Roll on Pennsy, roll! Gone but not forgotten!
In my world, they all still exist.
PRR, NYC, AT&SF, NH, LV, C&S......
I'm impressed by what a great model this Lionel caboose is,pretty darn accurate!
Runnin' trains...
Welcome to my world !!
Postwar Paul Runnin' trains...
You know, that fat-fireboxed Flyer looks like something the Reading used to run.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3711233
Yes, you're correct. There were a number of northeastern roads that used the wide, flat "Wooten" firebox to burn hard Anthracite coal.
RDG, CNJ, and I believe LV, D&H, and others used the Wooten. Many times it crowded the cab space so much, that the cab was moved forward, to create the " Camelback" type engine.
"Wide" was an understatement!
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Good ol' 592, the last Jersey Central Camelback.
Parked in the B&O museum, never to run again.
Beats a scrap-heap.
Penny Trains "Wide" was an understatement!
Don't forget hand firing from a tender mounted footplate!
Penny Trains Don't forget hand firing from a tender mounted footplate!
" Hang Ten "...
The poor, unloved Camelbacks.
Built to burn waste, unsaleable anthracite coal (the waste was called "culm") which the "Anthracite 'Roads" could pick up at the breakers darn near free for the asking the only people who loved them were the railroad's accountants.
Road crews typically hated them, for reasons stated. Impossible communication between the engineer and fireman, the distinct possiblity of a main rod failure wiping out the engineers cab (it did happen on occasion) and the "bouncy-bouncy" balancing act the fireman had to perform on his footplate, and with TWO firebox doors no less, enginemen were glad to see them go.
On the plus side, as far as the Jersey Central's Camelbacks were concerned, they were peppy, powerful engines for their size with plenty of "get-up-and-go."
Sometimes you end up with more stuff than you have shelves to put it on...
Still trying to get things out of boxes.
Motive power rotation !
I can spend a lot of time running trains. Fun stuff !
I am making something
can You guess what it is ?
Uh, a Hostess "Snowball?" The marshmallow's on it but you haven't applied the cocoanut yet?
Flintlock76 Uh, a Hostess "Snowball?" The marshmallow's on it but you haven't applied the cocoanut yet?
But, if it turns out the way I envision....
Hey, I know! It's gonna be a big natural gas storage tank!
And if it doesn't turn out quite right, you can put a little James Cagney on it and blow it up! Remember "White Heat?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjzKiEs_pHI
"Made it Ma! Top o' the world!"
Ah so! Mount-a Fuji! Domo arigato, Paul-san!
A World War Two Navy vet I worked with years ago was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender and could see Mount Fuji clearly. He said photographs didn't do it justice, it's breathtakingly beautiful and has to be seen to be believed.
Flintlock76 Ah so! Mount-a Fuji! Domo arigato, Paul-san! A World War Two Navy vet I worked with years ago was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender and could see Mount Fuji clearly. He said photographs didn't do it justice, it's breathtakingly beautiful and has to be seen to be believed.
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