Hi, fellows
The only information I have on that contraption is what you see written in the margins. I imagine that machine would only be able to work ballast that has already been loosened due to traction/wheel slippage? So as Dave mentions maybe it was used to bring the ballast back up to profile after a tie replacement project was completed.
I have this Erie Railroad photo of an apparatus for removing the ballast prior to tie work. Note that it has to be driven by the rack anchored to the ties.
Labor savings was the rule of the day back then as much as it is today. I wonder what these hardy men would think of the laser-guided, air-conditioned, sound abated cabs of the Jackson-Pandrol machines in use today?
http://www.harscorail.com/equipment.html
Always something interesting, aye?
Ed
Bear and Ed:
I'm guessing by the angle of the discs that they are designed to pull the ballast back up against the ends of the ties. I suspect that when they were deployed they went down on an angle equal to the desired slope of the ballast.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hello???
You still here, BATMAN?
How about revitalizing this old thread or starting a new one? This bunch got lazy in your absence
How about a neat shot, taken by my dad's brother-in-law, Stanley Mackenzie, to get the ball rolling again.
Probably photographed at Warren, N.H. where Stanley was station agent. I'm not up on my radiator spotter's guide, is that a '32 Ford hiding under there?
Regards, Ed
It's clearly a mish mash of stuff from the internet. I suppose if you stood where each picture was taken you would know what it was. Did you catch the crossings of HO track?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
"Abandoned" seems to be appropriate in some cases, but certainly not all. Several views show items that are owned by RR museums and planned for future restoration, although they aren't on the near-term schedule. The East Broad Top is most certainly not abandoned, although it is dormant. If you don't believe me, ask Kovalchik's lawyers. At least one view seems to show the remains of track that has been washed out. Without any more information, we can't necessarily conclude that the track is not going to be restored. I didn't watch the whole thing: Too depressing.
Tom
I have been to the East Broad Top's "stranded" hopper cars at Mount Union, Pennsylvania several times.
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/502169/
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/512773/
The video seems to show these at 3:07. Some of those other scenes look like they have been digitally rendered using Photoshop Lightroom or similar software. The PRR M1a at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in the video at 3:29 has been "enhanced" using these techniques.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRR_M1#/media/File:Pennsylvania_Railroad_M1b_6755.jpg
I would venture that some of those scenes are not of abandoned rail lines but enhanced to look like it. The tunnel at 7:39 sure looks like it gets regular use (Pandrol clips on the ties).
I wonder if some of those photos are from the Chernobyl "Zone Of Alienation"? I'd say about half of the photos are from former Russian sites.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Chernobyl+Exclusion+Zone+railways&biw=1344&bih=770&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHhYqCvZTOAhUDMSYKHUGaBCIQ_AUICCgD
Still, an interesting video. Thanks for posting it,
I don't think the pic's in this video are just from America as the title states. However, for those of us that enjoy exploring ghostly haunts from the past, there are some cool photo's here.
Has anyone been to any of the places in the video, either in its present state or when it was still in operation?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMANWot happened to the middle one, did it sink
BATMANIn the previous video, I posted they put a ring on a hose in the smoke stack. Can someone educate me on what that is all about?
Heck you want boring normal, for a while we had the North, Middle, and South Islands. (Still got the North and South Islands).
Wot happened to the middle one, did it sink?
Great video Bear, those guys riding on and behind were having just too much fun.
In the previous video, I posted they put a ring on a hose in the smoke stack. Can someone educate me on what that is all about?
Well, I haven't gotten around to making all my Loco's dirty and grimy yet, so it is nice to see a prototype following my lead with some clean power. I wonder what they look like now. (a year later)
Eight little piggies engines went to market.
BATMANWhy can't this country have normal sounding names
This looks light it would be a good trip to take, however with a name such as "Paekakariki" how are we ever to find the place? Why can't this country have normal sounding names for their towns like "Quispamsis" or "Skookumchuk" or "Punkeydoodles Corners". I don't know, I just don't know.
Anywho, here is the morning routine.
