Good evening Leon , just a Keith’s to get me thawed out. Heather and I have just got back in from our most of two day trip to the north country, Sat and Sunday it was wonderfull sunny and 75 today we woke up to snow falling and 2C in Huntsville cleared upto rain the rest of the day.Was good to see that teh CN sattion in Huntsville has been completely refurbed new roof part of it rented out to the music school and the main opart is a passenger station again. Both the North and Southbound Northlander stop their and the Canadian runs by it [tup].
**Tom-**Great three pack of photo’s on Saturday, I enjoyed them all,espeacialy the shots of the Chaleur,would have loved to have been able to acconpany you, but the trip to Montreal should be good for people watching and story telling [tup]
The TTC’s back on the job they were legislatated back on Sunday by an emergency Prov. Gov. sitting.We’ll see where it goes from there. From what I gather it was the maintenance guys that killed the ratification vote and caused the strike soo we’ll se what happens.
Couple good movie pics for this week as well [tup] I’m glad you liied the Brantford VIA shots,the way the plateforms are youc an get a lot of neat angles [tup]
There is a lot more freight traffic on the corridor now between Toronto and Windsor mostly though the Montreal end of the run is less impacted.The one reason the Enterprise got cancelled was it interfeared with the CN freight scheduale ( they try to run the bulk of the frieghts after the last corridor train has left Toronto.)Having that hot fast time overnight sleeper to Montreal caused difficulties,that and people just didn’t buy into it.
**Pete-**Couple days worth of good photo’s from you as well thank-you
Leon, a Sugar Cured Ham Sandwich is exactly what I need! A Carlsberg, or do you have Tuborg? Cold!
Monday. Went to see my heart doctor. He was satisfied and so was I. Gas prices are going up a few cents almost every day. Paid $3.34 (rounded) today.
Tom – Yesterday we turned the air conditioning on![;)] We had 95˚ today and it will warm up a little bit tomorrow. And, as a matter of fact, we tied the record for dry air (heat) in Phoenix! Only 2% humidity! You have to admit that is on the dry side.[yeah]
MetroLink it is![:)] If I wrote something else I was probably confused for whatever reason.
Walk the Line! One of my Johnny Cash favorite songs! So the movie must be good too! Cobb!? I guess I missed that movie. But I’ll take them both and the Stooges at the same time! Good choices![tup]
A nice collection of railroad ads![tup] Grand Canyon with Santa Fe! That is a good one. Deutschland Euer Reiseziel! That looks like something from the 1930’s.
CM3 – I had the pleasure to ride that Brill car a couple of years ago.[:)] It is now powered by a 267hp Chevy V8, but still… It was different.
I hope I will get a chance sometime in the future to ride a RDC.
John Ericsson is/was fascinating. He had a brother, Nils Ericson, who was primarily occupied with the design and construction of the Swedish state owned railway system.[;)]
Pete – I just mentioned to CM3 that John Ericsson had
Tuesday ‘n time to recognize that this IS another work week ! [swg] Best way to jump start the day is with us - freshly ground ‘n brewed coffee, pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery case along with our ‘n breakfasts listed on our Menu Board! [yeah]
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A bit of frost on the rooftops - is this really spr
JUst top up the cup my man as I’m in a mad hurry today, busy busy busy. Oh and top everyone elses Pleas and thanks.
No…
Sorry won’t have the time. What I’m doing at present is gearing up for a Garden Tour on the 13th of July, Yes most of you will say but that’s over 2 months away so relax! No can do!!
Dad had stated on several occassions last year that we should put “My Garden” (Now officially known as “Dads Garden”) into the Garden tours. To which I would roll my eyes and say " Well Dad I really don’t think it’s up to snuff for that…". Well as fate would have it and a couple of weeks before Dad’s passing I took pictures of the Garden into the hospital to cheer the Old Guy up. Well sure enough one of the Lab Techs, who by the way normally doesn’t do bedside calls came in one day, saw the pics and said “Would you like to put your garden on display?” And Dad said “Well it’s not my garden but talk to my son”. As it turned out the lady in question runs a yearly garden show for the Colitus/Iliatus foundation and was quite taken by “our” accomplishment and as it is said… And the Rest is history.
So Rob… No means No, buddy but not that I don’t want to help you I just can’t afford the time. I still have to dig up the Veggie Garden and finish spreading the mulch. I had to dig up a Dead Japenes Maple yesterday… Oh I’m not happy! and to get it out of the ground required the use of a Ratchet pully, Towing lug and gas pedal.
Coalminer: Yes a CV 2-10-4 would definately be worht having!
Fergie dropped by to brighten up the morning - seems Ruth is happier today! [tup]
Another from the hopper . . .
Now Arriving on Track #1
A Nickel’s Worth of Classic Covers!
