Good Evening!
Last one for awhile . . . .
CP FP9A #1415 (courtesy: www.trainweb.org)
Later![tup]
Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
Good Morning!
Continuing on with the CP . . . .
Royal CP crossing Ottertail Bridge, BC
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Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
G’day!
Check this one out . . .
Royal CP passing storm mountain lookout, Alberta
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Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
G’day!
And one more . . .
CP #15407 Kokanee Park as Silver Streak for movie (courtesy: www.trainweb.org)
Later![tup]
Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
Significant events in Canadian RR History during the month of January. Part I of II – 1800’s to 1900:
*January 27th, 1854: - The Great Western Railway opens its Hamilton to London, Ontario section of its main line between Windsor and Niagara Falls. Moving on to acquire other railroads throughout Southern Ontario, it can be claimed to be the first Canadian railway system.
* January 4, 1875: The Inter colonial Railway of Prince Edward Island opened the line between Charlottetown and Tignish for rail traffic.
* January 31st, 1880: The Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa & Occidental Railay opened an Ice Railway between Longueuil and Montreal by placing railway track on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence Seaway. A car ferry was used by the QMO&O during warmer months. The ice railway continued each winter until 1883.
* January 1st, 1882: The Canadian Pacific Railway appointed William Cornelius Van Horne as General Manager. Under his tenure, 480 miles of track was laid across the Prairies in the su
Signficiant events in Canadian RR History during the month of January. Part II of II – 1900’s to present times:
* January 3rd, 1912: The Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company of Nova Scotia.
* January 1st, 1914: Twelve miles of what was to become the Pacific Great Eastern Railway opens between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia.
* January 19th, 1923: , January 19 - The Grand Trunk Railway is amalgamated into the Canadian National System by governmental order. The system took in the Canadian Government Railways (including the Intercolonial, the Prince Edward Island and the National Transcontinental Railways); the Hudson Bay Railway; the Canadian Northern and subsidiaries; the Grand Trunk Pacific; and the Grand Trunk (including the Grand Trunk Western and the Grand Trunk New England routes).
* January 31st, 1930: This day commemorates the first use of the new elevated tracks through the new station platform at Toronto’s Union Station.
G’day!
Something different . . . .
CN Transfer Caboose (free use assumed; multiple sources)
Later![tup]
Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
Yo Tom!
Man, what a drag over here - still at it I see! Lots of free loaders, with nothing to contribute. Isn’t that the way[?]
Enjoyed the CP Pix and my guess is you’re “warming up” for the April 24th Anniversary date for “The Canadian!”[tup]
So, where’s 20 Fingers[?] Oh [yeah] - tax prep “season” and all those last minute people are flooding the offices. Glad I’m not one of those . . . .
Hey! I love cabooses - but not nearly as much as domes![swg]
Ok, mate - here’s something from my Post over at the bar!
CN “Skeena” at Jasper (1976)(from: www.trainweb.org) Photo: Chris Guenzler
Until the next time![tup]
Lars 
G’day!
Good to see ya stop by, Lars! Nice Pix spread over at the bar!![tup][tup]
Have no idea what’s up with 20 Fingers, but my guess is he’s up to his lower lip in tax returns . . . [swg]
Check out this caboose . . .
CN 79824 Steel Caboose (free use assumed; multiple sources)
Later![tup]
Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
G’day!
Here’s something special that was first Posted over at the bar . . .
Number Three
Posted: 03 Feb 2006, page 237
Pennsylvania Railroad 
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Locale: Chicago and St. Louis to New York City and Washington, DC
Reporting marks: PRR
Dates of operation: 1846 – 1968
Track gauge: 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. Commonly referred to as the Pennsy, the company was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company’s symbol was a keystone (Pennsylvania’s symbol) with the letters PRR intertwined inside it. When colored, it was bright red with silver-grey edges and lettering (although it also appears in metal leaf outline on a wooden background on station benches).
The PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the US throughout its 20th century existence and for a long while was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. The corporation still holds the record for the longest continual dividend history, over 100 years of never missing an annual shareholder payment.
