Weekend Photo Fun 7-21-17-??

Putnam Division posted:

Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.

I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?

Have a great weekend, everyone....

Peter  

I don't think the owner knows the significance of the number.  If he or she did, the box would be painted blue on the top, orange on the sides with a blue stripe, and the lettering would be in a tasteful sans serif font.  Perhaps you should be a good and helpful neighbor and slip a note and picture into the box during your next ride.  

Steven J. Serenska

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As usual a lot of great photos. Since I went through this last night my finger has had time to recover So since Gandydancer1950 posted something old I will continue with something new and something blue

Hey Scott, happy birthday here is a load I worked on this week

SDIV Tim posted:

Hey Scott, happy birthday here is a load I worked on this week

Thanks for the birthday greeting.

Scott Smith

SJC posted:

Ran some Postwar earlier....these are two of several Postwar engines in my collection.

Both are complete sets. The steam set is the #1515WS and the diesel is my newest, the #1467W. I purchased, and keep, both as complete sets. I mean complete - I have all of the paperwork on them, all of the boxes, the set boxes, original smoke pellets, tubes of grease, factory inspection slips, and more. They are in as good of condition as one will ever find. 

I have a 1515WS also.  Got it for Christmas in 1954.  My first Lionel train.

Very nice.

Lou N

suzukovich posted:

As usual a lot of great photos. Since I went through this last night my finger has had time to recover So since Gandydancer1950 posted something old I will continue with something new and something blue

 

Nice!

SDIV Tim posted:

Really nice!

More shots today as I re-positioned the Army Whitcomb diesel to the Army siding:

Steven Michael posted:

I'll tag one other thing on the end here - does anyone know where I could buy the vertical window shades shown in
the prototype photo? That's the only major detail that these will be missing once I'm done, and I truly couldn't
find any available online.

I believe you are having issues because you maybe using the wrong terminology. I think they are called wind deflectors.

https://pdhobbyshop.com/show_p...nishes&start=101

However Bill Davis calls them wind screens[ pg 4]

http://americanscalemodels.com/O?page=4

I hope this helps.

My weekend photo fun was anything but.  After a brief trip to NJ for a high school reunion, this was my NJ Transit trip in images and words:

Picked up my train which is the one on the far left of the frame at Long Branch Saturday.  Just south of the Hazlet stop the power went out and we came to a full stop.  At first we were told it was a mechanical failure, so I assumed our ALP46 crapped out.  Eventually we were informed that we had hit a car and it was a fatality.  The car went around the gates. I did not feel the impact as I was four cars ahead of the locomotive and the train was 9 cars.

No one on the train was injured, the train did not derail, and power was restored for lights and HVAC within the hour.  Since it was part of an active investigation, NJT kept us on the train for 3 hours until a rescue train coupled to the front of the cab car and we were able to transfer to another train to continue north.  Power was still out in the cab car when everyone passed through and it smelled like there may have been a small electrical fire, but that is speculation.  The total time of the closure between Hazlet and Long Branch was about 5 hours according to local news that evening.

All I can say, in spite of all the online chatter after this happened is that NJT was very professional and provided information as they had it and not sooner.  They did not speculate, but simply provided information as they got it.  They were professional and kept us on the train for safety.  In talking with the conductor briefly, he stated that luckily the engineer did not see the crash.  However the entire crew was obviously traumatized.

Here is a photo of the car from an online source. 

I don't post these photos to be overly grim, however it is a strong reminder for all of us that a little patience is worth it.  It is also a reminder that railroading is a serious business where safety is paramount.  I simply want to commend NJT, the train crew, local police and fire, and everyone else who had to deal with this needless tragedy.

Very sad and grim reminder of all you say above.  A painful warning and needlessly tragic event. 

But, also Long Branch brings good memories.    While in the USAF I was stationed close to Ft Monmouth adjacent to Long Branch.   I lived Ocean Avenue in Belmar a few miles straight down Ocean Avenue from Long Branch.  Back then the New York and Long Branch was running pullman green heavyweights behind black Penn Central E8/E9's? from Manhattan down the Jersey Shore - and GG1'sfrom Northern New Jersey  thru the tunnel to Penn Station.  Great way to go to and from Manhattan on weekends.  Maybe make a visit to Madison Hardware and the other train stores while enjoying many other activities in the Big A.   Like Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden and Kris Kristofferson at Carnegie Hall.

So, which is more fun; seeing Bob Dylan live or riding behind a real live GG1 and talking to the GG1 engineer before the trip while they were changing from diesel to electric power in Northern New Jersey?  You choose .

Good memories indeed.  When I was 6 I road the NY&LB up to New York the year before it became Conrail.  PC E7s, E8s and P70s along with several stainless coaches ruled the Pennsy side of the equation, while GP7Ps, GP40Ps and a combination of 1920's heavyweights from the Blue Comet era and western coaches in patched paint schemes were running for CNJ. 

My concerts in the 1980s were Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, and a few others I don't remember.  A different era, but not that different.

Yep, this was the early 70's and I was newly returned from Vietnam.   I don't think I ever saw a stainless coach back then.  I'd see those heavyweight commuter trains roll into Belmar and other Jersey Shore communities about the time I drove down from Eatontown in the evening.  Beer cans lined up in the windows from the two hour commute down  from the City.   How about beer cans lined up in the windows  for a modeling opportunity.  

briansilvermustang posted:

eenie, meenie, miney, moe ???   what direction do I wanna go........

Not enough room for scenery!  

Thanks for the help Mark. For the P&D ones, what's the difference between the two part numbers? Also how may packs would I need to do both these units?

It's still the weekend right?