G’day Gents!
For Rob: Yeah, editing is a fabulous thing, eh [?]
I’d jump in on that RDC question - for I KNOW the answer - but doubt that the man will pick up on it . . . oh well. Maybe in the AM round of Acknowledgments . . .
Thanx for the visits . . . editing 'n all!
Tom [4:-)] [oX)]
Hi Tom and all.
A round please RUTH to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Our Place[bow][tup].
Many thanks all for my[bday] wishes yesterday.[tup]
TOM Many thanks for the 2nd set of British posters[tup][tup][tup]. It was good to see that British Railways in carried on the tradition of really good posters[^], like their Big Four predecessors at least into the late 1960s. I am sure Allan will enjoy the Whitley Bay one[tup]. The locomotive in this Flying Scotsman Express was named ‘Humorist’. This loco was one of the first British locos to be official recorded at 100MPH and also there was a book about here called ‘2750 Legend of a Locomotive’, I remember it from the school library.
Yes I was cheered up yesterday at the bar[^], glad you enjoyed the GW photos[tup]. The only thing to improve those beer mats would be a pint of Bathams or Holden’s on them[swg].
Really did enjoy those posters[^] nearly all I had not seen before and hopefully we should have that view of the Shambles and the Minster as we are hoping to visit York[tup]
Many thanks for the[bday] wishes for the bride[tup].
I see you posted the 100th reply an turned page 6 on the bars 40th Anniversary,[bow] enjoyed the photos of Our Place.[^][tup]
ROB I too thought it was only old Colonels who drank too much port and got the gout[:D], for medical research[swg] I
G’day Gents!
Our good start kind of tapered off on this 40th Month Anniversary Day - but Bar Chandler Pete saved the afternoon with his daily offering of this ‘n that! [bow]
A shame that this Anniversary Day couldn’t have been celebrated where we were at “Our” Place III . . . just go to “Active Topics” and you’ll quickly see that there still are at least 4 other Threads with far more Pages than we had <63> - and they are STILL operating. One is plus 200!! Yeah, right [tdn]
And in case you haven’t noticed - “Our” Place III will soon be off of Page One . . . but anyone can “drag” back the most innane from who-knows-where - but not the QUALITY stuff, once LOCKED.
Beginning to wonder whether to put out an APB on Nick! [%-)] [%-)] Last visit was on Aug 6th . . .
Here’s something found in the sub-basement archives that may tweak the interests of those who enjoy ads from back in the day! [tup]
PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #14
<A form of this was initially Posted on 26 Oct 2005, Page 147 at “Our” Place I>
Here’s something to enjoy
Hi Tom and all.
Another Bathams please RUTH and one for [4:-)]Tom [tup].
TOM Many thanks, I enjoyed the BUDD Company advert for the new stainless steel cars for the WABASH’s Blue Bird train[tup][tup][tup]. With 4 of the cars being Vista Domes[yeah] it would have been great way to travel from St Louis to Chicago via the Wabash route[^].
It got me thinking about the great trains it would have been possible to take, on a day trip from St Louis to Chicago and return back in the 1950s by the different routes.[wow].
I have some photos of Great Western tender locomtives[tup] .
Castle class 4-6-0 No 5080 ‘Defiant’ leads another GW loco into Quorn station on the preserved Great Central Railway.
‘Defiant’ on main line special duty at Newport South Wales. 5080 was one of the few Castles named after World War II aircraft.In 1958 Defiant was allocated in Nick’s part of the world being at Carmarthan shed[tup], no doubt sometimes working the Red Dragon express
C.B. Colletts version of Churchward’s 4300 class 2-6-0, introduced in 1932 this loco No 9303 sometimes carries the number 7325.I believe the photo is at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway. In 1958, 7325, as she was then, ran from another South Wales shed at Pontypool Road.
The main heavy frieght locomotives of the GWR was the 2800 class 2-8-0s this is a later Collett version introduced in 1938. No 2885 is waiting
Good evening Leon,just a nice cold Keith’s please,seeing as how Fergie said he was sharing the other day.
