Trackside Thursday

Making a pickup for an express delivery at the station.

From about 8 years ago, but still a nice trackside shot -

Thanks guys for posting very nice pics

Crossing shanty and crossing gate.  Crossing gate was on my first round the tree layout when I was 4 years old.

@trumpettrain posted:

Crossing shanty and crossing gate.  Crossing gate was on my first round the tree layout when I was 4 years old.

Nice pic Patrick thanks for posting

After the feed mill employee finishes loading the customer's truck he has to finish putting the crates, that were just delivered, inside:

Tom

c.sam Thanks for your mention of my "car club" scene and the pictures of the "low rider" version is really neat.  Wife and I just returned from a vacation trip and visited a "transportation museum" and they had another example of the same car. The 1953 Cadillac 2-door coupe.  It's amazing, these babies were Immense , no chance parking one in today's parking slots.

Best wishes

Don

Happy Thursday everyone. Here’s today’s TST staging some Boxcars.

Our PRR T1 makes the rounds. A wedding party seems oblivious to the classic art deco steamer as she thunders past and the prison 'chain gang' at work below the trestle seems the same.

i don't know this engine -- you listed its model number, but can you tell us more (mfr, wheel configuration, trad/command)?  I love the aesthetics! (also, love the layout)

@c.sam posted:

Our PRR T1 makes the rounds. A wedding party seems oblivious to the classic art deco steamer as she thunders past and the prison 'chain gang' at work below the trestle seems the same.

Great pics Sam thanks for sharing

sorry -- my prior reply was too vague.  This was directed at @c.sam, regarding the PRR T1.

Just west of the Great Northeastern Railway's multi-track mainline toward Union Station, Christopolis, is the Christopolis City Zoo. Even in the winter, the zoo attracts a good crowd of visitors. The grand Lion's Gate bridge is the zoo's entrance from the sidewalk on the Wilford Road side of the zoo where the intrepid hot dog vendor is still on his post in the cold weather. The fashionable shopping district can be seen on King's Avenue behind the west wall of the zoo.

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@Randy Harrison posted:

Just west of the Great Northeastern Railway's multi-track mainline toward Union Station, Christopolis, is the Christopolis City Zoo. Even in the winter, the zoo attracts a good crowd of visitors. The grand Lion's Gate bridge is the zoo's entrance from the sidewalk on the Wilford Road side of the zoo where the intrepid hot dog vendor is still on his post in the cold weather. The fashionable shopping district can be seen on King's Avenue behind the west wall of the zoo.

Randy thanks for sharing it looks cold there.

@SIRT posted:

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Steve thanks for sharing that pic looks so convincing

Hard at work keeping the home fires burning.

ALCO Power leads the way!

@bobfett posted:

Hard at work keeping the home fires burning.

Very nice pic Bob

@trumpettrain posted:

ALCO Power leads the way!

Thanks for sharing Patrick looks good with the scenery

Watching track cleaning from trackside......

Peter

A day late, but here are a few.

Switching a trailer flat car off the mainline.

Good to have the Idaho State Police guarding the milk car platform, so no one steals any milk cans.

And Union Pacific and Santa Fe train crews chewing the fat.

@lee drennen posted:

Very nice pic Bob

Thank your, Lee.

Bob

A cab forward rolls by.

@PeterB posted:

i don't know this engine -- you listed its model number, but can you tell us more (mfr, wheel configuration, trad/command)?  I love the aesthetics! (also, love the layout)

Hey Pete, sorry I thought someone would have chimed in here to your inquiry.

This is Lionel's excellent model of the PRR's Amazing T1 'Duplex' steamer from 2000. Wheel arrangement is 4-4-4-4. About 50 of them plus a prototype were built for fast passenger service. Reports of speeds in excess of 130 mph were made back then which would qualify this as the fastest steamer in history. A group called "The T1 Trust" is working today to recreate one of these beauties in hopes of establishing a new world speed record.

@c.sam thanks!  what a beauty!  Hope the restorers complete that so I can see it in the flesh (as it were).

PW Lionel 2321 Lackawanna FM from 1955, 56 working the rails.

I’m not sure I’ve ever posted pictures on this thread, but it sounds like fun.so here’s a few pictures of our trains at trackside. Happy Railroading Everyone

@Sitka posted:

PW Lionel 2321 Lackawanna FM from 1955, 56 working the rails.

Nice pic of a Classic

@leapinlarry posted:

I’m not sure I’ve ever posted pictures on this thread, but it sounds like fun.so here’s a few pictures of our trains at trackside. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks for sharing Larry welcome aboard. Going to try to revive this every week

Happy TST everyone. Today we have some MoPac Hopper’s being dropped at the Kimbrel Coal Co.

Here’s today’s TST some Reading cars are being dropped off at the Kimbrel Coal Co.

Sitting  track side on an old discarded milk crate,  these are trains I saw today.

Here's a little trackside service on the Santa Fe!

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Superman is off to save the day as the Broadway Limited pulls into Union Station Christopolis.

The scrap yard is by the tracks leading to Union Station in Christopolis.

Suburban Station Terryville is hopping with trains both coming and going.

Here is a scene at the short siding of General Door and Sash as late on a Thursday afternoon they are trying to get the new drill press (the foreman JUST ORDERED!!) off the flat car and into the stake truck so it can be driven round the back and unloaded.  Note this is after they spent nearly an hr trying to off load it directly to the fork lift.  Tempers are short, time in shift is very short (and its "loader" Brown's wife bridge night and he has to be home to watch the kids) so you can imaging the dialogue.

"Loader" Brown (on ground) - come on you idiot just put the crane line hook over the head and I'll have Hooker Harry (crane operator) put it in the truck!

Billie Bronkowski (on flat car)-  don't you call me an idiot!  What did you do with the crane hook!

Truck Driver (Dangerous Dan) - Come on you two moron's put the xxxxxx thing in the truck I am going to be late for supper!

Well, I am not nearly as good at this story telling thing as Patrick but I thought I would try.  I will admit its fun

Best Wishes

Don

@leapinlarry posted:

I’m not sure I’ve ever posted pictures on this thread, but it sounds like fun.so here’s a few pictures of our trains at trackside. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry, when you posted the photos of your new Santa Fe Yellow Bonnet set and then I saw Eric Siegel of Eric's Trains do a review, that was it, I had to have one! I see you have both the SuperBass and powered B unit and I have a question. I purchased the AA set and the SuperBass B unit, and I noticed that the rear electro coupler on the SuperBass B unit is longer than the dummy rear couplers on the A units, making for a larger gap between the rear A unit and the B unit. Is yours like this as well? Below is a photo of my set, can you see the difference in the gap? Happy Railroading!