The link ‘railroad false headlines’ has me wondering…
Great Story. I wonder if the tender is still with it.
There was another story I read where railroad workers hid a locomotive under a pile of boxes etc to save it from the scrap heap.
Did you see the disclaimer at the bottom of the page?
And here I thought the answer was going to be “grandma”.
That would explain why the problem with the woman’s story. She said that they were never allowed to go in the barn but there are windows on the side with no shades.
I really got taken in this April Fool’s Day, First by Cody leaving MR to become a baseball player and now this one by Jarrell.
Well, we all need a good laugh even if you are laughing at yourself
Happy Railroading
Bob
The URL link gave it away to me.
I wonder how many engineers lost their jobs with the switch to diesels. I know my great grandfather and grandfather didn’t.
If that story was true that wouldn’t surprise me…I once knew a guy that had a WWII Sherman tank in his barn.The main gun was inoperable and all machine guns had been removed and after his death the tank was sold for scrap and was cut up on the farm.
Wow, that was pretty subtle. Usually there’s a ridiculous exaggeration in these things that gives them away pretty quickly. Good job.
So where is the engine in the pic actually located? If it’s a model, I’m even more impressed.
My wife’s dad was an engineer with the MEC before he passed in the 60s. The unions were strong in those days, and old engineers could bid on the best runs and jobs. If they wanted to continue in diesels, there was nothing to stop them. He had commented to her more than once, that one of the “unofficial” jobs of diesel firemen was to keep 70 year old and older engineers from falling to sleep on the job!
On the barn subject, I knew a guy who collected and restored antique cars. He told me about another barn find. An MEC engineer that he knew had a run that passed by an old abandoned barn; the doors were partially open, the view was partially blocked by a tree - but he could see something in there. One day he had some extra time, and stopped the train to take a look. He fould an old biplane in the barn, which he eventually was able to buy and restore.
The article didn’t mention what they found behind the cow stall!
The farmer was using 027 track for pasture fences. Three rail keeps the cows in better.
His favorite Ewe
And that old transformer probably keeps them warm during cold, wet weather as well!!
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My father went into a field and found this in the 1960’s
This is…1909 Model T serial #2. That’s right, the second one ever made. Everything was there. He restored it, rebuilt the original engine, worked on the original wood body, re-cored the radiator. Everything but the paint, leather, tires, and glass was original.
It’s amazing what you’ll find just “sitting out there”
I was actually very sad to see her go. But she has a good new home now.
Maybe someday I’ll be lucky enough to find an H-8 sitting in a barn of a long lost relative. lol
If Grandpa was an N scale person who liked Lionel O gauge…
