Good morning all. Icy cold rain is falling. Another miserable looking day.
Thanks for the rum and coke, Ed.
The tea, toast and marmalade is on the table.
A little time in York, then a trip North to the Dales. (The County where I was born.)
Steaming back to Marylebone
Thoughts and Peace to All who Require.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
What did I get for Christmas. Nothing railway related that is for sure. What I wanted is not available until late 2021. Many items are delayed because of Covid. My list for then is made.
Earlier in the year my wife, Dawn took a bad turn for the worse. Fortunately she recovered. Finding my long lost 'brother' on 26th December. Two presents that mean more than railway items.
I did get items of clothing etc. plus the obligatory box of Chocolate Brazils.
Afternoon tea.
Afternoon Blend Tea.
Christmas Cake with Cheese. Sweet Mince Pie with Brandy Cream.
Christmas in Wartime England
A more peaceful film -- The Yorkshire Dales.
Enjoy
Howdy .....
Thankfully, 2020 is nearly over. Yay!
That said, David NorthBrit, you certainly improved an otherwise dismal year as you posted many photos and videos of British railways !.Thank you!
What about January ? Where will the Diner visit ? ...
I think I heard an origanal idea suggested. Couple the Diner to a famous Name Train and post pictures along the route.
Who has thoughts and suggestions?
Have a good day, everybody .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello Railfans!
Top of the day to you! I had typed a whole page out and tried to post. Dunno what i said but apparently something wasnt appropriate and MR denied me. ME! of all people. The only thing in danger around me is a german chocolate cake or a brunette!
So, all ya get now is this dry, bland, and to the point.... Hi - doing fine - hope you are same. Ed - all i got was a passenger car. Garry - i second what you said about Dave our British friend.
Have a nice day,
Douglas
Thank you everyone for your comments on my posts. I hope the films are enjoyed even if not to their taste. I tried to post film that is not normally shown generally.
I am not a 'Gricer' (railway fanatic) far from it. I am interested in most forms of transport. Cruise ships, road haulage, buses, trams, canal boats and model railways.
Here is a photograph of Cunard ship 'Queen Victoria' at South Shields 13th August 2019.
Good morning from a dry West Coast might get a bit of snow later.
In 1971 I was at a Gordon Lightfoot concert with my sister and two guys came and sat next to me. My sister leaned over and said, "do you know who that is sitting next to you?" I was 14 at the time and she said, "That's Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkle. I always wondered how those two ended up at a Gordon Lightfoot concert in Vancouver together. So last night Carnal Knowledge is on the tube when I walk into the bedroom and there are Jack and Art together on the screen. I went AH HA! I bet Carnel knowledge was filmed in Vancouver and that is how they ended up at the concert together. I went and checked and sure enough, it was filmed here in 1971. I always wondered about that as they were such different personalities, mystery solved.
I just got off the bike, what a sluggish ride, my body did not want to be there today. Will power always wins.
All the rest of our counter parts are coming at noon and being installed Friday and then the floor can go ahead. It will be nice to have the skins on finally and get all the crap back in the kitchen. Especially out of the trainroom.
As far as moving the diner goes we could Start in Montreal head South down the East Coast, across the U.S. Up the West Coast and across Canada back to Montreal by the end of the month. Every day a different State or Province with photos and RR info of said place contributed by all who wish to. The number of States and Provinces should ad up to about one a day depending on the route.
I do like the name train idea as well.
I did get a Rapido SW1200 for Christmas, but it is still in the box as I have been too busy to get it on the layout. Pics when I do.
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."
Christmas Picture from my baby! I miss her so much!
She came to Orlando last Christmas for a get-together, but that was not happening this year.
Look at how cute this cat is.
Look at how angry this cat is. This was the cat we gave her for Christmas when she was 15.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Heartland Division CB&QWhat about January ? Where will the Diner visit ? ... I think I heard an origanal idea suggested. Couple the Diner to a famous Name Train and post pictures along the route. Who has thoughts and suggestions? Have a good day, everybody .
Hi Garry, this list on Wiki is - fairly comprehensive, if anyone a bit more familiar with USA Railroads than I am would like to have a go. Paul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_named_passenger_trains_of_the_United_States_(A%E2%80%93B)
"It's the South Shore Line, Jim - but not as we know it".
Good Afternoon,
A warm day here, about 20F.
I'm moving slow today as I pulled a muscle in my lower back yesterday. I did it putting on my socks in the morning. Guess I will have to start doing that sitting down rather than balancing on one leg like I usually do.
Think I figured out why the K5a was derailing. The last set of drivers was coming off and I think the weight of the train put just enough tension on to pull the drivers off cosidering how tight all 3 axles are on the curve. I really need 24" radius .
Very quiet day. My wife didn't sleep at all last night so she went back to bed at 8 a. m. Robbie is curled up beside me on the sofa downstairs. The TV is on as he likes it. I can see the bird feeders out the windows. Several house fnches have been here. There is enough light that I don't have any lights on even though it is cloudy. There is 15' of window which is unusual here for a basement. The house is mid-century modern.
Coffee time again. I'm drinking a blend called 454 horse power. It has a kick to it. I don't like thin namby, pamby coffee.
CN Charlie
LazersHi Garry, this list on Wiki is - fairly comprehensive, if anyone a bit more familiar with USA Railroads than I am would like to have a go. Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_named_passenger_trains_of_the_United_States_(A%E2%80%93B)
Well.... Being a Musician, I vote for "Say don't ya know me, I'm your favorite sun.... I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans... I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done!"
