Good Morning All
Guess I will Have a Crown and water back. We have good news on the home front in California today the Budget passed and only fsix days into the new fiscal yera must be some kind of Record. The best news is the transportation package passed untouched so that is good news for Amtrak Calofornia, ACE, and the other commuter rail agencies. Rail was a very big part of the transportation package both additional Surfliners and California Cars are included plus the first overnight sleeping cars to be owned by any state not sure whether they are going to be California Cars or Surfliber cars. Proposed overnight route is along coast line and second route is along old San Joaquin route. Should be in service within two years. Good news for the state. Good news for travelers and good news for the railfan community .
When I hear more news on the additional cars will let you know.
For: West Coast S Dave
Nice info exchange going on - that’s one of the pluses of this thread, don’t ya think [?]
Lunch [?] ALWAYS go with those great subs/grinders/heros/jhoagies - freshest meats in the county and freshly baked bread from The Mentor Village Bakery - wash it down with a couple of brews and you’ll not want to return to work! [}:)]
Tom
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For: passengerfan Al
That IS good news - as said here previously, California leads the nation in commitment to passenger rail.
Can always count on you for the rail scoop! [tup] [swg]
Tom
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AN INVITATION TO VIEW TED’S FANTASY CAN-AM RAIL JOURNEY
Click on this url:
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/thomasweber
Then go to pages 5 and 6 - look for Ted’s Fantasy Can-Am Journey and follow them sequentially …{click to enlarge the first pix, then use the >> to advance through the rest of 'em)
Enjoy! [tup] [;)]
Tom
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[;)]
Good to be back in Texas. My how we filled up our pages in just one short week-six pages. Glad to be out of Libya. We like water and grass and there is not too much of it there. Yes, they have the Mediterranian Sea, which I could see from my hotel.
A little humor. Getting out of Tripoli is an ordeal. There are twelve, yes 12, checks of your documents from the time you get out of the car until you enter the plane. Even xrayed the luggage 3 times. The plane makes one round trip from London to Tripoli per day with one hour on the ground to turn around. On the way down two of the three restrooms broke. They delayed the departure 2 1/2 hours in an attempt to fix the rest room. No luck. Rather than cancell the flight and leave us in no mans land in the airport BA flew back to London with only one operatable restroom. They asked each of us to use the airport facilities before boarding. My seat was in row 3 near the one operable restroom. Initially I was charging 50 pence to use our restroom with the price increasing to £5 as the flight went on. Managed to collect £38.50 this way. Some one in the back cut into my business by selling plastic bottles. I did get a triple gin on the return flight.
All for now. Have to catch my commuter train.
Cheers,
Hi, I am a brand new member, have been looking for a website for railfans. Have been very depressed since hearing congress may eliminate Amtrak. Has there been any good news? I have been a huge railfan, mostly passenger trains since the 1950’s!!!
Hello purplejude and [#welcome] to “Our” Place. This is an adult cyber bar 'n grill where the discussion focuses on Classic Trains. As you will find out, Kalmbach has provided all of us with many forums to discuss our favorite aspects of railroading - whether they be real or modeling. So do yourself a service, and check them all out.
By the way, I noticed that your profile doesn’t really tell us much about you … .check mine if you’d like. It helps to “know” who we’re talking to. Just click on my cyber name - siberianmo.
We have a few guys conversant with Amtrak and I’m sure that if you come back, you’ll find the information beginning to flow.
Around here, my suggestion for you and anyone else new to this thread (that’s what we call topics - threads) is to go to page 1 and go through all of the pages, if for no other reason than to determine whether this discussion is what you would like to participate in.
If so, we’d love to have you around here!
See ya! [tup] [swg]
Tom (Siberianmo) Proprietor of “Our” Place
Welcome to “Our Place” Purplejude, let me the first to offer to some cool refreshments. What will it be? Have you met Tom yet? .
If its classic trains and railroading you’ve come to right place, I don’t follow Amtrak, I guarantee someone here does however.
Welcome aboard
Dave
For: *** [#welcome] Home! Now that you are back in the good old U.S.A. it’s time to get back to the subject matter … Classic Trains!. Globe trotting exploits are fine, and we’ve appreciated your reports, but you are a wealth of info regarding our topic. So, take a deep breath, and let’s get with it. [swg]
Friday, the 15th, is YOUR Birthday Bash. PLEASE - please let us know what time you plan to be on line (CDST) so that we can coordinate as much of the fun as possible. It is your day after all. [tup] [;)]
By the way, I didn’t catch your order. Whatillyahave [?]
Tom
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Good Evening everyone, I can’t stay long but I want to thank Tom, Russ, Dave for yout input on the respective inquiries in my last Post. Its good to have you back ***. My flights on B.A. weren’t much better than yours. Looking forward to your Birthday the 15th. Great news passengerfan Al at least one out of fifty States is doing something right!
