pennsy484 posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, do you know the location of this photo?
went back to where I saw this photo, there was no location in the description,
they were talking more about the engines, sorry...
Here's the link on RailPictures
If you could only pan about 15 degrees to the left......
Coming back from a hike to some really nice falls south of Moosehead Lake, ME, we ran across this old speeder being used as a lawn ornament. Looks in better shape than some I've seen running. Wonder how much he would sell it for?
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There was a couple of cool visitors in the yard today. NS Jersey Central Heritage SD70ACe 1071 and BNSF SD70ACe 8454 sandwich CN ET44AC 3021. I wish I had a better vantage point for photos... Also, an Eastbound intermodal and an Eastbound mixed ready to go at the signals.
Rob
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Gilly@N&W posted:Here's the link on RailPictures
If you could only pan about 15 degrees to the left......
I think I tracked it down based on that site, which says the photo was taken in Jim Thorpe. This is all before my time and I grew up further north than Jim Thorpe.
See photo below. Based on the lay of the land and track curve, looking at the current map of the area, the Jim Thorpe Market looked like a candidate. Sure enough their website confirms that they are located at the site of a former railroad station in Jim Thorpe. Looks like picture was taken from around where the words "Lehigh Gorge" appear facing S-SW down the tracks.
EDIT, added:
The above was news to me because the station I associate with Jim Thorpe is the one now used by the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railroad, and shown on the following map by the red marker (note the previously discussed station location is across the river to the NW.
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CAPPilot posted:I am vacationing in Maine and ran across this old Bangor and Aroostook Tamper with a snow plow attached near Greenville at Moosehead Lake. It also has an attachment on the back that looks like a sweeper which I guess was used to level gravel.
It's a regulator not a tamper. it can pull ballast in towards track level it and profile the edge. the broom is the final pass that cleans things up. it's the railroads version of a road grader and bulldozer all in one. Rick
briansilvermustang posted:pennsy484 posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, do you know the location of this photo?
went back to where I saw this photo, there was no location in the description,
they were talking more about the engines, sorry...
RailPictures.net says Jim Thorpe, PA June 6th 1954
