a picture a day....

A fire extinguisher for a wheel chock?  Not a great image for Preston.

                               NYS&W speeder at Sparta Junction, NJ- Nov.86' 

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Lionelski posted:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " What if?"

Here is your "what if" Trumptrain, a pic of a real Tucker that I took at a local Long Island car show a month or so ago.

WOW!!!!  Beautiful!!!!! Thanks Lionelski!!!  Yes .... what IF Preston Tucker could have kept on with his dream?  I think he would have revolutionized the entire auto industry...  advancing that industry forward like a catapult.   I have 10 Tuckers on the lot ( and 2 driving around the city ) in Patsburg where Preston Tucker's dream lives on. 

For today:  "Meet brakeman Harry Carey." 

Loved your picture.  After many years at Naval Air Station Patuxent River I would have loved a "Baltimore to Annapolis" RR of any sort, but a commuter line to DC would have been great.  It turns out that I found that the USN had a rail road from DC to the Pax River site for a number of years while they were building the base, I believe it was used primarily for moving freight and construction supplies don't think they had passengers but don't really know.   The USN Aviation Museum in Leonardtown had a few pictures.  Believe it stopped in the early 60's.

Don

Mr. Romano :  Thank you for the picture.  My wife had an Aunt who lived in Lake Mohawk and commuted for years via rail from Sparta to Newark.  We took our kids when they were small on the same trip for one of their first train rides.  My wife went to nursing school in the 1960's in Montclair which had a station on the same line I believe.

Thanks for sharing

Don

"Saturday Detective deduces solution to ancient mystery"

I was looking at this pic on the train-room wall:

and began to wonder when Dad took this pic of the Westbound CZ stopped at Glenwood Springs. So I consulted the trip-logs he so thoughtfully scribbled down many years ago of our various train trips and I found this:

It turns out the only time we were on the ground at Glenwood Springs was in 1960 when we rode the Eastbound CZ and had a layover waiting for the Eastbound Royal Gorge. Hmmm. I consulted my 1960 D&RGW Timetable:

and found that:

the Eastbound CZ arrives in GS at 2:05 PM after the Westbound arrived at 1:55 PM. ????? Well, the solution is quite simple. The Westbound was late that day which gave Dad time to scurry up the staircase onto the highway bridge and snap the pic. Mystery solved!  

That’s a pretty interesting story, Lew.  Thanks for sharing, and allowing a peek at the background documentation.  

trumptrain posted:

Lionelski posted:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " What if?"

Here is your "what if" Trumptrain, a pic of a real Tucker that I took at a local Long Island car show a month or so ago.

WOW!!!!  Beautiful!!!!! Thanks Lionelski!!!  Yes .... what IF Preston Tucker could have kept on with his dream?  I think he would have revolutionized the entire auto industry...  advancing that industry forward like a catapult.   I have 10 Tuckers on the lot ( and 2 driving around the city ) in Patsburg where Preston Tucker's dream lives on. 

It was the first one I've ever seen outside of a museum.  Perfect (except for the wheel chock extinguisher, better to be safe than sorry, I guess). The luggage in the front trunk was said to be original Tucker issue.

NYS&W EMD NW2 #116 in O&W paint has position three Alco S2 switchers for scrapping on site at the Little Ferry, NJ yard. Among them are Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville engines, #20 and #21. Crews from Naparano Iron & Metal of Newark, NJ will dismantle them shortly- Aug. 87.'  

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"East End work done"

Pick-ups done and the crew just did the last set-out of an NYC Gon at the Scrapyard so that wraps it up. Now off to work the West End.

For today:  " Tank cars near and far." 

For today: " The tower operators view  .... Patsburg Westend neighborhood. " 

Freshly painted Springfield Terminal SD26 #635 (Guilford Industries) at the Sealand container terminal in LittleFerry, NJ- June 87'. #635 was one of thirty five ex-Santa Fe SD26s purchased in 1985. The last SD26 acquired by Guilford was scrapped in 2012. 

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Hey Lew'.. Nice detective work'... What is the GR?.. It escapes me'...🤔

Ted, GR = Green River, Wy. On that trip we spent two days there just watching UP trains. Big Blows, Little Blows, the fleet of Varnish, lots of freight trains.

NYS&W West bound stack train derailment at Stockholm, NJ two days before Thanksgiving 1986. Had a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixings in the dining car sent up to the wreck site from Butler yard.

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"Caroling Through Carland"

My photo, taken on November 16, 2019.

geysergazer posted:

Ted, GR = Green River, Wy. On that trip we spent two days there just watching UP trains. Big Blows, Little Blows, the fleet of Varnish, lots of freight trains.

      

Thanks Lew, I searched every RR...name.  Never thought about GR, WO. I've studied Wyoming , but didn't make the connection of Green River.. It was great your Dad kept notes and took lots of photos'.. of your wonderful family trips.  And the best is, you have these great mementos and the memories'... to go with it...😃 👍

For today: " Men at work."

Patrick, that truck reminded me of Granddad's International:

Right, my Uncle Harry, center, my Uncle Moine. Granddad had a sawmill.

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

geysergazer posted:

Ted, GR = Green River, Wy. On that trip we spent two days there just watching UP trains. Big Blows, Little Blows, the fleet of Varnish, lots of freight trains.

      

Thanks Lew, I searched every RR...name.  Never thought about GR, WO. I've studied Wyoming , but didn't make the connection of Green River.. It was great your Dad kept notes and took lots of photos'.. of your wonderful family trips.  And the best is, you have these great mementos and the memories'... to go with it...😃 👍

Yes, the memories. I have most of the ticket stubs from those trips. I remember Conductors being intrigued looking at the long ticket-books for several railroads and a route around the country and back again.

                                 U P in Maumee,  by Marci...

geysergazer posted:

Patrick, that truck reminded me of Granddad's International:

       

Right, my Uncle Harry, center, my Uncle Moine. Granddad had a sawmill.

Great photo of your family members Lew!  Hard working folks for sure!  Have a great Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving Day:  This Peacock says " I'm very thankful I'm not a turkey!"

Top photo- NYS&W stack train #SU100 led by Boston & Maine (Guilford Industries) U30C, former Detroit Edison, just crossed over the abandoned O&W at Campbell Hall, NY on ex-Erie Southern Tier mainline. A little after dawn- very cold Feb. 87'. 

Bottom photo- Same train is now on ex-Lehigh & New England trackage approaching Maybrook Yard.  Just ahead is the old O&W diamond crossing long since removed. 

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It occurs to me that many or most of the pics I take work for any of three favorite threads, Pic-a-day, FEF or SWSAT: