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SaWeeeeeet!! I see the attraction and I agree.  

Wow. I think you are really lucky man right now. The engine is really beauty.

Now that's a really handsome loco!

Hey Buddy very very nice, 

muffin and canoli are the best. 

Its a bowling bag ball !!!! 

Alex 

Love the paint and lettering! Let us know how she runs.

I am currently running one of these decorated for SP in Tiger Stripes.  Really love the look of these engines.

Rolland

Love the colors. Very cool! 

Are those 'Hawkeye' colors!!!   I thought Monon was an Indiana schools celebrant!?.....e.g., Purdue 'Boilermakers'....GOLD & Black!!

Just kidding, of course!  

Looking VERY good!

KD (PU '66)

No, these are "Hawkeye" colors:

And, up and down the Monon everything is fine 'cause the Monon is a rootin', tootin' Hoosier Line!

BlueLine,

  Got to admit a seriously cool engine and color scheme, let us know how she runs!

PCRR/Dave

Gorgeous engine!  I have been sorely tempted...

Ben,

Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"

Scrappy

Very sharp, enjoy.

Peter

Scrapiron Scher posted:

Ben,

Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"

Scrappy

It was one of the best movies ever made  LOL

Scrapiron Scher posted:

Ben,

Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"

Scrappy

Hoosier = an Indiana resident.  No one is quite sure what the origin of the word Hoosier is, but the Monon was located almost completely within the state of Indiana, so earned the nickname The Hoosier Line.

From Wikipedia

Hoosier /ˈhuːʒər/ is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate within the state,^[1] but "Hoosier" was in general use by the 1840s,^[2] having been popularized by Richmond resident John Finley's 1833^[2] poem "The Hoosier's Nest". Anyone born in Indiana or a resident at the time is considered to be a Hoosier.^[3] Indiana adopted the nickname "The Hoosier State" more than 150 years ago.^[1]

Humorous folk etymologies for the term "hoosier" have a long history, as recounted by Dunn in The Word Hoosier.

One account traces the word to the necessary caution of approaching houses on the frontier. In order to avoid being shot, a traveler would call out from afar to let themselves be known. The inhabitants of the cabin would then reply "Who's here?" which – in the Appalachian English of the early settlers – slurred into "Who'sh 'ere?" and thence into "Hoosier?" A variant of this account had the Indiana pioneers calling out "Who'sh 'ere?" as a general greeting and warning when hearing someone in the bushes and tall grass, to avoid shooting a relative or friend in error.^[11]

The poet James Whitcomb Riley facetiously suggested that the fierce brawling that took place in Indiana involved enough biting that the expression "Whose ear?" became notable. This arose from or inspired the story of two 19th-century French immigrants brawling in a tavern in the foothills of southern Indiana. One was cut and a third Frenchman walked in to see an ear on the dirt floor of the tavern, prompting him to slur out "Whosh ear?"^[12]

I like the one with the brawling French immigrants the best !!

I bet Jim Barrett will get one.

Marty Fitzhenry posted:

I bet Jim Barrett will get one.

Is he a French immigrant

What happened to ERIE?

PAUL ROMANO posted:

What happened to ERIE?

Erie and Monon ran side by side   Always liked both

Looks great, hope to see it running soon.

I, too, think that's a great looking engine. By the way, just to the left of the Monon and Erie engines exiting the yard, what is that thing that looks like an abbreviated pipeline?

Jim Brenner posted:

I, too, think that's a great looking engine. By the way, just to the left of the Monon and Erie engines exiting the yard, what is that thing that looks like an abbreviated pipeline?

Not really sure but I would guess its one of two things   Air pipe to activate switches if they are air motors ( which I doubt ) or the remnants of the original manual throws  The switch towers used long handles that pulled wires through a pipe that went out to a switch    Probably left over after they went to electric switch motors

Conduit for switch cables ... That makes sense. Might be something to model.

Thank you.

Jim Brenner posted:

Conduit for switch cables ... That makes sense. Might be something to model.

Thank you.

I don't think so, as all those turnouts are powered, i.e. either electric motors or air powered "switch machines". 

Well, I find it hard to believe that anyone in the US isn't familiar with the term "Hoosier" (I never saw the movie; don't care about basketball).

From the Olde Joke Department:

Of course, we all know that the well-known "Worcestershire sauce" was named by a Texan. An oil man from (pick your favorite Texas city) was staying in London, and when served his roast beef dinner, the waiter also put a bottle of a dark sauce on his table. He looked at it, pointed, and said, in his best Texican accent: "What's this here sauce?"

I said that it was old.

I am from neither Indiana nor Texas, but there you have it.

Nice looking locomotive, Ben!  Have fun with it!  (....looking away now so I'm not tempted....)

Hot Water posted:

Jim Brenner posted:

Conduit for switch cables ... That makes sense. Might be something to model.

Thank you.

I don't think so, as all those turnouts are powered, i.e. either electric motors or air powered "switch machines". 

Nope.  There's not a switch motor in sight.

Those are mechanical linkages used to throw switches and interlocking signals. 

Hence the name: Mechanical Interlocking.  This video should give some idea.

Rusty

Yo Bennie

Nice pick up, Enjoy it

Rusty Traque posted:

Hot Water posted:

Jim Brenner posted:

Conduit for switch cables ... That makes sense. Might be something to model.

Thank you.

I don't think so, as all those turnouts are powered, i.e. either electric motors or air powered "switch machines". 

Nope.  There's not a switch motor in sight.

I was referring to the two photos of LaSale Street Station (the Monon and the Erie-Lackawanna) where those turnouts are DEFINITELY powered! 

Those are mechanical linkages used to throw switches and interlocking signals. 

Hence the name: Mechanical Interlocking.  This video should give some idea.

True, but that does NOT apply to the two photos of the Moon & Erie-Lackawanna trains departing LaSale Street Station.

 

Rusty

D500,

I see you are in Alabama. Is there a Crimson Tide and, if so, from whence does it emanate?

Scrapiron 

I really think its a leftover from a mechanical linkage as it just ends in mid air  If it was air powered switch there would be an elbow and a pipe going down.  As that is the only one I suspect that they were in the process of removing them but just didnt do that one yet

Congrats Ben, it's a good looking switcher!

Paul

Looking at it again there is an elbow so it probably is an air line going to the switch machine

I think the pipe may be a steam line , ground air line... maybe even water.    I've never heard of a switch controlled by air . (outside of our model stuff) 

They had air operated switches in Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

The whole pipe moves to throw the switch. No wires.

Number 90 posted:

They had air operated switches in Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

There you go. Thanks  Tom    .