BATMANDoes anyone want to guess where this is?
It's a "Sweet" photo!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Heartland Division CB&Q I hope you don't mind, but I copied the image so I can show it to other people.
Heartland Division CB&QYou must have spent a lot of time on that Bear Toon.
A few months ago I posted about custom pieces being made for the board game Ticket To Ride.
The artwork used on the tins for these pieces is available from the artist, Julianne Griepp.
None of this represents actual trains, but I love the style she used.
I ordered prints of The Mercury and The General.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning from the left side.
Happy Belated Birthday Garry here's to many more.
Just got off the bike and need to stop dripping so it is a good time to hit the diner for re-hydration. Six mugs of coffee, please.
Got my Daughter to Victoria and all moved in and stocked up. I visited my cousin overnight and had to leave early so did not get out on the water. I did enjoy as I always do the trip back and forth to the Island. I just park my butt on a life jacket locker and take it all in. I was booked back on the 1800hrs ferry but was ready to come home early. Checked for space on the 1500hrs sailing and it showed room so I made a beeline to the terminal which Google maps showed as 34 minutes away. I drove through the ticket booth and right onto the ferry and the ramp went up seconds after I turned off the engine. Perfect timing.
B.C. Ferries has 35 boats and it was a busy weekend for them, our boat was full of U-Hauls taking the kids back to school. It felt like the first day going to Hogwarts.
Had to pick a mutt up at the airport yesterday that is in town for a good time with one of our dogs. I will be taking her back in a few days.
Does anyone want to guess where this is?
I am going to hit the shower and then the trainroom.
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."
Wow, I went to a club open house and train show this morning!
The show was outside in the parking lot. Beautiful day. The layouts were inside. They had just moved into this slightly larger building over the summer. It's a small club with more interest in O scale than HO or N.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
GB by Bear, on Flickr
BEAR !!! ......... That is HILARIOUS ! ...
THANK YOU !
You must have spent a lot of time on that Bear Toon. Nice job of adding smoke and steam, too. I hope you don't mind, but I copied the image so I can show it to other people.
Rich, Mike, and David: ..... Thanks for the birthday greetings.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry, isn't it still September 3rd somewhere?
Rich
Alton Junction
Garry, how did I miss your birthday?! Sorry. Happy Birthday!
Bear, those are cool equipment pics. Thanks for sharing.
Ready to watch some college football today, and then take my youngest daughter driving later. Have a good day everyone!
Mike
Good afternoon Diners. A large coffee please, Janie.
A belated Happy Birthday, Garry.
Love the Beartoon
Lovely pictures of stations.
A Station Building I like. Brechin, Angus, Scotland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brechin_railway_station#/media/File:Brechin_City_railway_station.jpg
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning, diners.
It's sprinkling out -- I will wait with my walk until I see what it decides to do -- clear up or rain.
During the summer, I sleep in our basement. It's dark, cool, and quiet. This morning at 4:00 a.m., I had a loud cricket act as an alarm clock. I could not find it. Everytime I turned the light on, it went quiet. I guess I will have to have a nap today.
This is kind of a neat Rock Island station in Lincoln, NE. It is now a bank:
While living in New Orleans, one of our favorite places to go was the plantation Oak Alley. Its 28 Live Oak trees planted in two rows perfectly framed the house. The house was open to the public, and it was a great place to relax, have a drink, and enjoy the views. The row of trees directly overlooked the Mississippi River.
This is the before and after hurricane photos. The house had very little damage, and the trees will recover, but it sure looks sick right now:
Have a good Saturday, everyone.
York1 John
Howdy ....
John York 1, Bear, Kevin ...... Thank you very much for the birthday wishes.
Bear..... Those are interesting photos of Antartic transportation.
Mike ...... I like the Ludington station.
Kevin .... I like that station also.
Cheers.
Evening Fellas,
Sharing an older photo of the old PM train station in Ludington, MI. Honestly doesn't look much different today. Just more boards over the windows. The tracks in front of it have been pulled up and that area is now a gravel parking lot for a next door factory. My old neighbor got us permission to go in it one night so I can say I've at least seen the inside. It had long since been converted from a public station to yard crew facilities that had also been torn out. Still, you could make out where the old ticket counter was, and where the agent would have been in that bay window, there were still the old telephone plug-ins labeled "Roundhouse", "Yard Master", etc. That was pretty neat. Found a bunch of old bills of lading and other related paperwork. Nothing worth anything. There was still an old bagagge cart in there with a builders plate dated for 1938 (I think). That was cool, but I didn't figure I had anywhere to put it, so didn't bother asking about taking it. It obviously hadn't been used in decades. Where the boxcar is sitting is a long shelter that I'm honestly not sure if it was orinigally intended as some sort of sheltered location for freight, or a passenger platform. There were no clues to point me either direction there.
Garry!
Bear: I love all the Antarctic equipment pictures. It is all very interesting to see.
One of my former employees spent a year in Antarctica. He did not have very many stories. Apparently it was very boring 99% of the time.
I survived my first real eight hour day at w**k. So far I have not been thinking about it at all. It better stay that way. As soon as the stress follows me home, I am out of there.
Another depot, and again, I do not know where this one was photographed. My only note on this photograph says "Depot Today Number 2".
Happy birthday, Garry! I have a feeling quite a few of us in the diner have lots and lots of candles on our cakes.
