zugmann Murphy Siding Laugh You read my mind! Even to the point that I knew it was Gordon the big freight engine and not Thomas the smaller tank engine. Gordon usually has a sour look on his face. No wonder he's scowling. Gordon hauled the EXPRESS! Not a lowly frieght train!
Murphy Siding Laugh You read my mind! Even to the point that I knew it was Gordon the big freight engine and not Thomas the smaller tank engine. Gordon usually has a sour look on his face.
No wonder he's scowling. Gordon hauled the EXPRESS! Not a lowly frieght train!
They've made him haul freight a few times. It never goes well.
Gordon reminds me of several old head co-workers who think they are above doing actual work.
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Murphy SidingLaugh You read my mind! Even to the point that I knew it was Gordon the big freight engine and not Thomas the smaller tank engine. Gordon usually has a sour look on his face.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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I like Gordon with the smile a LOT better! The scowl would frighten the kids.
Besides, Gordon's world famous, what's he got to be PO'd about?
Gordon is a Pacific (4-6-2), also.
charlie hebdo Firelock76 Hey, I LIKE that "Blue Comet" inspired paint scheme! Then again, as an old Jersey guy and Jersey Central fan I do have to admit to a certain partiality! "Beauty's in the eye of the beholder" as the old saying goes. It would be like painting a steam engine stagecoach yellow and green (C&NW) for a Burlington or Milwaukee Road-inspired tourist line. But toning down is good. maybe they were trying to attract kids with a "Thomas the Tank Engine" motif. All it needs is a Gordon face!
Firelock76 Hey, I LIKE that "Blue Comet" inspired paint scheme! Then again, as an old Jersey guy and Jersey Central fan I do have to admit to a certain partiality! "Beauty's in the eye of the beholder" as the old saying goes.
Hey, I LIKE that "Blue Comet" inspired paint scheme! Then again, as an old Jersey guy and Jersey Central fan I do have to admit to a certain partiality!
"Beauty's in the eye of the beholder" as the old saying goes.
It would be like painting a steam engine stagecoach yellow and green (C&NW) for a Burlington or Milwaukee Road-inspired tourist line. But toning down is good. maybe they were trying to attract kids with a "Thomas the Tank Engine" motif. All it needs is a Gordon face!
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CSSHEGEWISCH A former part of the Reading calling itself "The Road Of Anthracite". Is nothing sacred?
A former part of the Reading calling itself "The Road Of Anthracite". Is nothing sacred?
The Lackawanna's gone, they don't care anymore, so what's the difference?
They did tone it down, it looks like. The undercarriage is now black again. Blue may be a darker shade, too? Or it just got that way naturally. I don't know.
Firelock76 Aw, you know what I mean! "Her dress stays white and snowy bright, upon the Road of Anthracite!" And the Reading and Northern does have steam excursions, although I'm sure #425 is burning, ahem, bituminous. It doesn't have a Wooten firebox.
Aw, you know what I mean!
"Her dress stays white and snowy bright, upon the Road of Anthracite!"
And the Reading and Northern does have steam excursions, although I'm sure #425 is burning, ahem, bituminous. It doesn't have a Wooten firebox.
zugmann Firelock76 Aw, you know what I mean! OK, I admit rhyming riding with smiling was a little bit of a stretch.. but c'mon, it wasn't that bad, was it?
Firelock76 Aw, you know what I mean!
OK, I admit rhyming riding with smiling was a little bit of a stretch.. but c'mon, it wasn't that bad, was it?
Nah, besides I always appreciate sincere efforts!
Firelock76Aw, you know what I mean!
Firelock76Somewhere in the Great Beyond, Phoebe Snow is smiling.
'Cause upon the RBM&N, the anthracite is riding?
The Reading and Northern, the new "Road of Anthracite."
Somewhere in the Great Beyond, Phoebe Snow is smiling.
Anthracite is still on the move here in Pennsylvania!
At about 3 pm today (6/27) a westbound NS train with 89 (I may
have missed one) Reading & Northern hoppers filled with anthracite
went by at Cove just north of Harrisburg. Great to see it!!
The AE&FR (CA&E) spur to Elgin State Hospital was used into the 70s.
