hub and Garth grow to accept Walter, and even tell him fantastic stories of what they were up to while they went missing. When his mother returns, Walter must take charge of his own life, and decide what he's going to do with it.
SHORT: The Three Stooges - Dizzy Detectives (1943)
A mysterious Ape Man is committing burglaries, and Mr. Dill, the head of the Citizens League, is demanding action. Rookie cops Moe, Larry and Curly rush to the scene of the latest burglary, Gypsom Good Antiques, where they discover that the "Ape Man" is a real gorilla, and that Mr. Dill is behind the robberies.
<from: threestooges.net>
Enjoy the weekend! Tom
Here's the morning SATURDAY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS that were all set to be Posted 'til I discovered I couldn't log on . . . <grimace>
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Well, our Manager predicted it and it came to pass. Not one customer recognized that Friday was our monthly anniversary day. Nary a one . . . . sure illustrates how times, customer ‘n customs have changed. <sad>
Friday - 12 Oct 2007:
Jan (JanOlov) at 7:43 AM: That 3627 has a <sad> face! <grin> However, always appreciate viewing the diesels from ‘round the world - Sweden in particular!
Morning pick-us-up appreciated along with cigars <cough> <choke> ‘n cash for Herr Wurlitzer's Coal Scuttle.
Lars (LoveDomes) at 9:26 AM: So is that a 6-pack or 3-pack of two which is less than six but more than three?!?!?! Hmmmmmm. This new math is a pain in the Patoot! <grin> But at any rate, some fine combos of covers ‘n steamers!
Looks like the Gremlins attacked your Post with just a bit of misplacing of a word here ‘n there - go figger, eh Not enough of a problem to fool with an edit, but kinda messed with my mind <or what's left of it!!>
Appreciate the inclusive Post, Larsman Mobile visit ‘n round!
CM3 Shane (coalminer3) at 10 AM: All kinds of "insider stuff" from our WVA Connection. Always good to gin up the dialogue from the conversations going on at the bar. Helps a lot when READING takes place! <yay team!!>
Surely was competition between the NYC ‘n PRR for the St. Louis market "back in the day"!! Quite a rivalry which has always made me wonder how the "merger" was ever expected to work out!!! It didn't ‘n away they both went for keeps.
Appreciate the continuing support over on "my other Thread"!!
As always, quarters ‘n round means a lot! <ka ching> <ka ching>
Dan (DL-UK) at 11:47 AM: Don't know whether to begin referring to you as Brief Dan, Dan in Brief, but surely NOT Dan in Briefs! <grin>
Figured you'd appreciate the VIA Rail press release - encouraging news is ALWAYS appreciated, eh Youbetcha!
Jan (JanOlov) at 2:44 PM: Back for a second "go" - hopefully this one won't get "edited"!!! <groan> <grin> <grimace> Try THAT out - difficult on the facial muscles!
Another THANX for your generosity extended to our bar ‘n crew . . .
Pete (pwolfe) at 4:06 PM: Figured that reworked Brit RR Poster from "back in the day" would capture your attention! There are some fine railroad art posters "out there" ‘n much of it originated with the advertising agencies - at least that's my guess. Glad you enjoyed it all!
The good news regarding the allocation of money for the support of VIA Rail is just that.
While I haven't seen anything lately, the business with the Renaissance cars and the handicapped accessibility judgment is yet another matter, not tied to what was released. No doubt the "other shoe" has yet to have been dropped on the latter.
Surely don't see how the cars can be made any larger on the inside to accommodate the mandate of the court. Too bad those responsible for the acquisition of those abominations couldn't somehow be forced to come up with the funding and engineering "know how" to satisfy the requirements.
Thanx for the fotos from your Jamestown (Railtown 1897) outing . . . never knew there was such a place! My favorite shot is the one of the right-of-way from the rear of the train . . . <sweet>
I know this about steam loco #28 2-8-0
Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, PA in 1922 for the Sierra. Considered one of the most well proportioned locomotives in America today. New driver tires installed and driver boxes machined in the mid-1980's. Retubed in 1993. Drivers turned and driver boxes and side rods machined in 1997. Locomotive weighs 71 tons and operates with a steam pressure of 185 pounds.