**Tom-**Hmm editing [?] I replaced a picture in the one post as it didn’t work oh well[%-)] Nice info on the Blue Bird. I aggree with Pete with all those domes and other find Budd products you couldn’t have gone wrong on that train [tup]
Watch the BP not worht getting it up over things we can’t control like the OP 3 being locked and dropping like a submarine with a screen door( you can steal that one if you wish )Though the rest of the 200+ page coffee shops should have been relocated already
**Pete-**Some more great steam shots. The Defiant looks like another wondefull piece of locomotive art [tup]Glad to hear that the beer had no effect on your gout.I always thought it was colonels and above that ot it,but then you are the interm Governor General so it fits the bill.
I won’t comment on H&H’s new athletic prowess other than to say eeeww ![xx(] Hard alcohol sales aside,some things are not worth the money they generate for the bar and H&H in beach volleyball outfits are one of them.I’m guessing they are using the severed head of a goat for somehting for the ball as well. [V]
Rob
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
Leon, time for Rumpsteak Café de Paris!! Yes, a Tuborg Gold, please!
Another busy day that turned busier than expected. So I am kind of late, but at least it is not after midnight yet. First of at I wish all of you a
Happy 40th Anniversary!!![yeah][bow][bow][wow]
A round for the house!!
Pete – Remember that regardless of how old the birth certificate says you are, the important thing is how old you feel you are![;)]
Thanks for the info (and link) on the steam railmotor![tup] Upright boiler standing on the truck?!! Interesting![:)]
There is at least one class Mg electric preserved. #620 below is sitting outside the Swedish Railway Museum.
Class Mg, #620. Gävle, Sweden. Sep. 2006.
Nice photos of the tender locomotives![tup] The last one, No 7029 Clun Castle looks interesting. Is it a 2- or 3-cylinder locomotive? No, wait, it has the same kind of features in the center of the front that I asked about earlier on another locomotive. So it is a 2-cylinder loco. [:)]
Tom – Thanks for showing the one picture that didn’t show in my post![tup] I’ve fixed it now, but without you telling me it would still have been hiding.
No, memory is not the
Goooood Morning Captain Tom and Crew
Wednesday Special with a side of kippers please. I’m sure Pete is in for that! Though it should foul the air here in no time!!!
Anyway no excuses for my absence as of late as all I’ve been doing is surfing for brass, tinkering (Widening the MESS) and cleaning the garage (which I have been trying to do for a year now and and have actually made progress in this past week).
Tom I was not aware of the inovations that Budd was responsible for~ I guess, dare I say it~ This BUDD’s for You!!!
So is there any Tiger or Ranger fans amongst us?[:-^]
Pete ore excellent offerings from your gallery, thank you!
Eric: Thank you for sharing. I’d be curious to see if anyone made those in HO. I’ll have to check the Walther’s catalogue.
Rob: I remember the route from “up North” you speak of as Dad would come through on some part of that route when we came home from Port Severn on a Sunday. Not the most direct way but much more scenic and less conjested. I was wondering if you heard the “Booms” from where you were. I grew up 10 mins from “ground Zero”.
Well since it’s MR Wednesday I think I’ll share two of my latest offerings!
Funny thing about the Southern Railways Ps-4. When I got it, it was missing the headlight. However I was able to get a replacement from the LHS. Now I have to negotiate with the vender to see what he will reinburse me for.
Well I best get cracking
Fergie
<CB&Q Zepher at MoT, Kirkwood, MO - personal foto>
Wednesday’s Witticism
Some folks follow old wagon track. Others break new trails.
G’day Gents!
Mid-week in mid-continent USA as we approach mid-month! That sounds like Wednesday ‘n time for coffee, pastries ‘n breakfast! [swg]
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Tomorrow is Allan’s B’day! [tup]
August 14th (Allan - 73) [bday] NEXT UP!! [bday] 
But wait! It will be TOMORROW TODAY where he is! [(-D]
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last n
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. Lovely day here today although we may get some thunderstorms later on. For Eric - it was a bit warmer here this a.m. - 60 degrees vs. the 50 yesterday a.m.