Number Three
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(1) RR Magazine - 1943 - Rails Across theBlue Ridge
Good Afternoon Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. It has been snowing on and off since early this a.m. I really like having to clean off the car at the end of April. Gas went up another dime yesterday so we are now at $3.75.
Let’s look at the stack of stuff.
Rob was in with comments
Eric was also by with comments
Fergie - Garden tour? I had to mow the other day because it was either cut the grass or equip the K9 with GPS. Anyway, best of luck.
Nick - Groundhog crepes? How about Woodchuck Wellington? It certainly sounds a little more upscale. No Boris, he was not the bass player for McKinney’s Cottonpickers. Ah yes, the temperance poster. One of the family ancestors (paternal side) was in the WCTU. Also the WCTU still has a booth at the Erie County Fair in NY, (IIRC). Unfortunately the trainshed at St. Albans is gone. However, the rest of the building, including the CV boardroom upstairs, is in pretty good shape.
Mike was by with more pictures. WSC snuck out of town on his way to Quebec.
OSP was by with a lot of material. I’ll take a framed version of the Golden State poster. The Enterprise resembled some of the sloooow Boston-NY overnight trains on the New Haven. 66 and 67, favorite Amtrak runs of mine when they had a sleeper both ran on an extended schedule - it was a civilized way to do things. Can’t get a sleeper out of Boston to anywhere now.
Thanks for running the quote from Field of Dreams about Tyrus. He was truly a piece of work. And yes, he did, by all accounts file his spikes.
RR Magazine covers are always fun to examine. Nice one of a generic version of the Rathole, and the PAs are always nice to see.
Good afternoon Ruth , figured I would pop in for a howdy hi there before you head home. Just a Keith’s and a pistrami on rye if you would be so kind. There’s some extra froa round and keep the change for your travel fund.
**Tom-**No problem sir I will pop in thursday morning with a post or two not to worry.Thanks for the clear up on the Enterprise,I was indeed under the impression that it was supposed to be a realitivly fast run with no stops other than it’s principles Toronto and Montreal.Anytime I saw it at Union station it was Budd equipped, I can only imagine what the business community thought of those community servcie cars in the renasance once they were put on [tdn] Nice today solid high 50’s kind of day with sun, better than the north country to be sure.
Enjoyed teh classic covers and the train ads from this morning,top notch stuff as per usual sir [tup]
**Eric-**I don’t care 2% humidity or not consatnt 90’s are way to much for this boy[:O] give me 75-80 with moderate humidity and I’m a happy camper[^]
Great ineternal shot from that Amtrak unit thanks. Electric or diesel [?]
**Shane-**Hard to believe that Boston has no sleeper cars going to or from anymore [sigh] does not seem right such a major terminal without proper trains.At least they still funnel a lot of commutor traffic in and out.
**Fergie-**Don’t blame you for turing us down, neither of us are garden people, heck it’s all I can do to keep the grass alive.I cut it just to make it look like I’m doing something <uh oh &
Well good evening to one and all,nice to see the till is ringing merrily [^]-no mean feat in these troubled times-Leon,I will try a draught Carling tonight please with a chicken & bacon club sandwich and a bowl of garlic marinated mixed olives to keep out the cold…
I see gas prices are on the conversation again today-the highest I have heard of over here is a cool $13 a gallon with the general level being in the $10-$11 range,although with one of our major refineries on strike and the North sea pipeline shut down for up to a month the sky is the limit…
A joke that did the rounds last time we had a fuel strike :- Q-whats the difference between paraffin & petrol ? A-theres 2 Fs in paraffin and no effin petrol…please groan quietly to avoid waking customers,thank you…
So-whats been happening this fine day…
MIKE-Thanks for the additional info on the St Albans spread-good to have the personal touch-brings it all to life [tup] A mighty fine spread on my favourite bridge (which I have crossed many times-although it was never the same river…)
I will beat PETE to the draw and make a wild stab at the trains (which I am sure he will correct me on in due course)-1st loco has the look of the North British works about it-I will take a stab at a Perth or Stirling /Edinburgh working the 2nd is the famous 4-6-4 “Hush-hush” -I will guess at an Aberdeen express here the 3rd is almost certainly (dangerous words [swg]) a D49 Hunt/Shire and could be either a Dundee local or a Fife coast working-as these locos worked the Fife coast services I am leaning that way…All the above is completely speculative but hopefully plausible-either way,nice drop-thanks mate [^]
ROB-Welcome back-glad you enjoyed the break,shame you couldn`t get any pix but hey-one snowdrift loo
I tell you guys-we are gonna have to move the library from the cellar-there is something very unpleasant living by the S shelf-it ate my torch-and I havn`t smelled anything like that since I last played rugby…Anyway,despite that ,I managed to rescue a few images…
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Here is a latest generation Mallow-Tralee service climbing out of Killarney on a beautiful June afternoon
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Here the bay makes a perfect backdrop as a train glides into Bandon station on the Clonakilty model village line
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This is one of the images that got me hooked-The Canadian arrives at Sudbury-just LOOK at all that modelling detail…
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And here is the other one-train #47 eating up the countryside-whats not to like here ???