Let's see if there's sufficient interest amongst the crew to find the answer to your quiz question!
Nice inclusive Post! Thanx for the visit ‘n round!!
Allan (Gunneral) at 9:22 PM: Pleased to know that I've got at least one guy watching out for the gang aside from Moi! Next up on the B'day Watch List is CM3 Shane on 29 Dec!
A quiz qu
Finally made it back to the Forums ‘n it appears that two things caused the problem:
(1) I purged all cookies from my hard drive during my weekly 'puter maintenance when using the "disc cleanup" feature on my operating system - and -
(2) Kalmbach did not provide any advanced notice of their scheduled maintenance.
Here's the message I kept receiving when trying to log-on
Login and Registration for the Customer Service Center is currently downWe are conducting a scheduled maintenance on our systems:From: Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 12:00AM CDTTo: Monday, October 15, 2007 at 8:00AM CDTBecause of our scheduled maintenance, we are offering you a FREE Preview Weekend on your favorite web site. Visit us to receive temporary access to our subscriber-only benefits!For our current registered members who have a site cookie stored in the web browser - you can continue to access the community features including the forum. Otherwise you will be unable to participate in the forum until Monday, October 15.We apologize for any inconvenience
We are conducting a scheduled maintenance on our systems:
From: Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 12:00AM CDTTo: Monday, October 15, 2007 at 8:00AM CDT
Because of our scheduled maintenance, we are offering you a FREE Preview Weekend on your favorite web site. Visit us to receive temporary access to our subscriber-only benefits!
For our current registered members who have a site cookie stored in the web browser - you can continue to access the community features including the forum. Otherwise you will be unable to participate in the forum until Monday, October 15.
We apologize for any inconvenience
Soooooooooooo, here I am AND it's Sunday!! Don't even want to know what's going on with the 'puter weenies at Kalmbach!!
Fortunately I was able to read the happenings at the bar and am most pleased to see that Pete 'n Eric kept things going, with help from Jan 'n Per! Kudos, Gents - Kudos! Free drinks for the week for you four!!
I'll be baaaaaaaaaaack with some catch-up acknowledgments, the movies for The Emporium Theatre and MORE!!
HAPPY MONTHIVERSARY
What happened in here?!? Jan, you didn’t? You did! Well it looks great!
Good Evening everybody present, and Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Hacker-Pschorr tonight, please. No songs tonight, I’m afraid.
Tom, Ah, you rode the TRE and the RDC. I still haven’t done that. I really need to take a day off and go to Fort Worth on the RDC, but with my luck it won’t operate that day. I’ve used the DART a couple of times, it’s really convenient when you want to avoid parking problems, like going to the State Fair, or some such. If it hadn’t been for carrying my tool box, I probably would have tried it to the train club as well. It’s only a block away from the stop at Cedars, and I have a cross-town drive to the terminus in Plano, can’t be much better than that.
Glad you liked the MR pictures. There are more on the club’s web site:
Great NYC painting. I actually saw one of those engines at a museum in Connecticut many years ago. Still a great paint scheme.
Don’t be so quick and blame the Swedes for the Peace Prize. That’s the Norwegians! It’s a story that goes back a long time to when the Nobel Foundation started the price. Sweden and Norway were in a union back then (which, byt the way, the Norwegians hated!) and the foundation must have thought that Norway had to give out at least one of the prices, so they got the peace prize. But I see Eric already beat me to it with that information.
VIA Rail is getting funds! That’s good news! When is Amtrak going to be as lucky?
Fantastic posters from UK!
Eric, Yes, no wonder you had clean windows on the X-2000 during your Amtrak demo! It would have looked pretty bad if they had let you run around in a dirty train, wouldn’t it. But I must say we had pretty decent windows on our cross-country trip last spring.
So you have the questionable record of having the first moose-hit in an X-2000? I hope everybody were OK. I can see where that enforced front comes in handy.
There is a “thing” called Fullerton Railroad Days every year during a weekend in May. I think it is the first weekend, but I’m not sure. There are a number of MR clubs with their portable layouts, a few real life exhibits; normally BNSF or UP with a diesel and/or some cars. One year Amtrak had a car, but most of the times they have a bus. The private cars that are parked at the station are open for viewing, and there are a few other goodies as well. One year they had a small piece of track with a live steamer and a couple of cars that went back and for the to the great enjoyment of all little kids that managed to get a ride! If you are in the area, it could be worth a visit, but I doubt it’s worth traveling a long distance to see.
