Week of 3/10/13 Lounge

[bnsf971]

Good morning. If you live in most of the US, don't forget you should turn your clocks ahead one hour today.
In amongst the chaos of this week,I did manage to get a sound decoder installed and programmed in an Atlas Trainmaster. Other than that, lots of spring cleaning.
Have a good week.

[Deleted]

That was not earthquake you all felt at about 6:45 CDT.......It was just me slipping on the ice and falling on my front steps courtesy of the rain and now freezing fog.

Happy times!!!!!!

Well maybe not....ouch


P.S. My butt really hurts .....as I caught the edge of the concrete step with my very large and bulbous rear end. Had to check the concrete to make sure I didn't crack it. If I get any wider, the DMV is going require I hang "Over Sized Load" on my rear and carry flags.....

[bnsf971]

Jim, keep an eye (so to speak) on your posterior. My father fell on a parking lot wheel stop, broke his hip, and didn't realize it until the next day, when he couldn't walk very well.

[calzephyr]

This is one of my pictures from late 1994 when the 3985 ran trips out of Ontario CA to Barstow. I caught the Challenger starting the train Eastbound early in the morning at Ontario and the smoke coming out from the bridge always makes a nice scene.
Larry

[calzephyr]

This is later in the day just as the Challenger and E9 set was ready to hit the Colton Crossing, which now is being bridged to eliminate crossing traffic. The train is now Northbound on the AT&SF tracks.
Larry

[calzephyr]

This is the 4449 New Orleans Daylight train returning North on the Coast line running as #99. A great day for sure.
Larry

[calzephyr]

After Railfair in 1991, the SP allowed an excursion to run from Sacramento to the Bay Area using both the locomotives for the Westbound leg. The 4449 returned the train later the next day.
Larry

[calzephyr]

How often do you get a chance to take a picture from this vantage of a GS4???
Larry

[calzephyr]

An articulated locomotive is interesting to watch as they back into a curve.
Larry

[calzephyr]

Durning a cab ride in 1983, the 765 is picking up speed after a photo run by.

Larry

[calzephyr]

This was a day to remember on Cajon Pass when the two locomotives went Eastbound side by side adventure after celebrating the 50 anniversary of LAUPT in 1989.
The sound was second to none that day on Cajon.
Larry

[jamesbrodie67281]

kind sirs lovely photos but a queery if I may. The auxiliary water tenders are they a diesel era introduction or were there any in steam days. Like when were they introduced?
Jim Brodie. Fri 20-18hrs 4 degrees and still got snow!......................happy trails.

[calzephyr]

Mar 15, 2013 12:19:00 GMT -8 jamesbrodie67281 said:

kind sirs lovely photos but a queery if I may. The auxiliary water tenders are they a diesel era introduction or were there any in steam days. Like when were they introduced?
Jim Brodie. Fri 20-18hrs 4 degrees and still got snow!......................happy trails.

James

The Union Pacific did not use aux tenders in the regular service steam era, at least for their large locomotives. The late Challengers carried 25,000 gal of water and the passenger 4-8-4's 23000 of water. The tenders in the picture were used on the 8500 Turbines for bunker C fuel and were made from previous steam FEF-1 tenders. They have been rebuild again in 2006 to remove the outside insulation needed for the headed bunker C fuel and now look much like the original FEF-1 tender without the fuel section.

When the excursions started they would call the fire department in many locations to fill the tender, but this was probably costly and so the Union Pacific had some extra tenders that had been retained and these were converted for excursion use.

Several railroads did use aux tenders as a regular practice, including the Illinois Central. I watched that railroad when I was growing up and they used the aux tenders on many of their locomotoves. It was easy to retain a small tender instead of replacing turn tables needed for longer one. the IC would pull the extra water car which had full hose connections to the main tender giving the locomotive an added 10000 to 15000 gal of water, depending on the size of the aux tender.
The picture below was taken in 1954 when the local summer was extremely dry and no water was available at the Effingham coal and water service area. The IC added two or three extra aux tenders to most of their mainline trains to extend the distance between water stops.
Larry




Larry

[jamesbrodie67281]

Thanks Larry , hope it's alright to save your photos -download-to my pictures?
Jim

[calzephyr]

Mar 16, 2013 1:17:05 GMT -8 jamesbrodie67281 said:

Thanks Larry , hope it's alright to save your photos -download-to my pictures?
Jim

Jim

No problem. I like sharing pictures with anyone who wants them.
Most all of those are pictures in history that cannot be duplicated today.

Larry

[rhpd42002]

I'm waaaaaaaaaayyyyy late to the "party", but I sure do enjoy looking at this batch of pics!!

Hopefully things will be slowing down a bit at work & life, so I can get back to my trains and the Forum.

Thanks for shring so many from your collection, Larry.

[calzephyr]

Mar 17, 2013 7:06:21 GMT -8 rhpd42002 said:

I'm waaaaaaaaaayyyyy late to the "party", but I sure do enjoy looking at this batch of pics!!

Hopefully things will be slowing down a bit at work & life, so I can get back to my trains and the Forum.

Thanks for shring so many from your collection, Larry.

Thanks Mike

Anytime I can share, I am happy to do just that. After posting a picture recently, I realized it might be interesting to link some more of the same type of pictures for all to view.
I believe you can continue to look at the folders after you open a picture if you want. I have about fifty folders on Photobucket for all to view.

Larry

[SantaFeJim]

Larry -

Thanks for posting those awesome pictures. I sent the link to Jack Wheelihan, a friend of mine who is the Fireman for the 4449. I asked him if he was involved in any of those events.

His response:

Sure did Jim! Mostly with the 4449 of course. I was even Engineer on the 4449 when that photo of the double header with the SP Pacific was taken.


Thanks for the link.

Jack


Jack is a good guy and it takes a lot to make him smile, but I think that you may have Just made his day.

[calzephyr]

Mar 17, 2013 17:00:53 GMT -8 SantaFeJim said:

Larry -

Thanks for posting those awesome pictures. I sent the link to Jack Wheelihan, a friend of mine who is the Fireman for the 4449. I asked him if he was involved in any of those events.

His response:

Sure did Jim! Mostly with the 4449 of course. I was even Engineer on the 4449 when that photo of the double header with the SP Pacific was taken.


Thanks for the link.

Jack


Jack is a good guy and it takes a lot to make him smile, but I think that you may have Just made his day.

Jim

Thanks for that response. I have met Jack at some of the Railfair events but don't really know him.

The double header was a real treat to see on a Daylight train! I was using film in that era and got them on the swing bridge leaving Sacramento also. I took film pictures for almost thirty five years and most of those pictures are no scanned. The picture is in color but switching to B/W gives it an old time look.

I am glad he enjoyed the picture and appreciate your response so I know others are enjoying the pictures.

Larry

The picture below is the 4449 returning from the Bay area after the double header run west.