Heartland Division CB&QThere are many possibilities for railroad photos in Montana, and hopefully we see more before June is over.
I think that's a wonderful idea!
Seeing film like this makes you wish you could have it "expertly" digitized and restored the wat some of the Ken Burns documentaries are done. This footage deserves to be preserved in a better format than YouTube!
Garry, your smiles begin at 5:20. Check out that brand new B&M box car, too.
Great scenes around Billings! The North Coast Limited cars are glossy-new and spotless!
Cheers, Ed
Good evening ....
Ed .... Thanks for posting information about the derailed tank cars. Remarkable story.
Brent .... Thanks for the Montana photos. There are many possibilities for railroad photos in Montana, and hopefully we see more before June is over. I especially like seeing the North Coast Limited. That was one of many trains I watched when I was a kid growing up next to the Burlington RR in Illinois .
Ken .... 48 days !
Henry .... Thanks for your insights on how soon Ulrich will be able to post. I know what you mean about awaking from surgery and realizing you survived.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ken great job on the ciggys.
I wouldn't expect to hear from Ulrich before Thursday or Friday.
When I woke up from my heart valve replacement, I was immediately relieved to not see an OR light overhead, because that meant surgery was over and I wasn't in any of the alternative destinations either.
They transfered me to a room at 3 am. My nurse was from Nepal. I was getting 3 different infusions and I had to wonder, how many patients in Nepal were getting insulin, levophed and fentanyl all at the same time. Probably none.
They sent me home after pharmacies closed tanked up on tylenol. There are limits on how much tylenol you should take in one day and the percocet has tylenol in it so you can't just take more when you are maxed out on the tylenol.
I'm in modeling slump at the moment.
Ozark Mountain has a deal on a 500 ton flatcar for $910,000, an S1 for $39,000, a GP9 for $55K, and a variety of box cars and reefers in extremely poor condition for $1,500
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Afternoon Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a and a IV for Ulrich!
Sure hope Ulrich plumper did a good job! Hope to see him in the dinner Tuesday or Wednesday!
Train Front Been playing on the Railroad and it is fighting me all the way! I am going to guess I have gotten up 30 times tonight to fix something but I am making headway on getting the BLI steamers pulling right again!
Ed and others. As you folks know I use ATF on my layout rails to keep the engines from stalling and it works well! When I first got the Presdient Adams steam engine it pulled great with traction tires and some ATF on the rails.
Then I stopped smoking I got a BLI PRR I1sa with traction tires! While it had a smoke unit, it was not working and it pulled like a mule! Then one night the smoke unit started working in the I1sa?
Things went down hill after that! Steam engines could not pull more than 4 heavy weight passanger cars, they had been pulling 9!
I have been wipping down the track where I can reach it with alcohol. Well the presdent Adams is now dragging 6 heavy weight passanger cars but it and the Bessimer SD 7's are starting to stall?
Still enjoyed them tonight so later.
None smoking Ken day 48 and counting.
I hate Rust
Good morning from the West of the the America's the East of the Salish Sea. Ya,right about there. It is another sunny day and life is good.
Been thinking of Ulrich and wondering how the new piping installation went. I remember being with Mom when she woke up and she gave me a smile and a thumbs up. By the next day she was completely lucid and well on her way to getting back to business. She was tenacious in in her recovery program and as with anything effort in reward out. I remember when she was cleared to drive again, the next day she loaded up her four Golden Retrievers, drove about an hour and worked them all day out in the fields retrieving and tracking. I think she was eighty at the time.
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https://www.american-rails.com/mt.html#Top
Lots of coal trains from the Powder River Basin and other coal fields make their way to the Port Of Vancouver for export. Candian Pacific and BNSF being the two biggies.
Beautiful scenery in Montana, why not take a train and enjoy it?
Have a good day all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
[quote user="NWP SWP"]Dont get me started on traffic, here in Louisiana we have some of the WORST traffic[/quote
Steven, don't even get me started on Louisiana roads. I moved here from New Orleans. They don't need speed limit signs there because it's impossible to drive more than 25 mph on the rutted and broken residential streets. My Lakeview neighborhood had some of the worst roads I've ever used, and that includes Nebraska country dirt roads.
York1 John
Morning folks,
Dont get me started on traffic, here in Louisiana we have some of the WORST traffic, problem is most streets are two lanes and the lights aren't calibrated for the higher volume of vehicles we are now getting, but I'm not going to go on about that.
Far as my truck and emissions go, I currently get low teens single digits MPG with my current truck, and at least I'm not on of those idiots that gets a diesel, mods the fuel injection system and mounts an exceptionally large exhaust tip so that he may spew black particulate matter all over the place making his truck look broken, all in the quest of... never mind not gonna go there!
Well I'll be around later guys!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good morning. Cloudy with rain predicted, so it looks like another unhappy day working inside on the layout.I
I think I already mentioned this, but since we're in Montana ...
