Greetings Tom and fellow track walkers....
Could I please have some of your blackest Java please? Give the lads a top up with cigars too if you don't mind....thanks. Here's something for yourself $$$....
Puts some $$$$ in the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer.
A short post before I return to myMilwaukee Road weekend with my two latest books to read. My apologies.
Da Larsman, nice selection of pics mate! I try my best to sleep mate, but for some odd reason wake up after 3 or so hours everyday....
That eye opener (cheers btw) didn't just open my eyes, it had a good spring cleaning of my throat as well....clean as whistle now. Have a dram on me pal....
Tom, nice posts with Bangor & Aroostook and C&NW . Well, you've convinced me, sign me up for the Darts as well, hoping for beginners luck here. Hoping to see more of your excellent Alaska pics mate.....where are they?
pwolfe, I've heard about skittle actually... Not much of a following, as with football, you can almost say. Great pics!
EricX2000, according to my dad, they were a royal pain in the ... Can't which he liked best of the old switchers.
Kitchen in full swing folks....
See you around the corner....
Good day Tom and all present. Drinks on me and a special thankyou for Eric for the drawing of the 1-C-1. I now have all the dimensions to complete the working drawings. Only one other thing puzzles me and that is: is there a door at the ends of the engine, or just a window. Of all the pictures I've looked at, I can't tell if there is a door or not.
I haven't been to the forum until now. I read the E-mail and wanted to respond right away. I haven't forgotten the rest of you guys. I have a long response being worded on my word processor as I read the posts one by one. It may take me some time to catch up, but expect it to be lo......ng and hopefully not too boring.
Pete: I was at the inaugural opening of the museum in Sacramento. They had a "big boy" and other steamers in operation. It was quite an experience standing a few feet from that engine, feeling the heat, sounds and other senses.
Until later, DD1
Hello Tom and all in
I'll have a pint of bitter from Ron then, but also I'll leave enough on the bar for a round for the house!
Once agian not enough time for a proper catch up - very frustarting as I'm keen to enter the dialogue on this and that - and also complete my ONR trip report with the Polar Bear Express from Cochrane to Moosonee (with the proper domes and diners on that leg...).
Anyhow - hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm hoping to start my next Tom Rolt Book - Railway Adventure - about the narrow gauge preservation activity!
All the best
DL
Good Morning (Afdternoon - I started this message at 830 a.m., but got sidetracked) Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please (New England 4 Seasons Blend will be fine); we'll break training this a.m. - let's see what's on the sandwich board; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.
We are back in summertime weather here for the next few days will feature temps in the upper 80s. It is still bone dry - we really need rain or we are going to have a real problem with fires later in the season. Gas is at $285 and Cleveland put a whuppin' on the Yankees - gotta love it!
Lots to cover today so here goes!
Jan - A few years back the late, lamented publication Locomotive Quarterly ran a feature on SP&S steam power. They had some pictures of that road's 4-6-0s. I'll bet you can find the magazine (which was really more of a perf bound book) at a local train show.
John Allen inspired many of us years ago. Go back and look at old issues of MR and you will see the G&D featured in various articles but also in some truly whimsical ads - how many of you remember the dinosaur loading gons? I was more of a Frank Ellison devotee - I wanted my layout to be like the Delta Lines.
Lars sent all kinds of interesting items. I especially liked the KM steam locomotive
The shot of UP 812 was one of the best I've seen in a long time - the photographer truly nailed that one. Also liked the shot of 822 - elephant ears and all.
The BAR item you showed is a good one - it's in the video parlor at the house somewhere.
Also - GAME ON!
James was by with pictures of new power, etc. Cake looked pretty good, too.
DD1 - Old? Old? Now what was I talking about? Jeez, I think I dropped my truss.
Fergie - Challenger helper? Yikes, must be quite a pull ahead of that train. Thanks for sharing with us.
Pete is here. The museum pictures were good. I always liked that WP color scheme. The third of your layout pictures had fine-looking bridge in the lower right corner.
Per - "Advance" was, in general, part of the train name. The New Haven for example had an "Advance Merchants Limited" which ran ahead of the "Merchants." The "Advance" was a regularly scheduled separate train, not a section of another train. I am sure that really muddies things for you now. If so, my work here is done. BTW, KM did build diesels for SP.
Eric - Class V3 picture was interesting. BAR was definitely a Class I railroad in terms of revenue, service, and people. A visit to them in the not so long ago was like going to a museum as they had lots of first generation power including a number of BL2s. Yes, Boris, I got slides of a lot of that stuff. Their cabeese were r/b from WW2 troop sleepers. One thing I remember was going into a yard office which had originally been a coal dock - they never let anything go to waste. For a look at what the line is doing now, check out the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic website.
OSP sent along a lot of material. I just got a carrier pigeon message form high atop majestic Mount Mentor and our intrepid reporter informs me that he has been out in the garage and is trying to determine whether to use the Locomobile or the Pierce Arrow as transportation to and from the, as he put it, "darting venue." He always has had a way with words. He also informed me that whatever he uses for travel, Boris in his dual role as "automotive engineer and riding mechanic" will be provided with appropriate duster, goggles, and motoring cap. I'll bet that coat will be bigger than the one Chad Johnson wore in the ball game a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for the BAR post. "Squa Pan" is Algonkian for "Big slushy place." They truly do winter up there.
BTW, bartenders/tavern owners have long been known for their abilities to editorialize. Lederhosen and Alpine hats? I hope it will be more than that as I thought of how Edgar Alan Poe got bounced out of West Point. The uniform of the day called for crossbelts and sword and that's all he had on when he showed up for a.m. formation. Now in the case of the comely bartenders..........
Also enjoyed the CNW material and the D&H PA. BAR blue was a bit darker and it faded into a lighter blue whereas the D&H blue seemed to maintain its original hue.
"Shane?" My daughter knows bout the nickname and when TMC ran the movie awhile back, she said, "When did they make a picture about you? And it's got sound" This is the same one who asked me if I felt guilty when, on the way home from school, I killed the last dinosaur. It hurts (LOL)
work safe
G'day Gents!
Time to get a leg up on the Posts before checking out for the day . . . THANX to all who stopped by!!
CONGRATS to Jan for making the 2,400th Post at the reborn "Our" Place! Have a <double> on the house!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative)
Friday - Oct 5th:
Lars (LoveDomes) at 9:14 AM: You must've been reading my mind to come up with those "covers" so quickly! Nice compliments to the C&NW "non-theme" ‘n of course the BAR from the day before! I didn't catch that DVD of the BAR when I browsed around to enhance my Fallen Flags piece . . . . nicely done, Sir!
I noticed when trying to find supporting stuff for the Bangor & Aroostook that some sites were using B&A as the "reporting mark." Just goes to show how one can come away with erroneous info IF one doesn't first THINK about it, then of course CHECK it out. B&A is Boston & Albany! BAR is correct for the "Aroostook" reference. And by the by, yes, I can understand where "AroostoCk" would be the way some would want to spell it. I've done it too! <grin>
I think your gesture will fall into oblivion when it comes to trying to get the guys to "invite" others to the bar. Been asking for this pretty much from the "get go" ‘n rarely get anyone to "bite." So be it . . . Last guy out the door, shut out the lights ‘n put the keys under the mat . . . <grin>
Sorry I've been a bit tardy in answering your Email - I'm really trying to discipline myself to only check it once per day. This stuff can drive one to drink! Hmnmmmm, what's WRONG with that, eh
Finally, NOT TO WORRY - if you have to check out for a week or more, do it! The bar shouldn't even be a consideration when it comes to things far more important . . . If no one steps up <which I doubt will happen> not a thing we can do about it!! The IDEAL make-up for the bar would be ALL retirees . . . but then again, even retirees have other things to do! Oh well . . .
Many thanx for the round ‘n continuing support for the bar!
Jan (JanOlov) at 10:27 AM: Alaska Rail Adventure fotos are for Saturday Photo Posting Day! Watch for ‘em as they will be coming to a conclusion pretty soon!
You've gotten the message, eh Good job, Mate - you're been added to the "Our" Place Dart's team as the Alternate. You'll be assigned a shirt AND Boris will contact you for a "fitting" appointment for your leather ensemble! <uh oh> Thanx for answering the call!!
Appreciate the continuing support, round, cigars ‘n cash!!
Ron (DD1) at 12:06 PM: Catching up is never an easy thing ‘round here - so be sure to SAVE your work!! Gremlins love it when Posts are LOST in the Ether! <uh oh>
Thanx for the round!
Dan (DL-UK) at 12:14PM: Whatever it is you do to earn your living must be rather demanding if it takes you away from "play time" during the daytime! <grin> There just are times when a guy has to do what a guy has to do!
Good seeing ya, even if only for a brief respite. Many thanx for the round!
CM3 Shane (coalminer3) at 12:27 PM: All kinds of Email being exchanged! <phew> Appreciate your taking the time to respond . . . beginning to wonder where some of my outgoing stuff winds up.
In a half hour period yesterday I saw our Petrol prices go from $2.47 (rounded) to $2.59 . . . today it's at $2.57. Can't understand any of it!
I like Joe Torre, but could care less about the Zillioinaire Ball Club in the Bronx (ZBCB). Still think it will be the BoSox who will prevail through it all. My "blooooooze" lost their opening game against those Desert Dogs in Phoenix! <geesh> And to think that IF the Cards had wound up in 1st place in the NL Central, they may have played against the Snakes on the SAME night as the Blues ‘n Coyotes faced off. Cudda happened . . .
St. Louis Lambs (aka: Rams) telecast is blacked out here Sunday - didn't sell out. Crazy rule - they have over 60 thousand who have purchased Tix, but that ain't enuf for the greed-mongers-who run things . . . <triple barf> Whenever the Arizona Buzzards (aka: Cardinals) come to town, it's a BIG deal.
Hi Tom and all.
A pint of Bathams please RUTH and is there any Fish ‘N' Chips left I forgot to order them yesterday and I don't want to upset H&H especially during Oktoberfest.
ERIC It would be really good to hear so more about the BNSF Citizens for Rail Security scheme. It is UP through here and I have not heard of them running a similar scheme.
I'm afraid I did not get many details on the locomotives in the museum. I was hoping to return to the museum and take some notes as I could not find a guidebook, but as usual on vacation the time disappears, I am hoping Dave of Per has more info on the trains in the museum.
Thanks for the photo of 109
LARS Is it just me or did the regular baseball season seem to pass by real quickly this year.
You could be right about the drink, the bride rang me and said "Don't forget we meeting friends at Pat's Place tonight. It was a good night, the honeymoon ale as finished so it was Pumpkin ale instead it was quite good.
The museum in Sacramento is a great place. I have photos later.
Thanks for the Bangor & Aroostook and C&NW book covers.
JAN Glad you liked the pics.
I'm surprised but pleased you have heard of skittles, I will put a brief description of the game in my reply to TOM.
Thanks for the drink.
RON Looking forward to your post when you have caught up, thanks for the drink.
It must have great to have seen a Big Boy in steam; I keep hoping that one day one of them can be steamed again. How long as the museum been there at Sacramento, it is hard to believe that the Railway Museum at York, England as been open for over 30 years now, times flies.
DL It will be good to read your post on your trip on the Polar Bear Express.
My BTF DVD arrived yesterday I have had just time to see a part of disc 1. I am very pleased, how times have changed though. The quality of the films considering their age is wonderful, thanks for the tip on the DVD.
Another beer, thanks
CM3 Glad you liked the photos. I have some more layout photos for next week, one with a great trestle on it.
Real glad the reporter as been found and ready for the darts match. He must be a brave soul trusting the transport to the tender hands of BORIS.
TOM I see we have passed the 2,400th post at the bar.
It would be good to go back to San Diego again, hopefully when they are not having Missouri type heat.
The ALCO PA 1 looks superb in D&H colors. Those silver bogies really set off the blue color; I bet they were a job to keep clean though.
Glad you liked the Sacramento photos. I am sure you would enjoy a few hours in the museum; the display of model trains on the first floor is great as well.
Yes Skittles, the form we played was known as Table Skittles, a bit hard to explain. It is played in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and the southeast corner of Warwickshire. The skittles are on a table about 3 ft high with the sides and a back with leather padding. With a net from the back over the pins. There are 9 pins laid out in a diamond pattern, 8 in the diamond and 1 dead center. The pins are shaped a little like a ten pin but about 6 inches tall and about an inch and a
Hi Tom and all,
Leon, a round of Tui for all the crew please.
Tom. Great posts on the B&A and the C&NWR, enjoyed all your interesting posts and comments. I totally agree with you about the lack support by a large part of our population at times of having to stand "on the line" in defence of our freedoms, these freedoms have cost a hell of a lot of human life and valour to achieve. Am sharpening up those Dart points ready for the Comp! Thanx for the e-mail.
Pete. Nice pics of the Sacramento Museum, really enjoying the updates on your trip. Have been able to get Newcastle "Broon" Ale over here at one of the local supermarkets, to me it does`nt taste as strong as it used to be way back when, but of course I prefer the taste of Tui now, could be the reason it does`nt taste as strong! Did`nt 10 pin bowling derive from the old game of skittles? They are so similar! How`s the eye going for the darts comp? See we are teamed up! Great joke about Jesus playing for "The Toon" , the hero of my youth was Jackie Milburn, Captain in the early 50`s, he was the Uncle of Bobby and Jackie Charlton, as they say in the "Toon", "Ha`way the Lads"!
Ron. Good to see your trip to Florida was a success. Their are thousands of acres of Radiata pine here, they started planting them in the depression years after they found they grew twice as fast as anywhere else, great foresight, a lot of it is exported as woodchips to Japan, a big export money earner, our house framing is made from it. Glad you like our mussels, the Green lipped one`s are supposed to be good for the relief of arthritis pain and swelling, we eat a lot of them and I hav`nt suffered from arthritis yet, only the occasional touch of gout!
Per. Glad you enjoyed those sites, the "Girls" at Tui are a bit of an advertising eye candy, when we went through there a few years ago the guide was a bloke with a big beard! I might take another trip down there just to check it out.
Lars. A great selection of steam loco pics and book covers mate, and I enjoyed all your comments to the crew, the conversation here is really great all the time.
Eric. Good to see you got a good report from your Doc mate. Forgot to mention in my previous post that you were correct about my name, 14yrs in the artillery, mostly AAA, spent a lot of time on Bofors guns, the L60`s at first then the L70`s, we used to do live firing out into the Baltic sea in northern Germany, not far from Kiel. Great drawing of yours of the Class DU, have printed it out for my collection of prints , many thanks.
James. Great pics of your new loco, what a gigantic cake your Mom baked for your birthday mate. Good to see you got the job on the TC&W, now you`ve got the hobby in FULL scale!
CM3. Great blond joke, it is now doing the rounds of all my mates here.
Fergie. Nice pics of your ship and the layout as well. Are the CG going to try to navigate the NW passage at all now it is virtually clear of all the ice?
Dan. See you were in for short visit, hope to see the rest of your trip story soon.
Jan. Keep the steam pics coming mate, loved them all, those Hiawatha pics were great too. When do you sleep?
See ya, Allan
Good morning Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, you are still keeping this place open at this early hour!!? I really appreciate it! I think a Sugar Cured Ham Sandwich would be perfect! On rye, of course! I'll have an ice cold Keith's!
Quite a few visitors here today, even though several were kind of in a hurry.
Tom – Guten Morgen Herr Kapitän! Yes, I know about Affeldt. He is a pitcher. I saw him on TV not long ago. If he is related? Doubt it, but it is not impossible. I had ancestors who came to California in the early 1920’s. How many kids and grandkids, etc. they left behind, I don’t know. Recieved email, you should have my response when you read this. Chicago & NorthWestern! C&NW has a special place in my heart for different reasons. It was the first US railroad I knew as a kid, and I bought a two unit model (A+B) of a C&NW F7 in 1961 that is still around. Paid a fortune for it (my opinion then). Interesting info and nice looking drumheads.Lars – Vito the Hit? Is that the guy who is looking through the keyhole when you and Ruth is taking care of the admin work? Hmm. Nice book covers! I’ll go for the last book, C&NW Passenger Train Equipment! JanOlov – You better ask your dad next time what switcher he liked the best. Maybe an electric, Classes Ub and/or Ud?Ron – Yes, there was a door at each end of all Class D. Those doors (in most cases) were removed in the 60’s. I think there is still a door on #109 though. I’ll have some more info for you within a couple of days.Looking forward to your response!DL – Have a nice weekend you too! Hope to see you back soon!CM3 – I can imagine BAR was a Class 1 railroad when it comes to service and people, but revenue? I believe you, it was just a surprise to me. Thanks for the info!So you are the one who killed the last dinosaur? That was not very nice! Pete – Info on BNSF "Citizens for Rail Security" can be found on this link:http://www.citizensforrailsecurity.com/video.htmlAs far as I know BNSF is the only railroad with this kind of program.You can always return to the museum next year!Somewhere I read that SP #4294 is operational. Do you know if that is true?Thanks for the pictures!Allan – I don’t know why I didn’t figure out about your “name” sooner? Could it be my age?
