Two Massachusetts towers, the B&M's WX at East Deerfield [06/1988] and the New Haven's U-416 at Buzzard's Bay [06/1992].
I had tried to count the taillights, but at this angle, uncertain. The Impala was an extension of the Bel Air. A four door Impala would be less common. I had a '63 SS.
In September 1992, the Gulf Coast Chapter of the NRHS was the local host for the Union Pacific traveling excursion train featuring the Challenger 3985. They would provide the locomotive and passenger cars while the local host would sell tickets and provide car hosts and concession workers to staff the train. I worked the leg as a car host on the dome lounge HARRIMAN from Houston to San Antonio via Bryan/College Station, Valley Junction, Round Rock, Austin, San Marcos and New Braunfels. The power. Up in the dome. Steve Lee was making a lot of smoke those days. No point in having a clean stack if you want folks for miles around to know it is a real steam locomotive.
1890!!! That's fantastic! It must be a great feeling to hold that document bearing the handwriting and signatures of real people that worked the railroads 135 years ago. (It's nearly 30 years older than my oldest book) Beautiful! Looks halfway between a pagoda and a railroad tower. That would be a cool addition to a layout.
Oh wow, Old Colony RR (later NYNH&H) -- very cool, sure enough old stuff there. The location of the meet at Orleans was out on the Cape about 39 miles east of Buzzard's Bay. In the early 1960s an abandoned branch of the NYNH&H ran past my elementary school in suburban Boston. I was very young and in the mind of a little kid, I somehow still expected a train to come and would stand by the fence line at recess waiting. What's amazing is that a few decades ago, the line was reclaimed and replaced for commuter service at breathtakingly high cost.
That's an amazing Old Colony collection you have, covering many locations, even the end of the line at Provincetown waaaay out on the Cape.
From exactly 47 years ago today on 01/22/1978 at the L&N's yard in Knoxville TN was South Carolina's EC&B SW-1001 2002 en-route fresh from EMD. I think it's still in service with today's Palmetto Railways which serves SC's Port facilities.
That's more than a collection, it's history preserved! Absolutely wonderful. And by now it's getting plastered with snow again as the storm that dumped snow on many southern states is moving up the coast... exactly 47 years later... it's winter, baby!
Bipolar E2 with The Olympian Hiawatha. This is south of Van Asselt, between Georgetown (South Seattle) and Black River (Renton), Washington and is Train #16 heading to Chicago.
In October 1995 B39-8 8012 collided with a log truck near Olivehurst CA. She was pulling a sugar beet train for Holly Sugar. After rebuilding her nose, she was given a Bloody Nose without the feathers on her wings (the stripes through the wings). Making for a unique variation. Seen here in the hole at Denis, between Lancaster and Palmdale CA.
