a picture a day....

jhz563 posted:

Well used rail in south central PA, strange white stuff everywhere!

You live in PA and you find that white stuff “strange”??? There’s a rodent from Punxetauney who would like to talk to you 😂😂😂

Apples55 posted:

jhz563 posted:

Well used rail in south central PA, strange white stuff everywhere!

You live in PA and you find that white stuff “strange”??? There’s a rodent from Punxetauney who would like to talk to you 😂😂😂

A lot of people would like to have a chat with that rodent along about now. January in March indeed. 5 degrees here in the Beautiful Berkshires this AM.

Lew

" Servicing cabeese " 

geysergazer posted:

Apples55 posted:

jhz563 posted:

Well used rail in south central PA, strange white stuff everywhere!

You live in PA and you find that white stuff “strange”??? There’s a rodent from Punxetauney who would like to talk to you 😂😂😂

A lot of people would like to have a chat with that rodent along about now. January in March indeed. 5 degrees here in the Beautiful Berkshires this AM.

Lew

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

Love the whole scene.  The switcher leaning on the curve, the semaphore and building and especially the black VW.  I had a used black VW with an accordion sunroof back in 1969.  Oh the memories!

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

Brian or anybody:

What RR is this, and where is it located? I really like that scene, too.

Andre

This ones for you Brian

Eggcellent, Lee! That H Model is wonderful. The guy I knew pulled a coal bucket with the twin-screw version.

Lew

laming posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

Brian or anybody:

What RR is this, and where is it located? I really like that scene, too.

Andre

Black Fork Junction ~ DT&I. See the Railfan & Railroad link, LAMING.

http://railfan.com/the-ironton-run/

Rusty

Tnx, Rusty!

geysergazer posted:

Eggcellent, Lee! That H Model is wonderful. The guy I knew pulled a coal bucket with the twin-screw version.

Lew

Lew 

thanks haven’t heard twin screw since my dad passed away thanks 

Thanks Brian for the C&O post 

I'm so old I remember pulling mobile homes with the snub-nose version of that tractor. That was a weird old truck. Air brakes, a gas V8 and an Allison automatic.

Lew 

geysergazer posted:

I just want an Electroburger on an Electroliner:

                

Lew

I'll have a slice of flaky crust house made apple pie and a cup of Electroliner Special Blend coffee, please.

Did you notice the absence of carbonated soft drinks?

Ya, the only way to get a Coke, ginger ale or 7-Up was in a Highball.

Lew

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

From the car that pic was taken in the late '60s-early-'70s. One does wonder what the guy is doing up there.

Lew

Lew

geysergazer posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

From the car that pic was taken in the late '60s-early-'70s. One does wonder what the guy is doing up there.

He's passing hand signals being given by another Trainman who is out of sight of the Engine Crew.  That way, movement can be made regardless of curvature or other obstacles to the Engineer or Fireman's ability to see the employee who is controlling the movement.  This has not been done (nor allowed) for years, as radio handsets have made it unnecessary.

Tnx, Tom! I see the Southern car (much newer than the Vermont car) follows the new regulation-no ladders to the roof.

Lew

View from the tower.

Improbable "railroad" bridge:

What is wrong with this pic (taken on the old Western Maryland between Meyersdale and Deal)? That long span couldn't possibly support a train. After abandonment DOT pulled down two bridge spans in order to remove one pier so the highway (see the guard rail?) could be widened. To complete the Great Allegheny Passage Railtrail a new curved span was dropped into place. All it needs to support is bicycles 

Lew

Early morning switch job.

This 19X25 painting hangs on our living room wall. Friends who were living in Cheyenne bought it for a buck at a yard sale.

Lew

For today.  " Scrap "

My Sis in the cab of a B&O F. At the old B&O station in Pittsburgh. An excursion train waiting to start up the hill towards Sand Patch. The bridge overhead is the old PRR Panhandle line crossing the Monongahela. That bridge is now used by the T.

Lew

Here’s some Re-furbish Auto Racks car sitting on the side tracks in Desoto 

Lew

I love pulling those Reefers 

can't help but wonder how much booze it took for that to seem like a good idea......

Eggcellent, Brian! I've never seen it done as was before my time.

Lew

The Yard.

After leaving the Hobby Shop in St. Louis today had wait on this guy what a blessed day I had. The weather was beautiful and a great morning at the Hobby Shop and when I got a couple blocks away got to Rail fan. 

The Tower

 Another pic I took when I was in DeSoto the other day a reefer car with a new carrier reefer unit 

Good morning,

The sky was a beautiful blue and the tracks were there so I snapped a picture, felt good just to stand there and look down the endless run of track.😊