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Detroit & Mackinac Railway • Flatcar with 2 Detroit Police Cars

This was shot today with an iPhone 7 Plus.  This is MTH Premier.

The Detroit and Mackinac Railway, informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula state of Michigan. The main line ran from Bay City north to Cheboygan; it operated from 1894 to 1992,

Fallen Flag 1992

Gary

I have only one "fallen flag" on my layout currently. Norfolk & Western, with passenger cars.

A few pictures of the same thing

Rusty

Still one of my favorite N5c cabooses, but the Rock didn't have them, of course. I just like portholes.

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mike.caruso posted:

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Nice Mike! I feel cooler already........

NYC 

ET&WNC: 1881–1983 (3-foot gauge ended in 1950)

A couple of my favorites:

Tom

Fallen flags? As in R.I.P.? 

I gotta data & mower...ok that stays

Wabash F3 breaking out of the tunnel.

AT&SF and the first 'Aspen Leaf' PA in O gauge from several years ago...

Favorite roads, fallen and otherwise, 1 and 2. In some ways, 2 is 1 and 1 is 2. Sometimes, they just add up to 3 and what does that mean?

Modified Williams scale FA-1, GM&O version (with GM&O-only early FA-1 headlight):

Strangely, for me, it's not a 4-6-4 photo. Atlas; the provided fixed pilot added:

Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railroad • D T & I

Shot yesterday on my layout with an iPhone 7 Plus

RR Map

The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DTI) operated between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan and Ironton, Ohio via Toledo between 1905 and 1983. At the end of 1970 it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track; that year it carried 1244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.

Fallen Flag 1983

Happy Shooting: Gary

PAUL ROMANO posted:

Love this color scheme.

It's my favorite too. Grew up watching this railroad until it was finally taken over by the N&W in 1982. It's still my all time favorite road to this day. I'd model it, but, not many choices for equipment or decals in O scale that I've found. I have a lot of IT equipment in HO that I still have.

Rusty

#1389................

                                                       Hey, MTH!  9184 was an S-2  

PAUL ROMANO posted:

Love this color scheme.

Same here....awesome-looking engines.  

trainroomgary posted:

Detroit & Mackinac Railway • Flatcar with 2 Detroit Police Cars

This was shot today with an iPhone 7 Plus.  This is MTH Premier.

The Detroit and Mackinac Railway, informally known as the "Turtle Line", was a railroad in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula state of Michigan. The main line ran from Bay City north to Cheboygan; it operated from 1894 to 1992,

Fallen Flag 1992

Gary

Are those the Crown Vic.s the guys at the DPD  had made a decade or two back?

trainroomgary posted:

Detroit Toledo & Ironton Railroad • D T & I

The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DTI) operated between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan and Ironton, Ohio via Toledo between 1905 and 1983. At the end of 1970 it operated 478 miles of road on 762 miles of track; that year it carried 1244 million ton-miles of revenue freight.

Fallen Flag 1983

Happy Shooting: Gary

And owned at one time by Henry Ford who electrified it around Detroit. He had plans to connect DT&I to the Virginian RR for ocean port access and electrify the whole thing; being "Edison's buddy" he saw the potential. I think the connection over the river in Ohio was his last obstacle (which line that was I forget).

Not exactly DT&I, not electric, or totally fallen either, but this is one of my all time favorites that I think ran on DT&I track at times....check out the grill work...just like a Ford car. Once Lionel made the GG-1, this was Gramps #1 request for decades, only eclipsed by the Jawn Henry. He saw all three under power too.

Adriatic posted:

Are those the Crown Vic.s the guys at the DPD  had made a decade or two back?

HI Adriatic:  Thanks for looking at my post and asking a question. This was shot with my IPhone 7 Plus about 30 minutes ago.  I point this out because it is the fastest way to get a current photo to the OGR Forum. Take the photo and e-mail it to my self and then post to the OGR Forum.