The SP steamer had to pass Wylie, the track at the platform was pretty soon going to be occupied by the daily local to Dallas Union Station, and since “my” train had just freight it had to pass.
I didn’t know the Dm3 was used in passenger traffic. Was this a regular use, or just when nothing else was available? I take for granted it was on the Kiruna - Narvik line this happened. What kind of car is on the next track over? Is that a Norwegian?
When you see a snow drift like that in your picture, what do you do? Is it just the “pedal to the metal” and hope for the best, or do you take it easy and hope you can make it through in slow speed?
Jan Olov, I found out from a book summary that the SP steamer I just bought was built by SP. So there is another road to add to your list of those that built their own steamers.
Nice picture of the SP PA engines! But isn’t that an E6B in the middle?
Great streamliner pictures, all of them. It must have been a really great sight to see one of those trains roaring across the countryside. There are still some “executive” trains with E9’s, I know UP has one and some roads back east, so I will put my hope to seeing one of those.
Thanks for the picture of the Di3. I finally saw a couple of those in Sweden! It seems that some of them have found their way back to their “home country” although SJ never used them. It must be some of the new regional roads that are using them.
My temperature experience beats yours by a few degrees. It was 42 below (Celsius) when I did my military service up north (Harnosand – sorry no Swedish characters on this keyboard). I was working in the harbor so that made it feel even cooler (or should I say colder?). It was an experience, let’s leave it at that!
Lars (Lovedomes), I had never heard about the Leif Eriksson day here in the US. Thanks for that trivia knowledge. It can’t be a very widely celebrated holiday, can it? But that’s OK. At least we bar patrons know now.
I’ll try to climb up in the control tower and take as much of an aerial view as I can get next time I bring the camera to the club. Yes, we do have a control tower; it’s built over the helix and is a two-story building inside the layout room. You know Texas, everything is big.
Interesting to see that W&LE has articulated engines! Great picture. I have to ask: Do you have all these books that are available in the Larsman Mobile??? If so, you must have quite some library!
CM3, Thanks for the correction on the Maine box cars. Now when I read what you wrote, the image of those cars is really clear. And I also thought I had seen them from more than one road, now I know. Ain’t the bar a fantastic place for learning? Oh, yes it is. Never heard of New England Models, but that doesn’t surprise me. The more I look into the Ambroid car
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, I would say it is time for a big, juicy Filet Mignon, with mushrooms and all the other side orders! An ice cold Keuth's would be great, thank you! Ooops, hello Cindy, didn't see you. From Pete? Oh he is buying. Thank you!
Kind of slow Saturday here for different reasons. Plenty of things to do anyway.
Fergie – I understand that you are in very good shape running around that much on your ship! But I bet it is a very interesting job. Did you bring any models to work on this time?JanOlov – The thing is, you are not older than what you feel like and since I was 27 I have felt the same way all the time. My definition for cold weather is simple: Everything below 75° F (24° C, rounded) is cold.All that ice and snow in and on the truck was one reason we run those winter tests with the X2000. To see if it still would work.
A bunch of good looking LV locomotives! Those were the days!
I am sure you will get a permanent (unpaid) job as cleaning crew at the Bar by the siding after today! Wow, it is shiny clean and nice in here!Pete – Nohab was quite successful with their switch from steam to diesel. But they are not building any more locomotives today. I am not sure what year they stopped building them but I think it was in the mid 80’s. The company is still in business but is not building any locomotives any more.Nice pictures!! (Thank you, Alan!) Four very British locomotives and one very German! Do you have any idea of how many steam locomotives that are still operational in the U.K.?A Rock Island ad promoting a trip to the Sunshine Land!! Welcome!! You better hurry up to beat all the snowbirds! Looking at the pictures of the diesel locomotives I am kind of surprised to find ditch lights on those two Canadian diesels! Maybe not so much on the VIA loco but on the ALCO! When did they start using ditch lights in Canada?
Let me add a few Class D pictures for Ron.
