Waldorf and Statlers Photo Of The Day!

[BATMAN]

I think the good DR. should take a crack at the snowmelter/loader.  We all know you've got the talent to take it on.

 

Here's a 4-4-0 that is looking mighty fine. I wonder if it looked as good when it was in service. My daughter thought it was really"cute"and I love 4-4-0s. I will have to see if someone makes one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MnDBhzMc7Q

[doctorwayne]

....I take it that the snow melter was designed to work in city environs in relatively thin snow, collecting up the snow into the accompanying tank car were it was melted using the locomotives steam, and when full, emptying out the tank car somewhere it didn’t instantly freeze and turn into an ice.... rink.

I don't know too much about the use of the Snow Loader, but I'd guess that it was used mostly in urban areas and that it could likely handle snow up to about 3' in depth.
As for the melt water, I wonder if there was provision for piping it back to the loco's tender.

There are several views of Snow Loaders shown in the link below, and most of them not involving locomotives:

barber-greene+snow+loader

Wayne

["JaBear"]

Well it looks like an “it is better to look a fool than open my mouth and prove it!!” moment, so here I go........

From doctorwaynes photo of 4193, I take it that the snow melter was designed to work in city environs in relatively thin snow, collecting up the snow into the accompanying tank car were it was melted using the locomotives steam, and when full, emptying out the tank car somewhere it didn’t instantly freeze and turn into an ice rink.

That “Old Time Trains” site is a goody, I presume if you’re modelling Canadian railways it would have to be your one stop shop.

I know I’ve posted the link elsewhere but this is still one of my favourite US railroad photos.

 http://www.shorpy.com/node/10514?size=_original#caption

Cheers, the Bear.

[doctorwayne]

BATMAN

Here is something I bet no one has on there layout.

I wasn't able to find enough photos to build one of those Barber-Greene Snowloaders to go with it, but here's a model of one of the prototype locos which were used with them:

Note the lagged pipe running directly from the steam dome - it supplied steam to melt the collected snow.

Wayne

[BATMAN]

Wayne.

Good to see 136 still earning its keep. There are also lots of good You-Tube videos of 136 in action.

Dave. I sure hope someone missed that thing, though I would think things would have ground to a halt in short order. Can you imagine another train hitting it a 100MPH!

Here is something I bet no one has on there layout.

Link to page.

http://trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/whatsnew_2013.htm

 

[steemtrayn]

[doctorwayne]

Here's CPR 136 again, this time with sister loco 1057, on an excursion run near Hamilton, Ontario in the early '70s:

 

Wayne

[BATMAN]

An eightyfour year old Canadian Pacific workhorse pulls some orange pumpkins from a far away foreign land, through the rugged Canadian West. Who was the guy that said you would never see that in real life???? Why I oughta.

 

Link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saPTTRM4VeE

 

[BATMAN]

I will have to digitalise and then learn to edit, one day.

Bear.

My grandfather had lots of old home movies that he took just after WW2 through the 60s, when he got one of those windup 8mm(?) cameras. My sister had them all put on Beta tape in the eighties. I have since moved them on to DVDs. I have an old recordable DVD player that takes an analog tape signal and converts it to digital. My old digital video camera does the same thing. Someday I will post all his tremendous Winnipeg train action to the tube for all to enjoy.

Here are two pics. The first shows Grumpy pants, CPR master mechanic looking out of the cab. The next photo shows why he is looking grumpy.

 

for the full story and better quality photo's here are the links.

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=16863

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=16864

 

["JaBear"]

BATMAN

Nothing better than learning something new everyday.

Yes, an old boss of mine believed that if you didn’t learn something new each day then you were wasting your life, so as I’ve learnt several things today, I must be doing well!

 

BATMAN

The music is great, so click on full screen, sit back with a and relax for a while.

Have recently managed to hook the TV to the computer, and as I was w**king from home today, sat back, feet up, at lunch time and enjoyed both yours and Geared Steams videos. Of course I then had to Goggle map the train trip to see its location, and on the satellite view there’s a very long train up at China Bar.

I have VHS of Nigel Bruce and Ka 945 double heading which I will have to digitalise and then learn to edit, one day.

 

Thanks and Cheers, the Bear.

[BATMAN]

An old photo I took about five years ago. I was taking pic's of the trestle for reference purposes and a train came along.

Taken at Crescent Beach B.C.

 

[BATMAN]

Bear, I had to do some reading on the "Nigel Bruce". Nothing better than learning something new everyday.

GS, Loved the turntable action in the video. I felt like I should throw a line in, do some trolling and catch dinner with all the water in that TT pit. I wonder if they stock it.

Here is a cab ride from Surrey B.C. Near Vancouver, to the Fraser Canyon, that I discovered on the tube recently. When I was flying, I would rent a Piper Cherokee and follow the same rail line from the coast into the mountains and fly low up the rugged Fraser canyon. Watch for trains on the opposite side along the way.

The changes in the weather and terrain along the way are quite something. The music is great, so click on full screen, sit back with a and relax for a while.

Link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8k3gPilnc

 

[Geared Steam]

Go to 5:50 to see one in action

[BATMAN]

Thanks Bear! And a wise bear you are.

["JaBear"]

pic Brent. I'd suggest that the turntable is powered by compressed air from the locomotive brake system and the tank is the compressed air reservoir. Far easier than the "Armstrong" method.....

Here's a link to the original photo....

http://www.cadwest.com.au/photos/new_zealand/2013_winter/index.html

Cheers, the Bear.

[BATMAN]

Open to anyone to post an interesting photo they took or found online.

Link to page.

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=16879

What is the tank on the side of the turntable for? Is it to provide fuel for the turntable motor?

Also, what is the hose off the front of the loco attached to? Is the TT steam powered, using the loco's steam to turn it?