1998 Ford Crown Vic - Interceptor • Detroit Police Car / On a Radio Call at the Local Red Owl Grocery Store

The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (colloquially referred to simply as the CVPI, P71 or '"Crown Vic"') is a four-door body-on-frame sedan that was manufactured by Ford from 1992 1/2 to 2011. It is the law enforcement version of the Ford Crown Victoria. From 1997 and into the early 2010s, the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was the most widely used automobile in law enforcement operations in the United States and Canada. They were also used for this purpose on a more limited scale in other countries.

Happy Shooting: Gary

Illinois Northern, a 2.8 mile switching line jointly owned by the Santa Fe and IC.

Rusty

I got to thinking about this, aren't almost all railroad names fallen flags these days?

I think it'd be easier to name the RR names that still exist than the ones that no longer do!

p51 posted:

I got to thinking about this, aren't almost all railroad names fallen flags these days?

I think it'd be easier to name the RR names that still exist than the ones that no longer do!

Thanks P51, but this would be a very brief thread.............

PAUL ROMANO posted:

Hi Paul:  Thanks for managing this thread and please keep it going for weeks and months to come.

At the end of the day this thread is about Railroad History.

Happy Shooting: Gary

Thanks Gary, I hear you. Railroad history indeed. Hoping more members contribute to this thread. Lot of good stuff out there. 

briansilvermustang posted:

I think those ex-BL&E F7s are on the Reading and Northern now maybe being restored.

Where to start?  Guess with some of the most unusual.

          maybe not a "Fallen Flag", but the end of a really neat train..........

                              the end........   https://www.ringling.com/

          elephants last journey........   https://youtu.be/UKtjguET7UI

briansilvermustang posted:

          maybe not a "Fallen Flag", but the end of a really neat train..........

         

 

                              the end........   https://www.ringling.com/

          elephants last journey........   https://youtu.be/UKtjguET7UI

This was the last RBBB train parked on the spur in Uniondale NY last May.

RBLX is not a fallen flag.........

I love the MA & PA

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I don't know if it qualifies as a fallen flag but this railroad is no longer with us.

Here are some fallen flags spotted on the Free State Junction Railway, the B and  O Museum, and Virginia Museum of Transportation.

PAUL ROMANO posted:

C30-7, You got to love em', L&N did.

They sure did and then some.I recall seeing train after train being pulled by these.In fact for a few years seaboard all but went away.It was L&N for a bit.

Spokane Portland & Seattle

Great Northern

Orient Express through the Tumwater Canyon, west of Wenatchee.  Note the snow shed and the Class 5 rapids.

Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad (Shawmut Line) was a coal hauling Railroad, western PA.  My father worked as a machinist, Brookville, PA.

Montour another coal hauling railroad, west of Pittsburgh, near the Airport.

SIRT posted:

RBLX is not a fallen flag.........

Maybe a fallen bit of Americana then.

The BAR running as borrowed power on the LIRR in 1975

Thanks for the thread Paul.  Can't wait for Susquehanna Sunday!  

                                                   is it Sunday yet.....

I'm surprised no one's posted this yet (unless I missed it), but I love the Hi-Line. The P&WV is one of my favorite railroads if not the favorite. This picture was taken in '51 at Rook yard in Green Tree, Pa. (currently WE)

And here's a PS-2 I got recently. 

A couple weeks ago, I acquired a few P&WV blueprints from the 20's and 40's. I'll post a few pics when I get home. 

Soo Nut posted:

Fun thread with lots of great photos, both prototype and model.  Thanks for starting it, Paul!!

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Please, SMTIO!    

mike.caruso posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Please, SMTIO!    

SMTIO?  What does that mean? I Googled the phrase but nothing turned up for it.

send me this in "O" ?

hobby-go-lucky posted:

p51 posted:

mike.caruso posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Please, SMTIO!    

SMTIO?  What does that mean? I Googled the phrase but nothing turned up for it.

Someone Make This In O !  

mike.caruso posted:

p51 posted:

mike.caruso posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Please, SMTIO!    