The left side of the cab with the control stand.
The right side of the cab.
And a diagram showing what is where inside the locomotive.
Hi Tom and all.
Drinks on me for the rest of the night please CINDY. ENGLAND 14-FRANCE 9 in the Semi-Final of the Rugby Union World Cup. A quick rendition of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from the Burst the Wurst Band please.(How NICK would love this).
JAN Great to see you in the bar.What a great job you have done in getting the bar all spick and span,the track gang won't reconise the old place.. Enjoyed the song as well..
Yes the Great Western locomotives had style about them.
Many thanks for those great Lehigh Valley Railroad steam locomotive photos. From a 4-4-2 to a 2-10-2. I think those 4-8-4s are great looking engines, their tenders seem to be just right in proportion to the locomotive
I have some encore photos, they are diesel locomotives from both side of the 'pond'.
A narrow gauge loco used on a peat bog railway in Ireland.
A British Railways class 45 or 'Peak' Diesel Electric 1Co-Co1 at Loughbourgh on the preserved Great Central Railway.
Two locomotives at the Exporail Museum in Delson Quebec.
A Iowa Chicago & Eastern diesel at Jefferson City MO.
Well LEON I' ll just check up on the Oktoberfest tent but H&H and the girls will have things well under control. .
Pete.
Sorry had to dash before....
pwolfe, Great pics as always mate! Can't help but think about those Castle and Kings that GWR had looking at that 3802 from that railroad....legends!
Well, since it seems that I'm the only one here, I'll do some heavy duty cleaning in here.... Let's see, all the brass fittings etc. and restrooms are squeeky clean....pour some smell good stuff in the sinks and puts new ones in the toilets.
Hmmm.....aaahh, walks away to get the ladder..the lighting looks a bit dusty to me. Begins to dust and clean the ceiling fixtures....cough...cough...scorn and derision..what the....? A $100 bill??? What on earth is it doing up here?? Better have a word with Tom about it....there you go, not many left now....just two.
Riiiight....better give all the tables and the bar a good polish while I'm at it....rattle in the closet....where is that wood polishing moan and isery...aaahh got it! Now some rags and we're back in business....mmmhmhhmmm.....pommpommtadada....
Hey porter! Hey porter!Would you tell me the time?..........
Why you little....I ain't gonna let you win over me.....this bar is gonna shine like a mirror when I'm done! Rubs harder....
How much longer will it be till we crossthat Mason Dixon Line?At daylight would ya tell that engineerto slow it down?
I'll be damn! you're certainly a tough one, aren't you?.......
Or better still, just stop the train,Cause I wanna look around.
There.....finally! Now you can use it to shave....
Over to the taps and bottles....those needs swapped I see....refills the half empty bottles to make full ones and put new ones up...
Now for the table and chairs....
Hey porter! Hey porter!What time did ya say?How much longer will it be till I cansee the light of day?.......
Oh dear! What have we here then? A broken leg on one of the chairs, eh? Better go and get some glue to fix it...
When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineerto ring his bell?And ask everybody that ain't asleepto stand right up and yell....
There we are .....puts a note on the chair....
That's all the chairs, tables, bar and other wood fittings polished, mirror cleaned, brass etc. polished, restrooms has new air fresheners.....pheeew!
That leaves me the floor to do...better go and check the cellar to see if any kegs need to be re-arranged....
Hey porter! Hey porter!It's getting light outside.This old train is puffin' smoke,and I have to strain my eyes.......
Let's see.....keys....aaah, BINGO! There they are!
Heads for the cellar.....
But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please.Cause I smell frost on cotton leavesand I feel that Southern breeze.
Hmmm....full, full, half, full, empty, empty, half, empty, full, empty.....
Change the empty kegs and re-arrnage them for better space....filles the paper in on the wall to make it up to date....better leave a note on the bar that we need to order...
MIght just as well sweep down here....
Hey porter! Hey porter!Please get my bags for me.I need nobody to tell me nowthat we're in Tennessee.......
Look at that, a new brush! Great! This will be done in no time at all.....change those bulb while I'm down here too....
Go tell that engineer to make thatlonesome whistle scream,We're not so far from home so take it easy on the steam.
PHEEEEW! Done and dusted! That leaves just the floor to be done....walks back up again..