Our opponents planning the strategy for the Big Battle, coming up in a near future. They already got the first snow!
Eric
Greetings Tom and gentlemen,
2.400th post!? Me...!? Well, THAT calls for celebrations!! Barkeep! Please bring out the best that the house has top offer....! Todays drinks are on me fellas!!
$$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer.....
Tom, Alaska Rail Adventure coming to a conclusion?!It can't be possible...."shock....horror". I hope that you've planned a good follow up mate...right?
pwolfe, anytime mate. Thanks for the info on Skittles. I've noticed that every now and then I come across a sport that's only played in a few villages and so on. Some more odd than the other. Great pics as well! Wouldn't you just LOVE to see that Cabforward steam again, hmm?
Gunneral, as it now turns out mate, the Milwaukee Road and Hiawatha's etc has become an obsession here....but, can you blame me? Try to sleep whenever I get a chance. Usually a couple of hours when I come home and later during the another wee kip...
EricX2000, I'll ask me dad in an email to see what he hs to say about the V1, V3 and others...I'll let you know.
Some 4-8-4's to enjoy....
Have a nice day and take care.
Santa Fe #3774 on "Chief" out of LA. Action and power is the name of the game as the bigSanta Fe Northern #3774 highball's the main with the"Chief" out of Los Angeles, California, 1939.
Photographer: Fred C. Stoes
Milwaukee Railroad 4-8-4 #208/freight. Milwaukee Northern #208 is seen at Deerfield, Illinois witha long freight. Circa 1949.Photographer: Fred C. Stoes
Rio Grande #1803 blasts out of Salida.A 4-8-4, #1803, Denver & Rio Grande Western beauty chargesthe main out of Salida, Colorado, November, 1939.
SP 4459/#98 Daylight Limited at 79mph.Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4459 is on the head end of the"Daylight Limited", #98, as it charges the main throughthe Pajaro Valley at 79 miles-per-hour. The 4459 wasSKF roller bearinged on engine and tender and classed asa GS-5 because of it. Sister locomotive #4458 was theother GS-5, but with Timken roller bearings.Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
Lehigh Valley 4-8-4 loco #5126, 1934 Lehigh Valley Northern locomotive #5126 poses inthis 1934 photograph.
Photograph by: Unknown
NYC 4-8-4 6025/pass Bellefontaine 1946 In this exquisite shot New York Central 4-8-4 Niagaralocomotive #6025, with passenger train, is seen at theplatform of Bellefontaine, Ohio, 1946.
Richmond-Washington/RF&P 4-8-4 #613 The Richmond, Fredricksburg & Patomac Northern #613,"The John Marshall", was yet another locomotive operatingover the main. Baldwin built this big flyer during Aprilof 1945 under construction number 71992 to the same specs.as the #608.Photographer: Unknown
A Powerful Wabash 4-8-4 #2904In this strong view a Wabash Northern poses atan unknown location. A mighty steam engine.
Photographer: Paul L. Elienberger
Credit: yesteryeardepot.
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Guten Morgen allerseits!
Wie ist jeder? Es is OKTOBERFEST! Partei wollen wir!
It's the first Saturday in October! Let the party begin! But first, some coffee, pastries ‘n breakfast selections just to "fortify" the innards! <grin>
Comments from the Proprietor:
OKTOBERFEST at "Our" Place begins TODAY at Noon!
We are featuring GERMAN brew all month!
GERMAN sausages have been added to the menu for the month, with all the trimmings!
On Saturday's in October The Mentor Village Teutonic Society will sponsor Oompah Music live at the "Our" Place picnic grounds Pavillion and Dance Emporium! Performers include the Sauerkraut Band, Electric Lederhosen and Burst the Wurst Trio
Lederhosen and Alpine hats are being worn by "Our Place"! staff throughout the month!
Full scale LGB trains will be running on the main lines for free round trips to Can-Am Gorge on weekends - 10 AM to 4 PM. First northbound departs the "Our" Place platform at 10 AM sharp, undt ve mean, sharp!
PLAN TO SHARE THIS FALL CELEBRATION WITH US!
Pete (pwolfe) at 4:21 PM: Wonderful spate of Sacramento RR museum fotos!
Thanx for the explanation of the "skittles" game - sounds complex to me. I'd have to watch a match to fully comprehend it <I think> - but at any rate, I'm confident I'd "get it" - order a pint ‘n be right with the world!
All this talk of your local tavern makes me wonder whether there's a conflict of interest going on!?!?!? You see, "Our" Place is where your allegiance ‘n money belongs! It's here where you're most appreciated for being YOU! So, be verrrrrrrrrrrry careful, Mate - Inspector Clueless of the Local Constabulary and his erstwhile assistant Mr. Doyle, Private Investigator MAY be checking out the situation . . . <uh oh>
A thought regarding the rebuilding undertaken by some railroads "back in the day" . . . I can't imagine any of that taking place today. Probably would cost MORE for a rebuild than to order new - just the way of the times, eh Also, where would the skilled labor come from
My Amtrak Tix arrived!
Thanx for the visit ‘n chat!
Allan (Gunneral) at 9:21 PM: I'm not surprised to learn that you share my feelings regarding the things that are important to the ways of our respective ways of life. Letting one's guard down is never the way to remain strong . . . ‘nuf said. <arrrrrggggghhhhh>
Read a "blurb" about a NZ earthquake. Any problems where you are Hope not!
All those years firing large guns . . . hope the hearing is still intact, Mate!! Aboard ship we called our Gunnersmates "cannon cockers" . . .
You destroyed my image of the "guides" in the Tui Brewery! I'm not traveling half way ‘round the globe to be in company with some large man with a full beard! <yikes>
Glad you're "up" for the upcoming Dart's Challenge ‘n Grudge Match, Part Deux!
The talk of relief for arthritis got my attention! Mussels, eh Never acquired a taste for ‘em, BUT I COULD - when's that plane leave for NZ
Appreciate the visit, round ‘n dialogue!
Saturday - Oct 6th:
Eric (EricX2000) at 1 AM: Nice shot of The Second Class Saloon - that's Pete ‘n Moi coming out - caught us!! <grin>
What's in a name Well to some it's a BIG thing. My paternal grandfather used to go completely bonkers whenever someone would spell the family name with two "Bs" - he said that he came to the new country with only his name and he'd be if he'd have it spelled incorrectly by anyone. He was quite serious.
Funny how I've seen your last name appear several times since we met here at the bar. Only because I now know you of course is why it's familiar. But to see it with two "Fs" - well that brought back memories of grandpa!
Haven't checked the AM Email yet - but between you ‘n Pete with responding to the Rendezvous planning AND the shirt selections for the Dart'
I forgot to give credit to Yesteryeardepot this time....darn...double darn *hat in hands and with bent head in shame* ! It has been corrected now. Too much of a rush to get back to my Milwaukee Road books recently purchased...
Now, should I pay off this wee felony with polishing of all our brass etc or buy you a large dram?
Don't be silly Tom, no need whatsoever to apologise for being on me mate. I just simply forgot to put in the credits this time. if there's ANY apologies neded they're to come from me. You're doing your best to keep yours and our backs clean and all that....
Shake?
Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!
Cindy my sweet, you look absolutely stunning in those lederhosen that almost fit you! [wow Cute little hat with a feather too . . . . I see Ruth is on the schedule for working out in the tent this afternoon! <double wow>
Just a mugga Joe with a jolt if you will. Boris, the gang needs to be fed ‘n when you're finished, get into your outfit - time's a wastin'!! Oh of course, the small jar of PPF is for YOU! <grin>
While we didn't have a whole lotta material yesterday, we did have enough customers to keep the receipts piled up. Looks like I'll just HAVE to go through ‘em up in the Penthouse Suite B4 day's end . . . . <woe is me!>
I loved those "all hands' announcements from our Cap'n! Oh how I wish my memory wasn't so "fuzzy," for there were so many great ones I heard when in the Navy - kinda like jokes, I can't recall a one, nary a one from all I've heard in my lifetime. Ain't that the pits Some guys can rattle ‘em off one after another - not me.
Glad to see my steamers got Jan ‘n Shane's attention!
Good to see the photos from Pete 'n Jan . . . 'n visits from Allan 'n Eric!
Yeah, I was pretty much "on top" of your post yesterday morning. I had the CNW stuff in my photobucket - that was no sweat. I did have to look up the BAR, and presto-zingo, there it was! Almost like it was waiting to be plucked . . . <grin>
I'm gonna get right to the Encore for this day, then I'm heading out back to help with setting up the Ocktoberfest tent ‘n stuff . . .
Here are some of my favorite subjects - DOMES! Many have been seen on the "old thread" . . . .
D&H #500/507 (from: www.trainweb.org - photo credit: Robert Staples)
D&H #500/507 (photo credit: George Hamlin)
Rock Island #1875 Quad Cities Rocket - Big Ben - (1972) (from: www.trainweb.org - photo: John Kuehl)
Auto Train #510 (from: www.trainweb.com)
ATSF #501 Super Chief dome-lounge (from: www.trainweb.com)
NP #379 in service (from: www.trainweb.org)
SP #3606 full length dome (from: LA River RRs)
DRGW #1108 Silver Pony (1980) (from: www.trainweb.org)
DRGW #1107 Silver Mustang (1982) (from: www.trainweb.org)
DRGW #1106 Silver Colt (1982) (from: www.trainweb.org)
Until the next time!
Lars
ENCORE! Saturday ‘n Photo Posting Day!
at "Our" Place!
We are CLOSED on SUNDAYs!
As "threatened," here are a couple of terrific ENCORE! presentations from our WVA Connection . . . these should set the stage for our upcoming Dart's Challenge 'n Grudge Match, Part Deux!
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Since Mentor operates in a parallel time zone, here's a report on festivities leading up to the first game of the tournament. I Love a ParadeGreetings again from our observation deck (aka Immodium Acres) high atop Majestic Mount Mentor, where we gaze out over the crepuscular crushed catapult cogs that are still smoldering behind the Second Class Saloon. The first contest is finished (and it looks to this reporters red rimmed eyes that so are many of the contestants). But let's begin at the beginning.Some of our more stalwart readers may remember a few days ago that this reporter managed an exclusive interview with Man Mountain Mike. The subject was the stacks of lumber, coils of rope, and many used vehicles stacked behind the Second Class Saloon. You will also recall (yeah, that's likely!), that your intrepid reporter found blueprints for a catapult. Well, our suspicions were confirmed. The Second Class folks somehow managed to cobble all of these pieces together into a working medieval monstrosity. It was, however, carefully hidden under a tarp which was further camouflaged by huge piles of empty beer cans. Your reporter's surmise is that the Second Class Trogs were working on this infernal machine while the Our Place patrons attention was distracted by the activities that occurred at the barbeque and pep rally. It was now time for the pregame parade to the Second Class Saloon. The boys were formed up and the cheerleaders were in good shape (oh, yeah!), and the parade stepped off (make that fell off the porch) right about on time - sort of like the Mentor Street Railway.. A sudden crash from behind the Second Class Saloon, and the tarp and beer cans fell away, revealing the catapult in all its majesty. The next thing we knew the parade was under fire from a hail of crushed Gremlins, Pacers, Edsels, and Corvairs (where did they find all of this stuff?) All participants scattered as the crushed cars cascaded crazily from the clouds. After awhile it was clear that the Second Class Catapulteers were beginning to get the range of the Our Place building. However, the Our Place folks had a trick of their own. You will recall that the railroad had sort of hosted the pre tournament barbeque and pep rally. The Our Place cheerleaders somehow (we will not tell) managed to bribe the Mentor section gang into raising the Our Place building and placing crib blocks, freight car trucks (roller bearing of course,) and rails under the structure. When the barrage began, the crew fell to with a will. Awk flew forward observer duty and spotted the trajectories of the crushed cars as they rained down. The track crew pushed and pulled the building "just enough" to avoid the hail of Gremlins, Pacers, Edsels, and Corvairs. The situation ‘twas indeed ‘parlous as Awk had disappeared. It was then that a flight of Spads from the Greater Mentor Vintage Flight, Balloon, and Social Club appeared. Awk was in the first plane, calling down a hail of suppressing fire upon the catapult. A humming, buzzing, sound filled the sky and the Zeppelin appeared floating lazily over the field of conflict. For once, Boris did something constructive. He lobbed a Molotov cocktail (made of something from the never-ending Oktoberfest punch bowl) from the Zeppelin into the turntable pit. There was enough ‘oomph left in the turntable pit from the beans that a massive explosion followed. Given the terrain around the Mentor freight yard, the explosive forces propagated in such a way that the catapult was destroyed. What a way to start the tournament!I have seen enough to know I have seen too much; back to the studios high atop Majestic Mount Mentor.
I Love a Parade
Greetings again from our observation deck (aka Immodium Acres) high atop Majestic Mount Mentor, where we gaze out over the crepuscular crushed catapult cogs that are still smoldering behind the Second Class Saloon. The first contest is finished (and it looks to this reporters red rimmed eyes that so are many of the contestants). But let's begin at the beginning.
Some of our more stalwart readers may remember a few days ago that this reporter managed an exclusive interview with Man Mountain Mike. The subject was the stacks of lumber, coils of rope, and many used vehicles stacked behind the Second Class Saloon. You will also recall (yeah, that's likely!), that your intrepid reporter found blueprints for a catapult.
Well, our suspicions were confirmed. The Second Class folks somehow managed to cobble all of these pieces together into a working medieval monstrosity. It was, however, carefully hidden under a tarp which was further camouflaged by huge piles of empty beer cans. Your reporter's surmise is that the Second Class Trogs were working on this infernal machine while the Our Place patrons attention was distracted by the activities that occurred at the barbeque and pep rally.
It was now time for the pregame parade to the Second Class Saloon. The boys were formed up and the cheerleaders were in good shape (oh, yeah!), and the parade stepped off (make that fell off the porch) right about on time - sort of like the Mentor Street Railway..
A sudden crash from behind the Second Class Saloon, and the tarp and beer cans fell away, revealing the catapult in all its majesty. The next thing we knew the parade was under fire from a hail of crushed Gremlins, Pacers, Edsels, and Corvairs (where did they find all of this stuff?) All participants scattered as the crushed cars cascaded crazily from the clouds.
After awhile it was clear that the Second Class Catapulteers were beginning to get the range of the Our Place building. However, the Our Place folks had a trick of their own. You will recall that the railroad had sort of hosted the pre tournament barbeque and pep rally. The Our Place cheerleaders somehow (we will not tell) managed to bribe the Mentor section gang into raising the Our Place building and placing crib blocks, freight car trucks (roller bearing of course,) and rails under the structure. When the barrage began, the crew fell to with a will. Awk flew forward observer duty and spotted the trajectories of the crushed cars as they rained down. The track crew pushed and pulled the building "just enough" to avoid the hail of Gremlins, Pacers, Edsels, and Corvairs.
The situation ‘twas indeed ‘parlous as Awk had disappeared. It was then that a flight of Spads from the Greater Mentor Vintage Flight, Balloon, and Social Club appeared. Awk was in the first plane, calling down a hail of suppressing fire upon the catapult. A humming, buzzing, sound filled the sky and the Zeppelin appeared floating lazily over the field of conflict. For once, Boris did something constructive. He lobbed a Molotov cocktail (made of something from the never-ending Oktoberfest punch bowl) from the Zeppelin into the turntable pit. There was enough ‘oomph left in the turntable pit from the beans that a massive explosion followed. Given the terrain around the Mentor freight yard, the explosive forces propagated in such a way that the catapult was destroyed. What a way to start the tournament!
I have seen enough to know I have seen too much; back to the studios high atop Majestic Mount Mentor.
