Here's one for NDG. When scenes and service like this were important.
The diesel tug Okanagan (launched February 1947) with barges at Kelowna. Nicholas Morant/CPCA She made her last run on ending service on Okanagan Lake May 31, 1972.
Thank You NDG, and my condolences for your recent losses. Hope you have a much better 2018 and Happy New Year!
Thank You.
NDG OT. COLD!
It's so cold up in northern Alberta that the natural gas distribution system can't keep up, and people near the outer limits of the pipeline network are running out. Houses may be starting to freeze:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/mackenzie-county-natural-gas-outage-1.4468224
I hope everyone up there has a wood stove.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
This explains things regarding the FA1's builder plates.
4008-4404 the first pair of MLW FA-1 and FB-1 (#77303 and 77325 6/16/50) 1500 hp units of a single order for 20 A and 20 B units. They were the only ones. Earlier units were built by Alco in the USA and later MLW units were the newer model, 1600 hp FA-2 and FB-2. These units first passed through Schreiber on the night of June 28th and returned in daylight a day or two later shown here displaying signals (green flags). Harry Hart
'Dude, steam or anything to do with it is never off-topic!
My condolences for your losses, and I hope you are feeling well. Glad to hear the Kat is doing well too.
NDG EMD/GM Demo Set. Chapleau 1949.
7001 became Soo Line 2500, and is still around today:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/546798/
Central Alberta is experiencing a cold snap right now, windchills in the -45 C range even during the day, riding cars and tying brakes is not fun. But someone has to do it.
Even in the cold we are still working away at the Museum, 1392 is in the midst of a 5-year inspection, the jacketing has been removed and scaffolding set up to allow for safe working conditions (no more monkeying around on top of the boiler without fall protection, like they did in the "good old days"):
Not too far off topic I hope?
Truth be known, I'd never noticed the difference - I just focused on the grillework around the headlight and not how it was configured.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Overmod BaltACD tree68 NDG Note headlight surround as-built. A trademark of the ALCO FA's and PA's.
BaltACD tree68 NDG Note headlight surround as-built. A trademark of the ALCO FA's and PA's.
tree68 NDG Note headlight surround as-built. A trademark of the ALCO FA's and PA's.
NDG Note headlight surround as-built.
A trademark of the ALCO FA's and PA's.
The Alco demonstrator.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
On the 'as built' picture - the louvers for the head light project above the hood line - in the final picture the top of the louvers are faired into the hood line.
NorthWest From wrecked in a lake to preserved. Thank You!
From wrecked in a lake to preserved.
Thank You!
And thank goodness for that!
Just because ALCO made engines for submarines doesn't mean FA's should be used in the same manner!
NDG, my sincere sympathies for your losses, and I hope your surgery went well.
And welcome back sir!
NDGNote headlight surround as-built.
NDGP S Two family Deaths in 3 days and Surgery for moi on Dec. 12 th. Kat is facing the heater, the Diety in His life rite now.
Ouch. Tough way to start the winter.
NDG30 Below just to the East on the Divide.
Been seeing that for the past few days here in northern NY. -20F as I type this.
A VIA Rail train sits idle at the train station in Churchill, Man., on June 22, 2017. The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is saying thank you to everyone who has helped the community since it lost its rail service. Mayor Michael Spence and his council say in a release on Twitter that many Manitobans, Canadians and people from across the world have reached out. The town of 900 people on Hudson Bay lost its only land connection to the south last spring when severe flooding damaged the rail line. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex de Vries
CHURCHILL, Man. - The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is saying thank you to everyone who has helped the community since it lost its rail service.
Mayor Michael Spence and his council say in a release on Twitter that many Manitobans, Canadians and people from across the world have reached out.
The town of 900 people on Hudson Bay lost its only land connection to the south last spring when severe flooding damaged the rail line.
Railway owner Omnitrax has said it will not repair the track because it would cost too much money on an already money-losing line.
That means goods and people have had to rely on very costly air transportation, although a seasonal ice road recently opened.
The town's thank you says the outpouring of support has make Christmas a special one for the community.
"We are particularly touched by the many anonymous donors who have made a donation to our food bank, donated a toy for a Christmas hamper, sent a letter of encouragement, or simply supported us through this most difficult time," says the release.
"This has truly been the most challenging time our community has faced and we have all come together with the assistance and efforts of many people that care for our community and that recognize the special place that Churchill is."
The town is also reminding everyone that it is not the only northern community affected by the loss of the rail line.
It mentions the Kivalliq region in Nunavut, many First Nations — including the Fox Lake Cree, Pikwitonei and York Factory bands — and the communities of Thompson and The Pas.
The federal government has filed a lawsuit against Omnitrax and is trying to help transfer ownership of the rail line to a consortium of northern Manitoba communities.
Overmod PRAISE BE!! Welcome back. (If any of us gave you cause to leave, send a PM describing how to avoid the problem in the future.)
PRAISE BE!!
Welcome back.
(If any of us gave you cause to leave, send a PM describing how to avoid the problem in the future.)
I second that, Thank You for returning!!!
How is the Cat?
Great Christmas party...lots of genuine authentic Northern Saskatchewan fun...native dancers, fiddle players, great food, big boss man CEO brought Cohiba's, Karaoke crooners, crazy dancing, the ladies were all purdy.
I won a draw for a beautful and quite expensive Polaris Parka but now I have to buy a $15,000 snow sled to go along with it. Even when you win you lose sometimes!
Been wearing it all morning,,,,refuse to take it off...I look like a deranged astronaut.
NDG O.T.
Off Topic? On Thread. Your thread. Welcome home.
Well well well...look who's back! A Christmas gift perhaps?
Hope all is well.
Lived in Tweed for a year during my stint at Canada Talc, the now closed Henderson Mine. Pretty little town with way too much tradegy.
Rushin' off to our Christmas party ....later gator.
Speaking of old technology, WMATA, who runs the Washington DC Metro, occasionally advertises jobs for their mainframe system that ran their automatic train control system.
There haven't been any job postings for years, though. ATC has been "officially" turned off since the 2009 fatal wreck, but is sometimes turned on from time to time for tests.
This past fall, WMATA said it's unlikely to ever be turned on again, abandoning the wayside track circuits and intrusion detectors in favor of augmented GPS positioning. I don't think their wayside system is even capable of rolling blocks.
I'll ride with a single rope drum hoist, with safety dogs, any day over a Koepe. That unexpected foot and half drop, after the lock signal, puts your stomach in a weird place real quick. At 3500 feet down it's something you won't forget. The Swedes should stick to meatballs and IKEA furniture.
Well that didn't work out as planned....but google mining skips or hoisting ...BHP Billiton has some big ones as do we in Potash in Saskatchewan.
I'm not a fan of Koepe hoists however. Too slippery for this guy. Don't trust 'em.
Overmod asks "what does the mining community have that will lift 220 tons UN distributed?"
Skips!
| Mining in the Prairies
Massive hoist will keep potash in ready supply
By Western Correspondent Tanya Laing Gehr
BIG
LIFT
Through an aviation forum I am acquanted wit a business owner in Alberta whose company specalizes in transportation of very heavy and oversized objects whether machinery and other things. He owns several multi-axle trailers and the equipment necessary to transport such items. He has to get permits for every such move and axle spacing is a consideration. Some of his trailers have at least a dozen axles and must have a tractor in between them and one on the rear for braking. In his instance Schnable trailers would be an appropriate term.
Norm
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