Apples55 posted:
A lot of people would like to have a chat with that rodent along about now. January in March indeed. 5 degrees here in the Beautiful Berkshires this AM.
Lew
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geysergazer posted:Apples55 posted:A lot of people would like to have a chat with that rodent along about now. January in March indeed. 5 degrees here in the Beautiful Berkshires this AM.
Lew
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briansilvermustang posted:
Love the whole scene. The switcher leaning on the curve, the semaphore and building and especially the black VW. I had a used black VW with an accordion sunroof back in 1969. Oh the memories!
briansilvermustang posted:
Brian or anybody:
What RR is this, and where is it located? I really like that scene, too.
Andre
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Eggcellent, Lee! That H Model is wonderful. The guy I knew pulled a coal bucket with the twin-screw version.
Lew
laming posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian or anybody:
What RR is this, and where is it located? I really like that scene, too.
Andre
Black Fork Junction ~ DT&I. See the Railfan & Railroad link, LAMING.
http://railfan.com/the-ironton-run/
Rusty
Tnx, Rusty!
geysergazer posted:Eggcellent, Lee! That H Model is wonderful. The guy I knew pulled a coal bucket with the twin-screw version.
Lew
Lew
thanks haven’t heard twin screw since my dad passed away thanks
Thanks Brian for the C&O post
I'm so old I remember pulling mobile homes with the snub-nose version of that tractor. That was a weird old truck. Air brakes, a gas V8 and an Allison automatic.
Lew
Ya, the only way to get a Coke, ginger ale or 7-Up was in a Highball.
Lew
briansilvermustang posted:
From the car that pic was taken in the late '60s-early-'70s. One does wonder what the guy is doing up there.
Lew
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geysergazer posted:briansilvermustang posted:
From the car that pic was taken in the late '60s-early-'70s. One does wonder what the guy is doing up there.
He's passing hand signals being given by another Trainman who is out of sight of the Engine Crew. That way, movement can be made regardless of curvature or other obstacles to the Engineer or Fireman's ability to see the employee who is controlling the movement. This has not been done (nor allowed) for years, as radio handsets have made it unnecessary.
Tnx, Tom! I see the Southern car (much newer than the Vermont car) follows the new regulation-no ladders to the roof.
Lew
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Improbable "railroad" bridge:
What is wrong with this pic (taken on the old Western Maryland between Meyersdale and Deal)? That long span couldn't possibly support a train. After abandonment DOT pulled down two bridge spans in order to remove one pier so the highway (see the guard rail?) could be widened. To complete the Great Allegheny Passage Railtrail a new curved span was dropped into place. All it needs to support is bicycles
Lew
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This 19X25 painting hangs on our living room wall. Friends who were living in Cheyenne bought it for a buck at a yard sale.
Lew
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My Sis in the cab of a B&O F. At the old B&O station in Pittsburgh. An excursion train waiting to start up the hill towards Sand Patch. The bridge overhead is the old PRR Panhandle line crossing the Monongahela. That bridge is now used by the T.
Lew
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can't help but wonder how much booze it took for that to seem like a good idea......
Eggcellent, Brian! I've never seen it done as was before my time.
Lew