Hey porter! Hey porter!Please open up the door.When they stop the train I'm gonna get off firstCause I can't wait no more.......
Rattles in the closet......bucket and mop....let's get down and dirty....
Tell that engineer I said thanks alot,and I didn't mind the fare.I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soiland breathe that Southern air.
Puts chairs on the tables and begin to sweep the floor....
Well they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia,Said: "Steve, you're way behind time,"This is not 38, this is Ol' 97,"Put her into Spencer on time....."
Well, mopping now then before polishing.....
Greetings Tom and all present....
May I have the usual extra cold Guinness, top up with cigars for the lads please? And something for yourself.....$$$$
$$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer....
Some steamers for photo dump day.....
LV 4-4-2 F-6 No 2476.
Photographer: Bud Laws
LV 4-6-0 J-56 or 57 No 1805 at Sayre NY.
Photographer: Howard Davis
LV 4-6-2 K-6b No 2090.
LV 4-6-2 K-6b No 2098 at Allentown, Pa.
LV 2-10-2 R-1 No 4056 at Delano Pa.
Photographer: WM. S. Cuba
LV 4-8-2 S-2 No 5004 at Geneva NY.
Photographer: Gary Stoebben
LV 4-8-4 T-1 No 5107 at Manchester NY.
Photographer: Gary Stoebben.
LV 4-8-4 T-2 No 5209.
Photographer: W.A. Ranke
LV 4-8-4 T-2b No 5219 at Manchester NY.
Photographer: Harold Vollrath
LV 4-8-4 T-3 No 5128 at Allentown Pa.
Photographer: Unknown
Credit: Northeastrailfan
Well CINDY a guess a quiet day today with the logging in problems
I see ERIC was able to call at the bar and the T storm as passed here for now although it is a steady rain at the minute which is much needed here..
ENCORE I have found a post of TOM's from page 194 of the old OUR PLACE
Here's something to enjoy regarding the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) from a 1949 advertisement in my personal collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now! Beat the Winter Crowds to SUNSHINE LAND! . . . . . . . . . . The Golden State . . . . . . . . . . Direct - CHICAGO to LOS ANGELES Serving El Paso, Douglas, Tucson, Phoenix and Palm Springs A perfect travel combination for your winter holiday - luxurious Golden State streamliner via the low-altitude Golden State Route! Here's smooth Diesel Speed; finest of private room and sectional Pullman accommodations; latest type reclining-seat Chair Cars. Coffee-Shop-Lounge, Dining Car, Lounge Car. Through Sleeping Cars from New York and St. Louis. Extra fare - and worth it! . . . . . THE IMPERIAL . . . Chair Cars . . . . . and Pullmans to San Diego - Los Angeles. . . . . . Tourist Sleepers to Los Angeles. Dining and . . . . . Lounge Cars. No extra fare. . . . . . . . . . . ROCK ISLAND LINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Road of Planned Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enjoy! Tom
I hope normal service is resumed soon,BORIS and the mascots are looking through the film liberary. NO BORIS I don't think Transylvanian Bathing Beuties of 1920s and 30s(B&W) is at all suitable for family viewing.
It looks like I have got to do some honey-dos for the bride, I will try to call back later.
Hi Tom and all
30TH MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PLACE.
A round to celebrate please CINDY.
ALLAN I might have known the poor old English would get the blame for the AB loss to the French. I think I am going to have a problem seeing today's game here
Yes the Tyneside area is rich in history. I guess when you was in Wallsend the Killingworth area was very busy with coal traffic on the railway. It must have been very interesting with the NCB industrial railway lines in the area all steam hauled, I suppose.
When there was everyday steam on BR I think the great number of industrial steam locomotives were often overlooked, luckily there were photographers who visited the locations and luckily a lot of industrial locomotives were preserved. A lot of the preserved lines, which have grown to a large operation, started with an industrial tank engines over about 2 to 4 miles of track.
Thanks for the link to the Deltics. I though that link I found on the Deltic's engine development very interesting as well, I had not realized the German Boats inspired it.