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<Posted by: CM3 Shane on 26 Oct 2006, Page 417 on the Original Thread>
Let the Games Begin - There's No Crying in DartsGreetings from our studios high atop Majestic Mount Mentor. I am tonight hunched over the old Underwood upright and am at a loss (Boris, give me back my wallet, thank you) to try and describe the first game of the darts tournament. The pregame festivities resumed once the parade (not the contestants) reformed. The Greater Mentor Vintage Flight, Balloon and Social Club provided a flyover of several Gotha bombers. This was followed by a parade of flags, and the national anthems of all contestants involved in the tournament. The Transylvanian national anthem is, indeed, a toe tapping ditty. Not too many folks paid attention to the opening ceremonies as the refreshments flowed and the bets were heavy.As a refresher, darts is a game played between two players or two teams. Each player throws three darts in a turn. Then the darts are retrieved. Darts must stay on the board for at least five seconds after a player's final throw. Throws don't count if they stick in another dart or fall off the board. If a player's foot (paw or tentacle) crosses the line or if a player falls over the line, the throw doesn't count. There are no "do-overs" in darts.Scoring is pretty straightforward. In the wedge; the amount posted on the outer ring. Double ring (outer narrow ring) twice the number hit. Triple ring, three times the Happy Railroading! Siberianmo siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, October 6, 2007 12:02 PM ENCORE! Saturday ‘n Photo Posting Day!at "Our" Place!We are CLOSED on SUNDAYs! G'day Gents!Continuing the Saturday series of my 2006 Alaskan Rail Adventure . . . . . here's 10 more! (1) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (2) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (telefoto) (3) Someone's home! En route Anchorage aboard southbound Denali Star (4) No neighbors! En route Ancorage aboard southbound Denali Star (5) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (6) En route Anchorage aboard southbound Denali Star (7) Most majestic Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (8) Distant Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (9) Telefoto of Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (10) Final view of Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star Enjoy! Tom Happy Railroading! Siberianmo JanOlov Member sinceDecember 2001 From: GB 376 posts Posted by JanOlov on Saturday, October 6, 2007 12:17 PM Greetings Tom and gentlemen....Could I have another extra cold Guinness please? Top up with cigars for the lads too if you don't mind....here, get yourself something as well.$$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer....Tom, absolutely stunning pics of Alaska! Really look forward to see what you'll follow up with. Da Larsman, the ultimate in train travel must have been the dome observations, right? Great pics as always mate....Allow me to get you a couple of nice drams.... All the best! Jan Fergmiester Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Out on the Briny Ocean Tossed 4,240 posts Posted by Fergmiester on Saturday, October 6, 2007 1:37 PM Good Afternoon Tom and company.Just a quick sailpast as we are back out and off the Continental Shelf recovering and deploying moorings for the Brits right now. Our shaft problems are hopefully behind or should I say aft of us nowMight as top up the mug with a fresh brew.Thanks 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 nutmeg1 Member sinceDecember 2006 From: Connecticut 10 posts Posted by nutmeg1 on Saturday, October 6, 2007 3:06 PM Hello,I just dropped off a few words on the site for REAL Classic Trains - including TRACTION and thought a stop here would help a bit in getting something going on this Saturday.Before anyone "jumps" at me to become a customer, I am really not interested in the back and forth stuff on the internet, either here or on other sites. Just happen to really enjoy browsing this particular one because of the fantastic amount of information provided. I go weeks between sessions and who knows when I'll pass this way again.Siberianmo does one fine job with this and I was a browser back before he closed down operations some time ago. Glad to see things are going so well, although this site seems to have lost quite a few of the contributors from the past.I have never found a site with so many fine photographs that are unselfishly shared with everyone. Shows just how unselfish you guys are, especially when the photographs are from your own resources. Kudos!Anyway, best wishes to all of you ADULT train enthusiasts from pretty much all over the world! That is something to be proud of too! Continued success to all who have helped make this such an enjoyable place to "browse" and if my words help to keep you going - good!Have a drink on me! I will be watching from the sidelines!Jim in Connecticut siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Saturday, October 6, 2007 4:01 PM ENCORE! Saturday ‘n Photo Posting Day!at "Our" Place!We are CLOSED on SUNDAYs!Starting Sunday at the Mentor Village Emporium Theatre! . . . October 7th thru 13th: Horatio Hornblower - The Fire Ships (1999) Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay (II), Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice & Andrew Tiernan - and - Open Range (2003) Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Patricia Benedict, Annette Bening, Abraham Benrubi, Kim Coates & Diego Diablo Del Mar. SHORT: The Three Stooges - They Stooge To Conga (1943). Horatio Hornblower - The Fire Ships (1999)PLOT SUMMARY: Based on the rousing sea adventures in C.S. Forester's novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, the four-film television series Horatio Hornblower explores the education of a plucky young officer rising through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy. Ioan Gruffudd is all integrity and honor as the ambitious midshipman who is taken under the stern yet nurturing guidance of Captain Pellew (Robert Lindsay) during the war against France in the French Revolution. Through these four adventures he faces a vindictive senior midshipman ("The Even Chance"); meets his hero, a reckless captain whose unorthodox methods are brave but foolhardy ("The Examination for Lieutenant"); is captured by the Spanish in a desperate maneuver to sneak through enemy lines ("The Duchess and the Devil"); and leads his men to French soil in an ill-planned attempt by French loyalists to start a popular front against the revolution ("The Frogs and the Lobsters"). The excellent re-creations of 18th-century vessels and ship-to-ship battles are astounding and reminiscent of such classic Hollywood seafaring adventures as Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk, not to mention Captain Horatio Hornblower, with Gregory Peck as the only previous screen incarnation of Forester's hero. This mixture of swashbuckling adventure and British naval tradition is leavened with well-placed humor and a cast of colorful characters, but at the heart of the tales is Gruffudd's quick-thinking, courageous Hornblower, a starry-eyed officer with the luck of the gods and the steely determination of an old-fashioned hero. --Sean Axmaker <from: amazon.com> NOTE: For the next seveal weeks at The Emporium Theatre one feature will be a Horatio Hornblower classic! Open Range (2003)PLOT SUMMARY: Released almost exactly 11 years after Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Kevin Costner's Open Range proved yet again that the Western is the classic American genre. While it lacks the thematic impact of Eastwood's masterpiece, Costner's first film since 1997's ill-fated The Postman returns the actor/director of Dances With Wolves to the open prairies of America--in this case the free-range frontier of 1882--where legal "free-grazing" cattle drives were falling prey to empire-building land-owners. In the wake of territorial murder, free-grazing cowboys Boss (Robert Duvall) and Charley (Costner) seek vengeful justice against the ruthless rancher (Michael Gambon) who threatens their law-abiding survival. A feisty ally (the late Michael Jeter, in his next-to-final film role) and a doctor's sister (Annette Bening) offer support during climactic shootouts, masterfully staged with the shock and suddenness of real-life gunfire. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this handsome production redeemed Costner's directorial career with a well-told story (by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel The Open Range Men), flawless performances, and stunning Canadian locations. --Jeff Shannon <from: amazon.com> SHORT: The Three Stooges - They Stooge to Conga (1943)PLOT SUMMARY: The Stooges are fix-it men who are employed to fix the doorbell in a house that belongs to a nest of German and Japanese spies. Moe, Larry and Curly proceed to destroy the walls of the house looking for the problem before moving outside. Curly is then sent up to fix the wires atop a telephone pole. While "fixing" the lines, Curly slides his chair towards the window of the spies' main control room and crash through the window inside. He discovers their sabotage plans and he, with Moe and Larry manage to sabotage the saboteurs and g Happy Railroading! Siberianmo pwolfe Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: mid mo 1,054 posts Posted by pwolfe on Saturday, October 6, 2007 5:38 PM Hi Tom and all.Well CINDY it seems the Oktoberfest is going great with the band playing well and a great trip around the Cam-Am, earlier, yes H&H you look very handsome in the lederhosen. So a stein of one the German brews and a plate of sausage please.ALLAN I must admit I think the Newcastle Broon tastes different than it used to in the 1960s.Yes, I think ten-pin bowling originated from what we used to call Long Alley skittles, which was played along the floor. There used to be very keen leagues played, I know, around the Gloucester and Bristol area, I suppose they are still going on today. I have though about getting a skittle table imported over here, I'm sure I could make a bob or two at fairs etc, but it would cost a fortune to bring one over even if I could find one for sale. The ‘Toon' has had some great players. Am I right in thinking the Charlton Brothers were born in the same village as George Stephenson.Glad you are enjoying the photos.ERIC Many thanks for the link to the BNSF CRS and their video. To me it makes a great deal of sense to run this sort of program, I hope the other Class 1s will follow suit.I think a return to California in the future would be great and it will be interesting to see what exhibits will be on the floor they were working on while we were there.I don't think #4294 is operational, from what I gathered there maybe some items on the locomotive missing like cab fittings, it seems it was a close thing that # 4294 was saved The loco looks in superb condition. I bet Dave and Per will know more.Snow as the secret weapon at the Second Class Saloon and that sounds very interesting about what you saw Vito The Hit doing.JAN Thanks for the kind words. Many moons ago now there used to be a television program, that aired infrequently, hosted by the famous England fast bowler Fred Truman that featured the little known sports and pub games. It was a great program but I don't think it ran for long.I know it would cost a LOT of money but it would be great if ever they could get the cab- forward or a big-boy back in steam. I am sure a publicity tour with the locomotive would bring crowds if advertised and earn the railroad a lot of goodwill. Don't suppose it will happen but at least we can dream and the locos still exist.Many thanks for those great 4-8-4s, powerful looking engines indeed. LARS. The tent is looking in fine shape, I am sure RUTH will enjoy working in there, it will be a good afternoon with the band sounding on top form.Many thanks for those great Dome Cars.FERGIE Great to see the shaft problem is fixed without needing to go to the dry dock and you are back at sea.What exactly are you doing for the Brits.Calm seas and a good voyage.TOM I think you would soon get the hang of Skittles. We used to get some people from North America having a vacation on the canal that ran through the village, and they would tie up and visit the local pub which had a skittle table, and would very often have a go a the game. The main rule we had to tell them was the cheeses had to be thrown below shoulder height. I will explain more at the rendezvous.I must admit Pat's does not let me run up the bar tab as Our Place does.I guess the railway workshops still do overhauls of their locomotives or is that done by the manufactures now. I wonder when the last new locomotive was built by a railroad company.Many thanks for the First Mentor Darts Match report encore; the reporter is certainly not afraid of danger in making the world know about the tournament, as none of the players has a clue what went on. I wonder what the Second Class Saloon lot has got in store for us this year. Great to see the report again.Surely the Denali Star was not moving when you took the Alaska pictures, they are so in focus and clear even the trees close to the car. Were they taken with the camera you have now Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 6, 2007 6:02 PM Good day Tom and all at the bar flies. Drinks all around. October is my favorite month because of Oktoberfest. Any month that has to do with drinking my favorite brew, is a good month. What we need desperately is a Scotch Whisky festival. Scotland would be the logical place, but Mississippi would be as good a place as any. Since I'm short on railroad stuff, I'll try to fill in with what I have the most knowledge. Conversation in the bars, pubs and saloons I have frequented, have been about sports, girls, racing, girls, TV and girls. I can't recall ever conversing about trains other than about the tragic train wreck on the LIRR. My time spent in bars was considered "quality" time, a term reserved for the bars of yesteryear. In those days, there was a camaraderie that doesn't exist anymore, except at "Our Place". I can remember them as an institution where for the price of a beer, you could talk to your friends and tell your friendly bartender all your troubles. I think things really changed when women became bartenders. The place would become a place to hit on a gal. When I frequented bars, you always bought a round for the bar and for the bartender. The bartender was expert in mixing drinks. Back then, you drank either beer, straight shots or boiler makers, not mojo's, strawberry daiquiri's or the thousands of "women's" drinks. Today's bar scene is women, drugs, wise guys, gays, punks and guys trying to score. That is why I don't frequent them anymore. I'm sure you guys have similar thoughts about this. There was a bar in San Francisco that I used to go to. It was called the Temple Bar located down an alley and staffed by a veteran bartender, who was one of the last remaining who knew how to make the perfect martini. I learned from him the art of the martini, which to this day, I can still do. If you want to know how, I'll share the secret upon request. Edit EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Saturday, October 6, 2007 7:59 PM Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!Hi Leon, a Filet Mignon with lots of mushrooms, please! Medium. Just a quick stop to post a few pictures. JanOlov – I am looking forward to your Dad’s response! A whole bunch of very powerful 4-8-4 pictures today! Impressive!Tom – I think your grandpa was right about his name!! What did you two do at the Second Class Saloon? Checked the girls, or what? I’ve heard they (Second Class Saloon) have a (very good looking) lady team this year but they keep it secret so it will be a big surpise and confuse us when the battle starts! Thanks for the reports from last year’s Dart’s Challenge ‘n Grudge Match, Part Deux!!I am glad we have such an outstanding star reporter to give us all the information about those exciting days!Alaska Pictures! Thanks for the pictures! Beautiful nature! At least in the summer time!! Pix #3 and #4 reminded me about my promise to show a pix of my home in the old country today. I have been looking around but can’t find the photo I was thinking about but here is a not so good pix:Watch out for the icy driveway!Just outside the kitchen window.A new week and new movies! I like especially #2, Open Range!Lars – Have you started your dart training yet? Nice dome cars! But I don’t know what happened to SP’s #3606 full length dome? The whole body is full of “wrinkles”! Had it been in an accident? Jim – Thanks for the nice words! Maybe one day you will change your mind and become a regular guest!Pete – I guess my memory is not what it is supposed to be, but for some reason I was sure I saw something about #4294 was operational. Anyway, it looks great!Watch out for the lady team Second Class Saloon is putting together this year! They will be dressed in a way that will make it hard for us to concentrate on the dart. You know what I mean! Nice pictures from the National Railway Museum! That is a tiny tank engine! Good looking Pullman cars! Ron – My knowledge about bars is next to non existent. The only one I go to is “Our” Place! But it is probably true what you say about bartenders now and yesteryear! A few pictures in no particular order. All taken by my friend Hans Polanik. A Class B. Next to a Class R, 0-10-0, waiting for order to proceed. Class R was built from 1908 for iron ore trains in the most northern part of Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle. A Class T43 (GM Diesel). And the engineer on the same engine. Have a nice weekend!Eric marthastrainyard Member sinceMarch 2006 From: Orange County, CA 98 posts Posted by marthastrainyard on Saturday, October 6, 2007 10:32 PM Good Evening everybody present, and Happy Oktoberfest, or should I say Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Spaten Optimator, please, and a nice Wienerschnitzel to go with that; you can leave those little green pepper corn off, I won’t eat them. I hear Boris likes Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought a jar for him. Here Boris, easy now. In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da hat so manche braver Mann: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Gezeigt was er so vertragen kann Schon früh am Morgen fing er an Und spät am Abend kam er heraus So schön ist's im Hofbräuhaus. So, can we drink now? Or did we come to sing? Tom, Thanks for the background on “CM3 I’m NOT Shane”. That’s quite a story, now I think I shall go back and call him just CM3. Your definition of a ship vs. a boat is the same as my wife has and she comes from an all-Navy family so that seems to be the going definition over here. I like your article on BAR. One of my early locomotives was a BL-2 painted in the BAR scheme. I see that they have a whopping 2 passenger cars. I wonder how they can get both passenger trains going with just two cars? Bbut maybe they provided one car in each train and the through cars made up for the rest. Nice paint job on the E6(?) on the book cover! That D&H PA is a beauty! I hear that some of them went to Mexico and they run down there in the same paint scheme. I think I read somwhere that a couple are still hanging around, although in pretty bad shape. The similarity to the Warbonnet scheme is striking. I wonder how that came about? Or were these ex-ATSF units? I liked your write-up on the Milwaukee Road. Every time I read about the small lines that were the beginning of a larger road, I’m wondering if there is a “Family Tree” showing all the railroads and how they absorbed in, and spun off from, other companies to eventuall form what we have today. It must be an enormous task to draw up something like that, and I wonder what wall would be big enough to display it. Really nice pictures from Mt. McKinley. I bet you wouldn’t mine that cottage up there, would you? I’ll fight you for it, at least for the summer months, in spite of the mosquitos. Open Range seems to be a movie to watch this week at the theatre. I just got a “Gunsmoke” movie that I watched and that is now going to my daughter who is a real Gunsmoke fan. Eric, Thanks for reminding me of the 125th SJ anniversary. I spent almost all day at Värtan trying to get in a good position for taking pictures of the “parade” just to have a group of “professional” photographers setting up their equipment just in front of me (on the other side of the fence, of course). It was a great parade, and it seems that the one you have pictures from was just as good. The V3 is German made (Henschel?), but wasn’t there a very similar looking switcher that was made in UK? You have (had) a nice place back in the old country! Bambi showing up for breakfast and everything. Yes, the road looks a bit icy but that’s just a minor drawback and well compensated for compared to the surroundings. What paintjob is that on the T43? I see it’s owned by the railroad museum, but what logo is that? Al, I was afraid those Tui girls were for advertising only. Oh well, it save me a lot of money in air fare, doesn’t it? 