Your right, but it’s 2007 and I’m 13. Now I remember C39-8s, and recently riding the UP’s excursion train, and liked it better than Amtrak. I can talk about historic stuff, because I read and listen to, and what exsists today( like Diesel Supply Co. SD18 forum I wrote)
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We’re in the midst of our 2nd Annual “Our” Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis, but thought I’d drop off something just to keep this tired old Thead up ‘n runnin’ . . . .
The Tube (Public Domain - Wikipedia.com)
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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A little something from our 2nd Annual “Our” Place Classic Trains Rendezvous in St. Louis 2007!
Taken aboard MetroLink crossing the Mississippi River on the Eads Bridge to Illinois with the St. Louis Gateway Arch on the right (personal foto)
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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And another foto from our recently concluded get together in St. Louis . . .
From the Illinois side of the Eads Bridge - looking west - MLK Bridge, Admiral Riverboat Casino & Edward Jones Dome (home of the NFL Rams)
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
G-day Tom and all present!
Well it seems this place needs some perking up, soooo. here we go!!
A quick pic to show before ending the night.
Now how would you like to be on the point of this locomotive.[tup] It looks a little cold out there. Looks to be either early morning or late afternoon.
Lehigh Valley 220, Sayre, PA, Jan 11, 1969
Happy railroading[(-D]
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A finale from me for awhile . . . Thanx James for keeping this going! [tup]
Saw acres of locos sitting on sidings between St. Louis 'n Springfield, IL on our trip aboard Amtrak . . .
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Tom is out for awhile on a trip So I will take over until he returns.
This place is still chugging along with all the guys helping out. [tup]
So here goes.
Now some may be familiar with this and others may not be. This is a Baldwin AS-6-16. 6 traction motors and 1600 Horse power. They were some of the more unusual shaped locomotives but a classic locomotive at that. I do not know of any of the Milwaukee road AS-6-16s that still survive today and my guess all were scrpped by the time I was born.
565, Minneapolis, MN, August 25, 1964
I surprised to know that this picture was taken in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This location is more than likely the Milwaukee Road’s old Pigseye yard. Only 165 miles South from where I live. Neat stuff.[tup]
Happy railroading[(-D]
James
G-day Guys!!
I see there hasn’t been much going on, so I will keep it going with a couple more pics.[tup]
How about FP-45 to start off the pics. FP-45,Bensenville, Illinois. Sept. 12, 1971, Kodachrome These locomotives were used on many of the passenger trains, such as the Twin Cities Hiawatha in the late 60s and 70s. This is surprising to see this loco still painted in the black and orange since most were painted in the UP colors by this time.
And what about the Milwaukee road E7 painted in the UP colors. Elgin, IL, Sept, 1974, Kodachrome by Karl C. Henkels. I can’t tell but I think this is one of those shorter passenger trains like the Northwoods Hiawatha. But it’s in Elgin Illinois so must have come from Chicago.
Happy railroading[(-D]
James
Here’s a picture of the #E-2 described on the Our PLace thread
Here’s another picture from the St. Louis MOT
1939 Illinois Terminal Railbus #206
Built by the White Motor Company as a school bus, it was adapted to rail by the IT railroad which equipped it with a special rear axle, flanged wheels and a four wheel bogie truck. This railbus, “The Dinky”, was used to transport passengers between Grafton and Alton, Illinois. DOnated in 1953 by the Illini Rail club.
Here’s another car from the collection at the St. Louis MOT:
1925 Chesapeake & Ohio #970 “City Tavern”
This dining car was built by Pullman. It was air conditioned in 1937 for use on the “George Washington”, the best train on the C&O Ry. This overnight train ran the 599 miles between Washington, DC and Cincinnati, OH, with through cars serving Louisville, Newport News, St. Louis, Chicago and New York.
It seated 40 diners and had a crew of eleven. Three cooks and a dishwasher worked in the kitchen, six waiters (one per pair of tables) served the meals, and the steward was in charge. The kitchen has a coal burning stove and ice chests for refrigeration. There are hatches on the roof for filling ice bunkers, one of which can be seen at the far left… The tables are mounted to the walls and have a rim around the edge to prevent plates from sliding off. It was donated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1960.
G-day everyone!
I see Doug has been quite busy posting pics here and over at the bar. Well Done my fine friend.[bow]
How about a pic from me.
This Alco RS-1 is finally getting some paint on it after getting an electrical system overhaul. The Alco will be painted in the DSS&A #101 (Duluth South Shore & Atlantic). This unit is located up in Duluth, MN at the Lake Superior railroad museum. She’s got a nice galloping noise to it when it runs.[tup]
Happy railroading.[(-D]
James
Good Afternoon All.