Hey Gents, if you haven’t taken my “cyber dream” rail trek on the Can-Am; I highly recommend it. My body temp. must have dropped 20 deg. F. in that pristine Fall/Winter setting. The scenery, Moose, Deer, Beaver, Mallards and Geese abound in the lush forrests.[^] Don’t miss it. Oh, you might want to skip Don’s hot dog stand however. No offencepurplejude but AmTrak ain’t never been as good as Can-Am.[swg]
Okay, a 'round for all please Tom and I really gotta get back to the urban renewal project on my HO Pike. Happy rails to all, Ted
For: Ted Was beginning to wonder if ANYONE had read the post regarding your fantasy trip with the Can-Am RR. Glad you enjoyed it. [swg] [tup]
For those who haven’t a clue with regard to what Ted is referring to, check out the post near the top of this page (42) …
Whatillyhave [?] Can’t just pop in here without ordering something! [:)]
Tom
TED READS THE SUMMARIES, Do You [?]
Good evening to all the regulars here in Our Place.
Tom, a cold Alex’s please, no glass.
I’m sorry I missed Dan’s birthday the 24thjune. Hope you had a good one.
Earlydiesel, where is the Midland RR ? Do you have a Day out with Thomas over there?
Russell, nice pics of RS3- Emd mix. We do have some strange looking locos around here too.
Now I’ll sit on my stool and tell you about my first sortie since I got out of the hospital. I went with my son Thomas at the Delson train museum today. I think I shot at least 100 digital pics. There is something for everyone of the regulars and as soon as I get my USB camera cable from the office I will send pictures of my visit.
There was many streetcars, trolleys and the likes for Rob, and we had a couple of rides in a beautyfully restored wooden car while Thomas sat beside the conductor!
For Tom,I took pictures of a CP Budd dome-observation Park car under restoration, and 2 Budd ex-CP RDCs.
For Nick, we have here a Mallard type lettered for the Flying Scottsman, a 4-6-2, and ON’s RS-3,
I climbed abord a perfectly restored CP’s 2-10-4 SELKIRK, a CN’s big Northern, and many many more steam engines and passenger cars, heavyweights and even some all-wood century old cars! And diesels:
2 Alcos FA-1, a CP’s Trainmaster built in Kingston by CLC, a CN F-7A, a VIA FP-9A, old U-boats, a gigantic and fully operational MLW’s C- 640 (Alco), etc,
On our way back we saw a CP freight with a Union Pacific SD between 2 CP locos (too far to identify…) wich is very unusual around Montreal.
As soon as I get my USB cable back from the office I will try to post or email the pictures.
BTW Tom the N de M electric loco you saw on a siding near highway 20 is still there at the GE-Hydro shops for repairs, it’s been there for a long time with some Alco switchers and a RS-18, and a couple of U-18B!!! (ex- MaineCentral?)
Hope you guy’s had a good 4th of july, I was unable to get on-line with AOL yesterday…
Got
Hi All,
Cold bottomless one for me,
Not too much for todays work day, mostly making tools and hacking away at the builders plate pattern. How ever Travis <a NMSL&RHS member> is bringing me a disk of recent pics of the work, I’ll get them up tomrrow.
Wendsday, 06,05
Work,continues on the Tender trucks, Needle scaling on brake rigging, mounting plates for the brake cyls. were reinstalled on truck 13, the cyl hone for the tender cyls has been compleated, cyls will be honed and new rubber cups will be fitted. Work on the pattern for the Builders Plate is nearing compleation. Drawings and folios continue to be transfered to CD-Rom.
More to come,
Gunns
Hooorah! Sounds to me like Chris has made a dramatic “turn around”[:D] You see Chris; all of those “Toasts” to your health by “Our” Place Clientele was not in vain. Great to hear you are catching-up on “quality time” with Thomas and Family.[tup] It is early Tom but this is a special occasion; a 'round for all of “the willing,” please. Chris, some new faces: Gunns, TrainNut are steady contributors and PurpleJude dropped in to “test the waters.”
Tom, it looks as though this Thread has reached the point of “critical mass.” There logically will be some individual Posts that seem to be, well, exclusive for one or another esoteric subject. However, I have great faith that this “membership” will not allow "Our " Place to collapse under its’ own weight.[:O]
I’m going out today to check on the “tech” end for uploading pix before it gets hotter than Boris’ “Gloria” (Latex Bunny).[alien] We have an univited guest on the way, Dennis, a.k.a. “Wind Bag.” I’m all set from last years’ onslaught for a quick “board-up.” Now, would be a good time for that AmTrak excursion…to Canada, not New Orleans![:D] An old friend needs a ride home from the Chevy agency right now. So, if you could pour me a “bracer” of Anisette, I would appreciate it Tom. U.S. 19 (Fl.) isn’t called “Kamikaze Road” for nothing. Be back a.s.a.p. with something actually “on topic.” Hey, keep those SUMMARIES happening Tom. We wouldn’t know whether to take a “dump” or “draw small stores” without them![tup] Happy rails You’s guys.