I'll be happy on most trains, so whatever you guys choose is fine by me.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
NorthBrit Here is a photograph of Cunard ship 'Queen Victoria' at South Shields 13th August 2019.
Nice!
A City built on a Hull with an engineered Keel for it.
Another one of my Fascinations is Ships David. Especially the old wooden Clipper Ships
My Grandfather, God Rest his soul, used to carve ship hulls out of wood, just to carve ship hulls out of wood I guess. He had a fascination with ship hulls and that was His Hobby
P.S. I just wanted to Thank You! as well for taking all the time posting all the pictures and videos you did this month David
TF
howmusWell.... Being a Musician, I vote for " Say don't ya know me, I'm your favorite sun.... I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans... I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done!"
I love listening to covers of songs and I really like this cover for some reason.
Post Hog!
Maybe Kevin has some extra time that could be appreciated and would be willing to host the Diner down in Florida for January???
Just a thought. He's always been a rather good host with WPF. I've heard they have awfully nice comfortable weather down there in Florida this time of year
I'm not very familiar with Florida's Railroads which could make it rather interesting for me anyway.
New Orleans is good too as Judy was born and raised there. Not very familiar with New Orleans Railroads either? Maybe a few multiple states of the South would be good
BATMANI love listening to covers of songs and I really like this cover for some reason.
My favorite version...
Or... if you don't want to doze off... in a style that will really get you moving...
Track fiddlerMaybe Kevin has some extra time that could be appreciated and would be willing to host the Diner down in Florida for January??? Just a thought. He's always been a rather good host with WPF.
I'll host the diner when I can do it right.
Way too busy with the house for the time being.
Hi Brent, Yeah that is nice laid-back listening. Ray, are you able to advise me the Chord sequence in the run-down to "gone 500 miles when the day is done". That's the bit I never get right. I think he ends it on 'G'. I learned the song in 'C' and it possibly should be in 'G'. Maybe the selection of chords in 'C' don't lend themselves to it? I'd love to play this song, when the Folkclub eventually re-opens. Paul
SeeYou190Look at how cute this cat is.
Wilson says it is not "cool" to look cute for the humans. Just be suave and debonair —
wilson_chill by Edmund, on Flickr
No silly Christmas sweaters for this cool cat!
Cheers, Ed
Makes sense to me Kevin as I've seen you been a busy guy with your house by your posts
I've always loved Gordon Lightfoot Brent! Not familiar with that particular folk singer you just posted but does have a similarity. I don't think I'm missing any of Godons music collection. I cannot think of a better folk song guitarist and singer.
Brings back memories. Woodenfrog Campground in the Kabatogama National Forest when I was young
Babe Hoffman a friend of mine used to go to his truck and pull out his guitar case with a 12-string acoustic guitar. That man knew how to play it and sang in perfect time. His music was beautiful
He would play and sing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" of many songs he did. His own version of a long guitar solo that he played in the middle of that song that I will always remember
OH YEAH!!!!!!!! Sang along with it a couple times! Thanks!
When I'm working crew at the R&GV RR Museum, they let me end the day singin'.
"I'm a walking down the track, I got tears in my eyes. Tryin' to read a letter from my home. If this train runs me right, I'll be home tomorrow night. For I'm 500 miles from my home..... And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow...."
BATMAN
That isn't Arlo and it wasn't his song anyway. It was Steve Goodman's
I like Willie but Sheryl Crow has better jeans
I'd like to hear Glen Campbell's daughter Ashley sing it.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Meanwhile in Florida...
OK... This version is fun and awesome!
All good and a bit enjoyable
I may be extreme old school
My favorite New Orleans artist is Louis Armstrong and most everything he wrote
I'm beginning to think Louie Armstrong is the only artist who did not cover City of New Orleans.
I really like Steve Goodman though because of course he wrote the perfect country song, but the train song I liked the most was Gordon Lightfoots' Canadian Railroad Trilogy. The train song I heard first though was Night Train to Memphis I think by Roy Acuff but that was long ago. I had a 45 and a toy record player and darn near wore both out.
Still packing up rolling stock and boxes of structure kits along with the other million items for the layout. I'll try to drop in for coffee tomorrow am. Cheers, J.R.
Louis Armstrong was a big part of New Orleans! I have older family members that knew him
4014 traveled well out of Las Vegas Nevada where I have other family members as well
Isn't she a beautiful piece at work!
122+ feet long
The GF and I had lunch in a parlour car on the Cape Cod and Hyannis tourist railway. We learned that car once served on the City of New Orleans, so I have a special attachment to that song and that train.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
TF ..... Yes !
Lazers Heartland Division CB&Q What about January ? Where will the Diner visit ? ... I think I heard an origanal idea suggested. Couple the Diner to a famous Name Train and post pictures along the route. Who has thoughts and suggestions? Have a good day, everybody . Hi Garry, this list on Wiki is - fairly comprehensive, if anyone a bit more familiar with USA Railroads than I am would like to have a go. Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_named_passenger_trains_of_the_United_States_(A%E2%80%93B)
Heartland Division CB&Q What about January ? Where will the Diner visit ? ... I think I heard an origanal idea suggested. Couple the Diner to a famous Name Train and post pictures along the route. Who has thoughts and suggestions? Have a good day, everybody .
Paul .... That is an interesting link. There were many named passenger trains! Thanks for sharing it !
Remember train shows...
I have been going through all my photographs, and I found this one.
This is my haul home from the last train show I went to in Atlanta, Georgia.
I cannot wait for train shows again.