I had another look Randy and I think you're right, write, rite, correct! Those guys need a little more spit and polish on those tenders.
Though I never considered myself a trucker in what I consider the the true sense of the word, I have on occasion driven some heavily laden rigs down some very long, steep grades in the mountains. Watching the the air pressure gauges, keeping it in a low enough gear and maintaining a slow controllable speed and being ever so aware of where the runaway lanes are, could leave you with a real sense of relief when you made the bottom.
The guys driving this train have even more things to monitor and be aware of, as they guide this thing down this really steep grade. I think they must feel a real sense of relief after every trip. I was told by both my driving and flying instructors, that if you didn't at least have an increase in your heart rate and a little twinge in your gut when doing things that require 100% of your attention, you probably weren't giving it a true 100% of your attention.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Nah, those PRR steamers are lettered, it's just so faded that in B&W it's not standing out. You can catch it in the first video, when the camera is right next to the loco as it first starts out, you can see the "Pennsylvania" lettering scroll past on the side of the tender, but then in the longer shot it looks like there's nothing there - but it's the same loco.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Rich ...Made my morning. Not only did they have moving pictures for the chariot races, they also had Timex watches. Throughout the Chariot races, they took a licken and kept on ticken. For those of you wondering what the heck i am talking about, when the movie Ben Hur first came out, moviegoers noticed that some of the centurions were wearing Timex watches.
Bear, great video, I fear we may lose you to the MM (marine modelers) forums as your carfloat comes along.
Todays photo of the day comes from my house. The Daffodils are poking their heads out as Spring is really in the air.
On a more railroad related topic, I came across some Horseshoe curve stuff. I notice they ordered their Loco's "painted but not lettered" versions. Finally I see some Loco's the way I order mine.
Three short ones.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMAN 1897!!! Did they have moving pictures back then????
1897!!!
Did they have moving pictures back then????
Rich
Alton Junction
BATMAN1897!!! Did they have moving pictures back then????
For those that have asked on the forum, how a carfloat is aligned with the linkspan at the dock, this video clearly shows it with some good carfloat action. I can't stop thinking about the poor guy that has the job of oiling as the cars are pushed over the hump. I think if I had that job for very long I would throw myself under the train.
If you are a details kind of person, you will see lots of trackside thingymabobs that you can add to your layout for an even better look to the pike.
Bear, that Santa Fe video was perfect timing. Yesterday my kids new $1400.00 gaming computer arrived after an eight day wait and it's not working. So we can blame Santa Fe or Franky Zstripe????? (I think I saw him driving one of those trucks)
Did they have moving pictures back then???? Well I found some Northern Pacific film/video.
I hear the NP is "really terrific"!
BATMAN Also, would the wheeled thing carry a person or be towed behind a speeder or something else.
If anyone has ever been interested in the engineering involved in putting a rail line through the mountains you will fine this long video enjoyable. I have only watched the first 30 minutes so far and have found it fascinating. It sure gives a good understanding of why things are done the way they are done and why things cost so much. If you do watch, just remember the half billion dollar price tag is in 1970s dollars.
In this installment we learn the fine art of how to economically collect firewood, track laying techniques, trackside hazards, tunnel portal construction and how to do some intricate switching.
Happy new year everyone!
Pay attention, there will be a test at the conclusion.
rrinker Looks like an open-air speeder. Or maybe a compressor, and that's an air hose, the speeder that pulled it and the crew using it hidden on the other side of the locos. --Randy
Looks like an open-air speeder. Or maybe a compressor, and that's an air hose, the speeder that pulled it and the crew using it hidden on the other side of the locos.
Could it be a welder?
They are really out in the middle of nowhere at this point. It would be a long cold ride in the offseason.
Gidday Brent, having studied this map and Google Maps, I’m not sure whether I most surprised by what has survived or by what hasn’t. http://www.atsfrr.com/resources/ThompsonTom/DearbornTrack.pdf Cheers, the Bear.
No kidding. I wonder if the railyard just over to the West of the river was ATSF or another railway? Rich???
Speaking of before and afters. Here is Vancouver, before and ruined! Don't these condo developers know that there are Steam fans still out there???
You can see the round house buried amongst the condo's.
