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
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.
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
moelarrycurly4York1 So why don't you just drill from the top down?
York1 John
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/
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
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.
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.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
2 gallons from one tree? wow!
moelarrycurly4 2 gallons from one tree? wow!
That is not so much. Should get 20 -30 gallons from one tree.
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
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
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.
ROARING
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.
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
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
I finished boiling the syrup. It came down to about 4 oz. My parents are buying it for $3.
We had a completely great day today. My function I have been attending in Jacksonville wrapped up about noon.
Mary and I went to an early dinner at a five star Brazilian Steakhouse here in Jacksonville, and the experience was amazing.
Back at the hotel we decided to explore the Riverwalk Waterfront parks. Jacksonville has done an amazing job in the past few years revitalizing the downtown area.
We rode the River Taxi for about an hour. We got some amazing views of the bridges across the St. Johns River.
We could not get close enough to the the railroad bridge for any good pictures.
We did see the CSX corporate office building on the riverfront.
On the river taxi we met a couple from Russia. Turns out they are at the same hotel we are for a wedding. The wedding ceremony was over, and they were riding the boat untilt the reception.
They invited us to join them at the reception back at the hotel.
If you are ever invited to a Russian Wedding Reception... GO! We had a amazingly good time. We left pretty early because we just could not keep up.
Evening folks!
Went to a car show this morning then had an op session at the club.
The weather speculators over hyped the forecast for today, called for "severe" weather, other than being warm, humid and sunny no rain in BR, but anyways not too many classic mustangs were at the show, two 71-73 mustangs, and around 4 or 5 65-68 mustangs but no 69-70s and all the others were either newer ones or the showroom models, I'm guessing the weather forecast scared a lot of the classic stang owners off.
Ken, that Cudas nothin' to sneeze at! Post some pictures soon!
Kevin that's a LOT of TTX Yellow!
Speaking of ethnic wedding receptions, my sisters wedding is this fall, shes half Italian so it should be pretty big!
Anyways, church is in the morning so I better start winding down for the evening.
Heres a little nudge to the juke box, we might have to move some tables to make room for the jitterbugs with this one!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Ulrich-----
Recieved a reply from Ulrich. About the time of his last post to the forun he and Petra recieved additional threats, and they fled Germany.
A friend of theirs has provided a cabin on a island for them to live in, no heat, no hot water. However, they are safe for now, and out of Germany.
He advised that he had returned to where they had been living to pick up items they need that had been left in their haste, and was leaving Germany again upon lettting me know as to what was going on.
They have no phone service where they are, and I have reason to believe that contact via E-mail will be spotty at best.
I Do Not have his permission to divulge his whereabouts, and would not do so without it. Because he was one of the founding members of a opposition party in Germany he is in greater danger than most perhaps realize.
Ulrich asked me to pass on his reguards to the forum, and to let you all know what has happened.
herrinchoker
herrinchokerRecieved a reply from Ulrich. About the time of his last post to the forun he and Petra recieved additional threats, and they fled Germany.
Thanks for the update.
Pretty scary stuff. I hope they can weather the storm.
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.... We were in Nashville again yesterday. ... Long day..
Herrinchoker .... Thanks for relaying the message from Ulrich. We Diners have been very concerned about him, and it is good to hear he is in a safe place. Of course, we understand his location should not be disclosed in a public forum on the internet. I am concerned he may be isolated because he has health issues that might require emergency medical care. I did have email contact with him for a while, but I no longer have his email address. So please let him know I am praying for him and for Petra.
Also, Herrinchoker, we are thinking of going to Maine this summer. Maybe you have suggestions on things to see.
Kevin ... I recall being in the CSX building before it was CSX. Origianlly, it was Atlantic Coast Line. Next, Seaboard Coast Line. It was Family Lines when I was there.
Meanwhile, back at our visit to Illinois. Below is a Burlington commuter train before Budd bilevel coaches and E-units.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
SeeYou190 We rode the River Taxi for about an hour. We got some amazing views of the bridges across the St. Johns River. .