First off, Happy Birthday Allen!
Let’s see what we have here today.
Fergie - Tigers? Rangers? Not hardly! Nice acquisitions for your layout. I assume the SOU locomotive will eventually receive appropriate green and gold paint?
Rob was in with many MLW pictures along with a few EMD (old habits are hard to break) power as well. Never did see a red barn for real - don’t know how I missed them, either.
Pete - Ohio Central is a bit to the northwest of here. Name on the locomotive is “Chappy,” IIRC. You can find all kinds of up-to-date UK pictures at RailPhotos.net. I think that’s the site name. I know they have been covering all of the activities you have been talking about.
Eric - The building(s) in your photo are the wheel shop and part of the motor winding shop. The motor park would be behind the photographer just to the west of the station building.
OSP - I looked up “lioncloths.” I guess it’s some kind of animal print. Not being a slave to fashion (as you know) I decided to let it go at that.
Here is a reprise some Wabash material from 1950. I ran this awhile back but thought it fit in with the item you posted.
"The Wabash Railroad’s new streamliner, the Blue Bird, was placed in service in February 26 [1950]. The equipment of this new train consists of six cars: a coffee-shop club car, three dome coaches, a diner, and a dome parlor observation car. Interior decorations include large oil paintings depicting scenes of historical importance in the area traveled. The outstanding feature o
Since I’m still here as I’ always am (See what happens when you don’t change out the burnt out light bulbs! Ya Never know what lurks in the shadows!! Pour me another Cup o the good stuff.
I Nev-a get chased! misplaced perhaps, wear out the welcome perchance but never chased, just chastised!
JUst to k
G’day Gents!
Seems most appropriate to jump in here with some comments . . .
Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):
Wednesday - August 13th :
Page 6 - CM3 Shane at 8:21 AM____: A most delightful summary of the Blue Bird’s equipment. Luv’d it ‘n surely wish that I cudda taken a trip or three aboard each of those domes! [wow] Nicely done ‘n thanx! [bow]
Wabash surely lost some bucks with the building of that train, as it soon was to disappear from the tracks. How , eh [?] They weren’t the only road to suffer the consequences of government subsidies to highways, runways, waterways, etc., etc. Couple all of that with the reality that the railroads themselves were H-bent on divesting themselves of passenger rail - well we are living with the result.
I’d say the “loincloth” must be a reference to something the Mentor Village League of Decency has been pushing - let us NOT permit nakedness amongst the beasts of the world! Cover ‘em - cover ‘em! A job for Boris, fer sure, fer sure.
G’day Gents!
It’s Thursday in New Zealand which means Allan is celebrating his Natal Day! So, let’s give him something special from “Our” Place! Happy Birthday to our Resident Downunder Kiwi! [bday] [wow] [bow] [yeah] [tup]
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Hi Tom and all.
A round please RUTH for ALLAN’s[bday][tup] .
As Tom says it is now the 14th in NZ so[bday][bday][bday] to ALLAN. I have a couple of photos to start with[tup], a bit foggy but it is genuine Fog from the Tyne[^] These were taken at the BOWES Railway south of the River Tyne on Sunday 27th September 1998. It was an open day on the railway and I had traveled from Springburn station to Incline Halt behind this Barclay 0-4-0ST Works No 2274 in a converted brake van, the engine was painted as NCB No. 2. At Incline Halt was the engine house for the rope hauled incline, we were due to have a demonstration of the incline working but the fog made it unsafe to do so as there is a Level (grade) Crossing at the bottom of the incline.
NCB No.2 is in this next photo somewhere, honest[:)].
ROB Many thanks for the kind words on the Great Western[tup] photos being an LMS man it does hurt to admit they had some great looking locomotives[bow].
Get promoted to Interim Governor and get the dreaded gout HMMM[:D].
