A bad night near the crossing. Hope he was wearing a helmet! GP7 passing behind..
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"RDCs to Johnstown."
C. '64-'65 the B&O did an excursion from Pittsburgh to Johnstown using a pair of their RDCs. Pittsburgh to Rockwood on the Mainline and then on the Johnstown branch through Somerset.
A familiar face:
Arrival in Johnstown:
Where we rode an electric trolley-bus across town:
And then rode the Incline to the top of the mountain:
A very neat thing about RDCs is the view out the front door:
Pic obviously taken on the Mainline. Brakeman's or Flagman's silhouette on the right.
On the single-track Johnstown branch here. Again, probably the Brakeman's silhouette on the right. There is a door between the photographer and the Engineer and a door in front of the Engineer to enable passage through multiple cars.
RDCs were really a bit of pinnacle-technology that never was given justice in our hard World where the private automobile reigns supreme. Smooth, quiet, fast, air-conditioned and you just MU'ed as many as demand required without worrying about motive power. Powered by two 6-100 Detroit Diesels slung underneath with a quick-disconnect system they were easy to maintain.
On Edit: Thinking about it, the Engineer has to be seated in order to properly reach the throttle, brake lever and whistle cord as well as keep his foot on the deadman's-pedal so in the pics he is to the right of the center door/window. This was in the days of five man crews so that is most likely the Brakeman and Flagman seen in silhouette.
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One finished product, and the start of some more cars. Once again, these are “what if” cars from a real railroad.
The QA&P did occasionally haul water in their own tank car from Roaring Springs, TX but I cannot find a photo I once saw of that car.
In reality the gypsum hauling hopper would have been caked with much more gunk, but I did not want it that realistic.
This is fun!
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Forgot to put this one in F E F yesterday so here it is:
At the Chicago Museum of Science&Industry a '56 Plymouth, the Pioneer Zephyr and the U 505, the only German U-Boat captured during the War. I remember viewing a movie taken by Navy people of the capture. The Captain had opened the scuttle valves but our guys shut them in time to save the boat. The Zephyr was open and I remember walking through it and looking at the Winton 201A inline-8 Diesel engine.
Permission to post this pic (taken by Sean Lamb) has been granted by Wikipedia under Creative Commons license.
The Winton 8 cylinder 201A engine was rated at 600 HP and it powered the train to an incredible 112.5 mph on one section during the maiden voyage from Denver to Chicago. The whole train weighed 104 tons.
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"Over&Under"
An excursion train drawn by Shawmut SW9s proceeding over the B&O bridge over the Allegheny River at Mosgrove, Pa:
The same train now on the Shawmut passing under the B&O Mosgrove bridge:
The open car was kit-bashed by B&O shop guys who added a wood and steel superstructure to a B&O flatcar:
I need moar train-room wall space because some of these pics I just found really need a home there.
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The first of two 8000 gallon tank cars for dedicated water hauling service out of Roaring Springs, TX.
Even though this is another one of my make-believe cars, it is based on a real QA&P tank car used for the above stated purpose.
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OK - so that realtor might have exaggerated just a little bit when she said..."Its in a really quiet neighborhood"
Don
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geysergazer posted:"Over&Under"
An excursion train drawn by Shawmut SW9s proceeding over the B&O bridge over the Allegheny River at Mosgrove, Pa:
The same train now on the Shawmut passing under the B&O Mosgrove bridge:
The open car was kit-bashed by B&O shop guys who added a wood and steel superstructure to a B&O flatcar:
I need moar train-room wall space because some of these pics I just found really need a home there.
Lew, That is neat over on the B&O and under on Shawmut. I know where this is too.
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Mark, about 4mi South of Mosgrove is Adrian/Montgomeryville/Gumtown where my Paternal Grands lived, right beside the tracks:
Their house was 90 degrees to the right in this pic. Looking Northbound here, towards Mosgrove.
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geysergazer posted:
Lew, was this on the west side of the river? Adrian is up on the hill off 422 if I am right.