ERIC Thanks for the details for Han's photo of the Dm3. It would be great to see some more photos of the Sweden 150th anniversary of railways celebration. I bet it was a great occasion. In the DVD I got recently it as got a short clip from the Stockton & Darlington 150 at Shildon, where there was a cavalcade of locomotives. It brought back wonderful memories.
I guess Nohab was successful when they converted from Steam to Diesel. Some manufacturers were never quite successful when the made the change over.
Jan got the answer to the #28 quiz, although it has appeared in another couple of fairly recent films. It was strange we had watched Back to the Future III just before we left for California.
Many thanks for the photos of the X2000 in the very wintry conditions.
I had the same thought as you on the viaduct in the poster Tom posted. I think it could be ether the one at Berwick over the Tweed or the one at Welwyn, about 20 miles north of London; this is still a bottleneck on the East Coast Main Line today. It will be interesting to see what DL thinks on the location.
FERGIE I must admire your constitution ordering that breakfast at such an early hour.
I have not seen the Guardian, but I would very much like to.
It seems as though the weather as taken a turn for the worse with those winds and the thunderstorms, being a landlubber I guess it must be alarming to be in a thunderstorm at sea, with the ship being the highest thing for miles around. Keep Safe.
Glad to see the engineers are to get an award it is well deserved from what you have told us.
Where were the Algonquin Frigates constructed, do you know.
JAN Congratulations on answering the quiz question. # 28 has appeared in a few films and documentaries. I have a photo of one of the props used I will post it later.
Thanks for the kind words on my photos.
Many thanks for the great photos of the Di3s. I noticed in the earlier photo of one in color they had grills fitted to those large windows, no doubt for safety reasons.
For the Saturday Photo Day I have some British Big four locos
A Great Western 2-8-0 No 3802. C.B. Collett 1938 devopment of the 1902 G.W. Churchward frieght loco at the Llangollen Railway in Wales.
An ex London Brighton & South Coast, later Southern Railway, No 32473. A 1897 L.B Billington 0-6-2Tank design. At the Bluebell Railway.
A LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No 45110, one of Sir William Staniers class of 842. This loco took part in the last BR steam specialon August 11th 1968.Pictured at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway.
One of Sir Nigel Gresley,s famous LNER A4 Pacifics. No 60007 named after her designer at Goathland on the North Yorks Moors Railway.
Finally an old German locomotive.
Photos by Alan.
IMPORTANT NOTE. TOM has run off with CINDY so wont be in the bar today SERIOUSLY I have had an E-Mail from TOM and the site is down for maintenance from this morning.I was already logged on so I am able to post this. I guess LARS is having the same problem.
So BORIS with just me here I had better give the Mascots their treats, and yes the small PPF jar for you, providing you have the key to the
Good morning all present!
And a special good morning to you Cindy! I'll have cup of coffee, a Cheese Danish and a large OJ, please.
Just stopped by to tell that Tom is not able to log on to the forum today, so he will not be in until Monday. As soon as I am done with my breakfast I have to take off but will be back later today.
Greetings Tom and gentlemen.....
A cup of strong black Java for me please, and whetever the lads wants this morning. Here's something for yourself....$$$$
$$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer.....
pwolfe, they were built by the company NoHab for Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Hungary... Rumours has it that they were based on GM's F locomotives.
Credit: NoHab-Hu.
Great pics as always mate !
Quiz Question: Back to the Future III?
Gunneral, thanks for the link mate. I had a wee snoop around the BR diesels, and they certainly have an disinctive look, don't they?
EricX2000, we're lucky that we don't have to flash our ID's more often, with our young looking skin and all that..... Me and natives here on the islands aren't on the same page, when it comes to when it's cold and not cold....
Those trucks reminds me when I worked for SJ in the shops in Ostersund and when we had to repair or change the blocks for breaking etc during the winter months, we had to leave the cars overnight for the ice to melt, you don't want that ice cold water down your back....
Great pics as usual mate !
Oh well......back to polishing the brass and clean the toilets.....
Have a nice weekend everybody.
See you around the corner....
Good Afternoon Tom and Sundry
Speaking of Octoberfest! I'll have some Jagger Schnitzel, Spattzel and a heaping supply of German Fried Potatoes (chopped potatoes, bacon chunks, onions and chives fried to perfection in bacon grease ) with a dollup of sour cream. and if there's any room I'll take that piece of Apple Strudel that Peter's drooling over!
