a picture a day....

Since I'm currently at college and have no access to my model trains have some train art I drew instead!

 This  was a couple years ago I was unloading off of North Broadway in St. Louis with a reefer container 

A trio for Wednesday.

Brainsilvermustang, I never saw a picture of one of those engines (were they called "Rats"?) at-work like that, pulling freight. I thought they were just used for shuffling passenger consists in NYC, under Park Avenue, on their way to Grand Central Terminal. However, your photo here disabuses me of that mindset.

Was there some other engine that did the moving of passenger cars under Park Avenue, and I have had the wrong engine in-mind all along?  I wonder, now, if it was this type of engine that moved those passenger consists under Park Avenue?

FrankM

                           here are some more photos and info Frank... 

                 http://members.trainweb.com/be...ndloco/crrnjbxt.html

                                   Early LIRR Electrics "Rats"...

                  http://www.trainsarefun.com/li...electric-engines.htm

Thanks so very much, Briansilvermustang, for the additional photos and that link. I'll be pouring over all that information - new for me - during the weekend, and beyond (!) Learning is good!

Thanks again.

FrankM

For today.

Mounting a heavy load on one of our triaxles at the rail yesterday morning  I was going to Illinois 

For Monday.

Here’s a ballas train I took a couple months ago rolling through the yard 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Fabulous photo, Brian - almost Ansel Adams-ish    It’s one of those pictures that screams for a description... what is going on at that moment!!!

Twofir Tuesday.

Brain

thats a sharp REO “F” series My great uncle Joe owned one of these he delivered  coal with in the 50s-60s thanks for posting 

Here’s a pic my youngest daughter took this she enjoys Rail Faning for me. This was at my oldest daughters softball game BTW she hit a home run over the fence notice the engineer waving at the crowd and that’s my daughter standing by the fence pole getting ready to bat. They won and the play for district tonight 

Was out in Mendota IL for a funeral last week . I spotted this BNSF Jordan spreader. I will be returning next week for another funeral,  my wife's Grandparents.  90 and 92 there ages. I hope to get more pics of the area next week . Nick T. 

 okay I added 2 pics. 

For today.  Six for Saturday.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Love this 🤣🤣🤣

The Sunday Seven.

Playing around with Black and White pics

With the power out in the neighborhood due to heavy wet snow,  my son and I went for a drive to chase trains. Caught this mixed load heading south to KC. 

Nice catch, T8AFAO!

Rusty

For Monday.  " Busy morning "

Hey BRIANSILVERMUSTANG  is that a picture of J D Stucks when he was younger ?