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As have we all. See the "504" thread.
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The Horn was destined for the Central RS3 at Thendara I was told.
Horn of type as shown here.
http://www.trainweb.org/cprdieselroster/Roster%20Archive/CP%204000/CP%204016-1.htm
That would be the SW1 that is now numbered NYC 705. I've run her a number of times.
NYC 8223 actually has two "honkers," one on each end of the cab. Just pull the rope for the direction you're travelling. Hopefully some legal issues will be resolved soon and the old girl will be back in service.
Lots to see. Most of it gone.
NDGSome NYC had Air Whistles.
We ran a Hancock on our locomotive in Lake Placid service for a number of years. Used mostly in the villages, until FRA said it wasn't loud enough.
One of the first days using the horn instead of the air whistle (it had both) a mother brought her young daughter trackside to watch the train go by, as they did almost every day. Wasn't happy when the horn scared the daylights out of her daughter.
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NDGRear End Collision. https://globalnews.ca/news/10302251/train-derailment-revelstoke-2-injured/
Saw a story about a driver in the Netherlands, which apparently loves its speed bumps.
So the story went, a fellow in a larger vehicle was being tailgated by a driver in a low slung sports car. Driver of larger vehicle knew that there were gaps put in the speed bumps specifically to allow busses to pass without bouncing the passengers around. Cars had to run at least one side of their wheels over the bumps.
First driver knew such a bump was coming up, and that he could pass through unmolested.
Tailgater would not be so lucky.
First driver got right up to speed and zipped through. Driver of sports car bounced off the roof of his car. And thereafter kept his distance...
tree68Saw a story about a driver in the Netherlands, which apparently loves its speed bumps. So the story went, a fellow in a larger vehicle was being tailgated by a driver in a low slung sports car. Driver of larger vehicle knew that there were gaps put in the speed bumps specifically to allow busses to pass without bouncing the passengers around. Cars had to run at least one side of their wheels over the bumps. First driver knew such a bump was coming up, and that he could pass through unmolested. Tailgater would not be so lucky. First driver got right up to speed and zipped through. Driver of sports car bounced off the roof of his car. And thereafter kept his distance...
Must not have had his seat belt fastened.
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NDGCN 1521. Scrap Line. This one made it. Belpaire Firebox. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lnv5zit0S7I/VKNhdaaeRkI/AAAAAAAABT4/vuqVXvtoO9k/s1600/Turcot%2BYard%2B1960%2B.jpg We were there, not in photo. Over 100 Locomotives. Thank You.
Brakeman looks very young!
Definitely not a Hudson, perhaps it's a Baltic?
CSSHEGEWISCHDefinitely not a Hudson, perhaps it's a Baltic?
As you probably know, the 'name' conventions for wheel arrangement predate the Whyte system. I am not familiar with names for tank-engine configurations other than generic terms like Forney. That engine is a Ten-Wheeler with a tank that has a two-axle truck under it.
A special case, where the guiding from the two trucks is important, would be the German bidirectional high-speed engines (one of which was rebuilt into 18 201). Those are 4-6-4T and 4-6-6T. Unfortunately we've lost most if not all our European specialists, so I don't know if the former would be called a Baltic or not. Did B&A have a type name for their 4-6-6Ts?
CN referred to their commuter tank engines as the "Suburban type".
http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/CN%20steam%20drawings/x%20class/x-10-a.jpg
The class X-10-a 4-6-4T engines were superheated and lasted until the very end of CN steam, 49 was actually the last steam locomotive to be overhauled at Point St Charles, sharing the shop floor with diesels in 1957. But they were not the only 'road' tank engines CN owned. There were a few old Grand Trunk 4-4-2T's that survived after the CN merger, the final one being scrapped in 1931 after spending its later years on the short Thousand Islands Railway.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cnr_steam2/49.htm
http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/CN%20steam%20drawings/x%20class/x-9-a.jpg
http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/CN%20steam%20drawings/x%20class/x-8-a.jpg
https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=Canada&wheel=4-4-2&railroad=cnr#6617
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NDGFYI. Fire onboard M/V Cuyahoga in Ashtabula. https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara-region/oldest-operating-canadian-laker-on-great-lakes-catches-fire-in-ohio-port/article_1e1ae6f2-0dcb-578c-af44-0e0b6bd5dc0b.html Thank You.
Black smoke would indicate petroleum involvement - I think.
That looks like typical building-fire dark smoke to me. Oil fire would be lavish inky carbon black shot with hot-carbon orange.
I presume the superstructure never had that lemon-oiled wood paneling that has caused many disastrously-progressing fires on liners...
Five photos & some commentary on the fire:
https://www.starbeacon.com/news/large-crowds-drawn-to-watch-ship-fire-in-ashtabula-harbor/article_96bc25b4-e2ff-11ee-9781-93dd2f347cbf.html
Ironic that the Cuyahoga caught fire...again. Rather like its namesake.
Very sad to see an old ore boat destroyed by fire. Ashtabula is where I boarded the Str. Reiss Brothers in 1967 for a summer as a deckhand.
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