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Mark Boyce posted:geysergazer posted:Lew, was this on the west side of the river? Adrian is up on the hill off 422 if I am right.
Hee. Mark, I'm going by Northbound/Southbound on the BR&P/B&O Buffalo/Pittsburgh. Yes, you are correct, on the West side of the river. Adrian is off of 268 towards Reesedale.
geysergazer posted:Mark Boyce posted:geysergazer posted:Lew, was this on the west side of the river? Adrian is up on the hill off 422 if I am right.
Hee. Mark, I'm going by Northbound/Southbound on the BR&P/B&O Buffalo/Pittsburgh. Yes, you are correct, on the West side of the river. Adrian is off of 268 towards Reesedale.
Yes 268!
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Even though I've seen one of these in real life, I still can't believe how tiny my Baldwin class 10 'trench' engine is in On30. It's the same size as the tenders on my Baldwin ten-wheelers!
the thing almost looks like a different scale, unless you look at the headlights and builder plate. The figures' heads are touching the ceiling of the cab:
All my other engines are ten-wheelers and I have a Whitcomb 50-tonner that doesn't get used much. All my other engines have wide contact 'footprints', so it's annoying to a degree that this engine which has contacts over maybe 2 inches, it will get caught on a turnout frog if it's going too slow. That doesn't happen on any of my other motive power.
Another B&O '50s excursion.
Again those Alco FPA2s are doing their duty:
Snow in the air which makes this a Maple Sugar Special and it's parked at West Salisbury, Pa on the Salisbury branch (a couple miles from Meyersdale, Pa. Do I remember the location, being 5-8yr old? No, but the next pic explains how I know :
Click to embiggen and I think you can read the station sign.
Here is an interesting bit of operation Dad caught that day:
?? Since the principals are almost certainly gone all we can do is theorize so here is my take. The crew needed to run an errand (no idea what-could be as simple as fetching lunch from Meyersdale 2mi away) but it was cold so train heat had to be maintained. So leave two units coupled supplying steam and uncouple the lead unit to run your errand with....????
On Edit: I think Ima' start a thread to document these various railroad adventures of my youth. Some might find some of this old stuff interesting, especially if it was all in one location. How about it?
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geysergazer posted:Another B&O '50s excursion.
Again those Alco FPA2s are doing their duty:
Snow in the air which makes this a Maple Sugar Special and it's parked at West Salisbury, Pa on the Salisbury branch (a couple miles from Meyersdale, Pa. Do I remember the location, being 5-8yr old? No, but the next pic explains how I know :
Click to embiggen and I think you can read the station sign.
Here is an interesting bit of operation Dad caught that day:
?? Since the principals are almost certainly gone all we can do is theorize so here is my take. The crew needed to run an errand (no idea what-could be as simple as fetching lunch from Meyersdale 2mi away) but it was cold so train heat had to be maintained. So leave two units coupled supplying steam and uncouple the lead unit to run your errand with....????
On Edit: I think Ima' start a thread to document these various railroad adventures of my youth. Some might find some of this old stuff interesting, especially if it was all in one location. How about it?
Excellent photographs, Lew!! That is a good bit of snow that day! Maybe the crew needed to get a snow shovel.
I really like these photographs! I think it would be great if you started a new topic on the Real Trains heading!
Thanks, Mark. I guess I'd better get to work.
Lew,
Thank you, but no rush
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Brian, very nice collage!!
Here is B&M # 256 ready to take the morning express through the Hoosac Tunnel. Its late 1920's and things were pretty good in the club car last night...lots of Boston banker's buying drinks!
Don
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Boston bankers, ahahaha....good looking B&Ms
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BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Johan, that is really great how it came together and the doors very nice concept
About 10 years ago I took on a project of reverse engineering a box car complete with trucks and built it in CAD, I have never 3D printed it but might do that some day and may even have a door on the end.
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sidehack posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Johan, that is really great how it came together and the doors very nice concept
About 10 years ago I took on a project of reverse engineering a box car complete with trucks and built it in CAD, I have never 3D printed it but might do that some day and may even have a door on the end.
