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Many of us love what are known as Fallen Flags Railroads and their trains; they no longer exist but we have fond memories of them, often from our childhoods.

I also believe that most of us remember the TV series from the late 1950s and early 1960s known as The Twilight Zone. When I was a 5 to 10 year old kid, my parents watched this show, but I rarely did because the spooky music and eyeball flying through space at the beginning of the show terrified me. LOL.

My reason for mentioning the Twilight Zone is because I vaguely remember an episode or two in which the characters go back in time.

That's what we can do here - go back in time and relive our nostalgic feelings for the now fallen flag railroads and trains of our past or our loved ones past.

Arnold

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[Hear spooky music, see eyeball flying through space as a resonant voice says:]

Welcome to THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

It's 1951 and a phenom who runs like a deer and hits tape measure home runs by the name of Mickey Mantle begins his rookie season.

He hits one into a light tower at Fenway Park in Boston and after the game boards a gleaming New Haven passenger train bound for the Bronx:

Before the next game at the House that Ruth Built, the fans are abuzz: "Is this hayseed from Oklahoma going to replace the great DiMaggio? Is he going to to be Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio all in one?"

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Stay tuned for more episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

Rod Serling

LOL, Arnold

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A few years ago I thought I was in the Twilight Zone. Driving along a few miles from my house I saw a diesel locomotive cross in front of me decorated in New York Central Lightning Stripes. It moved behind some buildings before I could see a roadname.

Turned out to be one from here.

https://fingerlakesrail.com



I had not come across any of their engines before that.



Pete

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Thanks for sharing, Bruce and Norton. Both of your links are very interesting. I highly recommend them.

Bruce's link is for a Twilight episode that, indeed, involves a train ride that takes the main character back in time. Like many Twilight episodes, the acting is first rate, and the story is very well written, interesting and meaningful.

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@Bill Park posted:

Arnie, The stands are a little this with fans aren't they.  LOL  Good Theme    Bill

Your correct, Bill. For Don Larson's perfect game in the 1956 World Series in the old Yankee Stadium, 55,000 to 60,000 little people seated in the stands would be prototypical. LOL.

Tough loss for the Giants yesterday but, on balance, a very good year for them.

My favorite episode was "Stopover in a Quiet Town".

A hung over couple awake in a strange quiet town where nothing is real, cars w/no motors, people who aren't alive, furniture not real, artificial  grass, fake trees etc.... All the time they keep hearing a child laughing. They finally make it to the train station, board the train, thinking they're leaving the town, but only to realize the train is returning back to that town.

Finally a large hand comes down and scoops them up. They find out a giant kidnapped them from earth, brought them back to another planet and gave them to his daughter for her train layout.

@Trussman posted:

My favorite episode was "Stopover in a Quiet Town".

A hung over couple awake in a strange quiet town where nothing is real, cars w/no motors, people who aren't alive, furniture not real, artificial  grass, fake trees etc.... All the time they keep hearing a child laughing. They finally make it to the train station, board the train, thinking they're leaving the town, but only to realize the train is returning back to that town.

Finally a large hand comes down and scoops them up. They find out a giant kidnapped them from earth, brought them back to another planet and gave them to his daughter for her train layout.

Love this, thanks for sharing, Trussman. That Twilight Zone episode is the perfect one for us Forum folks.

[Spooky music, flying eyeball, then you hear the same voice:]

"Welcome to - THE TWILIGHT ZONE."

It's September 29, 1954 and you are in Manhattan at the Polo Grounds seated in the stands to see Game 1 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants.

It's the top of the 8th inning with the score tied 1 to 1. Vic Wertz of Cleveland comes to the plate with men on 1st and 2nd base.

Don Little of New York is pitching in relief of Sal Maglie and the count is 2 balls and 1 strike.

Little winds up, here's the pitch:

There's a drive to deep center field, a young centerfielder known as the "Say Hey Kid" runs a long way, he's feet from home plate, he reaches up, - by Golly, he's got it!  The great Willie Mays makes "The Catch." His hat falls off. Then, he twirls his body and makes a tremendous throw back to the infield as he  falls to the ground.

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@Trussman posted:

My favorite episode was "Stopover in a Quiet Town".

Foe me, one of the most memorable episodes ever. It totally freaked me out as a kid! Some of the best TV ever.  I have the following book on my Kindle that I highly recommend: As I Knew Him:  My Dad, Rod Serling by his daughter Anne Serling. A very remarkable man or, as Arnold put it so well, "interesting and meaningful."

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This is the first time that I have been on the forum in many months. It is because of you Arnold so thank you for getting me back on. I have been a forum member since 2008. Back then the forum was a much smaller in details and had no dealer postings or dealer advertising and only a few listing categories. Since I have several other hobby interests, so I go on the forum only once in a while compared to my interests in movie discs, railroad books, and computer usage. I will be going to Tom's as soon as he gets the New York Central 0-6-0 from Lionel this week or next and to get the last two Lionel catalogs. etc.

Ed G; On The New Haven Line of Metro-North and Amtrak.

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