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. Jan Olov, Did you drive those engines as an SJ employee or were you involved in a museum operation? I would suspect SJ since you have such a varying background with many different locomotive classes. And I see it runs in the family as well. My dad was a fireman at BKB for a short while before he switched career. Nice pictures of the 4-8-4’s. That Chief is really good looking. A sister engine, 3751, is preserved in California and it traveled under its own steam to the Fullerton Railroad Days this year: And parked opposite to that was 7744: I think the 3751 wins the beauty contest hands down even though the 7744 was so new you could almost smell the fresh paint! Lars (Lovedomes), Good to know my eyes weren’t playing a joke on me with that tender. The models that came out in the 50’s and 60’s had a very modified logo but I guess enough time has passed now so they can print as the were. I agree with you that it is silly to try to change history in every place. Tha Home of the Ambroid history page and the up-and-coming City Of Los Angeles from 1950 http://www.trainweb.org/ambroidkits/ My pictures are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8514678@N08/ LoveDomes Member sinceJanuary 2006 From: northeast U.S. 1,225 posts Posted by LoveDomes on Sunday, October 7, 2007 10:44 AM Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers waiting for the bar to open!This is NFL day at my hut! Jints vs Jets over in the Meadowlands . . . "game on" SOON! Go Jints!! I'll save the comments on the posts since my last visit - as this is SUNDAY, the day we are CLOSED! This is just a little something slipped through the mail slot to satisfy those of you with that "fix" required for REAL Classic Trains 24/7!! DRGW #1105 Silver Bronco (1980) (from: www.trainweb.org)Union Pacific 7003 (from: www.trainweb.org)Union Pacific 7001 Columbine (from: http://www.trainweb.org/) [this is the one Pete took a photo of with the ‘dome on dome" in Jefferson City, MO!!)Illinois Central #2200, former MP #890 (from: www.trainweb.com)Illinois Central #2210, former MP #894 (from: www.trainweb.com)Missouri Pacific #893 The Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)Illinois Central #2201, former MP #891 (from: www.trainweb.com)Missouri Pacific #891 Colorado Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)Misouri Pacific (MP) #890 as #590 (1964) (from: www.trainweb.com)Milkwaukee Road #54 (from: www.trainweb.com)Until the next time! Lars EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Sunday, October 7, 2007 7:40 PM I wonder why the Bar is closed today, during the OKTOBER FEST? Kind of strange. I saw the Second Class Bar was open and full of people, laughing and drinking eastern European Beer. Per – I am very impressed! You speak German like you haven’t done anything else all your life! I also spent a day in Värtan 1981 to see the “parade” of locomotives and trains. The problem is, I have no clue where my slides are. The V3s were built by Esslingen in Germany. The English switcher, V1, was built by English Electric. SJ had four of those and they looke very much like V3. The paintjob on the T43 is Swedtrac’s livery. Swedtrac is part of a company, SWT, and it is their logo. I don’t know anything about SWT. Very nice pictures of #3751 and the brand new #7744. No doubt, 3751 wins the beauty contest by a wide margin! But I bet, as an engineer, 7754 wins the comfort contest! Lars – A bunch of very nice dome cars! But I really don’t like the Milwaukee Road #54. Too much dome I guess, I am not sure. Northern Arizona. JanOlov Member sinceDecember 2001 From: GB 376 posts Posted by JanOlov on Monday, October 8, 2007 5:31 AM Greetings Tom and gentlemen.....YEEESSSS! I finally managed to get into the bar after umptin times trying....May I have....eeerrmmm....something German please? Whatever you recommend..... While you're at it, would you mind to top the lads pints as well and give their usual cigars too please. Here's something for yourself...$$$$ for the jukebox and Mr Wurlitzer....pwolfe, that's some nice pics from the museum . The BR used to have some nice looking diesels and rugged they were too. Those that you heard most about was the Deltics(?). Hope to see some more from you...EricX2000, well, as my dad put it about the V1 and V3, he didn't like them at all.... Too cramp, too jumpy etc....ended up comparing them to a horseback ride.... Preffered the T-21 if I remember correctly. I'll ask again to get a more complete report if you want....Great pics as always mate. Looking at that hous in the woods and thinking back to where I grew up, no wonder that I prefer the northern states of the U.S. Anyhting with high mountains and I feel right at home....marthastrainyard, I fired those steamers while "working" for local railroad musuem. I think that the steam locomotive societies today in Sweden have the same problems as those in the U.S etc. nowhere to run. Should they find somewhere to run it cost a fortune and take six months to do all the paperwork.....Great pics as usual mate . I never gonna get used to the modern diesels and odd shapes with strange angles here and there.... Da Larsman, great pics on some awesome looking cars... I wouldn't mind to own one of those dome observation cars and travel from the east coast to the west coast...would probably cost more than all the gold that you guys have in Fort Knox...As for picture taking.....isn't that always the "rule" folks, as soon as you put up your camera on your tripod or just shoot from the hip....people seem to come from nowhere and gather infront of you so that you see all....?See you around the corner..... All the best! Jan siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Monday, October 8, 2007 8:22 AM <personal foto> A smile to begin the week! I'd see if I could find the guy that lost it, and if he was poor, I'd give it back.<A Yogi-ism!> Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends ‘n families on either side of the 49th!! Columbus Day in the U.S. - it's one of those "Is it a holiday or isn't it " NOT observed equally throughout the land . . .unless you're a banker, postal employee or "fed." In my not-so-humble OH-PIN-YUN it's way past due to scrap this contrived "discovery of America holiday."It surely wasn't Columbus!! Guten Morgen allerseits! Wie ist jeder? Es is OKTOBERFEST! Partei wollen wir! Monday ‘n a day OFF for our Canadian friends north of the border! Eat, drink ‘n be merry for tomorrow the U.S. dollar will rebound! <grin> For the rest of us, EXCEPT for a select few, the coffee's hot - pastries fresh ‘n breakfasts ready for cookin'!! Comments from the Proprietor: OKTOBERFEST at "Our" Place every Saturday in October! Watch for an"Our" Place Rendezvous 2008 announcement this morning!! <suspense> Customer BRIEF Acknowledgments (since my last narrative) Saturday - Oct 6th: Jan (JanOlov) at 8:41 AM: Shake! Lars (LoveDomes) at 9:16 AM: 10 wunnerful DOME fotos! Jan (JanOlov) at 12:17 PM: Noticed Pix! Fergie (Fergmiester) at 1:37 PM: Back to sea! Jim (nutmeg1) at 3:06 PM: A browser stops in! Pete (pwolfe) at 5:38 PM: Super fine INCLUSIVE Post from our Bar Chandler ‘n Mid-Missouri Connection! Nice fotos too! Alaska Pix taken with my digital . . . Anyway, all shots were from MOVING trains - with the exception of depot fotos. You can tell the inside-the-car shots by the reflections from the windows. Tried to get most of ‘em out on the observation deck with the wind about to blow me away! [swg Ron (DD1) at 6:02 PM: Bar talk! When there's nothing to say about this or that, one can ALWAYS make comments on the Posts since the last visit . . . Kinda lets the guys know that their efforts have been noted ‘n appreciated! Eric (EricX2000) at 7:59 PM: Fine inclusive Post w/Pix!! All girl's Dart's team from The Second Class Saloon! We're READY for ‘em - as once said, "Bring ‘em on!! PLEASE! <pant> <pant> <pant>Sure looks like a Pontiac parked by that fine looking cabin in the forest! Not a Volvo or Saab Hmmmmmmmm. <grin>Foto appreciation goes to your friend, Hans! Per (marthastrainyard) at 10:32 PM: OUTSTANDING inclusive, informative ‘n interesting Post from our Resident Cowboy Swede! With that jar of PPF, you've made a friend for life with our Cloven-footed Cyclops called Boris! <uh oh>Nice of you to get with the Oktoberfest!! Your stanza from In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da hat so manche braver Mann:Eins, zwei, g&# Happy Railroading! Siberianmo LoveDomes Member sinceJanuary 2006 From: northeast U.S. 1,225 posts Posted by LoveDomes on Monday, October 8, 2007 10:31 AM Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!Ruth my deAH, you're lookin' might Patriotic this day - Maple Leaf designs on your red, white ‘n blue outfit! Now that pretty much covAHs the bases, huh Those pastries are lookin' good too, especially the Beaver Paws (used to call ‘em Bear Paws, but it IS Thanksgiving in Canada dontchano!!) Anyway, a mugga Joe with a jolt to start the day will do for me! Joyous Thanksgiving Greetings to our friends in Canada and down here (Cap'ns Mrs. comes to mind!) Anyone else having log-in problems????!!!! This is getting to be a routine thing for me . . . took about an hour to finally log on. <barf>Boris, feed the crittAHs with the "holiday special" - double portions! And a LARGE jar of PPF for YOU! I noted that one of our customers has taken a "shine" to you with a jar of PPF over the weekend. A successful 1st Saturday for the Oktoberfest! Train rides were jammed - oooooompah music still rings in my ears <phew> - 'n I can't get the taste of those "wursts" outta my mouth. <geesh> Rant for the day! Around here ‘n especially within the Norwegian ‘n Swedish communities, there is NO WAY that Columbus "discovered America." This has ALWAYS been a huge bone of contention with those who have decided to make the history "fit" a particular situation. Without getting into "it" any further, it's wrong, wrong, wrong to revise history just to satisfy the wishes of any particular ethnicity, religion or nationality. Just plain wrong, wrong, wrong and in the U.S. we do it all the time. While everyone's efforts over the weekend are appreciated, I too have to make special mention of the fine posts from Per (marthastrainyard) ‘n Pete (pwolfe). Just wonderful efforts! For Da Bossman: Terrific Alaska RR Adventure photos! My Mrs. and I WILL take that trip and it is because of your photos from this year ‘n last. Just terrific!! Two good flicks at the Emporium! I like Hornblower ‘n am "wishing" for the DVD set for Christmas! <grin> Also am a huge Robert Duvall fan, especially westerns. Nice choices, mate! For Pete: After reading your description of the SKITTLES game, I think I'd do quite well ONLY after having a ‘snoot full' of course! <grin>For Per: You surely have come back with a BANG - just couldn't believe how complete you made the summary of conversations ‘n photos here at the bar! You were in Denver for the LAST DR&RGW "silver horses" train!!!! Too bad about not getting on board. Do you have photos from that event Bet it was quite a scene!!! Don't know if you've "caught" any of my comments in past postings about the trips my family took from Chicago to the Bay Area aboard the Zephyrs. Anyway, those dome cars were terrific ‘n my father ALWAYS made sure that my sister ‘n I ALWAYS had seats up there. Can't tell you for certain how many round trips we made, but we did it ever summer for many, many years. He (and my grandfather) were retirees from the B&O with passes . . . say no more, huh Anytime a bus is "injected" into what should be a train trip can (and does) ruin one's day! The most recent experience that Pete ‘n Tom had with their Gaspe trip comes to mind. BummAH, for sure! Somewhere in my memory bank I do recall seeing one of those UP two-tone grey steamers ‘n tender. Looked pretty "cool" to me . . . nevAH was a fan of left coast trains, BUT when it came to "oogling" ‘n "drooling" over steamers, wellllllllllllll. Not to worry about the "Mets thing" - just like the Eagle's song "Get Over it!" - I did <maybe>! <groan> For Eric: Reptiles need only one more round, then it's the World Series! You gottaluvit! Haven't the "foggiest" about that SP car - but yes, I agree, she does look "injured." Most probably was on her side once upon a time would be my guess. Too bad we no longer see West Coast S (Dave) ‘round here - he'd have the answer. <groan>Enjoyed the photos from your friend! siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Monday, October 8, 2007 11:02 AM 3rd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis - May 2008! Yes, you read that correctly - St. Louis has been chosen once again for our annual get together. Planning for Chicago had to be postponed and it was left to those who committed to the 2008 gathering for the selection of a new location. Given the huge success of our 2007 event, the decision to return for another "go" put aside alternate suggestions. CM3 Shane - Eric ‘n Pete are on board! If any others wish to attend our 2008 Rendezvous, here are the dates: Arrival: May 15th - Thursday (noon - 2 PM if possible)Departure: May 18th - Sunday We WILL partake in the following activities <others to be developed>:. . . Visit (s) to the Can-Am Trainroom & the operating HO - O - S gauge layouts <under the watchful eye of Juneau the "watch dog"!> . . . A morning-afternoon at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation (Kirkwood, MO). . . A few hours at the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, University of Missouri - St. Louis. . . Visit Kirkwood train station and other locations for views of passing trains. . . Lunch (late - later - both) at the TrainWreck Saloon (Rock Hill, MO). . . MetroLink ride from ‘end to end'. . . Amtrak trip to "somewhere" - track maintenance permitting!. . . Hopefully a Cardinals baseball game! <2008 sked not out yet>. . . Side trips before or after the Rendezvous <to be announced by Email> A FIRM agenda will be put together ‘n provided to the attendees via Email in late winter 2008.Let's keep all communications regarding the Rendezvous restricted to Email! Things do have a way of getting "missed" at the bar. Send me an Email via the Forums if you don't have my address . . . Meet us in St. Louis! Tom Happy Railroading! Siberianmo marthastrainyard Member sinceMarch 2006 From: Orange County, CA 98 posts Posted by marthastrainyard on Monday, October 8, 2007 8:12 PM Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Friends! Good Evening everybody present, and Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Paulaner Oktoberfest today, please, and a “Schitzika Patzel” to go with that (did I have one too many already, Boris? I meant Paprika Schnitzel); Boris really liked Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought another jar for him. Alright Boris, stop drooling, but I do appreciate the extra spiked OJ you served me at the door! Everybody now: Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Lass doch die Sorgen zu Haus Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Laß doch die Sorgen zu Haus! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz! Wow, that echoed in this empty bar, where’s everybody tonight? (As if I was the right person to ask that…) Tom, Columbus Day! Yeah I guess we should celebrate that guy who was found walking around lost on the shores back some 500 years ago! Thanks for the kind words and the translation of the song. As you can see, I left another one for you. I have not heard those flying monsters called Pterodactyls before. We used to joke about the mosquitoes in Northern Sweden being about 2 inches – between the eyes! So, the Rendezvous is going to be in Saint Louis again? I really wish I could make it but it is too early to say. Eric, Thanks for the comment on my German. I was in one of the last classes where German was the first foreign language taught in our schools. I still remember it, but it is easier to read than it is to write and listen nowadays. Not enough practice, I guess. Interesting story about the T43. There seems to be a large number of railroad companies in Sweden now, what a difference to just 30 years ago! I don’t know where my slides from the 125th anniversary are either. Well, they are in California, but so are a thousand other slides, more or less sorted, so it will take a while to find them, I’m sure. I saw your nice picture from Arizona. How about this one, near Two Guns: Or this from a certain corner: Both were taken on my way out to Texas in 2002. I think you are right about the engineer’s comfort, though; just ask this “engineer”: That’s my son in Fullerton in 2002 in the BNSF display engine that year. Jan Olov, I was going to learn to fire an S-class engine at “our” museum, but my work assignment over here came in between, so that never took place. It would have been fun, but probably a very heavy job since it is coal fired. Glad you liked the pictures. Yes, the new diesels seem to be built from the “inside out” with no consideration to what the finished product will look like. I miss the E and the F machines, not forgetting the PA/PB and the Eire builts. Those were nice looking engines, all of them. Lars (Lovedomes), Thanks for the very kind words. I think the beauty of this bar is that we can have an open conversation, joke with each other, and nobody starts to be picky or criticizing. An open environment like this leads to better conversation, and that’s what I like about Our Bar! Cheers! And Leon, another Paulaner, please, while I’m at it. Very nice pictures of the domes! Those fluted sided look really great, whether they are from MP or DRGW, it really doesn’t matter. I agree with Eric that the full dome is probably something you have to learn to appreciate, and I’m not there yet. The SP dome is a bit “wrinkled”. Did they put extra siding on them so they could “grow into their new clothes”, or what? I take it you see that I agree with you regarding that “discovery” we are supposed to celebrate today. I just wonder when we will get Vinland Day, or something like that? Yes, I have some slides from the last departing D&RGW train from Denver just before Amtrak took over. The only problem is that those slides are in the same stack as those from the SJ 125th anniversary that I told Eric about, so it will take a while. I have put it on my list of subject to contribute here at the bar, but it will most likely be next year before those come up here. I’m glad you listened to The Eagles regarding the Mets. I have another Eagles reference up above, “Take It Easy”. Nice book covers. I wish someone here at the bar has enough information to write about the RFP passenger service (and not just the DC commuter service, which I suppose they had at one time), it would be interesting to read about that. My guess is that RFP was a relatively short railroad. And you got a book there about WM also. Are those wooden heavyweights on the cover?? What is/was Wheeling and Lake Erie? It’s a name I have just barely heard so I know nothing about that road. That’s about it for tonight. Just one more Paulaner, Leon, and I will crawl out of here. < Home of the Ambroid history page and the up-and-coming City Of Los Angeles from 1950 http://www.trainweb.org/ambroidkits/ My pictures are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8514678@N08/ EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:44 AM Good morning Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!Leon, just in time, I would like a Wienerschitzel aith all extras and two glasses of Keith's.This Monday went by pretty much painless! JanOlov – I never operated a V1 but I imagine they were very much like V3. And they were kind of jumpy, but as long they were only used for switching they were okay. But I agree, T21 was a much nicer switcher from all points of view. I don’t know if you missed something, but that picture showed my house in the old country. Or didn’t you like the woods, wanted mountains instead? Tom – Do you remember that the Swedish Bikini Team that showed up last year and then disappeared? I think they were enrolled by the Second Class Saloon this year to win the Dart's Challenge 'n Grudge Match, Part Deux, by diverting our concentration from the dart games to something else.You are correct about the car in the picture, it was my 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix SE. It had everything, all the bells and whistles and then some! I should have shipped it over here but decided against it. I never saw the Cards playing the Rams so I don’t know anything about any dishonest tricks. But they won!Only 219 days to the 3rd Annual “Our” Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis!!!Lars – Your predictions are coming true (I hope). Snakes will play Boston in the World Series!Yes, I wish Dave was here to give me the answer about that SP car. It (the car) just doesn’t look right. Two mugs at a time? That is a good idea! I'll practice that! Yes, it is (was) a Grand Prix parked in the woods of Sweden. I had the car the last two years before moving here. A very nice car, had everything!Of course I am looking! Always checking your book covers. And every so often I find a book that I put on my “To Buy”-list. Many times I look up info when I find a railroad I never heard about before. So, please, continue to bring them on!Per – Of course you have to make it to St. Louis in May next year! In “my” school English was the first foreign language and German the second. The last couple of years one could add French, but that was just an option. There are quite a few different railroad companies in Sweden nowadays. Nice pictures. Two Guns, I have driven that par of I-40 many times, both privately and as a truck driver. Winslow, I’ve been there too.A very modern cab in that picture. I bet your son liked it. I can see an Amtrak bus outside.Hallsberg, Sweden. 1975. 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Greetings from our studios high atop Majestic Mount Mentor. I am tonight hunched over the old Underwood upright and am at a loss (Boris, give me back my wallet, thank you) to try and describe the first game of the darts tournament.
