Here’s my last piece here for today. Part of something just dropped off at Our Place,why not pop over for a read and some fellowship [tup]
A CNR Mountain going for a ride on the crane in the erecting bay of Stratford Ontario’s big shop.Full story and pics over at Our Place [tup]
G’day!
Congrats, Rob on the 2,600th Post over on this on-again, off-again lonely Thread! [tup] [bow] [tup] A libation awaits over at the bar . . . [yeah]
Bring back memories [?]
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Wow who’d a thunk we would hit 2,600 over here I am suitable humbled. Yes that photo did bring back some memories. [tup] Well since I popped back over here’s another one for this evening.
More memories
Rob
G’day!
Nostalgia of a different sort . . . .
Canadian Railroad Trilogy < ©1967 by Gordon Lightfoot >
Enjoy MORE of this over at the bar! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
G’day a favourite song of mine to be sure [tup] but aren’t most railway songs favourites[:D]
shot of T&NO Consolidation at Northbay Ontario also from the '05 trip.
Rob
G’day morning check in time.
As seen at the bar
Rob
G’day!
A handful of NYC drumheads . . .
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
G’day!
A Saturday offering . . .
RR Magazine - 1945 - Annual Speed Survey
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Hey Tom nice mag cover love it. [tup] Here’s saturday’s contribution from me.
From my Chicago trip in '95
Rob
G’day!
SOO from Rob on Saturday [tup]
A mag cover from me on Sunday . . .
RR Magazine - 1950 - Traveling
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
And another fin mag cover from Tom on Sunday.More from Chicago this Sunday evening from me as well.
G’day!
Just the two of us once again, eh Rob [?]
Continuing on with what works . . .
RR Magazine - 1942 - The Speedy Future of Railroading
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Yup the two survivors,hopefully we are not rowng opposite directions from each other just anothjetr quick pic again from the chicago trip of '95
G’day!
Rowing [?] I don’t do “that” anymore . . .
Santa Fe always nice - just needs some TLC, eh Rob [?]
A Tuesday magazine cover . . .
RR Magazine - 1954 - Railroads of the Twin Cities
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
G’day Tom,yeah I don’t row much anymore either,too hard on the back and shoulders,that’s what the young are for[:D] Most of the Sante fe stuff we saw that trip needed TLC however they were still the Sante fe then though,it was pre merger !Tuesdays shot.
Rob
Good afternoon - all kinds of FP45s and check out what’s behind the HTG-ATSF painted unit you posted the other day.
Liked the generic N&W scene with the J - artistic license again as they took scenery that was a little more like the VGN ad “dropped” the locomotive onto the bridge. Even so, we’ll take it.
work safe
G’day!
Visits from Rob 'n CM3 Shane . . . good to see the two of ya! [tup]
Here’s something different for this day . . .
BHP (Billiton Iron Ore Pty. Ltd., Australia) SD70ACe/lc #4300 (courtesy: http://www.wikipedia.com/)
Enjoy! [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
G’day gents , I see a bit o action over here which is never a bad thing [tup]
Shane glad you liked those old ATSF shots ( well not that old but you know what I mean )We were luckey in that that day at Joliet we did see a bunch of different stuf FP45’s SD45’s that GP60B lots of neat stuff , even several old ICG GP10 rebuilds.Interesting Aussie power Captn’ Allan will like as not like that one if he still peeks in once in a while.Here’s today’s.
Another shot from the Chicago trip more (now gone ) C&NW stuff
Rob
Good Morning: Australian mining companies have been getting a lot of the big power that’s pictured here.
Operation Lifesaver MP15 - good catch. My time around the CNW was mostly 1st generation stuff, so I enjoyed seeing your contribution.
work safe
Good day Tom and CM3, betcha thought i’d never wonder over here!
What became of those ex-WP F units that migrated down under in the seventies? I read somewhere that one was preserved… Seems after the fact it was discovered they were lacking in the traction department, thus short service lives…duh, 1500hp, 4 axle, massive iron ore tonnage does not a marriage make!!!
Great selection of drumheads, makes one wonder who had the forethought to preserve in print and via collections this long vanished symbol of the American passenger train… I suppose, personally, the orginal 1922 Daylight Limited would be the “if I had a million” collectable to adorn my wall…By the way I just aquired some AC grills used on the 1937 tavern cars, quite streamlined in themselfs, they will look quite good when installed in their new home.
Ah, I think we all have SF memories, I seem to recall being surprised at the merger, I had no idea they were hurting that much, afterall, they the first to risk a venture in intermodal and by all accounts, doing quite well at it. Perhaps the fallout from the denied SF/SP merger had long term ramifications. My favorite SF memory, GP30’s & SD26’s on the point of Amtrak F40’s, true they were assigned to the helper pool, although they occasionaly were provided the oppertunity to stretch their legs from time to time in mainline service.
Well back to the grind as they say
Dave