To make a fancy wrought iron fence around the front yard of an old Victorian house, we painted baby lace with black gloss and laid it on paper towels for a minute, then hung it up with a clothes pin to weight it to stay straight. Looked great. Made the gate the same way. Nylon netting might be used to make a finer mesh fence if needed. Spray both sides.
Just found this photo of a British Travelling Post Office coach which was used to collect mail on the move. (See Peirce's original posting) Best wishes John. [ 09 March 2001: Message edited by: John Whitby ]
Hi all, Me again. Whist looking for the TPO photo I also found one of a trackside sign from the South Devon coast line here in England. I took it about 15 years ago so I don't suppose it still exists. It reads “British Railways. Notice is hereby given that by 14 and 15 Vict Cap any person who shall without the previous consent of the railways or their engineer in writing, dig, excavate or remove any soil, beach, mud, shingle, gravel, stones, rock or other like material begin to do at or from any place upon the shore or beach of the sea on the outer or sea side of the line of railway within 30 yards or who shall without such consent as aforesaid dig, excavate or remove any sand or rocks so to do on the outer or sea side of the said railway and within 20 yards of any point of any sea wall, buttress, breakwater or other work constructed or to be constructed by the railways between the beach or sand bank called the warren in the parish of Kenton in the county of Devon and the end of the terrace wall at the back of the public baths westwards of the mouth or entrance of the tunnel of the railway at east Teignmouth shall for every such offence be subject to a penalty not exceeding 10 pounds and notice is hereby further given that by the 35 and 36 Vict Cap 132 it is enacted that the above be read and construed as if the words 60 yards had been substituted for the words 30yards and as if the words 40 yards had been had been substituted for the words 20 yards respectively used in that section and the prohibition contained in the same section shall be deemed to include all soil, beach, mud, shingle, gravel, stones, rock and other like material and any sand within the said extended distances respectively although the sand may have originally been beyond and have been brought within these for the purpose of…………..” This is how us Brits say....."don't steal railroad dirt" Best wishes John [ 09 March 2001: Message edited by: John Whitby ]
I was cruising the photo gallery at N Scale Supply, and there is a great page there with trackside photos. A derailment ruined their railfan trip, so they spent the time looking at all the details. Here's the web page. Dragging equipment detector: Flange greaser:
Here is my local station This is the signal box which controls all that is left of the tracks in the Spalding station area. Most of the box is boarded up, and just the end near the road crossing is now used. When it was built, there were many levers, but now only a few switches to control the barriers and signals, with a few levers for the track points (switches). The number 1 on the box indicates that it is Spalding #1, as there used to be several more, controlling various parts of the large railway system here.
Some more MOW equipment complete with authentic NY grafitti! Russ/NYC The Hoffman Valley Railroad NARA member#28
my Town lost a lot of history, wen the local railreoas station went up in flames may 19th, 1995. Some idiot set the thing on fire. The sation was built in the 30-40's by the B&O. at the time of the arson, (and years before) the station was used as a Helper base (pair of sd40-2s changed each week)By CSX pushing Coaltrains hrough Finshing Camp, and to Grafton. or through Buckhannon (my town) to burnsvill where it was traded form another helper set while the pair of SD40-2 helpers took a load of boxcars with lumber from Weyerhauser. back to Buckhannon, then put onto the next coal train to grafton. Now there is a Cinder Blcok, building with more electronic stuff inside just as the Local freight's base (1 or 2 a week, usually with GP38-2's) P.s. whne the station burned it burned an old wooden boxcar standing in front of it.
I usually describe a "speeder" as a modern version of the old handcar. The few handcars still around are in private collections, for the most part. This one is on display at the Valley Railroad station in Essex, Connecticut. One of the operating handles is missing. [ 30. March 2004, 20:17: Message edited by: Peirce ]
Last summer my wife and I visited a railroad musuem in Carson City Neveda. We came across a group of first grade children with a couple of teachers. They had a piece of track about 60 feet long and the kids had a ball pumping a old hand car back and forth on the track. They put 2 kids on each handle and they took turns pumping the car back and forth. Aa caretaker from the museum stood in the middle and got the kids co-ordanated pumping the handle up and down. Each time a new batch of kids got on and started pumping (tried) they couldn't get anyplace until the guy took about 5 minutes explaining how to do it. Once they got started they covered the length of track in nothing flat and the guy really had to put on the brakes Everybody laughed so hard watching them we almost split a gut. It was well worth the trip.
Telegrapher, glad I caught up with you. Watash says the three of us are the oldest members of this board, but Chris Dante says he is in our age group. Handcars--at Railfair 99 they had a great setup for kids and old kids alike, with a wide grip on the handcar so that about six people could pump. My grandkids had a great time on that machine.
Hi Fitz. Just got back from a potluck at church and saw your note. If I hang on to this long enough it should carry over to tomorrows forem. I beleive Watash is 70+. Are you the one that said you were 70 on another forem?? I turned 68 last halloween. (Thats right). I thought I knew oregon pretty good as my wife and I managed a motel in portland for 3 1/2 years and I had a aunt and uncle in Milwaukee. He used to work on the UP switcher in the yard in portland. Where is Waldport?? Is it close to I-5 or on the coast? My E mail is rea@ccio.com We can believe Dante as soon as he tells us his age. [ 12 March 2001: Message edited by: Telegrapher ]
Dick, no I'm only 61. Only??? Waldport is on the coast about halfway between the Ca and Wa borders. 15 south of Newport, 33 North of Florence, on 101. Does the rea in your address stand for your initials or for Railway Express Agency? My dad worked for the REA for years on the New York Central.
Fitz - I knew I heard that name someplace. My wife and I have traveled 101 several times. The rea are my real initials. We are planning to make another trip to Washington and had talked about the possibility of going to coast road. Don't know if it will be this year or next year. I dread that bridge spanning the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. We are both from Washington but left in 1955 where I went to work as a Telegrapher for the old suffren pacific out of Dunsmuir, Ca. I have tooo many relatives up there and they are all butinskys. Now we live in a Senior trailer park in Esparto, Ca just 14 miles west of Woodland on highway 16 Now that your past 60 are you finding the years picking up speed? I sure did.
Here are two views in the interior of a Railway Post Office (RPO). This car is fully restored and on display at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. This first view shows the sorting area for letters. This view shows the other end where larger items are sorted. Note, also, there are overhead bins used in sorting the mail. [ 30. March 2004, 20:21: Message edited by: Peirce ]
hi Peirce , tell ya what . I am a railroad engineer , I can add ALOT of different photos of different equipment ect... if you would like [ 18 March 2001: Message edited by: Davecn5623 ]
I like the idea of as many different pictures as possible in keeping with the theme of this thread. Before you post too many, what do you think of the idea proposed earlier, by some, that this thread be made into a forum? I believe there is enough material out there to support this, if what we have seen so far in an indication. Can we get more input and assistance from the board admin on this question? I would be willing to co-moderate such a forum. I have never been a moderator before, so I don't want to do it alone.
Judging by the response here, and the variety of photographs, etc. I would be in favour of a forum for this subject. Charlie CAN sometimes be persuaded But what to call it?