Glad to be in “safe” old Dallas. Welcome to our group PURPLEJUDE. I am sure that you will find it enjoyable as I have. We are a fun group who keeps from slurring other people and things. Tom, our housekeep, will more than ply you with good liquid and solid refreshments. While we are at it, Tom, could I have a strong cup of coffee and a Danish? It is a little too early to hit the hard stuff. Thanks, Tom.
Ah my birthday. How about 9AM central time for the bash on Friday July 15. I will be on then and will be letting off a little steam.
I think I am going to request hazardous pay. As you know I am going to London on July 16 for a week of work. After what happened on the Underground and busses this morning hazardous pay is definately warranted. I will be using, if they are back in service, the lines and stations that were bombed. London has a great transit system and I enjoy using it extensively. Have toured several of their facilities and even rode from Westminister to Stratford three months before the line opened. We rode on a work train. This line goes through the Docklands area and is laid out with minimal curves as opposed with the rest of the Underground. Remember that the Underground is over 125 years old. The new line has some of the highest speeds anywhere on the Underground. The terminus, Stratford, also is a station on British Rail, Docklands Light Railway, and the Central line. Tourists constantly go to the Stratford station and ask where Shakespere’s house is located. The answer is about 200 miles north as it is at Stratford on Avon, not Stratford.
Cheers,
THURSDAY SUMMARY of RECENT POSTS (edited)
G’day All! Tonight is Fish ‘n Chips Nite and since we seem to be absent our Chief Chief, Nick we’ll not have Nick’s Picks. Nevertheless, the catch is fresh – comes in from the City on the early morning train - and the kitchen crew is waiting for ya! [swg]
On a somber note: Our support for all in Great Britain who have suffered from the attacks in London. [tup][tup][tup]
Onto the SUMMARY awaits …… with limited comments from me along with few smilies/graphics and photos…………
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QUOTE: siberianmo Posted: 06 July 2005, 10:02:25
Hey Russell
Camera is Sony DSC-S75 3.3 Megapixel and my image size is 1280 x 960. This isn’t the first time I’ve exceeded 350 photo’s on those sticks.
Also, my digital printer does not use ink cartridges … everything needed is included in wit
Tom–The name “Housekeep” is a local term referring to an innkeeper or proprieter of an eating and drinking estlabishment. No offense meant.
My heart goes out to the good citizens of greater London who lost or had injured friends or loved ones in the tragic events this morning. I only ask that we do not ru***o judgment and blame some ethnic or religous group for this horrible act. Let MI-6 do their work then let Queen’s Bench do their work. Justice will be served in due course.
It truely is a say day.
For: *** No offense taken - it’s just that in some places I’ve frequented, referring to the bartender or proprietor as the Housekeep might have gotten one thrown out in physical terms. [swg]
Whether it be vanadalism in the neighborhoods or the more violent acts witnessed in New York City, WashDC and now London, the cowards who skulk in the shadows of free societies will get theirs. My hope is that the resolve of the free world will become even greater, thereby denying further foot holds for these vermin.
Tom
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Afternoon Tom and the gang… A sad day indeed…Thoughts and prayers to those in London. We stand united as one in your time of trial. They who seek to destroy our way of life will not prevail.
Did some research into Palace Cars on the Santa Fe overnight . Palace car service was only available on the DE Lux California Limited in 1896 through 1902. Only three Palace cars were assigned from the STATE and GERONIMO series .
All were constructed as 10 section-double drawing rooms known as the STATE series constructed and shared equally among the Monon and Chicago Great Western and so named for the states in which they operated. The GERONIMO was also one in a series on ten, shared equally among the Santa Fe, Rock Island & Southern Pacific and named after regional specifics. With the exception of those assigned to the WABASH CANNONBALL, all wore traditional Pullman green with special order high sheen varnish finish with gold fillegree, stripping and lettering.
Dave
Hi Dave Somber day indeed. Super saturated media coverage aside, if the best thing to come out of this is solidarity - that can only help to defeat these vermin.
Appreciate your stopping by - been a real slow day 'round here.
Got some model railroading done today … my S-Trax order finally was made complete. Was able to wire up those 8 turnouts - beneath the board of course, and connect the passing siding along with the parallel sidings. Still missing my insualted rail joiners and if it wasn’t so darned aggravating, it would be funny. Unbelievable how this S-gauge transaction has been screwed up. Oh well, as I told the guy who handled the sale, “Whether it’s a $300k house, a $40k automobile or $2k worth of model trains, shame on me for expecting excellence.”
Nevertheless, the progress is moving forward and once I get those insulators, I’ll be able to run the trains between ovals using my dual power AC transformer. Then comes the landscaping … By the way, Dave when it comes to trackside kinds of things, who do you recommend as a manufacturer? S-gauge/scale seems awfully hard to find when it comes to structures. I’m not planning anything involved - just something trackside … relay houses, work sheds, etc.
See ya! [tup] [swg]
Tom
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