Hey Kevin-
This bridge is the prototype (inspiration) for the Win Littlefield Bridge on my layout. The project manager for the engineering company that built it was Winston Littlefield, an old-school engineer from a time when there were giants who built this country using little more than a piece of paper, a piece of pencil, and a slide rule.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
A compilation of Burlington's Nebraska Zephyr scenes, some great and others — well.
Still, worth a look.
The EMD E5, Silver Pilot looks stunning in its all stainless steel shrouding. Can you imagine the cost for such a fabrication today!
Enjoy your Sunday, Folks!
GMTRacing Interesting building. If DMIR would it be some sort of multi track loader building? Based on a prototype? Nosey people would like to know. J.R.
Interesting building. If DMIR would it be some sort of multi track loader building? Based on a prototype? Nosey people would like to know. J.R.
I must have overlooked your question J.R. Multi Track Loader yes. DMIR prototype building.... not at all. It was just a freelance design on a whim
The drawing was inspired from Sewell, Mann's Creek, West Virginia. A Railroad owned coal mining town. It has been posted in MR many times through the years, (One of my favorites of all time). Sometimes I wonder why I'm not modeling Sewell...?
I like how the coal was dumped from above, transferred to loaders below. I'm using the same concept for my ore mine, only with a different loader design.
It is my thoughts I will mix scales. I will have some old school, smaller Z scale ore cars dump the ore from above conveyored to the loader.
TF
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give a the gang and I a and leave a bullet proof vest and stein outside for Ulrich.
Jan Thank you for the up date on Ulrich. While he is out of harms way I worried about his medical condition and getting proper health care outside of Germany! He had been lamenting about living in a cabin for years now, just wish his health was better. Other wise I am sure he would be enjoying him self.
It was a little warm today. High is 78 degrees and got hot working outside. Got some more trash cleaned off the rear patio. I am sure not the man I use to be. After a tad over 1 hour I was beat.
Train Front Seems HO engine wheels do have a break in period. My BLI Bessimer SD 7 #802 could not pull much by it self. Been using a PK 2000 Penny SD 7 to help for sometime now. By it self it is pulling 14 cars with no problems.
Later Ken
I'm glad Ulrich is safely out of Germany. He has told us about his health issues, which are serious.
Medicine doesn't always have answers and the healthcare we expect in the US doesn't happen in much of the rest of the world.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
ROBERT PETRICKThis bridge is the prototype (inspiration) for the Win Littlefield Bridge on my layout. The project manager for the engineering company that built it was Winston Littlefield, an old-school engineer
That is a great story. There are some beautiful examples of architecture and design in Jacksonville. I am so glad they are revitalizing the city and keeping the real gems.
I drove through Georgia today down the meandering backroads to get to Atlanta.
While passing through Madison, we happened upon this nifty joint, "BIG KEV'S BAR-B-Q. Well, I am a "Big Kev", so we stopped in.
The smoker is housed in an old 40 foot boxcar, how cool!
Pretty good Georgia Bar-B-Q too.
Howdy ...
Kevin ... That looks like a BBQ restaurant with character. Glad you ad a good meal.
Ed ..... I liked the video you shared of the Nebraska Zephyr.
The artuclated train set of the NZ was originally used on the Twin Cities Zephyr which had the "shovel nose" locomotives of the 1930's. Below is the TCZ with that train set.
Below is the NZ with a baggae car ahead of the articulted train. It has an E7 locomotive.
By the late 1950's, the NZ was combined with a mail train, and it would have maybe 8 to 10 unmatched headend cars between the locomotive units and the train. Then, it typically had three E-units.
In the late, 1950's the train was also combined with the Kansas City Zephyr from Chicago to Galesburg. Then, it normlly had 4 E-units to Galesburg.
In the 1960's two coaches were removed, and the train set then had 5 cars instead of the original 7 cars.
In the late 1960's, the articulated train sets were removed from service, and the NZ would have about 4 or 5 cars (not articlated). The Post Office was no longer hauling mail by railroads, and the mail cars were gone.
The NZ was a daytime train between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska.
I don't have much to add for the diner location in Chicago, but here are a couple of pictures I took when I was visiting Chicago back in December: