Good Afternoon,
Track Fiddler, further to Gary's note, the DW&P crossed into Canada at International Falls. From there the trains went west on the CN line through Rainy River, Ont. ( division point) then back across into Minnesota around the south end of Lake of the Woods and on to Winnipeg. When I lived in Rainy River back in the '60s and '70s, crews ran from there to Ft. Frances where the trains where picked up for the crossing into the U.S. I too like the DW&P. I have an RS11 but mine is in the earlier green colour scheme. It is a very smooth running loco.
Well time to get going on a few errands. Another cool day here, only about 35F.
CN Charlie
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
hon30critter I had a pair of bright red plaid pants (flares of course) and I had a bright red plaid jacket - not the same plaid. I thought that wearing them both at the same time was the coolest outfit going!!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Evening diners,
Good news!
Friday is an impromptu concert downtown Zachary, I'm planning to do at least 1 or 2 songs, Beyond the Sea, and maybe If You Could Read My Mind, that'd open up a spot at the art crawl for a newer song I'm wanting to do.
Yesterday I was supposed to meet Annalise to practice our duet, but she came down with a sinus infection so we'll try for Wednesday or later.
I'm getting tired so goodnight all!
I'll nudge the jukebox again.
I really enjoy all the music that gets posted up here, lyric challenges or not.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Given that everyone is doing lyric challenges, let me throw one out there. I will warn that this one is within the last thirty years and from one of my favorite groups:
I'm over this I'm tired of living in the dark Can anyone see me down here?
Ken, I know Cat Stevens but, Another Saturday Night is a Sam Cooke classic, like this...
And here's some Cat Stevens.
Track fiddler Heartland Division CB&Q The three US railroads were Grand Trunk Western, Duluth Winnepeg & Pacific, and Central Vermont. In the 1970's they all shared the same paint sheme Yes they did. I will see your GT,... CV and raise you a DWP
Heartland Division CB&Q The three US railroads were Grand Trunk Western, Duluth Winnepeg & Pacific, and Central Vermont. In the 1970's they all shared the same paint sheme
The three US railroads were Grand Trunk Western, Duluth Winnepeg & Pacific, and Central Vermont. In the 1970's they all shared the same paint sheme
Yes they did.
I will see your GT,... CV and raise you a DWP
I recall the DW&P RS11's were involved in a three way trade. ... The RS11's were tranferred to CV... CV GP9's were transferred to GTW. ...GTW SD40's were moved to DW&P. .... It was done because SD40's were a better type of locomotive for use on the DW&P. It hauled trains from the CN connection in upper Minnesota to connecting railroads in Duluth.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Eveing Diners
Flo, get the gang and I a please.
Glad you folks enjoyed the Red Neck Thuner Struck. I am with Brent first time I understood all the words!
Little Tim thanks for the passanger train answer. I was guessing they would walk throught the other car's to deboard.
Steven Cat Stevens was around way before your time. I knew it was him, just not the title of the song.
Got some need yard work done, or should I say Gutter Cleaning. Well, it is offical, all my gutters are junk! Need to find some DYI viedos on hanging gutter by my self.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Well I think I got a little out of the box last night on my only day off. I tipped over The Tackle Box on the carpeting so to speak. I think I even even wrecked my thread. I need to learn not to post when I'm ripped. Sorry
NWP SWP This is what I think of when I hear Another Saturday Night.
This is what I think of when I hear Another Saturday Night.
At last. Some good sing-a-long music. Cue the karaoke machine.
cudaken If you like AC / DC and like the song Thunder Struck and like Lions singing Chicken this should put a smile on your faces. I do like a good bandjo player. Ken
If you like AC / DC and like the song Thunder Struck and like Lions singing Chicken this should put a smile on your faces.
I do like a good bandjo player.
Ken
Yee, Haw! Now I need to purchase some pointy boots so that I can trap the roaches in the corners of the room.
Hi JaBear,
That old video left me with a great big grin on my face!! "I actually used to dress like that?!?" I don't mean the band, I mean the dudes in the audience with the checked pants and sideburns. I had a pair of bright red plaid pants (flares of course) and I had a bright red plaid jacket - not the same plaid. I thought that wearing them both at the same time was the coolest outfit going!!! I should have been selling used cars!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good morning, Diners !
Jim: Where is everybody else?...... I'll have a coffee and a donut please.
Regarding our theme for the month, New England :
CN's US subsideraries were consoloidated into Grand Trunk Corporation ....
The three US railroads were Grand Trunk Western, Duluth Winnepeg & Pacific, and Central Vermont. In the 1970's they all shared the same paint sheme, but were lettered for each road. The paint scheme was like CN's except blue paint was used instead of black ...
Below is a CV unit leading some GTW units on the CV .
Note: later the CV changed colors to green with yellow markings, but still used the CV wet noodle for its logo.
Good morning Diners,
I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
And the Bear wins!! At least for song #3. And what is the prize? It's the hearty handshake, the pat on the back, and the warm glow of victory!
