Hey, Big Jim! A Juniatha post isn’t something you can breeze through. You’ve got to slow down and savor it. A Juniatha post calls for a fine wine, a cheese spread, and some classical music in the background, say Wagners “Overture to Tannhauser.” Something about that piece of music makes me think of a steam engine, Norfolk and Western’s Class J for example. Don’t know why, it just does. Yes, I’d like her print to be a bit bigger for those of us who’s eyes aren’t what they used to be. Or never were, for that matter!
With that combination, I think Jimi Hendrick’s “Purple Haze” would be a better song. [:S]
The only thing “Purple Haze” makes me think of is where I put that bottle of Tylenol! I couldn’t stand Hendrix 40 years ago and can’t stand him now! Nuthin’ but noise!
Think about it a little deeper. Purple haze really fits the bill.
OK, NOW I get it. The print color and the font. Still can’t stand Hendrix. Or Jim Morrison for that matter. How about this: “When the deep purple falls, over sleepy garden walls…”
Juniatha,
Thank you very much for editing your print. I really appreciate you taking the time to make your post so much easier to read. I hope others do to.
To get back on track: The Best Freight Locomotive. Nowhere is a mention of the 4-4-0 (American) Type. Admittedly they had peaked in the early part of the 20th Century, but they were virtually everywhere in the American Railroad environment. They were wood burners, they were coal fired and they were also oil burning.
They pulled freight and passenger trains. they were on mainlines; branchlines. all over the U.S.A., and Canada, as well. They were made by all the locomotive builders at one time or another. they appeared in a wide array of sizes and weights. They were ugly, and they were beautiful, a show of pride by their crews.
Here is a DL&W American about to go into the bore of the Manunka Chunk Tunnel in 1900.
Linked @: http://www.shorpy.com/node/8149#comment-91259 (you can increase the size of the picture details at the site linked)
[Warren County, New Jersey, circa 1900. “Manunka Chunk, east end of tunnel.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. ]
[#offtopic] Admittedly, this is a little far afield, but kind of interesting.[#offtopic]
This is a link to photos showing this same location in recent pictures of the twin bore tunnels on the former DL&W that was baypassed when the 'Lackawanna Cutoff was completed][sigh]
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8149#comment-91223
Note: from the SHORPY web site referencing the term " CHUNK"
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As the great Dave Barry would say, " 'Manunka is an old Indian word meaning ‘Manunka’!"