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  1. Hardcoaler

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    The DL&W was The Road of Anthracite, though it was also called The Road of Reinforced Concrete by some. They used the stuff not only in viaducts, stations, towers, homes, a coal breaker, but also relay bungalows. The bell on the side was used in pre-radio days to signal waiting train crews and track workers to phone the Dispatcher. [Chester Jct. NJ, April 1983]

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    The track to the right just beyond the bungalow made a steep descent to a CNJ branch. The CNJ called this spot Lake Jct.

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    The CNJ branch crossed under the DL&W mainline to head north. You can see the bungalow at upper left.

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  2. Kurt Moose

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    Those are either car and /or truck frames. Still see these today for trucks.:)
     
  3. Mike VE2TRV

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    75? Wow! Doesn't look a day over 20. I was about to ask if her Mom was home.;)
     
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    From 28 years ago today on 06/08/1997 at Rio Puerco, NM. The 158 is a GP-60M.

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    From 07/22/1976 on the former CNJ with former CNJ RDCs at Raritan, NJ. That's BOYD Tower. The boxy addition to the tower was added to house a Dispatcher who worked the mainline between Raritan and Elizabethport.

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    From exactly 40 years ago today on 06/09/1985 at Greenville SC, SBD GP-40 6746. She's former SCL.

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    An overcast 03/21/2006 at Belton, SC finds Pickens U18-B 9503 at rest. She's former CSX and SCL.

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  8. Kurt Moose

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    Looks like they left it in the dryer too long!!:rolleyes:
     
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    I caught up with sister units 9502 and 9508 at Belton in 09/2021. The 9501 donated its parts so that others could live. (Docheno SC, 08/2024)

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    2024-08-19 PICK 9501 Docheno SC - fot upload.jpg
     
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    White out up on Pikes Peak in June of 1998.
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    This was actually a very nice appearing paint scheme- if maintained. When it weathered, to me, it started looking a bit ratty.
     
  12. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Just a bit chalky.
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    Chama, New Mexico on June 3, 1998. Newly restored Galloping Goose #5 about to heading out on its first test run.
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    From June 1978 from somewheres in IN, CR GP-9 7443, former NYC. She was later rebuilt by CR into a "GP-10".

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    An Argentine diesel MU train. The type was first produced in Italy by Fiat Ferroviaria. They were then licensed to Argentine company Materfer to be manufactured there in the 1960s.
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    Seeing @country joe's recently completed N Scale church on his Alma & Jupiter Bay Railway reminded me of this shot from September 1990 at Montgomery, AL. I saw the train on my way to work and stopped along the highway to set up this shot. Later at work, the plant manager asked my boss if our rail service was okay. He'd seen me trackside and since my responsibilities at the plant were very much rail oriented, he was concerned. My boss replied that, um, all was likely well and if he knew me, he'd understand. :)

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    A great pic to post in June! TY :)
     
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    A Trolley converging in Dresden, Germany. April 2002

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    From July 1984 at Snowdoun, AL. If I'd snapped the shutter an instant later, the composition would have been better, but this was life in the one-shot Kodachrome era, right? By the way, what ever happened to friendly waves from the cab?

    Every Sunday afternoon, a number of us fans would collect by the station at Montgomery and enjoy the show. This train originated there and ran south on the ACL. It was a fast train on fine track, so we'd sometimes drive down to Snowdoun to see him blast through.

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  20. r_i_straw

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    Oh, I still get them every now and then. I even got a bow once.
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