SMTIO?  What does that mean? I Googled the phrase but nothing turned up for it.

Someone Make This In O !  

Thanks, I never would have figured that out on my own.

Here are some pictures of the B&M/MEC Flying Yankee being restored in Lincoln, New Hampshire.  The train ran from 1935 to 1957.  The State of New Hampshire, its current owner, wanted to open it to the public this year but it is a long way from being visitor ready.

Hi - Fallen Flag Crew on the OGR - Thanks for sharing your photos, very cool.

This week I have the: Galloping Goose Diesel With Proto-Sound 3.0 - Rio Grande Southern, Cab No. 7 / MTH RailKing / Item No. 30-20160-1 / Shot with an iPhone 7 Plus • Stills & Video on my layout, yesterday

Checkout the Fallen Flag sounds in this video, "Short".

Like the doodlebugs before them and the RDC (Rail Diesel Car) after them, the Rio Grande Southern's Galloping Geese were a cheap way to provide passenger service. Cobbled together in the early 1930s by a railroad on the verge of bankruptcy, the Geese replaced steam-powered passenger trains and enabled the RGS to provide passenger and tourist service in the Colorado Rockies until it closed in 1952.

The poor condition of RGS track gave the Motors, as they were officially called, the galloping gait that prompted their nickname. Goose No. 7, the last Goose built, was constructed in 1936 with a 1926 Pierce-Arrow body for passengers, a Ford V-8 engine, and a homebuilt box in the back for mail and express freight. Like Geese 3, 4, and 5, after World War II her freight body was converted to provide additional tourist seating. No 7 continued in tourist work until the RGS ceased operations.

She survives today in operational condition at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Fallen Flag: 1952   Click here for map & more information.

Gary: Have a great weekend.

Thank you Paul Romano for the great D&H pics.  I recognize a couple of the locations, like the pushers at bridge 60 in Scranton.  Fill us in on the others.  Pushers on the Penn Division, Forest City, maybe ?  Sharks between Sayer and Owego, I'm guessing?  

Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread.

Earl   

Conductor Earl posted:

Thank you Paul Romano for the great D&H pics.  I recognize a couple of the locations, like the pushers at bridge 60 in Scranton.  Fill us in on the others.  Pushers on the Penn Division, Forest City, maybe ?  Sharks between Sayer and Owego, I'm guessing?  

Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread.

 

Earl   

Sure looks like Forest City on the Penn Division but it is Binghamton, NY. My mother came from Forest City and I spent many summers there growing up in the 50s and 60s. Thanks for your interest in this thread.

A day late....

@RICKO-  Never too late. Cool video! I like the black and white!

Here's one more Washington Terminal Co.

Fallen flags seem to hang around, don't they? This is a photo I took in April 2015. 

I know the reporting marks are different, but they sure saved a bundle on paint!

Rare units

   BW's #1400                                                                                                                           

To RickO 

RickO posted:

A day late....

Who made the New York Central heavy Mikado and what part number was it thanks

Here's a flag that fell.

MR-150 posted:

To RickO:

Who made the New York Central heavy Mikado and what part number was it thanks

Lionel Legacy 6-81188. There are still a few around at dealers.

Also posted on Switcher Saturday, Great Northern 0-8-0

Remembering SP and MPC!

The mighty Rock...

Need I say more.

Not a railroad but still a FF

RSJB18 posted:

Not a railroad but still a FF

Technically they did own rolling stock.

Is today Friday?  What happened to Wednesday and Thursday?

What, me worry?

Picked up and restored from the "dollar trash bin" at my LHS. Just need to weather it a little.

Boston & Maine.

A little more ACL

OH yea- ATSF too!

NS is still around but this retro 5 strip  is interesting.

A custom job for the "Pittsburgh & West Virginia..."

A few fallen flags.

Frisco fans, sorry it took so long:

left: OKC engine house lead.  D Townsend photo

right: The Oklahoman has just left OKC Union station and is Tulsa bound.  credit unknown

Pennsy

My Great Northern Geep