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Hardcoaler Mar 26, 2015

  1. Manitobamodeler24

    Manitobamodeler24 TrainBoard Member

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    image.jpg image.jpg I took these on the way to a hockey game when visiting California not good but taken in a car
     
  2. r_i_straw

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    Somewhere in Middle Earth....er, I mean New Zealand.
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  3. BoxcabE50

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    Maybe not good, but they will be for memories in the future. Something is always better than nothing, or regrets in hindsight.
     
  4. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    What is happening here? You were riding this train? A photo stop?
     
  5. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I was riding the train. I just had a very, very loooooong selfie stick. ;)


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    Actually it was a stop, one of two, where everyone could get off. The poor nicotine addicts were only allowed to light up then. One of the car hosts picked a bunch of mushroom. They claimed there are no poisonous ones in that part of NZ.
     
  6. BoxcabE50

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    Even if safe, those mushrooms look too ugly to even try eating.
     
  7. Eagle2

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    Sauce hides a multitude of sins. I remember many mornings when the "creamed beef" was the only reason I could eat the "scrambled eggs." Quotes because only in the Army could those names be claimed for what was in the cans...
     
  8. BoxcabE50

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    This was 40+ years ago, but I recall only a couple of edible items. One was a lima bean concoction, and the other was mixed fruit. Well, there were some semi-decent crackers, if you didn't mind breaking half your teeth.
     
  9. Mike VE2TRV

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    As my Mom said, sauces and soups are ways to dispose of evidence/leftovers.:teeth:

    She also taught me that even ugly food tastes good and the best tasting food is almost always messy.

    She also yelled at me to stop playing with my trains and come to the dinner table.;)

    New Zealand really looks like a perfect place to have a train trip - like the Rockies.
     
  10. Hardcoaler

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    Just three vintage CSX units lazin' on a Sunday afternoon in South Carolina.

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  11. BoxcabE50

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    Tied up power from a fairly decent job. Is there a mining operation somewhere in that vicinity? Or something important...?
     
  12. Hardcoaler

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    I was a bit surprised too, as the local that originates from this location usually rates a single unit. I'll have to keep an eye on things to see if some new business has developed along the line. The GP-38-2 in the middle is ex-L&N and the two end units are GP-40-2s of C&O or B&O heritage I think. I like CSX's dark blue paint scheme -- looks classy.
     
  13. montanan

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    How about a diesel powered shay.

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  14. BoxcabE50

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    How successful was that Shay conversion?
     
  15. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    On the Blenheim Riverside Railway in Blenheim, NZ. Built in the United Kingdom by Ruston in the 1940s and used for munitions work. After World War 2 it was sold to an English fun park and used on a children's railway.
     
  16. montanan

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    I have no idea. I never hear of one until I ran across this photo. Apparently it worked to some extent as it was renumbered instead of being scrapped.
     
  17. ddechamp71

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    French built vintage railcar in Madagascar. 80 hp diesel. Metric gauge railroad. One of the interresting features of this only 7-ton vehicle is that it runs on tires... ;)

    Shots taken in 2001.

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    Dom
     

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  18. BoxcabE50

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    These appear to be a solid rubber tire? And it simply replaces the metal tread area? Did you ride this train?
     
  19. Hytec

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    With "Michelin" in the windscreen it is displaying its Paris Metro heritage. I share Ken's concern....does it have any metal guide wheels? Regardless, it is a fascinating vehicle with a lovely personality...thank you.
     
  20. BoxcabE50

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    I'm believing there is a flange. There should be. In one of the photos, I seem to see a vague hint. But are my eyes fooling me?
     

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