Evenin'
How about a ride on the North Shore in 1945?
Big Daddy — MIA? Come on back, Big Daddy. Ain't the same around here with out 'ya. First drink's on me.
Enjoy the evening.
Regards, Ed
Afternoon Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please and leave a stein ouside for Ulrich.
Beautiful Day in Maryville ILL! It is 70 degrees right now and a a blue shy. To bad I wasted the day.
Track Fiddler Hum, why do I call my self Cuda Ken? Well it started when I joined the Dodge Charger talk forum. I tryed to use Charger Ken, name taken. Try 69 R/T Ken, name was again taken. Thought about trying 68 Road Runner Ken but just to long.
Well, I happen to have a 1970 Cuda and Cuda Ken kind of rolls off the tongue. Orginal a 340 car I installed a warmed over 383. Sock cam, headers, DB 4 intake, 750 Holley Carb, MSD 6 AL Ignition, 3:23 Sure Grip, 5.0 kick down lever in the 727 Transmission and a 3000 stall B&M Converter. Floor shifiter slap stick with console, ralley dash, bucket seats, Go Wing and Hockey Stick Stripes and Rally wheels and Hood.
Comparied to my 69 Charger R/T and my 68 426 Wedge Road Runner it was a pretty mild car. It was not fast, ran a best of 14.30 around 98 MPH but a fun daily driver. Need to pick and install a new photo site, would love to show her off!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
moelarrycurly4 2 gallons from one tree? wow!
2 gallons from one tree? wow!
It's slowing down already, only got about a half a gallon today. I started boiling it down today, and I am finishing as I type this.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
ROARING
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Sorry, it is not Chicago, but I saw a bunch of TTX cars on a siding in Jacksonville today.
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-Kevin
Living the dream.
Greetings from the okovango delta!
I was shocked to find they now have wifi here. To get here we flew for 45 minutes in a small plane followed by an hour in an open Land Cruiser on a sand track and finally 10 minutes by boat. I m listening to a Hippo snorting outside our tent as I type this. We saw a leopard a few feet from our vehicle on our way here.
CN Charlie
Since I will be Chicago in a few weeks coming in by train is there any must sees besides Union Station while I am there?
Joe Staten Island West
That is not so much. Should get 20 -30 gallons from one tree.
ROAR
Harrison Tapped the first(and only) Maple on our property yesterday, Have about two gallons of sap already, probibly will boil it down today. I calculated it will make about 6 oz of syrup.
Tapped the first(and only) Maple on our property yesterday, Have about two gallons of sap already, probibly will boil it down today. I calculated it will make about 6 oz of syrup.
We do not have maple trees here in this part of North Dakota.
We do have cottonwood trees, and some of the monks, with forestry degrees no less, have tapped the cottonwoods and will try to make a syrup from the sap.
Syrup is a big deal here in WI., too. My brother does it every other year.
I found a few pictures from March, 2010, I was tagging along on the podiatry convention run. Went out wondering, it was cold, but tolerable.
First up, a hazy picture from our hotel room of Solder Field, home of the "da Bears". It's outer facade is a lot of stainless steel, when the sun hits just right, it looks like something from far away is landing.
Next, a shot of the Jay Pritzker Pavillion, part of Millenium Park. It's all concrete and stainless steel, pretty impressive.
Inside of the Pavillion. I love concrete form work! Just had to get this shot.
The Coud Gate, in Millennium Park.
The two huge screens at McCormick Tribune Plaza, right next to Cloud Gate. I don't remember what was on. The hige brick columns are the screens, one I'm looking at (North end), and the other just to the left, in front of me.
And last, for now, a stainless steel covered pedestrian bridge and walkway, that goes from the Millennium Park area, and crosses Columbia Ave., to more park areas.
It was mid March, when I took these, so that's why the lack of lots of people.
Mike.
My You Tube
Here's a shot of the Kansas City Chief at Dearborn Station in February of 1968. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
moelarrycurly4York1 So why don't you just drill from the top down?
York1 John
BroadwayLion"That's a near miss," an MTA supervisor said, wondering what would have happened if the bit had made a direct hit and punctured a subway car's passenger compartment.
Keep these guys away from the Hudson and East River tunnels!
From the Chicago Railroad Fair:
RPO copy 2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Enjoy the weekend, Folks!
Hey! Top O' The Page! Eat up and leave your check with Flo. Tab's on me
Cheers, Ed
speaking of drilling holes, if you can do it on your layout, then so can the big boys on the 1:1.
A contractor operating a drill as part of the MTA's East Side Access project mistakenly penetrated a Queens subway tunnel on Thursday, and the massive bit scraped the top and side of an occupied F train, transit officials said.
Some 800 passengers were aboard the Jamaica-bound train at the time, about 11:45 a.m. Nobody was hurt in the terrifying blunder, but it was far too close for comfort.