Where have all the trestles goneLong time passing
One day a few years ago, when I was on standby at work, I had a Government truck to cruise around in and so to kill some time I thought I would go see if the bridge abutments for that old trestle in the first photo were still there. Sure enough, still sitting like sentinels on the shore there they were, along with some very old track and switchstands. I felt like Indiana Jones.
It would be great to see some more "before and afters" from around the world.
Interesting video Bear. It's funny how the Army has a harder time getting their trains off the track than some of us modelers have keeping them on the track. It was also interesting to see how the loaded (weighted) cars jumped the "gap" better.
In this photo, you can see a small wheeled piece of equipment next to the track. If you enlarge the pic, you can see a small piece of equipment in front of the wheel of this thing, sitting on the ground. Their also appears to be a wire running back under the track. Is it a counter of some sort? Also, would the wheeled thing carry a person or be towed behind a speeder or something else.
Link.
http://www.okthepk.ca/dataCprSiding/articles/200901/hill00.htm
BATMAN .......however I went to Google Earth and got my answer.
Well Rich, I was going to ask if the area was all condo's now, however I went to Google Earth and got my answer. I then used the "time shift" feature that warped me back as far as 1999 and it was gone by that point in time as well. Have you tried City or State online Archives to see if any more photo's exist?
There was usually a steam plant associated with a roundhouse and I am wondering if that black thing with the platfoms around it could be a small chimney of somesort. There is also a smaller arch of piping at the left end of the roundhouse behind the Loco.
I was also wondering about the orientation of the water tower but figured that out with Google Earth.
Bear loved the video. Getting the shops ready for production and then only building two must have increased the cost of them. Here is a pic of 3101 as she stands today
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/Locopicture.aspx?id=113728
I consider Ulrich the German Attache to the forum. I think we need answers from him on this video! I mean Germans are to Railroads what Canadians are to hockey! Ulrich what's your excuse!
richhotrain I have searched for an answer for years without finding it, so I really don't know what structure is in the photo.
Caption: “Power for the Chiefs. Line up of new power at the Santa Fe coach yard in Chicago.”
February 2, 1938
Photo by William Ranke
BATMAN Tough one Rich. Is it part of a conveyer system to bring in coal from a remote location? There doesn't seem to be a lot of room to be bringing in hoppers.
Tough one Rich. Is it part of a conveyer system to bring in coal from a remote location? There doesn't seem to be a lot of room to be bringing in hoppers.
Bear, there is a video on the tube about the first efforts of trying to ship fresh produce across the continent. They were not too successful at first and had to arrange for some hastily built icing facilities along the way. They looked a lot like the grain version you showed us. I will try to find the video as it was really interesting even though it was mostly still shots they showed with narration.
Building a broken down dilapidated wagon platform like the one in the photo would make for an interesting scene just down the track from an elevator. I could see the remnants of one still being in place.
BATMAN richhotrain a thread about nothing.... Rich. Don't you have something about nothing to contribute?
richhotrain a thread about nothing....
Rich.
Don't you have something about nothing to contribute?
Here is a photo of the ATSF servicing facility in Chicago, just south of Dearborn Station.
In the photo, you can see the turntable, roundhouse, and sand towers. Behind the sand towers, you can see a concrete structure with some metal rigging attached to it. What is it?
BATMANEdit: Maybe they are loading grain where an elevator has yet to be built?
richhotraina thread about nothing....
doctorwayne Brent, I must compliment you on your wide-ranging choice of subjects for this thread - the possibilities are endless.
Brent, I must compliment you on your wide-ranging choice of subjects for this thread - the possibilities are endless.
Personally, I find this thread totally useless, a thread about nothing....
....but I like it.
How about icing the the cars where they have yet to build an ice house????? A special situation for a rare or one time cargo. But what is it???? The cargo I mean.
Edit: Maybe they are loading grain where an elevator has yet to be built?
BATMANSome day the answer will just show up, most likely when hunting down information on something totally unrelated.
Holy Jules Verne Bear. I guess all good ideas eventually come to fruition.
I had thought of the car in question as possibly being a track laying machine, however I also have not found anything else relating to the car. Some day the answer will just show up, most likely when hunting down information on something totally unrelated.
doctorwayneBrent, I must compliment you on your wide-ranging choice of subjects for this thread - the possibilities are endless. Wayne
Thanks Wayne. Someone once asked Jerry Seinfeld what his new TV show was about and his reply was "it's a show about nothing". Kinda like this thread, "it's a thread about nothing".