I don’t wander over here all that often, but the picture of the C&O diner caught my attention. The “George Washington” entered service in 1932. The railroad billed its new operation as “The Finest Air Conditioned Train in the World.” The special dining car china used on the train was and is extremely populer with dining car china collectors. You might want to take a look at the October, 2006 issue of C&O History which has an excellent, color illustrated story about George Washington China.
If you want to get an insight into how the C&O did things take a look at the article “Chronicle of Ashby’s Tavern.” This is an excellent survey of dineroperations. You can find it by doing a Dogpile serach, type in Chesapeake and Ohio dining cars and follow the links.
Last is an article titled “Captain of the George.” This is on the C&O Historical Soceity’s website. Go to the section titled reprinted articles and follow the links.
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Howdy Shane! This is a pretty good thread, I think. Glad you got something useful out of the C&O diner post, and thanks for the supplimental information. Here’s another post I prepaired to bump the thread to the top!
Eric looks over another car at the St. Louis MOT
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad “Aleutian”
This heavyweight car was built by Pullman in 1923 as Copper River & Northwestern Railroad #100. In 1940, as the “Aleutian,” the car was used by vice president and general manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad’s eastern lines. Featuring "all the comforts of home, "the car contains an observation lounge with open rear platform, four staterooms, galley, dining room, two bathrooms and two showers, and crew quarters (with another toilet and shower) for the cook and porter.
In 1952, the Burlington rebuilt and modernized the car, installing air conditioning, self-contained electrical and hot water systems, and roller bearing, giving it a rebuilt weight of 102.6 tons. Following its Burlington service, the 83-foot/6-inch car was purchased in 1966 by the Missouri Portland Cement Co. and renamed “Accommodator.” The car was received by MOT in 1970
Here is another car from the collection of the MOT in St. Louis
1938 CB&Q #192 “Silver Spoon”
The Budd Company of Philadelphia built this lightweight, streamlined dining car out of stainless steel using their patented “Shotweld” process of electrical welding. It was air conditioned and seated 48 patrons with a table for four under each window. The car is 83’8" long. It was built as a spare car and served on many of the Burlington’s Zephyr stream lined trains. Des
CM3 recommends an interesting article. Thereto a link and therefrom a paragraph:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3943/is_200603/ai_n17185636
Ashby’s Tavern plunges into the train’s fifth tunnel in 11 miles. The light inside the dining room becomes dim - the rushing sound from below the car, and beside and ahead, a steady muffled thunder. After half a minute traveling under Peters Mountain, the thick smoke filling the tunnel begins to work its way through the car’s end-door and into the forward hallway. The air in the dining room is turning gray, the aroma of food is overpowered by coal smoke, and from the first coach all the way back to the rear, Pullman, eyeballs are stinging and filling with tears. Lewis Tunnel, upgrade and 4,077 feet long, is a formidable pull, and the M-I up front is certainly filling the hole with smoke like no reciprocating engine could. Right now only two people aboard the train are removed from the smoke problem: 50 feet ahead of the smokestack up front, the engineer and fireman sit in their enclosed cab on cushioned seats and watch the hole at the west end of the tunnel approaching. In front of the engineer are lighted gauges and controls. Behind the fireman on the boiler backhead to the rear, are firebox firing controls and the main steam gauge. Arranged something like a cab-forward steam locomotive, the M-1 keeps the engine crew ahead of the smoke, while the passengers far behind blink and sniff, uncomfortably picking at their food. In another minute, No. 5 exits Lewis Tunnel, charges through Alleghany, Virginia, and begins her long descent to the Greenbrier River.
http://www.cvrma.org/pictures/MISC/dfrr5_022_c&o_steam_turbine_electric_streamliner_1947.jpg
Mike
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Looks as if the guys from “Our” Place have kept this lonely Thread up ‘n runnin’ [wow] [tup] Way to go, Doug - James - CM3 Shane 'n Mike! [bow] [tup]
Canada boasts North America’s longest continuously running passenger train - the Ocean from Montreal, Quebec to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Today, the train is a mere shadow of what it once was as VIA Rail has replaced those wonderful Budd stainless steel corrugated side beauties from the 50s with their Renaissance fleet. A long sad story for another time.
Here’s a couple of shots from Moncton, New Brunswick on the east bound Ocean during my recently concluded “zillionth” trip along that route . . .
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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A rare Sunday visit . . .
Route map for the “Ocean”
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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Another map of my recently concluded rail adventure in Canada - two separate round trips from Montreal.
Route map for the “Chaleur”
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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Here’s something for the sake of nostalgia 'n classic trains!
PGE 1964 Timetable [fair use]
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
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Seems like old times as the crew must have all gone ashore over here!
From the St. Louis Museum of Transportation (Kirkwood, MO)
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Tom [4:-)] [oX)]