The pregame festivities resumed once the parade (not the contestants) reformed. The Greater Mentor Vintage Flight, Balloon and Social Club provided a flyover of several Gotha bombers. This was followed by a parade of flags, and the national anthems of all contestants involved in the tournament. The Transylvanian national anthem is, indeed, a toe tapping ditty. Not too many folks paid attention to the opening ceremonies as the refreshments flowed and the bets were heavy.
As a refresher, darts is a game played between two players or two teams. Each player throws three darts in a turn. Then the darts are retrieved. Darts must stay on the board for at least five seconds after a player's final throw. Throws don't count if they stick in another dart or fall off the board. If a player's foot (paw or tentacle) crosses the line or if a player falls over the line, the throw doesn't count. There are no "do-overs" in darts.
Scoring is pretty straightforward. In the wedge; the amount posted on the outer ring. Double ring (outer narrow ring) twice the number hit. Triple ring, three times the Happy Railroading! Siberianmo
Continuing the Saturday series of my 2006 Alaskan Rail Adventure . . . . . here's 10 more!
(1) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
(2) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star (telefoto)
(3) Someone's home! En route Anchorage aboard southbound Denali Star
(4) No neighbors! En route Ancorage aboard southbound Denali Star
(5) Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
(6) En route Anchorage aboard southbound Denali Star
(7) Most majestic Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
(8) Distant Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
(9) Telefoto of Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
(10) Final view of Mt. McKinley from southbound Denali Star
Enjoy!
Tom
Greetings Tom and gentlemen....
Could I have another extra cold Guinness please? Top up with cigars for the lads too if you don't mind....here, get yourself something as well.
$$$$ for the cigar box and Mr Wurlitzer....
Tom, absolutely stunning pics of Alaska! Really look forward to see what you'll follow up with.
Da Larsman, the ultimate in train travel must have been the dome observations, right? Great pics as always mate....
Allow me to get you a couple of nice drams....
Good Afternoon Tom and company.
Just a quick sailpast as we are back out and off the Continental Shelf recovering and deploying moorings for the Brits right now. Our shaft problems are hopefully behind or should I say aft of us now
Might as top up the mug with a fresh brew.
Thanks All
Fergie
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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
Hello,
I just dropped off a few words on the site for REAL Classic Trains - including TRACTION and thought a stop here would help a bit in getting something going on this Saturday.
Before anyone "jumps" at me to become a customer, I am really not interested in the back and forth stuff on the internet, either here or on other sites. Just happen to really enjoy browsing this particular one because of the fantastic amount of information provided. I go weeks between sessions and who knows when I'll pass this way again.
Siberianmo does one fine job with this and I was a browser back before he closed down operations some time ago. Glad to see things are going so well, although this site seems to have lost quite a few of the contributors from the past.
I have never found a site with so many fine photographs that are unselfishly shared with everyone. Shows just how unselfish you guys are, especially when the photographs are from your own resources. Kudos!
Anyway, best wishes to all of you ADULT train enthusiasts from pretty much all over the world! That is something to be proud of too!
Continued success to all who have helped make this such an enjoyable place to "browse" and if my words help to keep you going - good!
Have a drink on me!
I will be watching from the sidelines!
Jim in Connecticut
Starting Sunday at the Mentor Village Emporium Theatre!
. . . October 7th thru 13th: Horatio Hornblower - The Fire Ships (1999) Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay (II), Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice & Andrew Tiernan - and - Open Range (2003) Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Patricia Benedict, Annette Bening, Abraham Benrubi, Kim Coates & Diego Diablo Del Mar. SHORT: The Three Stooges - They Stooge To Conga (1943).
Horatio Hornblower - The Fire Ships (1999)
PLOT SUMMARY:
Based on the rousing sea adventures in C.S. Forester's novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, the four-film television series Horatio Hornblower explores the education of a plucky young officer rising through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy. Ioan Gruffudd is all integrity and honor as the ambitious midshipman who is taken under the stern yet nurturing guidance of Captain Pellew (Robert Lindsay) during the war against France in the French Revolution. Through these four adventures he faces a vindictive senior midshipman ("The Even Chance"); meets his hero, a reckless captain whose unorthodox methods are brave but foolhardy ("The Examination for Lieutenant"); is captured by the Spanish in a desperate maneuver to sneak through enemy lines ("The Duchess and the Devil"); and leads his men to French soil in an ill-planned attempt by French loyalists to start a popular front against the revolution ("The Frogs and the Lobsters"). The excellent re-creations of 18th-century vessels and ship-to-ship battles are astounding and reminiscent of such classic Hollywood seafaring adventures as Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk, not to mention Captain Horatio Hornblower, with Gregory Peck as the only previous screen incarnation of Forester's hero. This mixture of swashbuckling adventure and British naval tradition is leavened with well-placed humor and a cast of colorful characters, but at the heart of the tales is Gruffudd's quick-thinking, courageous Hornblower, a starry-eyed officer with the luck of the gods and the steely determination of an old-fashioned hero. --Sean Axmaker
NOTE: For the next seveal weeks at The Emporium Theatre one feature will be a Horatio Hornblower classic!
Open Range (2003)
Released almost exactly 11 years after Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Kevin Costner's Open Range proved yet again that the Western is the classic American genre. While it lacks the thematic impact of Eastwood's masterpiece, Costner's first film since 1997's ill-fated The Postman returns the actor/director of Dances With Wolves to the open prairies of America--in this case the free-range frontier of 1882--where legal "free-grazing" cattle drives were falling prey to empire-building land-owners. In the wake of territorial murder, free-grazing cowboys Boss (Robert Duvall) and Charley (Costner) seek vengeful justice against the ruthless rancher (Michael Gambon) who threatens their law-abiding survival. A feisty ally (the late Michael Jeter, in his next-to-final film role) and a doctor's sister (Annette Bening) offer support during climactic shootouts, masterfully staged with the shock and suddenness of real-life gunfire. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this handsome production redeemed Costner's directorial career with a well-told story (by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel The Open Range Men), flawless performances, and stunning Canadian locations. --Jeff Shannon
<from: amazon.com>
SHORT: The Three Stooges - They Stooge to Conga (1943)
The Stooges are fix-it men who are employed to fix the doorbell in a house that belongs to a nest of German and Japanese spies. Moe, Larry and Curly proceed to destroy the walls of the house looking for the problem before moving outside. Curly is then sent up to fix the wires atop a telephone pole. While "fixing" the lines, Curly slides his chair towards the window of the spies' main control room and crash through the window inside. He discovers their sabotage plans and he, with Moe and Larry manage to sabotage the saboteurs and g Happy Railroading! Siberianmo pwolfe Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: mid mo 1,054 posts Posted by pwolfe on Saturday, October 6, 2007 5:38 PM Hi Tom and all.Well CINDY it seems the Oktoberfest is going great with the band playing well and a great trip around the Cam-Am, earlier, yes H&H you look very handsome in the lederhosen. So a stein of one the German brews and a plate of sausage please.ALLAN I must admit I think the Newcastle Broon tastes different than it used to in the 1960s.Yes, I think ten-pin bowling originated from what we used to call Long Alley skittles, which was played along the floor. There used to be very keen leagues played, I know, around the Gloucester and Bristol area, I suppose they are still going on today. I have though about getting a skittle table imported over here, I'm sure I could make a bob or two at fairs etc, but it would cost a fortune to bring one over even if I could find one for sale. The ‘Toon' has had some great players. Am I right in thinking the Charlton Brothers were born in the same village as George Stephenson.Glad you are enjoying the photos.ERIC Many thanks for the link to the BNSF CRS and their video. To me it makes a great deal of sense to run this sort of program, I hope the other Class 1s will follow suit.I think a return to California in the future would be great and it will be interesting to see what exhibits will be on the floor they were working on while we were there.I don't think #4294 is operational, from what I gathered there maybe some items on the locomotive missing like cab fittings, it seems it was a close thing that # 4294 was saved The loco looks in superb condition. I bet Dave and Per will know more.Snow as the secret weapon at the Second Class Saloon and that sounds very interesting about what you saw Vito The Hit doing.JAN Thanks for the kind words. Many moons ago now there used to be a television program, that aired infrequently, hosted by the famous England fast bowler Fred Truman that featured the little known sports and pub games. It was a great program but I don't think it ran for long.I know it would cost a LOT of money but it would be great if ever they could get the cab- forward or a big-boy back in steam. I am sure a publicity tour with the locomotive would bring crowds if advertised and earn the railroad a lot of goodwill. Don't suppose it will happen but at least we can dream and the locos still exist.Many thanks for those great 4-8-4s, powerful looking engines indeed. LARS. The tent is looking in fine shape, I am sure RUTH will enjoy working in there, it will be a good afternoon with the band sounding on top form.Many thanks for those great Dome Cars.FERGIE Great to see the shaft problem is fixed without needing to go to the dry dock and you are back at sea.What exactly are you doing for the Brits.Calm seas and a good voyage.TOM I think you would soon get the hang of Skittles. We used to get some people from North America having a vacation on the canal that ran through the village, and they would tie up and visit the local pub which had a skittle table, and would very often have a go a the game. The main rule we had to tell them was the cheeses had to be thrown below shoulder height. I will explain more at the rendezvous.I must admit Pat's does not let me run up the bar tab as Our Place does.I guess the railway workshops still do overhauls of their locomotives or is that done by the manufactures now. I wonder when the last new locomotive was built by a railroad company.Many thanks for the First Mentor Darts Match report encore; the reporter is certainly not afraid of danger in making the world know about the tournament, as none of the players has a clue what went on. I wonder what the Second Class Saloon lot has got in store for us this year. Great to see the report again.Surely the Denali Star was not moving when you took the Alaska pictures, they are so in focus and clear even the trees close to the car. Were they taken with the camera you have now Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 6, 2007 6:02 PM Good day Tom and all at the bar flies. Drinks all around. October is my favorite month because of Oktoberfest. Any month that has to do with drinking my favorite brew, is a good month. What we need desperately is a Scotch Whisky festival. Scotland would be the logical place, but Mississippi would be as good a place as any. Since I'm short on railroad stuff, I'll try to fill in with what I have the most knowledge. Conversation in the bars, pubs and saloons I have frequented, have been about sports, girls, racing, girls, TV and girls. I can't recall ever conversing about trains other than about the tragic train wreck on the LIRR. My time spent in bars was considered "quality" time, a term reserved for the bars of yesteryear. In those days, there was a camaraderie that doesn't exist anymore, except at "Our Place". I can remember them as an institution where for the price of a beer, you could talk to your friends and tell your friendly bartender all your troubles. I think things really changed when women became bartenders. The place would become a place to hit on a gal. When I frequented bars, you always bought a round for the bar and for the bartender. The bartender was expert in mixing drinks. Back then, you drank either beer, straight shots or boiler makers, not mojo's, strawberry daiquiri's or the thousands of "women's" drinks. Today's bar scene is women, drugs, wise guys, gays, punks and guys trying to score. That is why I don't frequent them anymore. I'm sure you guys have similar thoughts about this. There was a bar in San Francisco that I used to go to. It was called the Temple Bar located down an alley and staffed by a veteran bartender, who was one of the last remaining who knew how to make the perfect martini. I learned from him the art of the martini, which to this day, I can still do. If you want to know how, I'll share the secret upon request. Edit EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Saturday, October 6, 2007 7:59 PM Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!Hi Leon, a Filet Mignon with lots of mushrooms, please! Medium. Just a quick stop to post a few pictures. JanOlov – I am looking forward to your Dad’s response! A whole bunch of very powerful 4-8-4 pictures today! Impressive!Tom – I think your grandpa was right about his name!! What did you two do at the Second Class Saloon? Checked the girls, or what? I’ve heard they (Second Class Saloon) have a (very good looking) lady team this year but they keep it secret so it will be a big surpise and confuse us when the battle starts! Thanks for the reports from last year’s Dart’s Challenge ‘n Grudge Match, Part Deux!!I am glad we have such an outstanding star reporter to give us all the information about those exciting days!Alaska Pictures! Thanks for the pictures! Beautiful nature! At least in the summer time!! Pix #3 and #4 reminded me about my promise to show a pix of my home in the old country today. I have been looking around but can’t find the photo I was thinking about but here is a not so good pix:Watch out for the icy driveway!Just outside the kitchen window.A new week and new movies! I like especially #2, Open Range!Lars – Have you started your dart training yet? Nice dome cars! But I don’t know what happened to SP’s #3606 full length dome? The whole body is full of “wrinkles”! Had it been in an accident? Jim – Thanks for the nice words! Maybe one day you will change your mind and become a regular guest!Pete – I guess my memory is not what it is supposed to be, but for some reason I was sure I saw something about #4294 was operational. Anyway, it looks great!Watch out for the lady team Second Class Saloon is putting together this year! They will be dressed in a way that will make it hard for us to concentrate on the dart. You know what I mean! Nice pictures from the National Railway Museum! That is a tiny tank engine! Good looking Pullman cars! Ron – My knowledge about bars is next to non existent. The only one I go to is “Our” Place! But it is probably true what you say about bartenders now and yesteryear! A few pictures in no particular order. All taken by my friend Hans Polanik. A Class B. Next to a Class R, 0-10-0, waiting for order to proceed. Class R was built from 1908 for iron ore trains in the most northern part of Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle. A Class T43 (GM Diesel). And the engineer on the same engine. Have a nice weekend!Eric marthastrainyard Member sinceMarch 2006 From: Orange County, CA 98 posts Posted by marthastrainyard on Saturday, October 6, 2007 10:32 PM Good Evening everybody present, and Happy Oktoberfest, or should I say Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Spaten Optimator, please, and a nice Wienerschnitzel to go with that; you can leave those little green pepper corn off, I won’t eat them. I hear Boris likes Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought a jar for him. Here Boris, easy now. In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da hat so manche braver Mann: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Gezeigt was er so vertragen kann Schon früh am Morgen fing er an Und spät am Abend kam er heraus So schön ist's im Hofbräuhaus. So, can we drink now? Or did we come to sing? Tom, Thanks for the background on “CM3 I’m NOT Shane”. That’s quite a story, now I think I shall go back and call him just CM3. Your definition of a ship vs. a boat is the same as my wife has and she comes from an all-Navy family so that seems to be the going definition over here. I like your article on BAR. One of my early locomotives was a BL-2 painted in the BAR scheme. I see that they have a whopping 2 passenger cars. I wonder how they can get both passenger trains going with just two cars? Bbut maybe they provided one car in each train and the through cars made up for the rest. Nice paint job on the E6(?) on the book cover! That D&H PA is a beauty! I hear that some of them went to Mexico and they run down there in the same paint scheme. I think I read somwhere that a couple are still hanging around, although in pretty bad shape. The similarity to the Warbonnet scheme is striking. I wonder how that came about? Or were these ex-ATSF units? I liked your write-up on the Milwaukee Road. Every time I read about the small lines that were the beginning of a larger road, I’m wondering if there is a “Family Tree” showing all the railroads and how they absorbed in, and spun off from, other companies to eventuall form what we have today. It must be an enormous task to draw up something like that, and I wonder what wall would be big enough to display it. Really nice pictures from Mt. McKinley. I bet you wouldn’t mine that cottage up there, would you? I’ll fight you for it, at least for the summer months, in spite of the mosquitos. Open Range seems to be a movie to watch this week at the theatre. I just got a “Gunsmoke” movie that I watched and that is now going to my daughter who is a real Gunsmoke fan. Eric, Thanks for reminding me of the 125th SJ anniversary. I spent almost all day at Värtan trying to get in a good position for taking pictures of the “parade” just to have a group of “professional” photographers setting up their equipment just in front of me (on the other side of the fence, of course). It was a great parade, and it seems that the one you have pictures from was just as good. The V3 is German made (Henschel?), but wasn’t there a very similar looking switcher that was made in UK? You have (had) a nice place back in the old country! Bambi showing up for breakfast and everything. Yes, the road looks a bit icy but that’s just a minor drawback and well compensated for compared to the surroundings. What paintjob is that on the T43? I see it’s owned by the railroad museum, but what logo is that? Al, I was afraid those Tui girls were for advertising only. Oh well, it save me a lot of money in air fare, doesn’t it? 