@trumpettrain posted:
Well heck Patrick, your guy makes my guys look like a bunch of bums! LoL I can actually hear your guy saying, "Gol dang it, I'd rather be fishing"!
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@trumpettrain posted:
Well heck Patrick, your guy makes my guys look like a bunch of bums! LoL I can actually hear your guy saying, "Gol dang it, I'd rather be fishing"!
Pat, my mother-in-law can't understand my brother-in-law and his wife going up to their camp on the Allegheny River and working. Sure camp is work; but it is so much better there than home.
Old man playing his guitar to his faithful dog Rover and some wildlife.
FOR TODAY: This is a load of scrap!
BIG HOOK does the heavy lifting in loading a gondola of scrap. In this photo an old car is being lifted from truck to gondola.
Toofer Scrugs gives signals to the crane operator as car is lifted from truck. Truck driver Cliff Bowdon enjoys watching the action.
@trumpettrain posted:
Patrick, LoL, Toofer Scrugs! Great railroad worker name!
@trumpettrain posted:
Nice action here Patrick. Well done . A lot of entertainment to see these photos.
Another picture story for THE BOOK .
@Dallas Joseph posted:Nice action here Patrick. Well done . A lot of entertainment to see these photos.
Another picture story for THE BOOK .
Thanks so much Dallas!
FOR TODAY: 7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949. Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co., and working the industries along the 2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch. It's just another day on the railroad.
@trumpettrain posted:
Patrick, great scene...the economy appears to be booming on your layout!
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY: 7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949. Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co., and working the industries along the 2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch. It's just another day on the railroad.
Willy Bob, I'm assuming on the left, from the looks of him covered in soot like he's already been on a 12 hour shift! Jack must have just come on shift. The 0-4-0 switcher is a grungy mess, a typically abused yard switcher! Nice weathering Patrick, great scene!
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY: 7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949. Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co., and working the industries along the 2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch. It's just another day on the railroad.
Patrick that Engine is nicely weathered and a very convincing picture thanks for sharing
Patrick - super action / story telling pictures for sure. Thanks for posting. Lee - the B&W actually makes the picture seem more real as it is appropriate for the era. Color film was not really available, certainly to the average user, until Kodachrome in the 1950's.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Patrick - super action / story telling pictures for sure. Thanks for posting. Lee - the B&W actually makes the picture seem more real as it is appropriate for the era. Color film was not really available, certainly to the average user, until Kodachrome in the 1950's.
Don
Thanks for the complement Don glad you like it.
Lee, Don, Scott, and Paul - thanks so much for your comments and compliments on my last couple of photos ... much appreciated!!
@trumpettrain posted:
They keep getting better Patrick nice pic. and your welcome anytime
FOR TODAY: Loading the horse car with race horses. Owner Cy Billows is on hand to make sure his horses receive the finest treatment. That's ol Cy standing beside the ramp. Meanwhile another owner, J.P. Mortimer stands next to his blanketed horse while puffing on his pipe. Once loaded this car is headed for some race track in Kentucky. Just another day on the railroad.
Pat, that's a slick way to transfer the horses.
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