That is a great sighting, John!!1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:19 pm Saw this guy leading a coal car consist in the Cumberland Yards this afternoon.
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Cool!1967redrider wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:19 pm Saw this guy leading a coal car consist in the Cumberland Yards this afternoon.
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Thanks, gents.
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Made it trackside yesterday for a bit. Trains were running steady most of the day.
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That is a really great shot, David! I can almost feel the rumble of that beast!
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Thank you Ike, first time I been out rail fanning since its been so hot this summer. Yesterday was much cooler. It was nice to hear and feel those diesel loco's rumble by.
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I have heard of it Q but I have never been there.QTCut5 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:01 pm You guys really know your trains...I'm impressed. I am not a train enthusiast, but I was fascinated by this video my friend sent me showing two side-by-side films of a rider's view from Germany's "Flying Train" (which we might call a tram?) while passing over a German village; one from 1902 and the other from 2015. I wonder if TPK Tom has ever seen or ridden on this?
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https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/08/ ... rain-moma/
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I just learned a new word to describe myself......ferroequinologist, sounds pretty impressive, huh?
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All aboard!!! Next stop, NYC.
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Running a pantograph, this thing tops out at 117mph.
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Nice pics, John. Day trip? Weekend trip? Looks like a great time, your beautiful wife always looks so happy!
Really like that last pic, great angle of the platform/train.
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Extended weekend trip, Ike, thanks!
Here's a pantograph in case you didn't know. That engine was exactly the same as ours. They run under a grid of electrified cabling that looks amazing.
Here's a pantograph in case you didn't know. That engine was exactly the same as ours. They run under a grid of electrified cabling that looks amazing.
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I don't know if I'm breaking the intent of this thread by talking about toy trains instead of real trains, but this is related to John's trip, so I will give it a try. I'm a Lionel 3-rail O-gauge toy train collector. Lionel often got complaints from train enthusiasts because the 3-rail track was not realistic. (although there are exceptions, eg cog railways) However, one of the cool things that Lionel COULD do is have *working* pantographs on their engines. You could build a layout with an overhead catenary system that had a hot wire to run engines like the ones shown below. Unfortunately, neither of these is mine - but maybe someday...
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Hope you guys have a lot of fun!1967redrider wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:16 am Extended weekend trip, Ike, thanks!
Here's a pantograph in case you didn't know. That engine was exactly the same as ours. They run under a grid of electrified cabling that looks amazing.
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TwoFlowersLuggage wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:51 am I don't know if I'm breaking the intent of this thread by talking about toy trains instead of real trains, but this is related to John's trip, so I will give it a try. I'm a Lionel 3-rail O-gauge toy train collector. Lionel often got complaints from train enthusiasts because the 3-rail track was not realistic. (although there are exceptions, eg cog railways) However, one of the cool things that Lionel COULD do is have *working* pantographs on their engines. You could build a layout with an overhead catenary system that had a hot wire to run engines like the ones shown below. Unfortunately, neither of these is mine - but maybe someday...
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Cool PRR GG-1 and NH Little Joe. Looks like possibly the nose of an Erie & Lackawanna Trainmaster too.
I opened the train thread up to model trains as well.
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On board AMTRAK 173 Northeast Corridor heading towards Alexandria.
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Hmm, I don't think that Lackawanna is a Trainmaster. I think it might be a GP-7. The Trainmaster has a flatter nose and the Lionel postwar Trainmaster doesn't have horns on the top, they are on the side near the cab. I do have a Lackawanna FM Trainmaster - my father bought it new in 1954 and we darn near ran the wheels off of it. It is one of Lionel's most powerful postwar locos. I don't have a picture of mine, but here's one that is exactly like it:1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:57 pm
Cool PRR GG-1 and NH Little Joe. Looks like possibly the nose of an Erie & Lackawanna Trainmaster too.
I opened the train thread up to model trains as well.
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Niiiiiiiiiiiice. I don't think I can run a Trainmaster on my O-27 layout, the curves are too sharp.
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Sitting here browsing AAPK when i heard a whistle in the distance. Took this as it went past, not a good photo only from my phone. You may be able to click the photo to enlarge it. 3 Steam loco's and some old carriage's from when train travel was an experience. Hope you can enlarge.
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I did some screenshots, rotated and enlarged, cudgee. Very cool and happy you managed to get what you did. Most often when I'm trying to get spur-of-the-moment shots I end up with nothing.
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I'll see if i can catch it on the way back. Here is a photo from the VR historical society website about todays tour. 3 K class which were the mainstay of our steam locomotives.1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:30 pm I did some screenshots, rotated and enlarged, cudgee. Very cool and happy you managed to get what you did. Most often when I'm trying to get spur-of-the-moment shots I end up with nothing.
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Cool pictures Leon! Although I'll have to admit that they put me in a state of shock for a moment. I always pictured you (in my mind's eye) on a nice farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere surrounded with brown outback dirt, a barn, wooden fence, maybe some horses or cattle, traktor, Crocodile Dundee hat & a few kangaroos hoping around in the near distance. Guess I was a bit off. Hollywood!
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Wish i was, but alas no.TPK wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:11 am Cool pictures Leon! Although I'll have to admit that they put me in a state of shock for a moment. I always pictured you (in my mind's eye) on a nice farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere surrounded with brown outback dirt, a barn, wooden fence, maybe some horses or cattle, traktor, Crocodile Dundee hat & a few kangaroos hoping around in the near distance. Guess I was a bit off. Hollywood!
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I'm trying to talk my wife into taking a trip to ride the Grand Canyon Railway: https://www.thetrain.com/ Has anyone done this? Her first response was that the train would be "full of train nerds like you."
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