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Post by piks on Nov 27, 2012 15:45:12 GMT -8
With absolutely no format, no rights or wrongs, this thread is for YOU photogs to share with US (the Rescue Remnants  ) your photos. To start...from me...  ...Strasburg, PA..... Skip |
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Post by piks on Nov 27, 2012 16:52:12 GMT -8
To The Rescue Remnants, from Guy Noir, Railroad Detective. "She came into my office in beautiful downtown White River Jct......breathless.....as she had just seen the B&M #494 4-4-0 across the street...  But as soon as she arrived, she whirled around, leaving only the scent of Chanel No. 5. Before I could catch up with her, she was leaving on the Northbound Montrealer......  (push pull consist) ...she was gone forever. But the crew of the NECR 3851 had sweet dreams that night after watching her cross the tracks in front of them.....  The scent of Chanel No. 5 had mixed with diesel exhaust....never to be forgotten. That's all for now from beautiful downtown White River Jct." Guy Noir |
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Post by rhpd42002 on Nov 27, 2012 17:38:04 GMT -8
Well, Guy Noir, You DO seem to have quite an assortment of interesting and unusual pics, plus a way with words. I like 'em both. |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 12:44:54 GMT -8
Thanks Mike O.  Since I have this photo loaded (and sent to you in a PM ) I might as well include it here......  ...Rutland, VT.... ...with an invite for ALL other members to add thier photos to this thread. Golden Oldies or fresh....all are welcome. Pictures are worth a thousand words. And yours are most welcome......  Skip |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 14:27:19 GMT -8
Just to prove she was no figment of my imagination.....  ...any resemblence to Sigourney Weaver is in YOUR imagination. ;D And, no, I was not in a trance because of the conspicuity strips......  Signing off again from beautiful downtown White River Jct, Guy Noir |
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Post by rhpd42002 on Dec 2, 2012 15:20:12 GMT -8
Skip, That Rutland, Vt. photo is exactly how I like snow.... In pictures!! ;D
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Post by rhpd42002 on Dec 2, 2012 15:44:16 GMT -8
Here is James Brodie's trainee, Sandy, taken in the 70's.... The cab photo I was the one with the hat on and short hair!  Cab side photo I am looking out of the side window left to right Myself-driver. John Whitbread-fireman. Ken-riding and route learning- then naturally Sandy.  Yet another classy Lady, 'eh, James. |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 16:17:57 GMT -8
OMG...we're in trouble James!
Mike has photographic evidence of your past!
.....now...those are nice legs! And that's all i'm gonna say about that.
(WOS...wife over shoulder)
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Dec 2, 2012 16:26:11 GMT -8
ON the go again...  |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 16:44:50 GMT -8
Whoa Karl......breathtaking photo!
Peaceful and powerful in the same instant.
You rock K9.......you know I'm savin' that one!
Fellow dog guy,
Skip
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 17:21:04 GMT -8
From the 'ol Atlas Forum.....one true thing was the photos. Photos speak for themselves. Karl knows that. I know that. And many others know that. So, to draw in a great rail photog of the Atlas Forum, I present one of his finest.......  ....David Leonard, reposted by permission.... David is a fine human, dying of cancer. And not afraid. Can we say that? Have We lived our lives with integrity? Have we lived our lives for now, trying to be the best we can be...right now?  ...the best of David Leonard. The Horses..... ...and the color of those Strasburg coaches is a nice .....merlot. I believe the Universe is one. Above religion. And trains are a part of that. Skip |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 17:54:00 GMT -8
Sometimes a bond is formed with pictures.....  ...ooops, that's sdodge from the Atlas Forum...."working" in Vegas. Yeah, right! LOL I would have totally disregarded him if it were not for ........  \ (sdodge/gall photo, reposted by permission) ...the snow in Truckee. I love snow... And the "Bridge". Yes, the "Stand By Me Bridge", that he did NOT catch a fish under.......  .... so.....in this world of ithingies...and shop 'til you drop.....there is a calm. A knowledge that the Packers will meet the 49ers in the playoffs...and sanity will prevail. Go Pack......  Sluggo..... (this is where I would use the tounge thingy.....lol) |
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Post by piks on Dec 2, 2012 18:26:08 GMT -8
One more one more. Rob Pisani. Atlas employee, photog extraordinaire....   ...the Vermonter.....over the Raritan, by the Pisani..... ....and the Empire State Building, under the bridge....classic!  Hey Rob. You did good! |
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Dec 4, 2012 15:34:49 GMT -8
Thank you kind sir for posting 'Sandy's photo for me.