"That's a near miss," an MTA supervisor said, wondering what would have happened if the bit had made a direct hit and punctured a subway car's passenger compartment. "Oh my God! If it had hit the train, you could forget about it! Of course we are concerned."
As a regular straphanger on the F line put it: "I would have died of a panic if I was on that train," said Angela Bradley, 35, who rides the F to visit her husband at Riker's Island twice a week. "They would have had to bring me to Bellevue."
A contractor working on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's East Side Access project, which will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, was operating the drill above ground, roughly at the intersection of 23rd St. and 41st Ave. in Long Island City.
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York1 So why don't you just drill from the top down? gmpullman When I had to drill a hole in the 3/4" plywood sub roadbed I useed a "Rorozip" tool, kind of like a dremel but made for routing and rotary cutting. I set the depth to just under 3/4" and it cut through the plywood without touching the track ties. Good suggestion! Thanks. I have an offbrand rotary tool, can't remember the name of it, but it would probably work well for this project. Since I'm new to this, less than a year, I should have put in the holes before I laid the track That will be for my next layout I start when my wife lets me have more room.
gmpullman When I had to drill a hole in the 3/4" plywood sub roadbed I useed a "Rorozip" tool, kind of like a dremel but made for routing and rotary cutting. I set the depth to just under 3/4" and it cut through the plywood without touching the track ties.
Good suggestion! Thanks. I have an offbrand rotary tool, can't remember the name of it, but it would probably work well for this project.
Since I'm new to this, less than a year, I should have put in the holes before I laid the track That will be for my next layout I start when my wife lets me have more room.
gmpullmanScooby Doo would call it a Ro Ro
Not sure. Some places say Ro Ro.
Other places say:
gmpullmanThe trolley poles are probably used if the overhead wire isn't strong enough to withstand the pantograph.
I'm sure your right Ed. What you see in the 1st picture, is the way it's always been, as far as overhead wires, and wood poles, all on one side, and from historic pictures, when the line opened in 1903, it was the same.
It was never the heavy duty steel towered monstrosity that would be on the East cooast.
It draws a huge crowd, Spring, Summer and Fall.
Anyway, I'll have to dig for more Chicago pictures.
I used to tag along with the wife, when she goes down there for the podiatrist convention. I walk around during the day, keeping my self occupied.
I'll see what I have. I know it's not much with trains.
Tacos, hey? we had walleye.
It's Friday night diners!
Evening Diners
Taco Tuesday tonight at my house. We missed Taco Tuesday on Tuesday so now we're having Taco Tuesday on Friday. I don't argue with Judy. I love tacos, sounds good to me come on over and have some.
TF
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
While not in the mood for a long post just a quick up date about Sparkie the Rocket Dog. Thursday night when I got home from work he again seemed like e was at death's door. Very lethargic and would not eat his canned food. I gave him a few pices of rotisserie chicken that he was happy to eat? Next day he was back too his old self! Took him to the vet today to be safe and got a clean bill of heath for a 15 year old dog.
Chicago...What a city! I may love NYC, but Chicago has a special place in my memories. I'm another ex-Navy guy that went to boot camp and training school at the Great Lakes base and visited then as well when a civilian. Came by rail to visit a friend, rode the EL, and had some terrific food. And what's Chicago without its railroad history? In this photo, we see the newly streamlined "20th Century Limited" on it's trial run leaving the LaSalle Street station on June 9, 1938. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
maxman gmpullman I useed a "Rorozip" tool, Did you mean rotozip?
gmpullman I useed a "Rorozip" tool,
Did you mean rotozip?
Yeah... I'm all thumbs when it comes to typing.
Scooby Doo would call it a Ro Ro Zip, though
Ed
maxmanWas there a video? Or was it deleted?
Yup, it appears to have been deleted.
Toobad.... there was nothing wrong with it.
But it WAS Reposted, so here it is:
gmpullmanWhen I had to drill a hole in the 3/4" plywood sub roadbed I useed a "Rorozip" tool, kind of like a dremel but made for routing and rotary cutting. I set the depth to just under 3/4" and it cut through the plywood without touching the track ties.
gmpullmanI useed a "Rorozip" tool,
BroadwayLion
Was there a video? Or was it deleted?
The trolley poles are probably used if the overhead wire isn't strong enough to withstand the pantograph.
The Lake Shore Railroad Museum not too far from me near Erie, Pennsylvania, has a South Shore "Little Joe" in their display.
https://lakeshorerailway.com/
I remember seeing it a few times when it was being transported to Erie. It must have developed some mechanical problem as it stayed in the Cleveland area for a month or so.
Heartland Division CB&QMike... Interesting. I did not know South Shore cars still ran. ... I see they switched to using trolley poles.
The ETER has quite a roster of those. I just counted their car roster, they have 10 of them, and a few from the North Shore, as well. The last bunch they got, Sept., 2010, the CN brought them up for free. It was quite an event when it arrived here.
I don't have pictures of that. Trains had a picture, of them enroute.
They have two that they rebuldt for their dinner train.