Last summer we drove to Seattle, crossing Montana east to west. What a great car ride. The speed limit was 80 mph, there was hardly any traffic so we could actually use the cruise control, and we could see for miles. It's the kind of driving that we seldom get any more with the crowed highways.
hon30critterThe tankers are all laid neatly on their sides without a whole bunch of bent metal!
Maybe some local kids went out for some cow tipping and couldn't find a farm? This was the next best thing
An interesting chap...
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMANWell sold the trailer for $8000.00, more than fair considering the front end rot.
Congratulations!
We bought a well used tent trailer several years ago. It was in reasonable condition but needed some TLC. I couldn't believe that the manufacturer had used coarse particle board for the structure of the hardtop cover! It had turned to mush in some places so there was no 'just tighten the screws' repair. I guess it was a case of the accountants telling the engineers how to save money. Shoddy, shoddy, shoddy!!!
We gave it to Dianne's niece when we were done using it and her husband managed to replace all of the rotting wood. Like Brent said, labour intensive!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
gmpullmanTightlock or "shelf" couplers doing their job. Has a bit of a downside, though
Look at the positive side! The tankers are all laid neatly on their sides without a whole bunch of bent metal! If you have to have a wreck, that's the way to do it!
One of the guys in our club used to do wreck recovery for CN. He has some really interesting stories! I could listen to him all night.
Heartland Division CB&QEd .... Wow! That is quite a photo. I'm guessing an empty tank train was knocked on its side by a storm.
Hi, Garry.
When I saw the photo I thought the same thing but several wrecks like this were attributed to the "tightlock" shelf couplers on tank cars.
Here's a similar one. This one was tooling along at 69 MPH at the time!
http://tsb-bst.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2005/r05h0013/r05h0013.html
rollover-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Rollover_1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Tightlock or "shelf" couplers doing their job. Has a bit of a downside, though
Ed .... Wow! That is quite a photo. I'm guessing an empty tank train was knocked on its side by a storm.
Meanwhile, regarding Montana, I have trains that went to or from Montana (and beyond ).
Empire Builder.
North Coast Limited. (Departing from Union Station )
Starting today I am staying with my grandparents for a week. They live a stones throw away from a CSX line that runs paralell to a main road and goes through alot of grade crossings. The result is a lot of horns to give you enough warning to run out to were you can see the train through a gap in the tree. Already caught one frieght today!
Tomorrow night I'm going to see a local club layout, looking forward to it!
Have a great evening everyone!
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
cudakenEd thanks for calling back.
Always good to chat, Ken!
Eveing Diners
Flo give the gang and I a and for Ulrich! It is 1:59 AM Monday as I post.
Ed thanks for calling back.
Later, Ken
Well sold the trailer for $8000.00, more than fair considering the front end rot. The two guys that bought it seem to know a lot about how ours was put together and were not concerned at all. They said they could fix it up for little cost in materials and like the trailer shops said to me, it is just labour intensive. I am glad to be rid of it. Lots of great memories though.
The wife said what account should I put the money in, I said my train account. If looks could kill, doesn't she know it's Fathers Day? I could have bought another dozen or so Royal Hudsons. I think she sees a week at the Hyatt in Kaui instead. That's where we got married. Sitting out on the deck at Stevenson's Library with a Pinacoloda watching the Sun go down is just as good as it gets when you need a recharge.
Speaking of Fathers Day, happy Fathers Day to all it applies to. My kids got me a "PLANE SAVERS" T-shirt. Some of you may have heard of plane savers. Especially if you ever watched Ice Pilots.
My daughter just went DAD! There's $8000.00 on the kitchen table! Were taking you out for sushi for Fathers Day. Man I love my kids.
Heartland Division CB&QEverybody .... Are we still in Montana this month? I don't see much convesation about that.
That doesn't seem to matter so much anymore. Can't say why, for sure...
Happy Father's Day to those so inclined.
clara-city-2007 by Edmund, on Flickr
Some days you should have just stayed in bed
Howdy .
Ulrich .... Continued prayers for you.
Brent .... I like the photo of the CP 4-6-4. ..... My Avalanche has an 8.1 liter Chevy Vortek Big Block gasoline engine. ..... It will pull any trailer I have tried including trailer with a Bobcat excavator. .... Yes, it is mostly rural here. Uncle Sam owns the lakes and the Land Between the Lakes immediately west of us. Several miles south of us is Fort Campbell Army Base. .... I-24 is mostly rural to Nashville.
Everybody .... Are we still in Montana this month? I don't see much convesation about that.
Take two, my first post vanished.
Sunny on the West Coast as usual, I think the California drought has moved North.
Steven my truck has a 7.3 ltr diesel in it. It can haul the trailer up through those steep mountain passes without slowing down even a bit. A gas engine, even a V-10 will struggle with 7000lbs of trailer on the back.