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. Jan Olov, Did you drive those engines as an SJ employee or were you involved in a museum operation? I would suspect SJ since you have such a varying background with many different locomotive classes. And I see it runs in the family as well. My dad was a fireman at BKB for a short while before he switched career. Nice pictures of the 4-8-4’s. That Chief is really good looking. A sister engine, 3751, is preserved in California and it traveled under its own steam to the Fullerton Railroad Days this year: And parked opposite to that was 7744: I think the 3751 wins the beauty contest hands down even though the 7744 was so new you could almost smell the fresh paint! Lars (Lovedomes), Good to know my eyes weren’t playing a joke on me with that tender. The models that came out in the 50’s and 60’s had a very modified logo but I guess enough time has passed now so they can print as the were. I agree with you that it is silly to try to change history in every place. Tha Home of the Ambroid history page and the up-and-coming City Of Los Angeles from 1950 http://www.trainweb.org/ambroidkits/ My pictures are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8514678@N08/ LoveDomes Member sinceJanuary 2006 From: northeast U.S. 1,225 posts Posted by LoveDomes on Sunday, October 7, 2007 10:44 AM Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers waiting for the bar to open!This is NFL day at my hut! Jints vs Jets over in the Meadowlands . . . "game on" SOON! Go Jints!! I'll save the comments on the posts since my last visit - as this is SUNDAY, the day we are CLOSED! This is just a little something slipped through the mail slot to satisfy those of you with that "fix" required for REAL Classic Trains 24/7!! DRGW #1105 Silver Bronco (1980) (from: www.trainweb.org)Union Pacific 7003 (from: www.trainweb.org)Union Pacific 7001 Columbine (from: http://www.trainweb.org/) [this is the one Pete took a photo of with the ‘dome on dome" in Jefferson City, MO!!)Illinois Central #2200, former MP #890 (from: www.trainweb.com)Illinois Central #2210, former MP #894 (from: www.trainweb.com)Missouri Pacific #893 The Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)Illinois Central #2201, former MP #891 (from: www.trainweb.com)Missouri Pacific #891 Colorado Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)Misouri Pacific (MP) #890 as #590 (1964) (from: www.trainweb.com)Milkwaukee Road #54 (from: www.trainweb.com)Until the next time! Lars EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Sunday, October 7, 2007 7:40 PM I wonder why the Bar is closed today, during the OKTOBER FEST? Kind of strange. I saw the Second Class Bar was open and full of people, laughing and drinking eastern European Beer. Per – I am very impressed! You speak German like you haven’t done anything else all your life! I also spent a day in Värtan 1981 to see the “parade” of locomotives and trains. The problem is, I have no clue where my slides are. The V3s were built by Esslingen in Germany. The English switcher, V1, was built by English Electric. SJ had four of those and they looke very much like V3. The paintjob on the T43 is Swedtrac’s livery. Swedtrac is part of a company, SWT, and it is their logo. I don’t know anything about SWT. Very nice pictures of #3751 and the brand new #7744. No doubt, 3751 wins the beauty contest by a wide margin! But I bet, as an engineer, 7754 wins the comfort contest! Lars – A bunch of very nice dome cars! But I really don’t like the Milwaukee Road #54. Too much dome I guess, I am not sure. Northern Arizona. JanOlov Member sinceDecember 2001 From: GB 376 posts Posted by JanOlov on Monday, October 8, 2007 5:31 AM Greetings Tom and gentlemen.....YEEESSSS! I finally managed to get into the bar after umptin times trying....May I have....eeerrmmm....something German please? Whatever you recommend..... While you're at it, would you mind to top the lads pints as well and give their usual cigars too please. Here's something for yourself...$$$$ for the jukebox and Mr Wurlitzer....pwolfe, that's some nice pics from the museum . The BR used to have some nice looking diesels and rugged they were too. Those that you heard most about was the Deltics(?). Hope to see some more from you...EricX2000, well, as my dad put it about the V1 and V3, he didn't like them at all.... Too cramp, too jumpy etc....ended up comparing them to a horseback ride.... Preffered the T-21 if I remember correctly. I'll ask again to get a more complete report if you want....Great pics as always mate. Looking at that hous in the woods and thinking back to where I grew up, no wonder that I prefer the northern states of the U.S. Anyhting with high mountains and I feel right at home....marthastrainyard, I fired those steamers while "working" for local railroad musuem. I think that the steam locomotive societies today in Sweden have the same problems as those in the U.S etc. nowhere to run. Should they find somewhere to run it cost a fortune and take six months to do all the paperwork.....Great pics as usual mate . I never gonna get used to the modern diesels and odd shapes with strange angles here and there.... Da Larsman, great pics on some awesome looking cars... I wouldn't mind to own one of those dome observation cars and travel from the east coast to the west coast...would probably cost more than all the gold that you guys have in Fort Knox...As for picture taking.....isn't that always the "rule" folks, as soon as you put up your camera on your tripod or just shoot from the hip....people seem to come from nowhere and gather infront of you so that you see all....?See you around the corner..... All the best! Jan siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Monday, October 8, 2007 8:22 AM <personal foto> A smile to begin the week! I'd see if I could find the guy that lost it, and if he was poor, I'd give it back.<A Yogi-ism!> Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends ‘n families on either side of the 49th!! Columbus Day in the U.S. - it's one of those "Is it a holiday or isn't it " NOT observed equally throughout the land . . .unless you're a banker, postal employee or "fed." In my not-so-humble OH-PIN-YUN it's way past due to scrap this contrived "discovery of America holiday."It surely wasn't Columbus!! Guten Morgen allerseits! Wie ist jeder? Es is OKTOBERFEST! Partei wollen wir! Monday ‘n a day OFF for our Canadian friends north of the border! Eat, drink ‘n be merry for tomorrow the U.S. dollar will rebound! <grin> For the rest of us, EXCEPT for a select few, the coffee's hot - pastries fresh ‘n breakfasts ready for cookin'!! Comments from the Proprietor: OKTOBERFEST at "Our" Place every Saturday in October! Watch for an"Our" Place Rendezvous 2008 announcement this morning!! <suspense> Customer BRIEF Acknowledgments (since my last narrative) Saturday - Oct 6th: Jan (JanOlov) at 8:41 AM: Shake! Lars (LoveDomes) at 9:16 AM: 10 wunnerful DOME fotos! Jan (JanOlov) at 12:17 PM: Noticed Pix! Fergie (Fergmiester) at 1:37 PM: Back to sea! Jim (nutmeg1) at 3:06 PM: A browser stops in! Pete (pwolfe) at 5:38 PM: Super fine INCLUSIVE Post from our Bar Chandler ‘n Mid-Missouri Connection! Nice fotos too! Alaska Pix taken with my digital . . . Anyway, all shots were from MOVING trains - with the exception of depot fotos. You can tell the inside-the-car shots by the reflections from the windows. Tried to get most of ‘em out on the observation deck with the wind about to blow me away! [swg Ron (DD1) at 6:02 PM: Bar talk! When there's nothing to say about this or that, one can ALWAYS make comments on the Posts since the last visit . . . Kinda lets the guys know that their efforts have been noted ‘n appreciated! Eric (EricX2000) at 7:59 PM: Fine inclusive Post w/Pix!! All girl's Dart's team from The Second Class Saloon! We're READY for ‘em - as once said, "Bring ‘em on!! PLEASE! <pant> <pant> <pant>Sure looks like a Pontiac parked by that fine looking cabin in the forest! Not a Volvo or Saab Hmmmmmmmm. <grin>Foto appreciation goes to your friend, Hans! Per (marthastrainyard) at 10:32 PM: OUTSTANDING inclusive, informative ‘n interesting Post from our Resident Cowboy Swede! With that jar of PPF, you've made a friend for life with our Cloven-footed Cyclops called Boris! <uh oh>Nice of you to get with the Oktoberfest!! Your stanza from In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da hat so manche braver Mann:Eins, zwei, g&# Happy Railroading! Siberianmo LoveDomes Member sinceJanuary 2006 From: northeast U.S. 1,225 posts Posted by LoveDomes on Monday, October 8, 2007 10:31 AM Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers at the bar!Ruth my deAH, you're lookin' might Patriotic this day - Maple Leaf designs on your red, white ‘n blue outfit! Now that pretty much covAHs the bases, huh Those pastries are lookin' good too, especially the Beaver Paws (used to call ‘em Bear Paws, but it IS Thanksgiving in Canada dontchano!!) Anyway, a mugga Joe with a jolt to start the day will do for me! Joyous Thanksgiving Greetings to our friends in Canada and down here (Cap'ns Mrs. comes to mind!) Anyone else having log-in problems????!!!! This is getting to be a routine thing for me . . . took about an hour to finally log on. <barf>Boris, feed the crittAHs with the "holiday special" - double portions! And a LARGE jar of PPF for YOU! I noted that one of our customers has taken a "shine" to you with a jar of PPF over the weekend. A successful 1st Saturday for the Oktoberfest! Train rides were jammed - oooooompah music still rings in my ears <phew> - 'n I can't get the taste of those "wursts" outta my mouth. <geesh> Rant for the day! Around here ‘n especially within the Norwegian ‘n Swedish communities, there is NO WAY that Columbus "discovered America." This has ALWAYS been a huge bone of contention with those who have decided to make the history "fit" a particular situation. Without getting into "it" any further, it's wrong, wrong, wrong to revise history just to satisfy the wishes of any particular ethnicity, religion or nationality. Just plain wrong, wrong, wrong and in the U.S. we do it all the time. While everyone's efforts over the weekend are appreciated, I too have to make special mention of the fine posts from Per (marthastrainyard) ‘n Pete (pwolfe). Just wonderful efforts! For Da Bossman: Terrific Alaska RR Adventure photos! My Mrs. and I WILL take that trip and it is because of your photos from this year ‘n last. Just terrific!! Two good flicks at the Emporium! I like Hornblower ‘n am "wishing" for the DVD set for Christmas! <grin> Also am a huge Robert Duvall fan, especially westerns. Nice choices, mate! For Pete: After reading your description of the SKITTLES game, I think I'd do quite well ONLY after having a ‘snoot full' of course! <grin>For Per: You surely have come back with a BANG - just couldn't believe how complete you made the summary of conversations ‘n photos here at the bar! You were in Denver for the LAST DR&RGW "silver horses" train!!!! Too bad about not getting on board. Do you have photos from that event Bet it was quite a scene!!! Don't know if you've "caught" any of my comments in past postings about the trips my family took from Chicago to the Bay Area aboard the Zephyrs. Anyway, those dome cars were terrific ‘n my father ALWAYS made sure that my sister ‘n I ALWAYS had seats up there. Can't tell you for certain how many round trips we made, but we did it ever summer for many, many years. He (and my grandfather) were retirees from the B&O with passes . . . say no more, huh Anytime a bus is "injected" into what should be a train trip can (and does) ruin one's day! The most recent experience that Pete ‘n Tom had with their Gaspe trip comes to mind. BummAH, for sure! Somewhere in my memory bank I do recall seeing one of those UP two-tone grey steamers ‘n tender. Looked pretty "cool" to me . . . nevAH was a fan of left coast trains, BUT when it came to "oogling" ‘n "drooling" over steamers, wellllllllllllll. Not to worry about the "Mets thing" - just like the Eagle's song "Get Over it!" - I did <maybe>! <groan> For Eric: Reptiles need only one more round, then it's the World Series! You gottaluvit! Haven't the "foggiest" about that SP car - but yes, I agree, she does look "injured." Most probably was on her side once upon a time would be my guess. Too bad we no longer see West Coast S (Dave) ‘round here - he'd have the answer. <groan>Enjoyed the photos from your friend! siberianmo Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Chesterfield, Missouri, USA 7,214 posts "Our" Place reborn! 3rd Year of adults 'n REAL Classic Trains in a special environment! Posted by siberianmo on Monday, October 8, 2007 11:02 AM 3rd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis - May 2008! Yes, you read that correctly - St. Louis has been chosen once again for our annual get together. Planning for Chicago had to be postponed and it was left to those who committed to the 2008 gathering for the selection of a new location. Given the huge success of our 2007 event, the decision to return for another "go" put aside alternate suggestions. CM3 Shane - Eric ‘n Pete are on board! If any others wish to attend our 2008 Rendezvous, here are the dates: Arrival: May 15th - Thursday (noon - 2 PM if possible)Departure: May 18th - Sunday We WILL partake in the following activities <others to be developed>:. . . Visit (s) to the Can-Am Trainroom & the operating HO - O - S gauge layouts <under the watchful eye of Juneau the "watch dog"!> . . . A morning-afternoon at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation (Kirkwood, MO). . . A few hours at the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, University of Missouri - St. Louis. . . Visit Kirkwood train station and other locations for views of passing trains. . . Lunch (late - later - both) at the TrainWreck Saloon (Rock Hill, MO). . . MetroLink ride from ‘end to end'. . . Amtrak trip to "somewhere" - track maintenance permitting!. . . Hopefully a Cardinals baseball game! <2008 sked not out yet>. . . Side trips before or after the Rendezvous <to be announced by Email> A FIRM agenda will be put together ‘n provided to the attendees via Email in late winter 2008.Let's keep all communications regarding the Rendezvous restricted to Email! Things do have a way of getting "missed" at the bar. Send me an Email via the Forums if you don't have my address . . . Meet us in St. Louis! Tom Happy Railroading! Siberianmo marthastrainyard Member sinceMarch 2006 From: Orange County, CA 98 posts Posted by marthastrainyard on Monday, October 8, 2007 8:12 PM Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Friends! Good Evening everybody present, and Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Paulaner Oktoberfest today, please, and a “Schitzika Patzel” to go with that (did I have one too many already, Boris? I meant Paprika Schnitzel); Boris really liked Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought another jar for him. Alright Boris, stop drooling, but I do appreciate the extra spiked OJ you served me at the door! Everybody now: Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Lass doch die Sorgen zu Haus Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Laß doch die Sorgen zu Haus! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz! Wow, that echoed in this empty bar, where’s everybody tonight? (As if I was the right person to ask that…) Tom, Columbus Day! Yeah I guess we should celebrate that guy who was found walking around lost on the shores back some 500 years ago! Thanks for the kind words and the translation of the song. As you can see, I left another one for you. I have not heard those flying monsters called Pterodactyls before. We used to joke about the mosquitoes in Northern Sweden being about 2 inches – between the eyes! So, the Rendezvous is going to be in Saint Louis again? I really wish I could make it but it is too early to say. Eric, Thanks for the comment on my German. I was in one of the last classes where German was the first foreign language taught in our schools. I still remember it, but it is easier to read than it is to write and listen nowadays. Not enough practice, I guess. Interesting story about the T43. There seems to be a large number of railroad companies in Sweden now, what a difference to just 30 years ago! I don’t know where my slides from the 125th anniversary are either. Well, they are in California, but so are a thousand other slides, more or less sorted, so it will take a while to find them, I’m sure. I saw your nice picture from Arizona. How about this one, near Two Guns: Or this from a certain corner: Both were taken on my way out to Texas in 2002. I think you are right about the engineer’s comfort, though; just ask this “engineer”: That’s my son in Fullerton in 2002 in the BNSF display engine that year. Jan Olov, I was going to learn to fire an S-class engine at “our” museum, but my work assignment over here came in between, so that never took place. It would have been fun, but probably a very heavy job since it is coal fired. Glad you liked the pictures. Yes, the new diesels seem to be built from the “inside out” with no consideration to what the finished product will look like. I miss the E and the F machines, not forgetting the PA/PB and the Eire builts. Those were nice looking engines, all of them. Lars (Lovedomes), Thanks for the very kind words. I think the beauty of this bar is that we can have an open conversation, joke with each other, and nobody starts to be picky or criticizing. An open environment like this leads to better conversation, and that’s what I like about Our Bar! Cheers! And Leon, another Paulaner, please, while I’m at it. Very nice pictures of the domes! Those fluted sided look really great, whether they are from MP or DRGW, it really doesn’t matter. I agree with Eric that the full dome is probably something you have to learn to appreciate, and I’m not there yet. The SP dome is a bit “wrinkled”. Did they put extra siding on them so they could “grow into their new clothes”, or what? I take it you see that I agree with you regarding that “discovery” we are supposed to celebrate today. I just wonder when we will get Vinland Day, or something like that? Yes, I have some slides from the last departing D&RGW train from Denver just before Amtrak took over. The only problem is that those slides are in the same stack as those from the SJ 125th anniversary that I told Eric about, so it will take a while. I have put it on my list of subject to contribute here at the bar, but it will most likely be next year before those come up here. I’m glad you listened to The Eagles regarding the Mets. I have another Eagles reference up above, “Take It Easy”. Nice book covers. I wish someone here at the bar has enough information to write about the RFP passenger service (and not just the DC commuter service, which I suppose they had at one time), it would be interesting to read about that. My guess is that RFP was a relatively short railroad. And you got a book there about WM also. Are those wooden heavyweights on the cover?? What is/was Wheeling and Lake Erie? It’s a name I have just barely heard so I know nothing about that road. That’s about it for tonight. Just one more Paulaner, Leon, and I will crawl out of here. < Home of the Ambroid history page and the up-and-coming City Of Los Angeles from 1950 http://www.trainweb.org/ambroidkits/ My pictures are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8514678@N08/ EricX2000 Member sinceDecember 2002 From: Phoenix, AZ 683 posts Posted by EricX2000 on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:44 AM Good morning Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!Leon, just in time, I would like a Wienerschitzel aith all extras and two glasses of Keith's.This Monday went by pretty much painless! JanOlov – I never operated a V1 but I imagine they were very much like V3. And they were kind of jumpy, but as long they were only used for switching they were okay. But I agree, T21 was a much nicer switcher from all points of view. I don’t know if you missed something, but that picture showed my house in the old country. Or didn’t you like the woods, wanted mountains instead? Tom – Do you remember that the Swedish Bikini Team that showed up last year and then disappeared? I think they were enrolled by the Second Class Saloon this year to win the Dart's Challenge 'n Grudge Match, Part Deux, by diverting our concentration from the dart games to something else.You are correct about the car in the picture, it was my 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix SE. It had everything, all the bells and whistles and then some! I should have shipped it over here but decided against it. I never saw the Cards playing the Rams so I don’t know anything about any dishonest tricks. But they won!Only 219 days to the 3rd Annual “Our” Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis!!!Lars – Your predictions are coming true (I hope). Snakes will play Boston in the World Series!Yes, I wish Dave was here to give me the answer about that SP car. It (the car) just doesn’t look right. Two mugs at a time? That is a good idea! I'll practice that! Yes, it is (was) a Grand Prix parked in the woods of Sweden. I had the car the last two years before moving here. A very nice car, had everything!Of course I am looking! Always checking your book covers. And every so often I find a book that I put on my “To Buy”-list. Many times I look up info when I find a railroad I never heard about before. So, please, continue to bring them on!Per – Of course you have to make it to St. Louis in May next year! In “my” school English was the first foreign language and German the second. The last couple of years one could add French, but that was just an option. There are quite a few different railroad companies in Sweden nowadays. Nice pictures. Two Guns, I have driven that par of I-40 many times, both privately and as a truck driver. Winslow, I’ve been there too.A very modern cab in that picture. I bet your son liked it. I can see an Amtrak bus outside.Hallsberg, Sweden. 1975. 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Well CINDY it seems the Oktoberfest is going great with the band playing well and a great trip around the Cam-Am, earlier, yes H&H you look very handsome in the lederhosen. So a stein of one the German brews and a plate of sausage please.
ALLAN I must admit I think the Newcastle Broon tastes different than it used to in the 1960s.
Yes, I think ten-pin bowling originated from what we used to call Long Alley skittles, which was played along the floor. There used to be very keen leagues played, I know, around the Gloucester and Bristol area, I suppose they are still going on today. I have though about getting a skittle table imported over here, I'm sure I could make a bob or two at fairs etc, but it would cost a fortune to bring one over even if I could find one for sale.
The ‘Toon' has had some great players. Am I right in thinking the Charlton Brothers were born in the same village as George Stephenson.
Glad you are enjoying the photos.
ERIC Many thanks for the link to the BNSF CRS and their video. To me it makes a great deal of sense to run this sort of program, I hope the other Class 1s will follow suit.
I think a return to California in the future would be great and it will be interesting to see what exhibits will be on the floor they were working on while we were there.
I don't think #4294 is operational, from what I gathered there maybe some items on the locomotive missing like cab fittings, it seems it was a close thing that # 4294 was saved The loco looks in superb condition. I bet Dave and Per will know more.
Snow as the secret weapon at the Second Class Saloon and that sounds very interesting about what you saw Vito The Hit doing.
JAN Thanks for the kind words. Many moons ago now there used to be a television program, that aired infrequently, hosted by the famous England fast bowler Fred Truman that featured the little known sports and pub games. It was a great program but I don't think it ran for long.
I know it would cost a LOT of money but it would be great if ever they could get the cab- forward or a big-boy back in steam. I am sure a publicity tour with the locomotive would bring crowds if advertised and earn the railroad a lot of goodwill. Don't suppose it will happen but at least we can dream and the locos still exist.
Many thanks for those great 4-8-4s, powerful looking engines indeed.
LARS. The tent is looking in fine shape, I am sure RUTH will enjoy working in there, it will be a good afternoon with the band sounding on top form.
Many thanks for those great Dome Cars.
FERGIE Great to see the shaft problem is fixed without needing to go to the dry dock and you are back at sea.
What exactly are you doing for the Brits.
Calm seas and a good voyage.
TOM I think you would soon get the hang of Skittles. We used to get some people from North America having a vacation on the canal that ran through the village, and they would tie up and visit the local pub which had a skittle table, and would very often have a go a the game. The main rule we had to tell them was the cheeses had to be thrown below shoulder height. I will explain more at the rendezvous.
I must admit Pat's does not let me run up the bar tab as Our Place does.
I guess the railway workshops still do overhauls of their locomotives or is that done by the manufactures now. I wonder when the last new locomotive was built by a railroad company.
Many thanks for the First Mentor Darts Match report encore; the reporter is certainly not afraid of danger in making the world know about the tournament, as none of the players has a clue what went on. I wonder what the Second Class Saloon lot has got in store for us this year. Great to see the report again.
Surely the Denali Star was not moving when you took the Alaska pictures, they are so in focus and clear even the trees close to the car. Were they taken with the camera you have now
Good day Tom and all at the bar flies. Drinks all around. October is my favorite month because of Oktoberfest. Any month that has to do with drinking my favorite brew, is a good month. What we need desperately is a Scotch Whisky festival. Scotland would be the logical place, but Mississippi would be as good a place as any. Since I'm short on railroad stuff, I'll try to fill in with what I have the most knowledge.
Conversation in the bars, pubs and saloons I have frequented, have been about sports, girls, racing, girls, TV and girls. I can't recall ever conversing about trains other than about the tragic train wreck on the LIRR. My time spent in bars was considered "quality" time, a term reserved for the bars of yesteryear. In those days, there was a camaraderie that doesn't exist anymore, except at "Our Place". I can remember them as an institution where for the price of a beer, you could talk to your friends and tell your friendly bartender all your troubles. I think things really changed when women became bartenders. The place would become a place to hit on a gal.
When I frequented bars, you always bought a round for the bar and for the bartender. The bartender was expert in mixing drinks. Back then, you drank either beer, straight shots or boiler makers, not mojo's, strawberry daiquiri's or the thousands of "women's" drinks. Today's bar scene is women, drugs, wise guys, gays, punks and guys trying to score. That is why I don't frequent them anymore. I'm sure you guys have similar thoughts about this.
There was a bar in San Francisco that I used to go to. It was called the Temple Bar located down an alley and staffed by a veteran bartender, who was one of the last remaining who knew how to make the perfect martini. I learned from him the art of the martini, which to this day, I can still do. If you want to know how, I'll share the secret upon request.
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Hi Leon, a Filet Mignon with lots of mushrooms, please! Medium.
Just a quick stop to post a few pictures.
JanOlov – I am looking forward to your Dad’s response! A whole bunch of very powerful 4-8-4 pictures today! Impressive!Tom – I think your grandpa was right about his name!! What did you two do at the Second Class Saloon? Checked the girls, or what? I’ve heard they (Second Class Saloon) have a (very good looking) lady team this year but they keep it secret so it will be a big surpise and confuse us when the battle starts! Thanks for the reports from last year’s Dart’s Challenge ‘n Grudge Match, Part Deux!!I am glad we have such an outstanding star reporter to give us all the information about those exciting days!Alaska Pictures! Thanks for the pictures! Beautiful nature! At least in the summer time!! Pix #3 and #4 reminded me about my promise to show a pix of my home in the old country today. I have been looking around but can’t find the photo I was thinking about but here is a not so good pix:
Watch out for the icy driveway!
Just outside the kitchen window.A new week and new movies! I like especially #2, Open Range!Lars – Have you started your dart training yet? Nice dome cars! But I don’t know what happened to SP’s #3606 full length dome? The whole body is full of “wrinkles”! Had it been in an accident? Jim – Thanks for the nice words! Maybe one day you will change your mind and become a regular guest!Pete – I guess my memory is not what it is supposed to be, but for some reason I was sure I saw something about #4294 was operational. Anyway, it looks great!Watch out for the lady team Second Class Saloon is putting together this year! They will be dressed in a way that will make it hard for us to concentrate on the dart. You know what I mean! Nice pictures from the National Railway Museum! That is a tiny tank engine! Good looking Pullman cars! Ron – My knowledge about bars is next to non existent. The only one I go to is “Our” Place! But it is probably true what you say about bartenders now and yesteryear!
A few pictures in no particular order. All taken by my friend Hans Polanik.
A Class B.
Next to a Class R, 0-10-0, waiting for order to proceed. Class R was built from 1908 for iron ore trains in the most northern part of Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle.
A Class T43 (GM Diesel).
And the engineer on the same engine.
Have a nice weekend!
Good Evening everybody present, and Happy Oktoberfest, or should I say Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Spaten Optimator, please, and a nice Wienerschnitzel to go with that; you can leave those little green pepper corn off, I won’t eat them. I hear Boris likes Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought a jar for him. Here Boris, easy now.
In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Da hat so manche braver Mann: Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . . Gezeigt was er so vertragen kann Schon früh am Morgen fing er an Und spät am Abend kam er heraus So schön ist's im Hofbräuhaus.
So, can we drink now? Or did we come to sing?
Tom, Thanks for the background on “CM3 I’m NOT Shane”. That’s quite a story, now I think I shall go back and call him just CM3.
Your definition of a ship vs. a boat is the same as my wife has and she comes from an all-Navy family so that seems to be the going definition over here.
I like your article on BAR. One of my early locomotives was a BL-2 painted in the BAR scheme. I see that they have a whopping 2 passenger cars. I wonder how they can get both passenger trains going with just two cars? Bbut maybe they provided one car in each train and the through cars made up for the rest. Nice paint job on the E6(?) on the book cover!
That D&H PA is a beauty! I hear that some of them went to Mexico and they run down there in the same paint scheme. I think I read somwhere that a couple are still hanging around, although in pretty bad shape. The similarity to the Warbonnet scheme is striking. I wonder how that came about? Or were these ex-ATSF units?
I liked your write-up on the Milwaukee Road. Every time I read about the small lines that were the beginning of a larger road, I’m wondering if there is a “Family Tree” showing all the railroads and how they absorbed in, and spun off from, other companies to eventuall form what we have today. It must be an enormous task to draw up something like that, and I wonder what wall would be big enough to display it.
Really nice pictures from Mt. McKinley. I bet you wouldn’t mine that cottage up there, would you? I’ll fight you for it, at least for the summer months, in spite of the mosquitos.
Open Range seems to be a movie to watch this week at the theatre. I just got a “Gunsmoke” movie that I watched and that is now going to my daughter who is a real Gunsmoke fan.
Eric, Thanks for reminding me of the 125th SJ anniversary. I spent almost all day at Värtan trying to get in a good position for taking pictures of the “parade” just to have a group of “professional” photographers setting up their equipment just in front of me (on the other side of the fence, of course). It was a great parade, and it seems that the one you have pictures from was just as good.
The V3 is German made (Henschel?), but wasn’t there a very similar looking switcher that was made in UK?
You have (had) a nice place back in the old country! Bambi showing up for breakfast and everything. Yes, the road looks a bit icy but that’s just a minor drawback and well compensated for compared to the surroundings.
What paintjob is that on the T43? I see it’s owned by the railroad museum, but what logo is that?
Al, I was afraid those Tui girls were for advertising only. Oh well, it save me a lot of money in air fare, doesn’t it?
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.
Jan Olov, Did you drive those engines as an SJ employee or were you involved in a museum operation? I would suspect SJ since you have such a varying background with many different locomotive classes. And I see it runs in the family as well. My dad was a fireman at BKB for a short while before he switched career.
Nice pictures of the 4-8-4’s. That Chief is really good looking. A sister engine, 3751, is preserved in California and it traveled under its own steam to the Fullerton Railroad Days this year:
And parked opposite to that was 7744:
I think the 3751 wins the beauty contest hands down even though the 7744 was so new you could almost smell the fresh paint!
Lars (Lovedomes), Good to know my eyes weren’t playing a joke on me with that tender. The models that came out in the 50’s and 60’s had a very modified logo but I guess enough time has passed now so they can print as the were. I agree with you that it is silly to try to change history in every place. Tha
Ahoy Cap'n Tom ‘n fellow travelers waiting for the bar to open!
This is NFL day at my hut! Jints vs Jets over in the Meadowlands . . . "game on" SOON! Go Jints!!
I'll save the comments on the posts since my last visit - as this is SUNDAY, the day we are CLOSED! This is just a little something slipped through the mail slot to satisfy those of you with that "fix" required for REAL Classic Trains 24/7!!
DRGW #1105 Silver Bronco (1980) (from: www.trainweb.org)
Union Pacific 7003 (from: www.trainweb.org)
Union Pacific 7001 Columbine (from: http://www.trainweb.org/) [this is the one Pete took a photo of with the ‘dome on dome" in Jefferson City, MO!!)
Illinois Central #2200, former MP #890 (from: www.trainweb.com)
Illinois Central #2210, former MP #894 (from: www.trainweb.com)
Missouri Pacific #893 The Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)
Illinois Central #2201, former MP #891 (from: www.trainweb.com)
Missouri Pacific #891 Colorado Eagle (from: www.trainweb.com)
Misouri Pacific (MP) #890 as #590 (1964) (from: www.trainweb.com)
Milkwaukee Road #54 (from: www.trainweb.com)
I wonder why the Bar is closed today, during the OKTOBER FEST? Kind of strange. I saw the Second Class Bar was open and full of people, laughing and drinking eastern European Beer.
Per – I am very impressed! You speak German like you haven’t done anything else all your life! I also spent a day in Värtan 1981 to see the “parade” of locomotives and trains. The problem is, I have no clue where my slides are. The V3s were built by Esslingen in Germany. The English switcher, V1, was built by English Electric. SJ had four of those and they looke very much like V3. The paintjob on the T43 is Swedtrac’s livery. Swedtrac is part of a company, SWT, and it is their logo. I don’t know anything about SWT. Very nice pictures of #3751 and the brand new #7744. No doubt, 3751 wins the beauty contest by a wide margin! But I bet, as an engineer, 7754 wins the comfort contest! Lars – A bunch of very nice dome cars! But I really don’t like the Milwaukee Road #54. Too much dome I guess, I am not sure.
Northern Arizona.
Greetings Tom and gentlemen.....
YEEESSSS! I finally managed to get into the bar after umptin times trying....
May I have....eeerrmmm....something German please? Whatever you recommend..... While you're at it, would you mind to top the lads pints as well and give their usual cigars too please. Here's something for yourself...
$$$$ for the jukebox and Mr Wurlitzer....
pwolfe, that's some nice pics from the museum . The BR used to have some nice looking diesels and rugged they were too. Those that you heard most about was the Deltics(?). Hope to see some more from you...
EricX2000, well, as my dad put it about the V1 and V3, he didn't like them at all.... Too cramp, too jumpy etc....ended up comparing them to a horseback ride.... Preffered the T-21 if I remember correctly. I'll ask again to get a more complete report if you want....
Great pics as always mate. Looking at that hous in the woods and thinking back to where I grew up, no wonder that I prefer the northern states of the U.S. Anyhting with high mountains and I feel right at home....
marthastrainyard, I fired those steamers while "working" for local railroad musuem. I think that the steam locomotive societies today in Sweden have the same problems as those in the U.S etc. nowhere to run. Should they find somewhere to run it cost a fortune and take six months to do all the paperwork.....
Great pics as usual mate . I never gonna get used to the modern diesels and odd shapes with strange angles here and there....
Da Larsman, great pics on some awesome looking cars... I wouldn't mind to own one of those dome observation cars and travel from the east coast to the west coast...would probably cost more than all the gold that you guys have in Fort Knox...
As for picture taking.....isn't that always the "rule" folks, as soon as you put up your camera on your tripod or just shoot from the hip....people seem to come from nowhere and gather infront of you so that you see all....?
See you around the corner.....
A smile to begin the week!
I'd see if I could find the guy that lost it, and if he was poor, I'd give it back.
<A Yogi-ism!>
Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends ‘n families on either side of the 49th!!
Columbus Day in the U.S. - it's one of those "Is it a holiday or isn't it " NOT observed equally throughout the land . . .unless you're a banker, postal employee or "fed."
In my not-so-humble OH-PIN-YUN it's way past due to scrap this contrived "discovery of America holiday."It surely wasn't Columbus!!
Monday ‘n a day OFF for our Canadian friends north of the border! Eat, drink ‘n be merry for tomorrow the U.S. dollar will rebound! <grin>
For the rest of us, EXCEPT for a select few, the coffee's hot - pastries fresh ‘n breakfasts ready for cookin'!!
OKTOBERFEST at "Our" Place every Saturday in October!
Watch for an"Our" Place Rendezvous 2008 announcement this morning!! <suspense>
Customer BRIEF Acknowledgments (since my last narrative)
Jan (JanOlov) at 8:41 AM: Shake!
Lars (LoveDomes) at 9:16 AM: 10 wunnerful DOME fotos!
Jan (JanOlov) at 12:17 PM: Noticed Pix!
Fergie (Fergmiester) at 1:37 PM: Back to sea!
Jim (nutmeg1) at 3:06 PM: A browser stops in!
Pete (pwolfe) at 5:38 PM: Super fine INCLUSIVE Post from our Bar Chandler ‘n Mid-Missouri Connection! Nice fotos too!
Alaska Pix taken with my digital . . . Anyway, all shots were from MOVING trains - with the exception of depot fotos. You can tell the inside-the-car shots by the reflections from the windows. Tried to get most of ‘em out on the observation deck with the wind about to blow me away! [swg
Ron (DD1) at 6:02 PM: Bar talk!
When there's nothing to say about this or that, one can ALWAYS make comments on the Posts since the last visit . . . Kinda lets the guys know that their efforts have been noted ‘n appreciated!
Eric (EricX2000) at 7:59 PM: Fine inclusive Post w/Pix!! All girl's Dart's team from The Second Class Saloon! We're READY for ‘em - as once said, "Bring ‘em on!! PLEASE! <pant> <pant> <pant>
Sure looks like a Pontiac parked by that fine looking cabin in the forest! Not a Volvo or Saab Hmmmmmmmm. <grin>
Foto appreciation goes to your friend, Hans!
Per (marthastrainyard) at 10:32 PM: OUTSTANDING inclusive, informative ‘n interesting Post from our Resident Cowboy Swede!
With that jar of PPF, you've made a friend for life with our Cloven-footed Cyclops called Boris! <uh oh>
Nice of you to get with the Oktoberfest!!
Your stanza from In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:
In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da läuft so manches Fäßchen aus:Eins, zwei, g'suffa . . .Da hat so manche braver Mann:Eins, zwei, g&#
Ruth my deAH, you're lookin' might Patriotic this day - Maple Leaf designs on your red, white ‘n blue outfit! Now that pretty much covAHs the bases, huh Those pastries are lookin' good too, especially the Beaver Paws (used to call ‘em Bear Paws, but it IS Thanksgiving in Canada dontchano!!) Anyway, a mugga Joe with a jolt to start the day will do for me!
Joyous Thanksgiving Greetings to our friends in Canada and down here (Cap'ns Mrs. comes to mind!)
Anyone else having log-in problems????!!!! This is getting to be a routine thing for me . . . took about an hour to finally log on. <barf>
Boris, feed the crittAHs with the "holiday special" - double portions! And a LARGE jar of PPF for YOU! I noted that one of our customers has taken a "shine" to you with a jar of PPF over the weekend.
A successful 1st Saturday for the Oktoberfest! Train rides were jammed - oooooompah music still rings in my ears <phew> - 'n I can't get the taste of those "wursts" outta my mouth. <geesh>
Rant for the day! Around here ‘n especially within the Norwegian ‘n Swedish communities, there is NO WAY that Columbus "discovered America." This has ALWAYS been a huge bone of contention with those who have decided to make the history "fit" a particular situation. Without getting into "it" any further, it's wrong, wrong, wrong to revise history just to satisfy the wishes of any particular ethnicity, religion or nationality. Just plain wrong, wrong, wrong and in the U.S. we do it all the time.
While everyone's efforts over the weekend are appreciated, I too have to make special mention of the fine posts from Per (marthastrainyard) ‘n Pete (pwolfe). Just wonderful efforts!
For Da Bossman: Terrific Alaska RR Adventure photos! My Mrs. and I WILL take that trip and it is because of your photos from this year ‘n last. Just terrific!!
Two good flicks at the Emporium! I like Hornblower ‘n am "wishing" for the DVD set for Christmas! <grin> Also am a huge Robert Duvall fan, especially westerns. Nice choices, mate!
For Pete: After reading your description of the SKITTLES game, I think I'd do quite well ONLY after having a ‘snoot full' of course! <grin>
For Per: You surely have come back with a BANG - just couldn't believe how complete you made the summary of conversations ‘n photos here at the bar!
You were in Denver for the LAST DR&RGW "silver horses" train!!!! Too bad about not getting on board. Do you have photos from that event Bet it was quite a scene!!! Don't know if you've "caught" any of my comments in past postings about the trips my family took from Chicago to the Bay Area aboard the Zephyrs. Anyway, those dome cars were terrific ‘n my father ALWAYS made sure that my sister ‘n I ALWAYS had seats up there. Can't tell you for certain how many round trips we made, but we did it ever summer for many, many years. He (and my grandfather) were retirees from the B&O with passes . . . say no more, huh
Anytime a bus is "injected" into what should be a train trip can (and does) ruin one's day! The most recent experience that Pete ‘n Tom had with their Gaspe trip comes to mind. BummAH, for sure!
Somewhere in my memory bank I do recall seeing one of those UP two-tone grey steamers ‘n tender. Looked pretty "cool" to me . . . nevAH was a fan of left coast trains, BUT when it came to "oogling" ‘n "drooling" over steamers, wellllllllllllll.
Not to worry about the "Mets thing" - just like the Eagle's song "Get Over it!" - I did <maybe>! <groan>
For Eric: Reptiles need only one more round, then it's the World Series! You gottaluvit!
Haven't the "foggiest" about that SP car - but yes, I agree, she does look "injured." Most probably was on her side once upon a time would be my guess. Too bad we no longer see West Coast S (Dave) ‘round here - he'd have the answer. <groan>
Enjoyed the photos from your friend!
3rd Annual "Our" Place Classic Trains Rendezvous
in St. Louis - May 2008!
Yes, you read that correctly - St. Louis has been chosen once again for our annual get together.
Planning for Chicago had to be postponed and it was left to those who committed to the 2008 gathering for the selection of a new location. Given the huge success of our 2007 event, the decision to return for another "go" put aside alternate suggestions.
CM3 Shane - Eric ‘n Pete are on board! If any others wish to attend our 2008 Rendezvous, here are the dates:
Arrival: May 15th - Thursday (noon - 2 PM if possible)
We WILL partake in the following activities <others to be developed>:
. . . Visit (s) to the Can-Am Trainroom & the operating HO - O - S gauge layouts <under the watchful eye of Juneau the "watch dog"!>
. . . A morning-afternoon at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation (Kirkwood, MO)
. . . A few hours at the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, University of Missouri - St. Louis
. . . Visit Kirkwood train station and other locations for views of passing trains
. . . Lunch (late - later - both) at the TrainWreck Saloon (Rock Hill, MO)
. . . MetroLink ride from ‘end to end'
. . . Amtrak trip to "somewhere" - track maintenance permitting!
. . . Hopefully a Cardinals baseball game! <2008 sked not out yet>
. . . Side trips before or after the Rendezvous <to be announced by Email>
A FIRM agenda will be put together ‘n provided to the attendees via Email in late winter 2008.
Let's keep all communications regarding the Rendezvous restricted to Email! Things do have a way of getting "missed" at the bar. Send me an Email via the Forums if you don't have my address . . .
Meet us in St. Louis!
Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Friends!
Good Evening everybody present, and Fröhlicher Oktoberfest! Leon, please a round for everybody, some coins for the juke box, and I like a large Paulaner Oktoberfest today, please, and a “Schitzika Patzel” to go with that (did I have one too many already, Boris? I meant Paprika Schnitzel); Boris really liked Pickled Pigs Feet so I brought another jar for him. Alright Boris, stop drooling, but I do appreciate the extra spiked OJ you served me at the door!
Everybody now:
Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Lass doch die Sorgen zu Haus Trink, trink, Brüderlein trink, Laß doch die Sorgen zu Haus! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz! Meide den Kummer und meide den Schmerz, Dann ist das Leben ein Scherz!
Wow, that echoed in this empty bar, where’s everybody tonight? (As if I was the right person to ask that…)
Tom, Columbus Day! Yeah I guess we should celebrate that guy who was found walking around lost on the shores back some 500 years ago!
Thanks for the kind words and the translation of the song. As you can see, I left another one for you.
I have not heard those flying monsters called Pterodactyls before. We used to joke about the mosquitoes in Northern Sweden being about 2 inches – between the eyes!
So, the Rendezvous is going to be in Saint Louis again? I really wish I could make it but it is too early to say.
Eric, Thanks for the comment on my German. I was in one of the last classes where German was the first foreign language taught in our schools. I still remember it, but it is easier to read than it is to write and listen nowadays. Not enough practice, I guess.
Interesting story about the T43. There seems to be a large number of railroad companies in Sweden now, what a difference to just 30 years ago!
I don’t know where my slides from the 125th anniversary are either. Well, they are in California, but so are a thousand other slides, more or less sorted, so it will take a while to find them, I’m sure.
I saw your nice picture from Arizona. How about this one, near Two Guns:
Or this from a certain corner:
Both were taken on my way out to Texas in 2002.
I think you are right about the engineer’s comfort, though; just ask this “engineer”:
That’s my son in Fullerton in 2002 in the BNSF display engine that year.
Jan Olov, I was going to learn to fire an S-class engine at “our” museum, but my work assignment over here came in between, so that never took place. It would have been fun, but probably a very heavy job since it is coal fired.
Glad you liked the pictures. Yes, the new diesels seem to be built from the “inside out” with no consideration to what the finished product will look like. I miss the E and the F machines, not forgetting the PA/PB and the Eire builts. Those were nice looking engines, all of them.
Lars (Lovedomes), Thanks for the very kind words. I think the beauty of this bar is that we can have an open conversation, joke with each other, and nobody starts to be picky or criticizing. An open environment like this leads to better conversation, and that’s what I like about Our Bar! Cheers! And Leon, another Paulaner, please, while I’m at it.
Very nice pictures of the domes! Those fluted sided look really great, whether they are from MP or DRGW, it really doesn’t matter. I agree with Eric that the full dome is probably something you have to learn to appreciate, and I’m not there yet. The SP dome is a bit “wrinkled”. Did they put extra siding on them so they could “grow into their new clothes”, or what?
I take it you see that I agree with you regarding that “discovery” we are supposed to celebrate today. I just wonder when we will get Vinland Day, or something like that?
Yes, I have some slides from the last departing D&RGW train from Denver just before Amtrak took over. The only problem is that those slides are in the same stack as those from the SJ 125th anniversary that I told Eric about, so it will take a while. I have put it on my list of subject to contribute here at the bar, but it will most likely be next year before those come up here.
I’m glad you listened to The Eagles regarding the Mets. I have another Eagles reference up above, “Take It Easy”.
Nice book covers. I wish someone here at the bar has enough information to write about the RFP passenger service (and not just the DC commuter service, which I suppose they had at one time), it would be interesting to read about that. My guess is that RFP was a relatively short railroad. And you got a book there about WM also. Are those wooden heavyweights on the cover?? What is/was Wheeling and Lake Erie? It’s a name I have just barely heard so I know nothing about that road.
That’s about it for tonight. Just one more Paulaner, Leon, and I will crawl out of here.
Leon, just in time, I would like a Wienerschitzel aith all extras and two glasses of Keith's.
This Monday went by pretty much painless!
JanOlov – I never operated a V1 but I imagine they were very much like V3. And they were kind of jumpy, but as long they were only used for switching they were okay. But I agree, T21 was a much nicer switcher from all points of view. I don’t know if you missed something, but that picture showed my house in the old country. Or didn’t you like the woods, wanted mountains instead? Tom – Do you remember that the Swedish Bikini Team that showed up last year and then disappeared? I think they were enrolled by the Second Class Saloon this year to win the Dart's Challenge 'n Grudge Match, Part Deux, by diverting our concentration from the dart games to something else.You are correct about the car in the picture, it was my 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix SE. It had everything, all the bells and whistles and then some! I should have shipped it over here but decided against it. I never saw the Cards playing the Rams so I don’t know anything about any dishonest tricks. But they won!Only 219 days to the 3rd Annual “Our” Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis!!!Lars – Your predictions are coming true (I hope). Snakes will play Boston in the World Series!Yes, I wish Dave was here to give me the answer about that SP car. It (the car) just doesn’t look right. Two mugs at a time? That is a good idea! I'll practice that!
Yes, it is (was) a Grand Prix parked in the woods of Sweden. I had the car the last two years before moving here. A very nice car, had everything!Of course I am looking! Always checking your book covers. And every so often I find a book that I put on my “To Buy”-list. Many times I look up info when I find a railroad I never heard about before. So, please, continue to bring them on!Per – Of course you have to make it to St. Louis in May next year! In “my” school English was the first foreign language and German the second. The last couple of years one could add French, but that was just an option. There are quite a few different railroad companies in Sweden nowadays. Nice pictures. Two Guns, I have driven that par of I-40 many times, both privately and as a truck driver. Winslow, I’ve been there too.A very modern cab in that picture. I bet your son liked it. I can see an Amtrak bus outside.
Hallsberg, Sweden. 1975.
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