You know that you always have the right answers. This is no exception. You deserve a great big prize for being the first to figure the joke out, except I can’t afford any big prizes right now. Have a shot of (your) rum on me![swg][(-D][(-D][D][B][Y]
I hope that everyone who glibly accepted my stating that three rail electric was even remotely possible in 1885 in the middle of the Rocky Mountains is truly embarrassed! If you still haven’t figured it out then I have some swamp land in Florida that I would be willing to sell to you at the same price that crude oil is headed for, i.e. you will owe me money![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][:o)][C):-)][oX)][:-,]
Thanks, Dave [:D] Chances are it will be either a Rum & Coke or a Mojito tonight [D]
I’d really like to study the electrification of CPR neighbors, Milwaukee Road and Great Northern. I know their wire was a little lighter than that in the east but those locomotives were sure brutes.
Great job Dave! [Y] I know nothing about the building of the railroad through the Rockies, except the spiral tunnels, so thanks for all the interesting info.
Brrr…it’s still cold up here! I think I’ll slide down the other side, and see if Brent is home, according to him, it’s always warm there. [(-D]
33F this morning but the cloud cover is starting to break. I’ll just have my regular to go please Zoe. We are starting to see the effect of all this modern plague now with one person out on quarantine (two people removed from the actual exposure but one needs to be extra cautious these days). There is much more to say but we don’t want another thread deleted so I won’t go further.
Thanks for moving the diner Dave. What a beautiful area! I didn’t pick up on the third rail thing because I live in third rail territory. The New Haven uses both overhead catenary like GN used to and third rail with a shoe to connect for Metro North territory like Grand Central. the New Haven also had a short branch line out east where they actually used a center third rail ala Lionel for a time. So no I didn’t think it odd you mentioned it. The 1870’s are just a little early for all that though. Consider me a bit thick this morning.[D)]
Did some more with the power station last night. I am working on the transformer set just outside the building. I narrowed a Faller transformer substation kit up to fit the space and so far so good. I mixed up some Smooth It with powdered black poster paint and laid that in around the perimeter of the building and will add some more around the edges of the transformer base when I get that “good enough”. I may use the magnet wire I bought to string the electric lines as I don’t like the way the thread they give you drapes.
All for now. Back to the shop. Hope you are all doing well. Ciao, J.R.
I’d like to thank you Dave for doing such a thoughtful job opening the Diner in beautiful British Columbia. “The host with the most” as the saying goes is appreciated.
So much to choose from and limited on time this morning l chose Canadian Canyons due to my lifelong admiration of the wilderness.
Your a lucky man to live in such beautiful surroundings.
I enjoyed watching the Canadian Frieght passing through going over the red bridge thinking it was going over the black bridge next. I was wrong, My first April Fools today.
The long Trains looked like toys passing through the vastness of the canyon. They definitely don’t look like that everywhere.
I will be watching the rest of the videos and gaining more knowledge on the Canadia Railroads soon.
Thanks
TF
P.S. That Dr. Seuss stuff was funny last night Rich.
Since we are in the Diner, we will have to add some BC favourites to the menu. How about wild Pacific salmon or Dungeness crabs. Maybe try some Spot Prawns which are the largest shrimp harvested in the Pacific northwest. They are very sweet and tender. Then for dessert we can have Nanimo bars (you can never have just one!) or some fruit from the Okanogan Valley.
Great job opening the Diner. Love the background info and historical stuff. Educational.
I’ll certainly try the salmon and prawns later, but for now I’ll have a tall stack of flapjacks and coffee . . . and don’t spare the butter and syrup. Gotta love eating in a low fat, lo cal, cholesterol free diner. And the price is right as well. [dinner]
Dave - thank you for moving the Diner to it´s new location in beautiful B.C.! It was a smmoth ride, all the way up northwest from Texas!
Petra went on the weekly grocery run this morning. She got another two packs of toilet paper, so we are now good to go for at least 3 months. Veggies and fruits are becoming scarce, so is meat and dairy products. Most local dairies were closed and we now depend on stuff being transported all the way through the entire country. For the moment, we are good, but as the shut-down continues, this will become a difficulty. Preparing the week´s money is a waste of time, we just have to make do with what´s available.
Dave - I was wondering about the 1885 electrification idea, but wasn´t too sure about it. By that year, only low voltage DC streetcars were available.
Something to enjoy - an extraordinary HOn3 rack railway layout based on the Schafberg Railway in Austria!
When I first read it, I thought, "I don’t remember anything ever said about electric rail through the Canadian Rockies, but then I thought, “Ok, nice to know.” And that’s how easy it is for someone to be misinformed, not that there was ever any malintent in the post.
Correct me if I’m wrong. Didn’t CP change their original route through the Rockies to one a little north and sell or use the original route as a scenic railroad? That would be a trip I’d like to take.
Well I figured that I might suck a few people in, but the fact that so many people just accepted (or barely questioned) the use of three rail electric power in the Rockies means that my prank was just a bit too subtle. Maybe I should have suggested that they used Mountain Goats to haul out the rock, although I suspect that a lot of people would have believed that too.
So, the totally irrelevent question is: If almost nobody gets the April Fools joke, was it a good joke or a bad joke. In this case I suspect that the answer is ‘bad’! Sorry!
