Adlake Locks...
*Star* Lanterns (and beacons). Not as musical as Adlake.. but, cmon.. *STAR*
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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NKP guy,
Well, I'm now the big 70, and can remember several of the former class I's. I had the privilege of riding the Cannonball from St. Louis to Detroit in the early sixties. Steam would have been great but my trip was behind diesel. Wabash was still king then. That was my last and most memorable railroad trip. I clocked the train with my stpowatch at a steady eighty MPH. I couldn't have asked for better back then.
I live about forty miles away from Milan, MI, and when I visit with NS crews there we all have fond remembrances of days gone by. They are a good bunch or railroaders..
Norm
NKP guyAnd does anyone know what's become of the above two companies?
Cleveland Frog on Crossing manufacturer of rail was located on Bessemer Ave., eventually became known as Pettibone, I believe they went out of business late 1990.
US&S merged with Ansaldo STS in 1996, manufacturing basically the same type equipment.
zugmann Can't forget WABCO.
Can't forget WABCO.
Which is now largely WABTEC
LC
Western Cullen Hayes
Here's a thread that I hope won't be found to be controversial.
As a kid in Cleveland I sometimes passed by a large old factory called Cleveland Frog & Crossing. I have always liked the musical alliteration of that name. Later, in college, my buddy told me about Union Switch & Signal. Another musical name!
What are some other railroad-related companies with nice, old-fashioned, alliterative names? Anyone? Anyone?
And does anyone know what's become of the above two companies?
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