Good evening Leon, I see things have stayed somewhat lively around here,whats not to like when Nick’s been in eh [?]Just a guiness for me tonight thanks.
**Nick-**Great photo’s sir and yoru right. What’s not to like about either of those gems. [tup]
Lets see to give you some answers for your queries.
beer $3 to $4 dollars for a bottle or draft of domestic more for the good stuff,best bet got to the beer store and buy some much cheaper.
Mickey D’s or other such tripe two could eat for about $10 more if you are big eaters but that would buy a couple combo deals.
loaf of bread call it $3 or less depending on the quality ( store brand vs name brand )
A four litre bag of milk runs about $4.65 or so, 2 litre cartons are about $4 1litre cartons costs about $2.50, no idea on it by the quart.
Painted brass will run you about $750 unpainted about $500 [:D]
Movie tickets are $11 adult about $8 if your under 8 or over 65 the popcorn and drinks will cost you a mortgage payment !
4 coffee’s at Tim Hortons will be about $8 depending on teh size , subs depend on where and what and what size call it 5 bucks each to be safe for twelve inchers.
The cab fare could be scary, airport limo or bus would be cheaper I figure it’ll be in teh 50-60 range. Tom might know better.
**Tom-**Some nice drumheads to wind the day out with, as always some great stuff from teh good[4:-)]
We almost made it to the 100 degree mark today, but not quite.
Tom – Wow, you have spent a lot of time at the bar today![tup][:)]
I was involved with the RTL’s only to some extent. Amtrak used RTL #154 and 158 to push and pull the X2000 on non-electrified lines during the tour in the Northeast. But they were not very reliable so when we left for the southeast and later the rest of the country we had two F40’s pulling and pushing the X2000 instead. [:)]
I am glad you are okay with us having these 90 degree days, we had 99˚ today.[;)]
Very nice ads from the streamline era![tup] I must say I like colors and livery of the Kansas City Southern Lines![yeah]
More Railroad Magazine covers![tup] Just wish I had them available so I could read them.
Nice drumheads![tup] I would say the Santa Fe The Chief is my favorite with Union Pacific coming in second![:)]
Fergie – Hope you will show some photos of your garden![yeah] A Classic Train buffs Garden![;)]
CM3 – Thanks for the round! [;)]
Rob – Hmmm, I guess you don’t like it hot.[;)] I don’t mind the heat though.
RTL (Rohr Turbine Liner) has a gas-electric turbine to produce the electric power. They used to look something like this:
Coffee ‘n pastries are waitin’ . . . ‘n breakfasts only needed to be ordered! [tup] Happy “hump day” - Wednesday it is! [yeah]
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I’m hoping our regulars will try to pick up the slack during my absence. Rob has said he’ll provide a Post or two on Thursday morning - we know CM3 Shane will try to be “in” - so the afternoon needs a bit of “charging.” How ‘bout it Eric - can you come out ‘n play in daylite while I’m gone[?]
I’ll be back at the bar fer sure on Tuesday next . . . Maybe we can convince “one finger Pete” to drop something off in the mornings, without sacrificing his “traditional” PM “slot” . . . Thanx to all - n advance! [tup]
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please (New England Full City Roast will be fine), let’s take a look in the pie case - a slice of mince with some Cabot Creamery Seriously Sharp Cheddar. Heavy frost here this morning and temps below freezing. Gas is at $3.75.
Rob - There are all kinds of trains running in and out of Boston. Amtrak serves both North and South Stations, but South Station has the bigger amount of traffic. Acela, regionals, and 448/449 which connects at Albany. There’s also lots of commuter operations as you mentioned. Problem is no sleeper service as I said. Thanks for your economic report from Ontario.
Nick - squirrel - mmmmm, good! Nice picture of Sudbury and also of the ONR running as it should be.
Eric - I rode the RTL between Albany and Buffalo more than afew years ago now. I liked the big windows and, IMHO, it rode a lot better than the UA version - smoother and much quieter. Nice shot of New Haven with all sorts of other equipment lurking around. I used to like to go down there and spend the day back when you could move around and get pictures. GG1s, Metroliners (yes, Boris, a few Metroliners did run as far as New Haven). Mu cars, diesels, freights, etc. etc. Good place to visit.