Still of off the Continental shelf in the middle of the Thunder Storm at present but doing well as the shafts are holding out and we are making progress. After this Cabot Strait.
siberianmo wrote: I'm not sure WHO your comment about Canada's celebration of Thanksgiving was directed to. However, I'll take a stab at giving you an answer: No - they do not celebrate it quite the way we do. It is far less commercialized in the places I've visited ‘n people we know who are Canadians. Turkey may or may not be the main dish. Traditions vary based on the origin(s) of the families in Canada. For example, those who arrived there from the colonies in rebellion against England, most probably have more similarities with the U.S. version of the holiday than not. Those from other lands, nope.
I'm not sure WHO your comment about Canada's celebration of Thanksgiving was directed to. However, I'll take a stab at giving you an answer: No - they do not celebrate it quite the way we do. It is far less commercialized in the places I've visited ‘n people we know who are Canadians. Turkey may or may not be the main dish. Traditions vary based on the origin(s) of the families in Canada. For example, those who arrived there from the colonies in rebellion against England, most probably have more similarities with the U.S. version of the holiday than not. Those from other lands, nope.
Thanksgiving is more of a family affair as it resembles a big Sunday Afternoon meal where we all gorge ourselves on three helpings of Turkey or ham or whatever we catch that morning then sit down on the couch undo the top button, belch a bit, swear we'll never eat as much ever again, belch a second and third time, make room for desert... Nothing like our American couterparts. BTW I picked Chiefs over Bengals in my suicide NFL pool this week, did I do good?
DD1 wrote: Fergie: I take it you do work for the Canadian navy. Correct? Have you heard of the Algonquin class frigates? I did much work on them when I was working at Mil Davie across from Quebec city in Levie. I was there as a consultant back in 1989.
Fergie: I take it you do work for the Canadian navy. Correct? Have you heard of the Algonquin class frigates? I did much work on them when I was working at Mil Davie across from Quebec city in Levie. I was there as a consultant back in 1989.
Fighting words my son, fighting words! Ever see the Guardian with Kevin Costner in the Navy Bar? Think of me as Mr. Kostner! Actually saw the movie for the first time last night and all I can say is excellent!!! My hat's off to those guys. Our equivalent is the Rescue Techs in the AirForce who fly Hercs and Comorants.
As for the Algonquins, they are still around and able, though they lost the double wing stacks for a more modern water cooled square box to keep the heat register down.
Terrible, simply terrible for everyone on the field during that invasion. Heard the bugs are called "Canadian Soldiers"!! How about that, Fergie!?!?!? <grin>Fergie, Going off the Continental Shelf with that newly repaired shaft, eh? You must have confidence in those repair crews. I wish you good luck and safe returns.
Terrible, simply terrible for everyone on the field during that invasion. Heard the bugs are called "Canadian Soldiers"!! How about that, Fergie!?!?!? <grin>
Fergie, Going off the Continental Shelf with that newly repaired shaft, eh? You must have confidence in those repair crews. I wish you good luck and safe returns.
That's why I picked a life at sea!
As for our engineers I'm in the process of recommending them for an award as their diligence and performance has kept the "Old" gal operational and safe
Well boys this was to go out yesterday but I missed the 17hr deadline. I now look up at the clock and guess what? it's 17h 05m and I'll have to wait till tomorrow so when you see this it will be a day or two old Where does he time go?
Good Morning All, What no Tom?!? (Tom must be still in the bunk as there is no sign of him yet... quick some one get me a bucket of water )
I'll have a X-tra large Coffee with a couple of Currywurst sausages and a couple of poached on toast please and thanks.
Anyway we are now off of Sable working our way to the East. Interesting evening as after I wrote the above we had a line squall go through where the winds picked up to 50 kts and the Barometer dropped 60 mbrs in under an hour then came up 20-30 mbr within a half hour. had a few close lightning strikes. After it had passed we were treated to an evening of mother natures fireworks as the lightning lit up the sky in the far off distance for hours.
Anyway I must run again... Betcha never thought anyone could run so much on a ship did ya!
Someone wake up Tom please he doesn't look to comfy sitting in the corner over there
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