That's very cool Ed. I like the common sense, plain speak of the instruction manual, how I long for those days.
I wonder what the price of one of those was back in the day. Someone posted a price list for various (old time) RR equipment a while back. I wonder if this was on the list.
Here is an old steamer having a tough start, however using true South African ingenuity they add a propeller to the front of the loco to get things going.
BATMANHere we find a Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 "Jubilee" in her underwear
Well, since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine!
Here we see an Alco Rotary without her petticoats...
I was fortunate enough to prevail in a recent auction of several American Locomotive Co. Catalogs, all appear to be from the early 1920's.
The Rotary Catalog has a wealth of information in it. Here is the suggested rules of operation... {click to make bigger, then zoom again once you are in Photobucket}
Enjoy—
Here we find a Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 "Jubilee" in her underwear.
Here she is with her work clothes on.
I don't know about standard practice in other parts of the world, but the Locomotive Cyclopedia was the standard reference work for North American practice throughout the steam era. My various copies universally call it a sandbox. I have not seen any reference to a sand dome in any of my copies.
I have often heard the term "sand dome" used colloquially, however.
As for the PRR's use of the term "cabin car", this is roughly equivalent to the use of "van", "waycar", and other terms on various roads. Generically, the US term is "caboose". Individual railroads used their own monikers.
See? Clear as mud.
gmpullman in all my years, I have only refered to the locomotive sand storage vessel as the "sandbox". This holds true regardless of the method of propulsion. There is a "steam dome" but I'm not familiar with a sand dome. A mere technicality for sure, but we may as well strive for accurate terminology.
Well, my hand is up—with the caveat that, in all my years, I have only refered to the locomotive sand storage vessel as the "sandbox". This holds true regardless of the method of propulsion.
There is a "steam dome" but I'm not familiar with a sand dome. A mere technicality for sure, but we may as well strive for accurate terminology.
Okay, hands up, those of you that really knew the inside workings of a sand dome. HA! I knew it.
Maybe Bobby, Tankcarsrule, will see this and chime in, with some insight on this car.
Mike.
My You Tube
NittanyLionNo idea what this thing is.
But you'll be able to get one soon from Broadway Limited!
http://www.broadway-limited.com/cryogenictankcar.aspx
I have two on order. I used to work with some of the people from Linde, National Cylinder Gas, Air Liquide and Air Products.
Usually they carried liquid nitrogen, sometimes oxygen or argon at a temperature of about -300°F.
You're right, a pretty neat looking car!
No idea what this thing is. It was so clean that it was too reflective in the bright sun yesterday and washed out all sorts of stuff. But plenty of rare features on it anyhow.
Thanks,Brent. That ferry looks like it adds a lot to operations. What a space-eater,though. Makes me glad I try to model a land-locked,semi-arid clime. I was sorry to read in the comments on youtube that the owner had died recently,but it sounds like his family and crew gave him a fitting send off.
Mike
Mike, really enjoyed that. I went and watched it on the big screen in HD and that was even better. Thanks for posting.
Well here are some people having an OPS session. Included is a working car ferry that takes twenty minutes to make the crossing. Could this be something that is in our Bears future? I would like to see the water done, hopefully, we will down the road.
If you want to watch in HD with a larger pic, click here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbkq2nCOxM
Opening day on the Cumbres & Toltec. The scene starting at 2 minutes,15 seconds is a beaut!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ff4woAGSBM
Had a Pm pour in (second one in a year and a half) to make sure I posted something today. So here it is.
Light'em up!
Bear, it seems I owe you another two fingers worth as it seems that you directed me to the "Oldtimetrains" site yet again. Of course, this let me spend the afternoon looking at some good stuff instead of moving the 18 yards of bark mulch that magically appeared in the front yard on Saturday.
So what do you like to collect? I think one of these under the layout would sure make for some authentic crossing sounds. Or maybe have it as an early warning system on the train room door for when the wife tells me the bark mulch has arrived.
BATMANDoes anyone make them yet?
Check out these cool passenger cars! Does anyone make them yet? Maybe Rapido will take a crack at'em!