Good morning.
I'm showing off my model of "Skookum" in Weekend Photo Fun, and I'll show another picture here. Shelley gave it to me for my birthday over 30 years ago.
I will be sharing my birthday cake with you today. Lots and lots of candles. LOL
Good morning. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
I'm headed out the door in a couple of minutes, so I need the diner's fast food.
I'm finishing up another house project today, and then I should have some time for the layout. It hasn't been touched in weeks.
I like all the station photos!
Today's picture is of the Burlington station in Grand Island, about 50 miles west of here.
The station has been renovated and is used for weddings, receptions, etc.
On the left, the old freight depot is now the home of the Tri City Model Railroad. They have a very nice layout that takes up the entire depot.
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Janie.
A quick visit as I am busy today.
St Pancras Station. British Railways wanted to demolish the entire site. Thankfully the building is now a listed one and has to be protected. British Railways had let the hotel go without any repairs for a very long time.
Now it has been sold and has been totally renovated. A place now to be seen in when visiting London. A beautiful building indeed. (IMO)
gmpullmanYou stick with the reefers and hands-off my Intermountain Pacemaker box cars, deal?
Deal.
I only buy undecorated train cars as a general rule.
I need to get up for w**k in 6 hours, I should go to bed.
W**k stinks.
SeeYou190I earned $52.00 gross today, and I spent $98.00 on eBay for some Intermountain Ice Reefers.
You stick with the reefers and hands-off my Intermountain Pacemaker box cars, deal?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294314081723
I just tossed two dozen old blue-box ones in the recycling bin. I see some listed on ebay at $25 each. There goes my kid's inheritance!
These I just bought must be really old stock, they have all-plastic wheelsets.
Gray Georgia?
https://www.jcnews.com/article/train-depot-purchased-be-moved-soon
They're being clever here. It WAS in Athens until 1908. How's anybody supposed to catch a train if they keep moving the depot!
From this:
The Majestic Washington Union Station by Marty Bernard, on Flickr
To this?
Bryan-OH-1989 by Edmund, on Flickr
Well, I guess they both serve the same purpose
Cheers, Ed
Good evening everyone.
I had my first day of "work" at Home Depot today. I had a meeting at the bank at 9:00, then had to be at work at 10:00.
All I did was watch safety videos for 4 hours. I had 2 1/2 hours sleep last night, and it was shear madness.
I used to be a safety trainer. There was nothing in these videos I had not said myself 1,000 times before. Staying awake was so difficult.
Tomorrow I have six hours of training on the computer system starting at 9:00 AM. It is going to be another long day.
I earned $52.00 gross today, and I spent $98.00 on eBay for some Intermountain Ice Reefers. I sense this job is not going to make much of a financial difference.
I really love Mozart's Symphony #40. I have been listening to my recording of it almost every day for the last week.
Here is a picture of the "Gray" station. Unfortunately I have no notes for where or when I took this photograph.
Good evening ..
Rich ..... Thanks for the correction. I recall being in the big waiting room before Amtrak.
MLC.... You are welcome. Thanks for posting more pictures of 4014.
The station in this picture is where I used to catch a ride on a Burlington commuter train to Chicago when I was a kid. Clarendon Hills, IL.
In Keeping with the theme here is the MOPAC (Now Amtrak) depot in Poplar Bluff MO.
Close up of the former Frisco Depot in Poplar Bluff MO. It Houses the MOARK railroad museum.
More Big Boy at Poplar Bluff MO.
Garry Thanks for comments on photos
My daughter just sent me a picture from DragonCon in Atlanta with one of the props I made for her.
It did me so much good to build those props for her last weekend. I had not done any hobby builds in quite a while. It was great for me to do this again.
I wish I could be there with her.
I need to start on trains again soon!
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Please join me for a Golden Monkey by Victory brewing. This Belgian style spiced trippel is one of my favorites.
Heartland Division CB&Q I will begin with Chicago Union Station. This is an old photo. Union Station had two buildings originally. The taller building behind the one in front was demolished to make room for a large office building. I think that happened in the 1980's.
I will begin with Chicago Union Station. This is an old photo. Union Station had two buildings originally. The taller building behind the one in front was demolished to make room for a large office building. I think that happened in the 1980's.
The smaller building in the foreground is the Terminal Building where arriving and departing trains were located. That building was torn down years ago, as you indicated, and replaced by a modern glass and steel structure.
IMHO, they should have left the Terminal Building standing.
Heartland Division CB&QKevin ..... The generator car you showed is interesting.
Garry, I wish I could share the pictures I took. The pictures I shared are poorly photo-shopped to hide any evidence of the physical location, and some proprietary hardware.
It is an amazing train car, and the power generation hardware installed was truly state-of-the-art (13 years ago).
This project was one of ther top-ten highlights of my career.
Hello All!
Here's the station from my city, Lancaster PA's own station built in 1929, replacing a smaller station that ran in the downtown area. In it's long and great history, the Broadway Limited had stops here (I think) and it was part of the PRR's "Broadway" 4-track mainline from Philadelphia to Chicago. I first became a fan of the station in 2003 when I would take the train to and from Washington DC to visit family in Lancaster PA. I saw video of the LMS Coronation Scot, engine plus train, visiting the station in 1939.
Alvie