Ray. Thank you. This was a really nice project. It's fun made it something different. The idea came from my friend Joey. Ray i really like your layout and everything what you 3D printed.
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What's missing is Uncle Sam;
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BAR GP7 #63 posted:sidehack posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Johan, that is really great how it came together and the doors very nice concept
About 10 years ago I took on a project of reverse engineering a box car complete with trucks and built it in CAD, I have never 3D printed it but might do that some day and may even have a door on the end.
Ray. Thank you. This was a really nice project. It's fun made it something different. The idea came from my friend Joey. Ray i really like your layout and everything what you 3D printed.
Johan, even the prototype was scratch-built. Nice job as usual.
coach joe posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:sidehack posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Johan, that is really great how it came together and the doors very nice concept
About 10 years ago I took on a project of reverse engineering a box car complete with trucks and built it in CAD, I have never 3D printed it but might do that some day and may even have a door on the end.
Ray. Thank you. This was a really nice project. It's fun made it something different. The idea came from my friend Joey. Ray i really like your layout and everything what you 3D printed.
Johan, even the prototype was scratch-built. Nice job as usual.
Joe. Thank you my friend. 🤝
Johan
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GP7 #63 : What a super modeling job on the end door (automobile) box car. I noted lots of folks in this thread interested in this type of car. For your information, the 2019 Kalmbach Book ,"Railroading & the Automobile Industry" by Jeff Wilson , Chapter 3 , "Automobile Boxcars", shows lots of pictures of actual cars of this type. While they were not numerous till the early 30's there is a picture of one made by Pullman as a 40 ft steel, outside braced car with steel ends and an end door. It went to the Chicago & North Western in 1929! According to the text, Auto racks started appearing in 1960 and the transition out of Auto Box cars to open racks was fast. Many of the Auto Box cars were converted into Parts cars and stayed in service for moving auto parts.
Really great model !
Regards, Don
Bill T : Really liked the Studebaker dealer, although I think I see an Edsel and a Merc in the parking lot, maybe they are trying to trade in . When I was in HS one of our Explorer Scout Leaders had a 1955 Golden Hawk, V-8 with triple duce's. Wow were us boys jealous !
Regards Don
Don McErlean posted:GP7 #63 : What a super modeling job on the end door (automobile) box car. I noted lots of folks in this thread interested in this type of car. For your information, the 2019 Kalmbach Book ,"Railroading & the Automobile Industry" by Jeff Wilson , Chapter 3 , "Automobile Boxcars", shows lots of pictures of actual cars of this type. While they were not numerous till the early 30's there is a picture of one made by Pullman as a 40 ft steel, outside braced car with steel ends and an end door. It went to the Chicago & North Western in 1929! According to the text, Auto racks started appearing in 1960 and the transition out of Auto Box cars to open racks was fast. Many of the Auto Box cars were converted into Parts cars and stayed in service for moving auto parts.
Really great model !
Regards, Don
Don. Thank you very much. This car was a speeder box car. I build inside the car rails & winch and put there speeder too. Very nice & interested project.
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"Pennsy tonnage on the Conemaugh Line":
I was 4-8yr old when dad took this pic so how do I know it's the Conemaugh? Because it's a double-track mainline (left track is a siding, lighter rail and poor alignment) and that was our other PRR venue in those days.
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I just took this pic of what was happening outside:
First rain and then that changed to snow.
A good day to spend in the Train Room.
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geysergazer posted:
Lew great picture and here is another
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Marci took this shot in Napoleon Oh. last week...
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This AM the crew got an early start so are done switching the East End. Two pick-ups and two set-outs:
For today's blast-from-the-past, Centipede on the Hill:
Super-power of it's day at 6000hp, Baldwin touted them as fast passenger power but Pennsy had to quickly re-gear and downgrade them to Pusher service from Altoona to Gallitzin.
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Maine Central #693 (Guilford Rail System) ex- N&W, ex- Illinois Terminal, SD39 at Maybrook, NY- Cold and wet Feb. 87'.
MY PHOTO