OSP - Safe travels. I’ll take a seat on the Cannon Ball, please. ATK plans - for further discussion look up national energy policy - I’ll leave it at that,
Good afternoon Ruth ( is where I am anyway [:D] )I think since it’s lunch time I’ll have the nice cornbeef on rye with at least three of the exrta large pickles,and a nice big guiness to drown it in. [tup]
**Tom-**Wonderfull shots of the CanAm as always,can you tell that you like RDC’s or what [?][:D] Yes I’m a cool to mildly warm temp kinda guy,and neither of us have green thumbs[sigh]
Nice to see that the airpoirt bus is still resonably priced,best that the girls in Nick’s life take that route.Not sure I’d like squirrel suffle or the woodchuck wellington,however I hear that Nicks beaver brochetes are to die for [(-D],with mouse minestrone as a starter !
Yup see you at Union, I’m sure that we can’t get into too much trouble[:-^]
Eric-Yup you can have your heat sir [tdn] the month of the high humidity 90’s we get here is more than enough for me , don’t get me wrong I don’t like the butt deep snow -20C’s in the winter anymore than the heat either. Give me a place with a mean temp of 75 and I’m a happy man.
Thanks for the extra info on that loco and with pics as well [tup]
**Shane-**It’s been along time since I was in beantown , but I don’t remeber seeing any sleeper cars at the station then ( mid 80’s )Lots and lots of
A pint of Bathams please RUTH[tup]. I had to go out unexpectedly yesterday afternoon and was late getting back[:(] but I have caught up now.[tup]
NICK I will look forward to the ‘slideshow and lecture’ on the smaller gauge lines[tup], lines that don’t get the attention they deserved I feel.
Glad you enjoyed the photos[tup] Talking of Scotsman I had another look and noticed she has the single chimney as built, not the double chimney she has today which means the smoke deflectors to prevent the drifting smoke.
That’s a interesting point about the six wheeler not being marked as not a common user wagon as most of the special wagons were[yeah]. It will be good to see the old photo of Cackler.[^]
Many thanks for the photos[^][tup], good to see ‘Errol Lonsdale’ on the South Devon as well as the Gwili Railways. Those Austerities have been the unsung workhorses of preserved lines[bow].
The Welshpool composite photo came out very well[bow]. Looking through some photos I have found a few at Welshpool, I hope to post them later this week[tup].
I don’t think I can add much to your descriptions of MIKE’s Forth Bridge photos, Great spot with the Hush Hush 4-6-4,[yeah] I wonder if Allan as seen the loco in the flesh before she was converted to an A4 look-a-like with a normal boiler numbered 60700 in BR days[?]. May I just add that the D49 Hunt/Shire class No246 (BR No 62712) in the photo was named ‘Morayshire’ and is the only one of the 75 D49s to be preserved, and coincidently near the banks of the Forth at Bo’ness.
Tom - just tried to review a few pages back from the time of your quake!
I’ll have a pint and here’s a round for the house.
Anyway - I was glad to read Pete had been working on you for that Brit trip - you know it makes sense! You’ll have to give in to the ideas some day! However, I see the lure of the Budd Dome has attracted you back to Canada so I look forward to reading more about that! Glad to read the safety inspectors have authorised full testing of the Can Am subway.
Nice pics of the Clydesdale Horse - there must have been million of those heavy horses working in rail yards and industry in the UK - no doubt certainly up to the 1930s and in some cases later - the 50s probably - lots of horse worked shunting yards around the place I have read of.
Got my recent edition of Classic Trains a few days ago - whole edition - as people probably now on Pullman - which is great stuff. Then also got NRM review with an interesting piece of information on Pullmans in the UK - Pete - wondered if you knew this? - only constituent company of the LMS which operated Pullman cars was the Caledonian Railway (I did not know this at all) - their contract existed up until 1933ish - when the LMS then took over the old CR Pullman cars and used them as LMS restaurant cars in LMS livery - the magazine had picture of one.
Pete - by the way, I liked that pic of the GWR pannier shuttling about the west midlands! ( few pages back of course). Any plans for a Brit trip yourself by the way?
Eric - the sound of a steam recording going through the Swedish countryside must be pretty evocative! Hope you had a chance to listen to your recording.
Nick - would certainly have been good to have seen one of the Toton based Bayer Garrett locos - I’d never thought of your explanation but of c
In what will most probably be “it” for me ‘til my return, here’s the day’s recognition of those who help to keep this joint movin’ forward! [tup] [tup]
I do have a FAVOR to ask: We are approaching Page 20 - so will someone PLEASE cut 'n paste the “rules” from Page 1 [?] You may recall that I wanted to keep doing that every time we reach a Page in multiples of ten. Many thanx in advance IF I don’t get to it before departing! [tup]
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Wednesday - April 29th :
Page 19 - CM3 Shane at8:37 AM____: Just a tad out of season for mince pie - but we do have the “scrapings” from the Possum that went thru our MoSheen - that should ‘do it.’
I haven’t checked the Beantown rail sked lately, but my guess is there aren’t any nite-time departures to warrant a sleeper. With Acela on the line my guess is today’s thinking r
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