Front End Friday

Happy Friday! Lots of great pics! Everyone 

Rob  nice F monon 

Brian. Those pics keep getting spookier 

Larry. Your just in time 

Ted  what a great line up  

Patrick  very nice as always 

Randy  I like that F unit 

Bob  Dave and the rest great pics 

Three passenger trains approaching Grand Central Terminal on the

 “South Fork Railroad”

Happy FEF everyone!

TedW, That was an enjoyable array of front-ends you posted for us. The contrasts are amazing, giving us a good representation of how the world and the world of trains has changed in even just these few decades.

Thanks!

FrankM

lee drennen posted:

Happy Friday! Lots of great pics! Everyone 

You can't beat those front-ends: Alco and Mack H model 

Lew

Eggcellent, Brian! Rock Island livery and ditch-lights. 

Ima find the story on that. Hmmm. IANR reporting marks.

Whatever would we do without the wiki-thingy? Iowa Northern is on old Rock Island alignment.

Lew

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

In honor of the Long Island RR's 185th anniversary this week.

 

And this is the boiler of # 39 today. It's at Strasburg patiently waiting for funds to continue with the restoration.

http://rmli.org/our-collection...steam-locomotive-39/

Had I been blessed with lots of $$, like being a sports star or something, I often think things like this would be where I would flush all that money or at least some of it.  This and a lot of very old race cars.....

Dennis Holler posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

In honor of the Long Island RR's 185th anniversary this week.

 

And this is the boiler of # 39 today. It's at Strasburg patiently waiting for funds to continue with the restoration.

http://rmli.org/our-collection...steam-locomotive-39/

Had I been blessed with lots of $$, like being a sports star or something, I often think things like this would be where I would flush all that money or at least some of it.  This and a lot of very old race cars.....

Dennis,

   Sadly (for you and Dave), I suspect that you, me and Dave are somehow related. 

Tom 

Lew

MNCW posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

In honor of the Long Island RR's 185th anniversary this week.

 

And this is the boiler of # 39 today. It's at Strasburg patiently waiting for funds to continue with the restoration.

http://rmli.org/our-collection...steam-locomotive-39/

Had I been blessed with lots of $$, like being a sports star or something, I often think things like this would be where I would flush all that money or at least some of it.  This and a lot of very old race cars.....

Dennis,

   Sadly (for you and Dave), I suspect that you, me and Dave are somehow related. 

Tom 

and just what kinda crack is that???? 

Happy FEF!

Dave, Tom, Dennis- count me in! Now I just gotta hit the lottery

Caught this train heading to Oyster Bay the other day.

Bob

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Dave, Tom, Dennis- count me in! Now I just gotta hit the lottery

Caught this train heading to Oyster Bay the other day.

Bob

 

Isn’t the LIRR doing away with all their grade-level crossings???

Maine Power.

Happy Front End Friday!

MNCW posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

In honor of the Long Island RR's 185th anniversary this week.

 

And this is the boiler of # 39 today. It's at Strasburg patiently waiting for funds to continue with the restoration.

http://rmli.org/our-collection...steam-locomotive-39/

Had I been blessed with lots of $$, like being a sports star or something, I often think things like this would be where I would flush all that money or at least some of it.  This and a lot of very old race cars.....

Dennis,

   Sadly (for you and Dave), I suspect that you, me and Dave are somehow related. 

Tom 

Shrimp scampi, boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp kabobs....

Not sure what's up with the shrimp menu, they are all great, but if you are buying, I prefer Shrimp Oreganata (lots of breadcrumbs and garlic). 

Tom 

Two K-4s'

2-6-0 Class F1A Mogul #242 being serviced at Glen Loch near Frazer, PA circa 1900

D16 Baltimore MD

PRR T-1 through the snow.

MNCW posted:

Not sure what's up with the shrimp menu, they are all great, but if you are buying, I prefer Shrimp Oreganata (lots of breadcrumbs and garlic). 

Tom 

It was a failed reference to Forest Gump.

Randy Harrison posted:

Two K-4s'

Back in the late '60's (I think) Trains Magazine ran a 2-page essay by David P. Morgan, which he entitled "A K4 by Any Other Name..."; this picture was used for that.  What a terrific writer he was... 

Mark in Oregon

Rusty

Apples55 posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Dave, Tom, Dennis- count me in! Now I just gotta hit the lottery

Caught this train heading to Oyster Bay the other day.

Bob

 

Isn’t the LIRR doing away with all their grade-level crossings???

Yes- on the main line. This train is just leaving the main over Willis Ave and heading north. I'm on 2nd St which is not being eliminated. It's one of the more complex areas of the project since it's right were the Oyster Branch hits the main line.

Here's a link to what the new roads will look like.

Bob

Torpedos away!

RSJB18 posted:

Apples55 posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Dave, Tom, Dennis- count me in! Now I just gotta hit the lottery

Caught this train heading to Oyster Bay the other day.

Bob

 

Isn’t the LIRR doing away with all their grade-level crossings???

Yes- on the main line. This train is just leaving the main over Willis Ave and heading north. I'm on 2nd St which is not being eliminated. It's one of the more complex areas of the project since it's right were the Oyster Branch hits the main line.

Here's a link to what the new roads will look like.

Bob

 

Thanks for the info, Bob. I knew I had read something about the LIRR eliminating grade crossings. Although I love trains, I’m glad that I’m not on LI... crossing gates are in the down position between 43 and 50 percent of the time!!!

Happy Front End Friday. Here's the front end of BNSF (ATSF) 689 that I took last weekend. Well weathered but still beautiful.

Have a great FEF!Rusty
Photograph is mine.

Happy Friday! Have a great Weekend. Caught this guy this week 

UP/Southern "Patch" and RG Geep sharing a straighaway.