Modom knows I'm a one gal guy--we've been hitched 56 years--
I am truthful about the price I pay for my railway models and always say what I would like to do on the railway...exchanges...buying...selling. I take an interest in Modoms quilt making and go to the quilt shows with her. She had to put up with all the unsocial hours I used to have to work when on the footplate and even when an inspector. I had one turn of duty 3 days continuous when working the Royal Train now I try to make it up to her providing the cancer can be kept at bay. The engine Sandy was on was an 0-6-0 tender loco we had 41 out of a class of 45 at our depot. will have to sign off little boy pussy cat has decided to lay on my lap again purring like a motor bike...it's 23-34hrs so time for bed ...happy trails....jb.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Dec 5, 2012 14:34:50 GMT -8
The Sandy photo reminds me of all the cute babes that used to find their way into RAILROAD Magazine in the old days. Steam in -20 weather...  |
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Post by gregw66 on Dec 5, 2012 15:36:03 GMT -8
The Sandy photo reminds me of all the cute babes that used to find their way into RAILROAD Magazine in the old days. When I was 12 I got a stack of RAILROAD magazines for Christmas. I was amazed at the girls in those magazines. My older brother was outraged that my parents bought me such stuff. Dad thought I was just looking at the trains! |
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Dec 7, 2012 2:40:31 GMT -8
i had an experience once when on the end of the layout i had a stack of blueprints drawings photos and newspaper cuttings. my wife said i'll tidy up for you...to my horror when she opened a full broadsheet up there were nude ladies full frontal the lot!! what's this was modom's terse comment..i said i hadn't seen them before..was the truth..when she turned the page over here were full size locomotive photos in colour..i'd never noticed the ladies pictures but it was a sticky few minutes i can tell you..that was grey hairs number 60 to 500!
happy trails jb......all lower case 'cos pussy cat laid on my left arm as i type. time 10-38am...minus 2 degrees and 4" of snow.jb.
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Post by rhpd42002 on Dec 7, 2012 16:14:24 GMT -8
More great pics, guys. Jim, THAT, is one heck of a story!!  Funny and absolutely no doubt, completely true. Another good tale from the U.K. |
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Post by piks on Dec 11, 2012 16:12:22 GMT -8
James, out of the UK....I totaly know what you are dealing with.  ...cats rule, and dogs drool. Her name is Nubbins (bobtail) and she owns me. I would ask for help but I know you would not be able to give any advice. We are doomed. LOL, Skip |
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Post by piks on Dec 11, 2012 16:22:00 GMT -8
Ok, the photo on my desktop above is of Perkins Cove, ME., and the baseball is signed by Whitey Ford, the Yankee great. And I am a Dodger fan. Brooklyn Dodger fan of the Gil Hodges era. So why do I have a Yankee ball? It's a long story....... Anyway, peace on earth to man and animal. Skip |
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Post by piks on Dec 11, 2012 16:57:45 GMT -8
ooops, photo thread, forgot for a moment.  ...out of the fog of life...a David Leonard classic shot of a Darth Vader loco....  ...one of mine. From that magical day in Strasburg, PA.....  ...Dunsmuir CA, by sdodge, Gall, Dog B,...one guy, too many names.....grin Trains and fishing. Even Warren Buffett, with all his riches...never had it that good. Karl, Christmas is creeping up. You know what I mean....  ...while maybe not a Christmas photo, it instills in me the spirit of Christmas. A photo by Karl's dad of his dad. Now that's what family, and Christmas, is all about. Karl, your winter steamer scenes would be most welcome here. Guys, add more photo's to this thread. Make it your own. Cheers, (with a good eggnog) Skip |
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Post by piks on Dec 15, 2012 11:42:56 GMT -8
Last train out of Connecticut.....?   God Bless those souls... |
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Dec 16, 2012 6:34:53 GMT -8
Just a queery kind sirs, The tail end view of the obs coach/car/carriage or whatever-I couldn't see a steam heater connection ? was this old vehicle electrically heated or didn't tail enders have a steam heat connection? or has it been modified for modern day running?? My English stock the tail enders I sort of super detail by fitting side/tail lamp irons and drop head buckeyes or the correct pattern link coupling plus flexi brake and steam heat pipes. Intermediate vehicles have the minimum fittings required until their turn for detailling comes along---that will be when I celebrate my 649th birthday! maybe.---
Am writing from the Shetland Isles so am using No 2 daughters laptop hence being back on line whilst it is still this year. Liked the photo of the pussy cat sitting watching procedures on the poncuter, exactly the same as our Bramble except he can trap my typing arm with a "Half Nelson"!