How'd everyone like a visit to the "Old and Weary?"
First is a nice slide show of what was and what remains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g171ayHRoNA
Next is some vintage film from the 1920's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxP9VgHuN4c
Looks like the long-gone NYO&W still has a strong fan base.
And speaking of Middletown, here's a photo spread of the O&W's Middletown station taken a few years back. A bit sad and depressing considering the condition of the building, but you can still see the high-quality work that went into building it. The website says it all.
http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2011/06/16/old-abandoned-middletowns-ow-station/
54light15 I recall seeing Conrail on the O &W's old trackage in Middletown, N.Y. in the early 90s, alongside the O & W station which was still standing. The track was in poor condition with the rails moving up and down quite a bit as the train moved.
I recall seeing Conrail on the O &W's old trackage in Middletown, N.Y. in the early 90s, alongside the O & W station which was still standing. The track was in poor condition with the rails moving up and down quite a bit as the train moved.
For the disposition ( or diaspora, if you will) of the NYO&W's diesel fleet, check this out...
https://www.thedieselshop.us/NYOW.HTML
For the survivors to the present, there's this...
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4331643
BaltACD B&O purchased some of the NYO&W's FT diesels. They may have purchased other assets, but I am not aware of any.
B&O purchased some of the NYO&W's FT diesels. They may have purchased other assets, but I am not aware of any.
There are a handful {3, I think} of 44-tonners left from the Old & Weary. One made it's way to Scranton last year for preservation.
Firelock76To my knowledge nothing is left of the NYO&W. All the trackage was pulled up after abandonment and the selling-off of the O&W assets like locomotives and rolling stock. What you might have seen in Middletown was ex-Erie trackage or a local shortline (very short) called the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad. It's been said the collapse of the NYO&W sent shock waves and shudders through the railroad industry, it was the first of the Class 1 (as they were reckoned at the time) to totally crash and burn like that, by that I mean not just bankruptcy but bankruptcy and abandonment as well.
What you might have seen in Middletown was ex-Erie trackage or a local shortline (very short) called the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad.
It's been said the collapse of the NYO&W sent shock waves and shudders through the railroad industry, it was the first of the Class 1 (as they were reckoned at the time) to totally crash and burn like that, by that I mean not just bankruptcy but bankruptcy and abandonment as well.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
To my knowledge nothing is left of the NYO&W aside from still-standing stations. All the trackage was pulled up after abandonment and the selling-off of the O&W assets like locomotives and rolling stock. Anything that couldn't be sold intact was sold for scrap. The creditors had to have their money.
It's been said the collapse of the NYO&W sent shock waves and shudders through the railroad industry, it was the first of the Class 1's (as they were reckoned at the time) to totally crash and burn like that, by that I mean not just bankruptcy but bankruptcy and abandonment as well.
What is left of the NY&O that is still in operation? I saw some trackage around Middletown NY
54light15I well recall the coal trucks on Long Island when I was a kid. They were filled at a spur track on the LIRR.
The main anthracite 'fields' in Pa are separated from each other. Northern, Middle (East and West) and Southern were the historic names of the fields. The Northern field was under the Wyoming Valley and had the most deep mining. The Lackawanna, LV, CNJ and the Erie (to a small extent) lost the most traffic from the Knox disaster. The Reading's territory was the Middle and Southern fields.
[Whoops, forgot to mention that the CNJ & LV both served mines in the middle fields, too. Plus, the PRR hauled *some* anthracite out of the southern field, too.]
I think they had a *slight* increase in business after Knox, but it succumbed to the same trendline that other posters have mentioned. Anthracite consumption for home heating was already declining after WW2. Some industrial uses helped keep the mines in business and hoppers rolling, but nothing like the pre-war 'glory days'.
My first 2 homes, built in 1890 & 1917, both had coal chute doors. Our company was founded in 1888 selling coal, grain & lumber. I was told that at one time our main lumber yard sold and delivered 44 different kinds of coal. The owners were pretty sharp businessmen and had the yard built where the Milwaukee Road line in town crossed the Illinois Central so they could get freight in from both. About 10 miles up the road they had a yard on the C&NW, and about 2 miles away in another small town, a yard on the Great Northern. Those cats were sharp!
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