I loved the video. As an added bonus lurking in the background on tambourine was none other than David Crosby before CSN, which is a hint for song number 2. The keyboard player looks like Nicky Hopkins who later joined Quicksilver Messinger Service and did session work for the Stones.
Gotta go, but thanks Bear, that was a historical treat.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831Anyone want to take a guess?
Come in #3, your time is up!!
She was a doozy
Couldn't get my phone to work and they call it a smartphone.
One of those late nights.
I'll post a picture tomorrow of me in my aloha shirt.
Cat Stevens did do a cover of " Another Saturday Night"
well time for bed.
NWP SWPI got an Aloha Shirt yesterday and wore it to church with my sports coat, the Sunday School teachers just smiled when they saw me
How about a photo there McGarrett. I may need to get my own Aloha shirt as we are going into week II of beautiful weather.
Went and saw a beautiful piece of property today. 3.5 acres with a beautiful six stall barn and a nearly new 2400 sqft. shop. The house was nothing but lipstick so it was a quick pass. Looked good in the photos though.
Just got off the Deere and the Sun is headin West. I think a glass of wine is in order and I bet the wife and Daughter will want to go out for dinner.
Loved the Chicken video and I sent on the AC/DC knock off to my buddy and his wife that are die-hard AC/DC fans. First time I ever understood the lyrics.
Picked up the guitar this morning and could not bend my left pinky to hold down a string, Arthritis really sucks. I am going full circle from not being able to play the guitar as a young kid to not being able to play the guitar as an old man. Those 50 plus guitar playing years sure went by fast. When I croak they can set me afloat and burn me with my guitars like a Viking. My Daughter plays the piano beautifully as well as the Cello and Clarinet and my Son is a wicked drummer. Neither took to the guitar.
The kid got first midterms back. Three 100%s on exam essays and two "A"s on test. His Mom is the super brain and that is where he gets it from. I was a solid "B" student but got top marks in P/E. I was not fond of school at all. I just remember reading through the textbook(s) and then sitting there for two weeks listening to the teacher explain about what I had read over a weekend. A snooze fest.
Well, the Vancouver Canucks dispatched the Tampa Bay Lightning and then the Florida Panthers, could life get more perfect. The kid wants me to make a hop to Ottawa when the Canucks play there and bring our Jerseys so I may do that. I find flying a little painful now with this Arthritis. Sitting upright for a long flight takes me two days to recover. I'll just go early and to kill time go see the Prime Minister and tell him to stop spending so much money.
Went to our second best train show yesterday. It had a good crowd. I guess someone does it for profit and I have to think they will be happy this year. Had some really good conversations with people and spent $2.00 on twenty newfangled weathering brushes. Last year I bought a new box of Walthers track for $30.00CA Went back to the same guy and he had another one but wanted 70.00 I said last year you charged me $30.00. He said, come back tomorrow.
Time to eat!
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Little Timmy: The store was in Kirkland, WA. I think the name of it is Eastland Model Trains, but not absolutely sure. Really a good store. They have lots of trains in all 4 major scales, but not a lot of kits unless I was looking at the boxes wrong. They're listed in MR. I liked the hobby shop well enough to want to go back there.
Last evening I posted some lyrics to 3 songs. They're all 3 well known. Anyone want to take a guess?
Later.
Grantchester Meadows, from the album Ummagumma, released 1969 by The Pink Floyd.
It sounded very familiar to me, ... but I just couldnt get the name of the song.
( the last time I heard that album was probably 1995 .)
Rust...... It's a good thing !
That's it.....JaBear you got that one straight.
Don't want to twist your arm but maybe you should do one.
PS Thank you for the forum funnies. Always enjoyed
Track fiddlerWho knows that one?
Ken, the song is "Another Saturday Night" by Sam Cooke.
Made two trips to Zachary today, and then two to Liberty Mississippi with a trailer! A total of about 200 miles and a full tank of gas.
I got an Aloha Shirt yesterday and wore it to church with my sports coat, the Sunday School teachers just smiled when they saw me
Well I'll be back in.
Lion that was funny. That Oriental kid was very serious about playing his chicken.
Our favorite dog Nellie had a chicken toy like that called choke the chicken. I would tell my dog, choke the chicken, choke the chicken and she would go get it
Ken I think you found the definition for rednecks. I did enjoy it. That was cool
up831 I recently came back from Oregon and Washington. While there, I wanted to stop in a LHS to maybe pick up a kit like a box car etc. I had bought from them before. It amazed me to see very little in the way of kits. Just a few Accurail kits.
Which hobby store ?
I use to live in Portland, and frequented many of the hobby shop's in Wa. And Or.
cudaken 2 If passanger station platform is say 200 feet long the the train it self is 400 feet long, how do the passanger's get out?
The answer is B. Walk through the car's and de-board at the head end.
OR:
Walk from the front and rear car's , and de-board from the middle.