Despite the storm our 26 seater aeroplane landed on three wheels with not too much of a bump/bounce but we have been house bound ever since. Might get out tomorrow and visit the one model shop on the island in which case I shall buy some plastic kits of military vehicles for loads on my bogie flat cars. I fear they may have to be 1/50th but will see. I didn't have room for the Drovers Car we had a weight limit of 20 kilos. One of my granddaughters said there is a chap in Scalloway who has an 0 scale layout I may even get the chance to see some running on his layout. I must perceveer and learn how to operate the photo bucket thingy. It seems I do have an account and once got a photo of my layout onto the G.O.G Forum section.nil desperandum... or in this case ...facta non verba...
Happy Christmas-Happy Trails-67281 Jim.
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Post by bnsf971 on Dec 16, 2012 18:02:34 GMT -8
Jim, the really old passenger cars were heated with a wood or coal stove. Steam was a later advancement, after many cars caught fire.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Dec 17, 2012 6:20:06 GMT -8
Here is the depot that photo of mine that Skip posted. IT still serves Amtrak. Located in Albion, MI on the old NYC Detroit to Chicago line.  Yes we can do steam  |
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Post by piks on Dec 17, 2012 8:58:18 GMT -8
Jim, the really old passenger cars were heated with a wood or coal stove. Steam was a later advancement, after many cars caught fire. Right on Terry....  ....there's your heat Jim..... |
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Post by Spikre on Dec 17, 2012 13:38:27 GMT -8
Skip, unless that Obs has Roller Bearings and possibly HEP,Amtrak wont touch it. Shame on Them !! is that a museum parked car,or does it run on a shortline? just wondering ?? Great Pics so far in this thread. Spikre  |
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Post by jamesbrodie67281 on Dec 18, 2012 9:33:07 GMT -8
Kind Sirs,
Passenger train consists, I presume if there were a mix of modern coaches (English term) then the newer E T H stock and or Steam heated stock would be marshalled next to the engine and non continuous heated stock would be at the back end....Yes ?
Modern to me being late 40s early 50s Steam locos steam heat and Diesels either steam heat or E T H. We used to have modern coaches with E T H and Steam Heater through pipes same as some coaches had vacuum through pipes and Air Brakes or visa versa also two pipe air or single pipe air in the same train !! just to add to the confusion in 1952 our train had two pipe vacuum as we were push and pull fitted. I was the stoker on the engine on my own and the driver two coaches away in his drivers compartment. We did see each other whenever we were engine leading.
Regards Jim Brodie potential platform edge white line painter or railway line polisher to keep them shiny so the trains couls run on them--well that's what my Mam used to say when I said I wanted to be an engine driver! 17-32hours Shetland Islands. happy trails.
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Post by Spikre on Dec 18, 2012 17:05:29 GMT -8
James, most long distance trains were Steam Heat until Amtrak aquired HEP cars in the 70s. the cars were never run together,the Heritage Steam cars were on certain trains,HEP cars on others until Amtrak had enuff HEP cars to retire the Heritage cars by about 1990. to be hauled by Amtrak a car must have HEP and Roller Bearings.there may be a few Self Powered/Lited cars that are Exceptions though. Head End Power taken from the Locomotives or a Power Genorating car. Spikre |
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Post by piks on Dec 20, 2012 16:43:57 GMT -8
Skip, unless that Obs has Roller Bearings and possibly HEP,Amtrak wont touch it. Shame on Them !! is that a museum parked car,or does it run on a shortline? just wondering ?? Great Pics so far in this thread. Spikre Yo Spikre.... Operating car on a short (14 mile) line. The Strasburg Railroad from Strasburg to Paradise, PA .......  ....go back in time Oh Great Spikre....put Strasburg on your bucket list...... ;D Sluggo |
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