Like the Reading Railroad, the PRR served Atlantic City, New Jersey; one of the four railroad squares in the board game Mon
G’day!
Here’s something previously Posted on this Thread (once or twice) - but it “fits” well today . . . .
Another Passenger RR Fallen Flag from Classic American Railroads:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) 
Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA
Mileage:
1950: 10,000
1962: 9,756
Locomotives in 1963:
Diesel: 2,402
Electric: 254
Rolling stock in 1963:
Freight cars: 139,356 Passenger cars: 3,546
Principal routes in 1950:
Philadelphia-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh, PA
New York-Washington, DC
Pittsburgh-Fort Wayne, IN-Chicago, IL
Pittsburgh-Indianapolis, IN-St. Louis, MO
Pittsburgh-Cleveland, OH
Baltimore, MD-Buffalo, NY
Wilmington, DE-Norfolk, VA
Chicago-Columbus, OH
Logansport, IN-Louisville, KY
Logansport-Cincinnati
Fort Wayne, IN-Mackinaw City, MI
Columbus-Toledo, OH-Detroit, MI
Passenger trains of note:
Broadway Limited (New York-Chicago)
Clevelander (New York-Cleveland)
Cincinnati Limited (New York-Cincinnati)
Colonial (Boston-Washington, joint with New Haven)
Congressional (New York-Washington)
Duquesne (New York-Pittsburgh)
Edison (New York-Washington)
The General (New York-Chicago)
Golden Triangle (Chicago-Pittsburgh)
Jeffersonian (New York-St. Louis)
Kentuckian (Chicago-Louisville)
Liberty Limited (Washington-Chicago)
Manhattan Limited (New York & Washington-Chicago)
Pennsylvania Limited (New York & Washington-Chicago)
Penn Texas (New York-Washington-St. Louis)
Pitt
G’day!
Repeated because I love this locomotive!
Pennsy GG-1 (courtesy: www.trainweb.org)
Enjoy![tup]
Tom[4:-)][oX)]
Hiya Tom
Now you’re talkin’ - my favorite road (or at least one of 'em) - LOVE the Pennsy!
Check this out . . .
PRR doubleheader K4s (1949) (from: www.yesteryeardepot.com)(photo: Fred C. Stoes)
Until the next time!
Lars
G’day!
Nice one Lars! Too bad 20 Fingers is AWOL, otherwise he’d surely be providing some info on that beauty . . .
I know, I know - you’ve seen it B4 - but this is a favorite of mine!
Pennsy GG-1 (courtesy: www.trainweb.org)
Later![tup]
Tom[4:-)] [oX)]
G’day!
This has been Posted over at the bar and now it’s time for this lonely Thread!
RAILWAYS of EUROPE #3 – TGV (France)
“SNCF, gives the train ideas in advance”
TGV
PART I of III
This article is about the French high-speed railway system.
TGV trains depart from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to western and southwestern destinations. (Wikimedia Commons)
The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for “high-speed train”) is France’s high-speed rail service, developed by GE
G’day!
Okay - here’s Part II . . . .
RAILWAYS of EUROPE #3 – TGV (France)
“SNCF, gives the train ideas in advance”
TGV
PART II of III
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Stations
Avignon TGV station. (GNU Free Documentation)
One of the main advantages of T
Hiya Tom
Looks just as good the 2nd time around - better at the bar, actually![swg]
Still no 20 Fingers[?][?][?] Hmmmmmmm …
Nothing to contribute over here, but I did drop off 4 Pix for the “theme” at the bar! Runnin’ a bit behind my “busy, busy retired schedule!”[swg]
Until the next time![tup]
Lars
G’day!
Okay - here’s PART III . . . .
RAILWAYS of EUROPE #3 – TGV (France)
“SNCF, gives the train ideas in advance”
TGV
PART III of III
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=255&TOPIC_ID=35270
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Existing lines
- LGV Sud-Est (Paris Gare de Lyon to Lyon-Perrache), the first LGV (opened 1981)
- LGV Atlantique (Paris