Don’t repeat this[yeah] but HELGA told me this after she had taken in to much Schnapps. She was well in the lead in the Olympic Weightlifting years ago when she was going for a new world record.[bow] The bar was loaded will ALL the available weights[wow]. Unfortunately during the lift her lederhosen split[:O] and the sight so offended the judges it was immediate disqualification and
G’day Gents!
Between 8:43 AM ‘n 4:13 PM there were two Posts - mine! That’s one hullua long time between at the Saloon by the Siding. We can ‘n should do better - especially given the looooooooong planned absences coming up.
Good to see our Bar Chandler - Old Reliable - come through in his “slot.” We’re surely hurting for a noon-time guy . . . guess those days are long gone. Anyway, I’ve been holding this Post - keeping with my You Post - I Post mantra . . . so here goes:
Continuing on with our Wednesday OP-SHUN-UL Toy ‘n Model Trains Day!
SIGNS from the Can-Am Train Room - Part Two
Rule of Six suspended !
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Good evening gents. Leon a round of the best,oh and send an extra TUI towards the birthday boy [tup]
**Tom-**Sorry mate teh greencards legit ( at least as legit as Vito’s people can get ) I suspect it ws her not a relation of H&H that was in that secret truck load to the mountain villiage.For some reason Inspector Clueless and comapny have turned a blind eye to it all as well.Still that makes her Mountainman Mikes problem which ends up being a win win as far as I can see,which over her isn’t very.[:O]
The editor eh [?] hmmm well another title another dipper for the bath tub.[:-,][:-^]
Great photo’s and posters today sir,and some decent info on teh ole RDC’s [bow] to the RDC master.I have one of the Dominion Atlantic RDC 1’s as well along with a CP rail RDC 3 in the matching paintscheme.They make for a decent set or individual passenger trains depending on my mood.
**Eric-**A couple more wonderfull photo’s sir [tup] You might be onto something with that mercury thought.One question do you set off metal detectors at the airport for no real reason[?] if so your theory may be correct.
The SD40F’s were designed to be and still used strictly as a freight diesel.The full car body was to provide extra crew comfort in that they didn’t have to service engines outside in the Canadian winters.They were originallu built for the CP western lines,but now you see them raoming the entire system.
**Fergie-**Great shots of your newest aqusitions.With the engine types Tom gave you for the RDC’s haow difficult will that be for a close match soundwise.Perhaps a 44 tonner chip.
Hi Tom and all,
Leon, the usual round of Tuis for all the guys please![yeah]
Rob. Good to see you in. Really enjoyed those last two loco pix posts from you, the Canadian Rly colour selections for all those locos` make them stand out from the usual drab loco paint jobs.[^] Glad to read you were well away from that propane gas plant explosion that happened in the Toronto area.[:)][tup]
Tom. Many thanks for your birthday wishes mate, and also for that fine display of NZ rail posters you posted, a real NZ flavour for my natal day.[bow][^] A fine set of signs from your Can Am train room in Pt2 of the series.[yeah] Very interesting info on the WABASH RR "Blue Bird" passenger train post.[^] Looks as if ill have to be very careful how I talk when Vito`s around.[;)][:)][tup]
Fergie. A nice link to that YouTube video of the new A1 Pacific “Tornado”, very nice set of pix of your MESS Rly, the brass looks terrific.[:)][tup]
CM3. That’s whats so great about Our Place, you never know what info and pix the crew will turn up with and you can get such a lot of great surprises around here all the time. Some fine info on the WABASH RR "Blue Bird" equipment, fits in so well with Toms post about it.[:)][tup]
Pete. Many thanks for your birthday wishes and those very nostalgic foggy Tyne pix of the Bowes Rly and the Caledonion 0-6-0 loco.[bow] Tom really hit my memory button with that Whitley Bay poster for sure.[sigh] Another nice set of GWR steam loco pix from you, th
Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!
No Leon, just a cold Tui, please!
