Hmmm couple good movies at the ole Emporium this week.I haven’t seen the western but the other one’s definatly worth the price of admitance.I like the perspective of the photo of that Hudson at Exporail Tom.Looks like you took it from some height, a raised mezenine plateform in the barn [?]
Okay a couple more photo’s for tonight,most seen before I believe.
A CP rail RS10 in Kitchener Ontario in the mid 80’s.
An SW 8 switcher in St Thomas Ontario.
Rob
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, still awake! Very nice of you to keep this bar open at this hour! Just a cup of coffee and a cheese danish, please.
Got a few minutes to stop by and check how things are going at this place! I am having trouble to get on the net here, it’s some problems with the phone line so I am not going to try to post any photos this time. [:)]
The weather here is kind of cloudy and the temperature is in the low 60’s today. NO snow!!![tup] I will go moose-hunting this afternoon. No, no, Boris, hunting with my camera! The moose hunting season here starts next Monday.
I saw there is a very good movie at the Emporium this week, As Good As It Gets! Good choice![yeah]
I’ll be back as soon as possible!
Eric
<CP #2928 (4-4-4) Jubilee - personal foto from Rob>
A smile to begin the week!
“Aim towards the Enemy.”
- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
G’day Gents!
It’s the last Monday of August! Back to work for those who must ‘n a calendar check for those retired! Time again to fill up the mugs, grab a few pastries ‘n order one of our or breakfasts to kick start the week! [yeah]
Temps dropped back into the lo-80s (F) on Sunday - the rains never materialized - just an all 'round wunnerful day! [bow]
Petrol holding at $3.34 up at “Collusion Corner.”
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We’re down to a precious few ‘round here. So keep that in mind when you’re logged in - but NOT Posting! Even a word or three ‘n perhaps ONE foto surely HELPS! Otherwise the daytime can be awfully loooooooong ‘n lonely at the Tavern by the Tracks!
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrati
Good afternoon Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Hello Cindy, nice to see you again! Yes, a ham sandwich and a cold Tuborg Gold, please.
Just a brief stop to say hi! I am afraid my inclusive comments have to wait a little bit longer. Seems to be kind of a quiet day here today.
Since I am short on time I will post a couple of photos.
This is an old narrow gauge (891 mm) passenger car from Sweden. It saw service until 1964 and is now preserved.
A very classic locomotive, the only one of its kind to survive, Milwaukee Bi-Polar at the Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, MO. 2007.
Eric
G’day Gents!
It seems almost incredulous that our Resident Desert Swede in Sweden has been the ONLY daylite visitor on this Monday . . . and he’s on vacation! [wow] [bow] [tup] As said earlier - when one WANTS to, one finds a WAY! [yeah] Way to go, Eric - you’ve saved an otherwise abysmal Monday . . . [bow]
Apparently all’s well with your connection at your sister’s home! [tup] Many thanx for those fotos 'n brief comments. Even KNOWING that Cindy was behind the bar speaks highly of you - keeping track of what’s going on! [wow]
Here’s something special just for our displaced Sandman!
Great having you aboard from afar! [bow] [tup]
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Good Afternoon Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Cloudy here today and a lot warmer than it has been over the past week. The roofers have returned and are setting up the cooker under our windows even as we speak. In addition we are getting new furniture next week so I have had to box up pretty much everything which is why I am running late.
Rob has been in with lots of comments. I have enjoyed looking at your pictures. There is so much to study in that shot of the rail grinder - not just the truck on the left side of the shot but also the buildings in the background - great ideas for modeling. Nice pictures of MLWs finest. Remember them well.
DL has been by with comments.
Pete - Always liked the industrial engines. The 2-10-0 looks like a version of the earliest P Company I 1 class.
Allan - Fall is about my favorite time of the year. I was fortunate enough to grow up in that part of the country and always enjoyed the foliage.
Eric - Gald you made it! What’s another hour after 11? Can’t wait to see the official Arctic Moose on the Loose T shirt.
OSP stopped by with RPO material. The Nashville-Memphis RPO cancellation is from NC&StL train 5, the “City of Memphis.”
Good RDC cab material as well as a nice selection of movies. Last, I hears on NPR this a.m. that St. Louis had the lowest gas prices in the U.S. It sure ain’t here.
Last - e mails rec’d and answered.
Work safe
G’day Gents!
Shane made it “in,” so this Monday isn’t a total wash . . . anyone’s guess where the Bar Chandler is, Monday’s are that way, ya know!
So, in trying to maintain the “You Post, I Post” mantra . . . here we go!
More from my 2005 Dallas Rail Adventure with Dick Watkins . . .
Rule of Six suspended !
Centrepoint Station
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Hi Tom and all.
A pint of Bathams Please CINDY[tup].
TOM Many thanks for the Passenger Fallen Flag on the Union Pacific[tup][tup][tup]. The first thing I noticed was the great rise in UP track mileage from 1950 to 1996 from mergers[wow]. I guess the amount of freight on UP lines as grown at lot over the last 12 years. That was quite a number of Gas Turbines the UP had in 1963, I had another look at the video of one of the UP Turbines in the Classic Train box on the forum[^].
