This one can go in the "prototype for everything" file. When this siding was added, the new track, to the right, was laid with heavier rail, and the line leading up to it was also upgraded. So, the old Main, was left with smaller rails and became the new siding. Soo, a left hand switch was angled in..... And here we can see that the local has used the siding to work the pipeyard, oil transloader or chemical plant. And on the other side of the road, proof of passage, in the snow. This is looking east-ish down the 'Redwater' or Circle branch.
Yes! Caught it on its day off last Thursday. And as for the cars, I did not realize that they'd been sold. I'll have to make note of that. I'm presuming they are TFM 500 and TFM 501?
I am not sure what the number was on the other TFM car but it was probably the 500 as they seemed to only have the two cars. I was mistaken in calling it an ex Missouri Pacific car like the 501 as it is an ex NYC car.
Found a cool old photo of the passenger car that I have been working on for the last few years. After the Missouri Kansas Texas got out of the passenger business they sold the car to the Northern Pacific. It then went to Amtrak where it is shown here. The Gulf Coast Chapter of the NRHS bought the car from Amtrak and has spent the last 1/4 century restoring it. It is now running in excursion service out of Cedar Park, just north of Austin, Texas. We plan on repainting the exterior sometime this year.
Not the best......Ski Train This was the rear of the train. Was towed on the trip up, from Denver to Winter Park. Pushed down on return trip. Done, I think, so train did NOT have to moved down to Tabernash and turned around. Head end power was a pair of P42, I think. Never got to see head end! Superliner cars very nice! Ride was smooth, quiet and very comfortable! Looks like 2-3 cars set up for equipment. Gotta go for better photos/Video later! $78 round trip, $39 each way. Depending on overnight room stay, I'd like to ride up on Saturday, stay the night and return on Sunday. Long day, but had fun! And a view from the Lodge at Sunspot, at the mountain summit! Fun trip here! Took lift up and down! Even offered to slow down, or stop, if necessary, for me go get on, or off at the top and bottom of lift! Because I was using walking boot, because of my foot issues.
Found some old prints today while looking for something else. This one of the EJ&E (aka the 'J') was taken by me on 05/03/1977 on the road's Western Sub just south of Barrington, IL. The units are orange with silver trucks. Sure wish I could have afforded color film back then, but I was just a broke student.
Here's one taken of C&NW power on a bitter cold 12/22/1976 in Barrington, IL. I'll bet those are new Chevys on those open auto racks in the background. At the time, GM operated a large assembly plant up the line in Janesville, WI. It shut in 2009.
And lastly, we're on the platform at the former DL&W terminal at Hoboken, NJ watching an mu train. I didn't date this photo, but it's probably from the summer of '76.
Great photos everyone! I shot these years ago while visiting family in Southwest Kansas. I skinned my knuckles on these when they wore Black and Aspen Gold. Note the Mars lights and class lights still intact, and CVR 3020 still has the trimmed plow from the DRGW. Both images are from Urban Satanta KS.
October 17, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. This sleeping car was built in 1954 for the Union Pacific and sold to Amtrak in 1973. Purchased by Rail Ventures, Inc. in 2001 from the Wisconsin & Southern RR Co. and named Gallatin River. Purchased in 2004 by Creative Charters and renamed Evelyn Henry.
Also in Fort Worth on October 17, 2009. Built in 1955 for the Union Pacific as a dome-lounge-observation car for the City of Los Angeles. Acquired by Rail Ventures, Inc. in 2001 from the Wisconsin & Southern RR Co. and renamed Glacier Park. Sold to Creative Charters in 2004 and renamed Warren R. Henry.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train has arrived in Columbia, SC. Got these two shots yesterday and also captured a number of the individual passenger cars. A generator car in the center of the train keeps electricity flowing. A long cut of 86' flatcars was set out separately for unloading the huge collection of rubber-tired rolling stock. I was surprised to see a number of circus families, with toy baskets, strollers and little kid bicycles outside of the railcars and with moms and dads playing with their children. The number of people employed in this work astonished me, with hundreds of performers, roustabouts, mechanical personnel, bus drivers and others tending to their many assignments. So sad that this unique way of life is coming to an end.
I caught these tank cars in Grand Junction, circa 1993-97-ish. No Hazmat as no placards are visible. If memory serves they were used for that stuff that that is sprayed on dirt roads to keep the dust down. These cars are very similar to Roundhouse/MDC cars in HO and there are similar cars in N and other scales too. If you are like me, and don't like duplicate car numbers, and this is an easy remedy for that. You can have some fun weathering and renumbering, shows that the re# don't need to be straight or even legible, lol. These are from prints, so its old school using a couple photos, to cut and splice using a exacto and tape to get the entire car in a single image.
Yesterday in Asheville, NC, a down-on view of Blue Ridge Southern's WAMX 4203, with an SD-45 carbody and SD-40-2 internals.