First of all, before it is getting too late, a
Happy Birthday to Allan!!! Have agood one!!! [bday][bow][bday][bow][bday][bow][yeah]
Fergie – Thanks for the photos from the MESS![tup] A couple of very good looking Budds! Very nice! The first price goes to your two brass locos![yeah] My favorite is the 2-10-4! I know you mentioned it before but I don’t remember the class.[?] Glad you got a headlight for the Ps-4. Good luck with the vendor![:-,]
Tom – Well, I don’t know if I would call them locomotives (between X2000 and Amtrak’s F40). What you see is RTL #154 and #158 painted especially for pushing and pulling the X2000 in non-electrified territory. But they were not very reliable and were replaced by two F40’s after the New England part of the National Tour with the X2000. [:)]
Thanks for the link![tup] I have actually seen that video before.[:)]
Too much activity with the brunette? Impossible![swg] Probably the opposite, that’s why I lost so much of my memory. Just anecdotal stuff? Hmmm, I think you know much more than you would admit about those kind of things![:-^]
“Kempt”? Me kempt? Hmm, I don’t think so, but you ne
Good Morning Captain Tom and Crew
Just in for a 
in my O-Fish-ul MESS Mug.
Tom: I went to the LHS yesterday and I picked up a Dominion Atlantic Plaque, betcha don’t have one of those do ya? Also picked up a copy of
Trackside, Grand Trunk, New England Lines. Some very nice pics indeed.
Rob: I haven’t travelled the 9 in years… I would hate to think what it looks like now. When I left Toronto (1981) they were just starting to build residential North of Steeles and around Bathurst. The Double Main Line north of Steeles was one of my Meccas where I’d go with my 120mm Kodak Bellows Camera with a few rolls of B&W.
Eric and Allan Thanks for the kind kudos. Yes the 700 Series Texas Types were a gorgeous engine and I look fwd to Painting it as in just picked up the decals yesterday!
And Allan~
Happy “X” Anniversary Of your 39th !!!
Anyway time to hit the showers Gents!
Fergie
<CB&Q Zepher at MoT, Kirkwood, MO - personal foto>
G’day Gents!
Thursday ‘n time for a fresh mugga Joe - pastries from The Mentor Village Bakery ‘n don’t forget to order a or breakfast from our Menu Board! [bow]
A “back channel” Email sent on Wednedsday to the plus one!
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[bday] The 14th of August is Allan’s Birthday! [bow] [yeah] [wow][bday]
August 14th (Allan - 73) [bday]
CATFISH (July 24 - Aug 23) Catfish are traditionalists in matters of the heart, although one’s whiskers may cause problems for loved ones. You Catfish are never easy people to understand. You run fast. You work and play hard. Even though you prefer the muddy bottoms to the clear surface of life, you are liked by most. Above all else, Catfish should stay away from Moon Pies.
Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. We’re still standing although we had a fair amount of damage at work from a thunderstorm that appeared out of nowehere and didn’t move for awhile (three+ inches of rain in an hour with about 1.5 inches of hail) led to some serious flooding. It was the aame at the house but we live on high ground for which we are thankful. K9 Korps was and is a nervous wreck after all of this.
Pete - Radio was a “big deal” on many trains back in the day. The next time you are in the big city and at the “libury” see if you can find a couple of Official Guides from the 1930s and browse through them. You’ll see what I mean. Also, the book Steam, Steel and Limiteds has some good shots (interior and exterior) of observation cars and lounge cars that were radio equipped. Tyne fog looked like my yard when I headed out this morning.
Rob - Thnaks for the kind words on the Wabash material. A few years back, Green Frog did a great videotape on the Wabash - all sorts of passenger runbys. You’ll find that they used all sorts of power on their trains.
Fergie - Trackside GT in New England - did not know there was such an item. I’m going to have to hunt that one for the collection. Thanks for that post.
Eric - I do set of metal detectors account all of the junk in my knee. Excellent shot of the YV electric - a most interesting operation. The shop belngs to Metro North.
Allen - Hope you are recovering o.k. from celebration.
OSP - E-mail rec’d. I enjoyed the New Zeland itmes, especially the NZ Touris poster and the one for Waitomo Caves.
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