a picture a day....

For today: " Racoon Heaven!" 

For today: "  Brakeman Willy Karns works the yard."

Great pictures guys...seems like one of my "new" things to do during the shelter at home is to look at all the great pictures, makes me realize that under more normal circumstances I should have slowed down and looked   Bill T...what a great picture, your blending that (what I think is ?) an American Flyer station with what seems to be (based on the track) an O'gauge layout is really masterful.  It looks terriffic, I really loved the giant clock!  Great job.

Trumptrain: Great picture but it shows one of my beloved Model A Ford trucks on the way to the scrapper! 

Sidehack :  Super realism...candidly I am still not sure whether this is a model train picture or the real thing.

Here is my contribution today and the back story:

Its late in the War, likely 43-44, and the Leonardtown and Savannah, due to War Production Board rules, can't get enough diesels to handle all its work so it has positioned what it can get on the main line runs to Macon and Atlanta...The routine chores of commuter trains from Small Town to Downtown Savannah and the Port are still being handled (most days) by steam.  So here is a picture of one of the "old faithfuls" and ex - NKP steamer (now working the L&S on long term lease for the duration)  pulling the string of Harrimans out of the Savannah depot and starting its weekend duties...although being Sunday, the schedule is a lot less demanding than will be the case tomorrow morning!  However it will position the engine and train overnight in Small Town for the Monday morning rush.  Old Joe, the 50 year man who is hostler on this engine, lives in Small Town with his family, so he loves this run - he gets Sunday night at home and he knows Martha has dinner ready!

Happy Sunday folks

Don McErlean

For today: " Two cars left the track." 

              Patrick,  recovery team is on the way...

Brian, I'm glad to see that CSX is coming to the aid of Pat's CSW predecessor Western Maryland!!

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Two cars left the track." 

Patrick, at least your wreck wasn't this bad:

"Timesaver", eh? That boxcar isn't saving anyone any time though, is it?

We visited this wreck-site on the B&O Buffalo line c. '62-'65.

Lew - that is one sad looking wreck.  I only saw the aftermath of a train wreck once in my life.  I was touring with my group and we had just played a concert at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena MT the night before.  Next morning, upon leaving for our next destination,  we drove by a major Montana Rail Link train wreck.  Scads of freight  cars were strewn all over the place and laying on their sides.    Yes luckily my derailment was just a derailment not a train wreck.   Thanks for sharing your pics! 

Here is a helicopter view of the wreck which occurred yesterday around 5 p.m. on westbound freight number 119. 

                                     Some pics of the NYS&W Franklin, NJ wreck in March 1987.

                                                                            MY PHOTOS

The waterfront is a busy place today.

I took these yesterday...

For today:  " Waiting for the signal to change ,Western Maryland BL2 hogger hangs out of the cab for a breath of fresh air."