The UP had some good-looking Drumheads[^]. I see the City of St Louis used the Wabash trackage between St Louis and Kansas City on its way to the West Coast[yeah]. I guess it would have been the UP cars but I wonder if it would have been UP or Wabash engines that worked the St Louis to K.C. part of the journey[?]. Liked the Pony Express name for the Kansas City to Los Angeles train[^].
I had a look when you said about the 1000th post, thanks for noticing[tup]. I did say I was going to list the 74 ‘Western’ Class diesel-hydraulics which were numbered in the 1000 to 1073 series to coincide with my post number but I guess I am too late now.[:)]
Those temperatures sound not too bad in Alaska right now[^]. I would think there would not be very daylight at all on the train trip there in late December.
Glad you enjoyed Alan’s photos from Germany[tup], the 2-10-0 does look a powerful locomotive[yeah]. I am sure Eric will have some details on those NIAG diesels[tup], looking at #4 again it does look like some of the American road switchers apa
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G’day Gents!
I see our Bar Chandler has finally made it “in” - although for him, I suppose we can consider it “early”!
May as well “do” the acknowledgments . . . .
Page 12 - Eric at 11:55 AM <6:55 PM Eric time>: Really surprised, but most pleased to have you visit us 'n in daylite at that! [wow] [swg]
A couple of nice fotos too - one of course that brings back some memories of our Rendezvous! [bow]
Surely don’t expect that you’ll be spending that much time on-line with us, but definitely appreciate the effort you’ve made to maintain contact! [tup] [tup] [tup]
Page 12 - CM3 Shane at 1:43 PM <2:43 PM EDT>: Certainly hope those roofers aren’t being paid by the hour! Never heard of such a thing lasting so long with such adverse 'n hazardous impact to the work force.
Received your Email regarding possible absences this week - but doubt anything can be “done” regarding them. We just ha
Good Evening Captain Tom and Crew!
I might as well order a Keith’s and an order of Wings with Suicide Sauce. Keep my tab open for all to enjoy for the next hour!
Yes I’m back from the countryside just in time to go to the Arctic Wednesday.
Anyway I won the Big-Six on ebay the other day[:D] So the MESS has even more power to play with!
I suspect tomorrow will be very busy as I have to all my errands and get my gear together but I will try to get in and catch up on the business at hand before I head out.
Tom: I’ll give you a call tomorrow as I have a little something for ya!!
Later All
Fergie
Hi Tom and all,
Leon, the usual round of Tuis for all the guys please![yeah]
Fergie. Nice to see you back in again. Great to hear you won the Big Six in that E-Bay auction the other day, your steam roster on the MESS RR is on the up and up.[:)][tup]
Rob. Thanks for your kind words.[:I] A nice write up from your archives in Classic Juice # 35 “Mail the Electric Version” , some great background history of those trolley mail services and equipment together with all those historic pix, it fitted in so well with Tom`s comprehensive RPO write up.[bow] Another set of colourful diesel loco pix from your extensive collection.[:)][tup]
Eric. Nice to see you in with two posts from the old country, couple of fine shots of the narrow gauge passenger car and the MILW RR Bi-Polar electric loco.[^] Take care with all those loose moose around over there.[;)][;)][tup]
CM3. Those New England fall colours are a real must see for me, I invest in an extra Lotto ticket each week nowadays just in case my luck comes up.[:)][tup]
Pete. Thanks for the link to the new Tyne and Wear Metro livery, I agree with you that its not very impressive.[V] One thing about Newcastle Corporation Transport, they kept their buses clean and polished no matter what, they had a big drive through auto washer at the huge Byker garage. Looking forward to seeing your other main line steam tour pix, and the Llangollen and Rhyl photos of Alan`s.[:)][tup]
Tom. Its great to reminisce about those Saturday movie shows, they were the highlight of the weekends`,
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G’day Gents!
It’s that day again - the day BEFORE Wednesday! But, there’s a way to circumvent it all by beginning your day with us! Order a or breakfast from our Menu Board - check out The Mentor Village Bakery Case ‘n of course fill up your mugs with our freshly ground ‘n brewed special blend coffee! [yeah] [wow]
And yes, RUTH returns TODAY! [wow] [bow] [yeah] [tup]
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Shane reports that he may miss a couple of mornings this week due to the ongoing roof work . . . mornings may be really slow, for it’s the “You Post, I Post” idea that will prevail ‘round here. No back to backs from Moi, unless something special crops up.
And so the question is asked once more - where in is Nick [?]
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):
Hi Tom and all.
Good to see you back RUTH[tup] although you do not seem to have much of a tan[%-)] your cheeks look rosy[swg]. I had better have a coffee and a bacon sarnie before I get into trouble[oops][:)].
TOM It was great to talk with you yesterday[^][tup]. The puter seems better now[tup] I did some of this post last night and de-fraged it overnight.
More great photos from your Dallas trip[tup][tup][tup] like the close ups of RDC #2013.[^] I always enjoying seeing the inside view of maintenance facilities it reminds me of my shed visits.[yeah]
The cleanliness of the facility is a great credit to TRE I think[bow].
I thought we had seen all the sheds at Exporail, the only thing I can think of is they are only shown on the other language guidebook[:)].
Thanks for the info on the City of St Louis between St Louis and Kansas City[^][tup]. By an Our Place coincidence[alien] the map of the month in the old Trains Magazine I mentioned on the phone is of the UP predecessors[tup]
Seeing as I am nearly at post1010[wow] I will list the BR Diesel-Hydraulic Westerns in batches of 10.[:)]
1000 WESTERN ENTERPRISE
1001 WESTERN PATHFINDER
1002 WESTERN EXPLORER
1003 WESTERN PIONEER
1004 WESTERN CRUSADER
1005 WESTERN VENTURER
1006 WESTERN STALWART
1007 WESTERN TALISMAN
1008 WESTERN HARRIER
1009 WESTERN INVADER
1010 WESTERN CAMPAIGNER
G’day Gents!
Good to see our Bar Chandler BEFORE noon - pickin’ up the slack on these days of doldrums! [bow]
Here’s something to keep things going from our sub-basement archives room . . .
PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #15
<A form of this was initially Posted on 27 Oct 2005, Page 148 at “Our” Place I>
http://cs.trains.com/forums/129/991587/ShowPost.aspx
Here’s something to enjoy regarding the C&O from a 1940 advertisement found in one of my scrap books.
YOU’LL WISH YOU COULD LOOK both ways AT ONCE!
EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS call it “The most beautiful train trip in the East,” this mountain-and-canyon route of Chesapeake and Ohio Lines. On this magnificent journey you look out and down upon waves of mountains - the majestic Alleghenies, the mysteriously tinted Blue Ridge . . . upon valleys stretching like bright carpets to the far, purple hills. The scene changes - and you look up
Hi Tom and all.
Time for a Bathams please RUTH.[tup]
TOM Many thanks for the Passenger Train Nostalgia on the C&O[tup][tup][tup], the predecessor of which was founded by George Washington, it said in the Ad[bow]. I wonder if the C&O roadbed was better than its competitors[?].
The Chessie Kitten must have been one of the most reconizeable emblems used by a railway company anywhere.[^]. The other Drumheads are most attractive as well I feel[^].
I have a couple American locomotive photos today[tup].
At Santa Fe there is a line that runs tourist trains towards the junction with the BNSF line [tup]although the trip we took did not go as far as the junction.The locomotive is at Santa Fe station.
The train had a flat car and the old car in the photo as well as a Dome car[^]. It looks an interesting Rio Grande caboose in the background
This photo was when St Louis Union Station had vintage railroad equipment stored there[^], different now[:(] when I last visited the station at Rendezvous III. The photo was taken around New Year’s Day 2001.
Well RUTH a round please[tup].
Pete.
G’day Gents!
The Wolfman made it “in” for a 2nd visit [tup] ‘n that’s about IT for this day . . . very, very slow during daylite ‘round here . . .
More from my 2005 Dallas Rail Adventure with Dick Watkins . . .
Rule of Six suspended !
TRE Maintenance Facility
(49) Josh ‘n Dick 
(50) Tom & Josh 
Jeez what a couple of weeks… # Good evening gentlemen all-It is me-accept no substitute…-really,you do NOT want to know-4 shows on successive nights (plus a practice on thurs) ,looking after friends kids (horrible break up-if he touches her again I m gonna have his thumbs for earring pendants ) somebody trod on the plug-in connecter for the puter (Hannah-although she denies it…)-just that sort of weekend-and guess what-it`s STILL bloody raining… |
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G’day Gents!
Okay, okay - some guy calling himself “Nick” pops in - stirs all kinds of emotions - leaves without so much as a ROUND!
And found the time to muse ELSEWHERE before coming to the bar! [tdn] Hmmmmmm.
Whoever you are, flirting with a !
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
sorry about the Headline print there-not sure which button I pressed…[:-^]O.K-got lots of stuff for you:-,a trip report,some new layout pix,a track plan comparison (Whitland now and from the 1950 s) and more besides....<br><br><br><br>Right then ...Leon,could we have a round of beers please,-good man [^]-Right-matters arising PETE-one for you I suspect-on my way in tonight threw a couple of comments at a what is this ? `type thread-looks like a Midland 2-4-0 to me-would value your opinion-check the general discussion page [swg]And a quick note to the man…Hope you are back on top of everything-take it a day at a time-book relay is ready to go,just name the time and place ( Times Square-I shall be wearing a red carnation-You will be carrying a Smith & Wesson…) there is a song in there somewhere… O.K guys-once again it is time to swim in the waters of Lethe-will be right back with you as soon as can be done-you all take care now… [C=:-)] |
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And it s the instant response service-only hit the enter button cos I couldnt get rid of the 20 point type any other way…never let it be said that I dont stand my corner-consider the both as one submission[swg][C=:-)] |
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