The trips we have taken into the back country are legendary and that thing is tough. The skid plates have had good workouts. My daughter shows video at school from out the front window of the terrain we have gone through and people are, shall we say entertained. Most people will never experience the remoteness that we have over the years.
Operating a truck is expensive in all respects. My truck was probably four times the price of the Honda civic we owned. Parts and repairs are also four times the cost. It is a purposed own vehicle in my opinion and as we are rural where we live it gets used a lot in the maintenance of our lifestyle. If I didn't need it I doubt I would own it. It gets a good workout every year.
You see a lot of city crews driving electric P/Us and they seem ideal for the application, also Canada Post has electric delivery vans and the Posties I talk to love them. I have read that the electric P/Us perform very well going off road and the range is getting better all the time. The one article I read the guy took a Honda generator along if he needed a charge.
I have been looking at new trucks and you can still get any door configuration, however the four door model is by far the most popular. I am holding off buying a new truck until the wife and I figure out what being empty nesters is all about.
Garry, I am assuming you are somewhat rural and having to drive to Nashville for medical treatment. The wife and I are putting thought into where we are living as we prepare to move even farther from the encroaching madness. Where we are now the Ambulance can easily land on the front lawn and we see it happen often as a lot of the home owners in the area are getting up there like us. However driving into Vancouver for proceedures is something we need to think about.
Ulrich, good luck on your bypass surgery. Tell the surgeon to use the brass fittings. The thing I remember about my Mom after her bypass surgery was how much more energetic she was, she said it felt like she had new batteries.
We dropped the price another $1000.00 on the trailer and now two people want to come see it. I can't wait to get rid of the thing. I always feel guilty trying to sell stuff that is in bad shape even though I am totally up front and tell them all that is wrong with it.
Have a great Sunday all.
BroadwayLionthen I will talk with her, but fo now to go...
to confession?
Out here they no longer run ads for automobiles, only for pick-ups. I havent seen a two door pickup in years, they are all four door now. I don't know if you can even buy a two door.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Tinplate ToddlerI had thought that young folks are much more aware of their carbon footprint these days, but apparently I am wrong.
They are worried about YOUR carbon footprint, not their own.
One of these green beans cornered me outside of a restaurant and I told her, when she puts her car up on blocks, disnonnects her house from the grid, and stops oil deliveries then I will talk with her, but fo now to go...
ROARING
Good morning, everyone. Cool and cloudy this morning.
We are praying for you, Ulrich.
Out in our part of the world, pickups rule. I know very few families who don't have at least one pickup. Many have one "work" pickup and one "driving" pickup.
Right now it's off to church, then a church duty after lunch, then a free day.
hon30critterApparently pickup truck sales in North America continue to be robust!
They never really caught on in Europe. You wouldn´t be able to park it anywhere. I have read that Ford is making more profit selling trucks than cars and is now pondering to develop an all-electric truck together with Rivian.
Garry, the Hospital now has WiFi available, so I will have my tablet computer with me and will report back as soon as I am able to. If not, well Petra has instructions to inform Jan.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Howdy ..
Only have a few minutes, and I want to use them for Ulriach.
Ulrich ..... Best wishes and prayers for your surgery Monday for triple bypass. Thankfully, such opeations have become routine for doctors, and you should do well. I hope you have a speedy recovery without unexpected complications ... I hope you have a way of communicating results to the Diner. Each of us is very concerned about you.
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This past week has been eventful for me as I have posted... Many thanks to all who have posted prayers and best wishes to me. .... I was in Nashville in 6 of the last seven days, and that included driving back and forth over 100 miles each way. Ordinarily, most of the trip is easy driving on I-24. However, road repairs have signifcantly delayed each trip. Workers are in the final stages of cleaning up and making repairs from the gigantic mudslide near Nashville in February. Also, they are resulfacing in several places both in TN and in KY causing other long delays.
Everybody .... Have a good evening and a great Sunday. .
Apparently pickup truck sales in North America continue to be robust!
Good Morning!
Very early in the morning here, but the sun woke me up. Looks as if we will have a fine day today. I´ll try to make the best of it, although I am very itchy today. Only 10 more hours before Petra will take me to the hospital. I just hope my last meal will not be hospital food!
NWP SWPUlrich, has the situation blown over
The situation is unchanged, which means we will pack up and leave as soon as possible.
NWP SWPhow silly I'd look climbing out of a subcompact car?
I am a rather tall guy and most certainly not a lightweight, but I don´t think it looks silly when I get out of our Volkswagen up! - a model two sizes below the Golf. It´s not sold in the US. It´s about the same "silly" size as a Fiat 500, but it gets 62 mpg average!
I had thought that young folks are much more aware of their carbon footprint these days, but apparently I am wrong.
Ulrich,
I hope all goes well!