Saw a UP coal train with a leased BNSF loco. One other item of note, there was an old Chicago & Northwestern car that came rolling by. Considering the company was out of business by 1995, the paint was in relatively good shape.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:31 am
by TPK
Cool pictures Ike!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:05 am
by DM11
More good pics Ike!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:46 am
by Quick Steel
Always enjoy your photos, Ike.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:53 am
by 1967redrider
Awesome photos, Ike!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:14 pm
by Waukonda
Thank you all for the comments, appreciated.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:18 am
by 1967redrider
New York Central in action, steam and early diesels-
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:01 am
by DM11
Wow cool video and history. Some of those trains were really blazing down the track.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:35 am
by 1967redrider
DM11 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:01 am
Wow cool video and history. Some of those trains were really blazing down the track.
I think it was a Hudson they said cruised along at 120 mph! And an aluminum accented Mohawk and tender could be pushed by 2 men. I found this video to be very informative, glad you liked it too, David.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:20 pm
by 1967redrider
Here's a vid I made last night of a Lionel New York Central Hudson I just picked up on the cheap from trainz.com.
The engine moved like it had been doused with glue at first, a little greasing of the gears and some run time loosened it up. The tender had a broken coupler and the water scoup had come loose. Took a coupler/truck off of a flatbed car and it worked perfectly, the water scoup was easily put back in place. This engine was made by Lionel/MPC between 1972-1975 and probably sat boxed up for the last 45+ years, maybe because the coupler was broken and no one took the time to fix it?
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:22 pm
by Quick Steel
redrider, that was an excellent video. Fascinating. Perhaps you would know the answer to this. When they were using steam engines in Europe there were most always two big "plates" right at the front and on each side of the engine. Sort of like blinders on a horse. I had never seen them in the U.S but they are shown in the video around the 5 minute mark. Do you know what the purpose of these was?
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:41 pm
by TPK
1967redrider wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:20 pm
Here's a vid I made last night of a Lionel New York Central Hudson I just picked up on the cheap from trainz.com.
The engine moved like it had been doused with glue at first, a little greasing of the gears and some run time loosened it up. The tender had a broken coupler and the water scoup had come loose. Took a coupler/truck off of a flatbed car and it worked perfectly, the water scoup was easily put back in place. This engine was made by Lionel/MPC between 1972-1975 and probably sat boxed up for the last 45+ years, maybe because the coupler was broken and no one took the time to fix it?
Yes, that is loud.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:46 pm
by Mumbleypeg
July issue of True West Magazine has an excellent article about several historic train rides available in the U.S. https://truewestmagazine.com/article/ri ... -rails-22/. Also a list of train museums and other railroads not mentioned in the article. Probably one available near you.
Ken
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:59 pm
by 1967redrider
Quick Steel wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:22 pm
redrider, that was an excellent video. Fascinating. Perhaps you would know the answer to this. When they were using steam engines in Europe there were most always two big "plates" right at the front and on each side of the engine. Sort of like blinders on a horse. I had never seen them in the U.S but they are shown in the video around the 5 minute mark. Do you know what the purpose of these was?
Those are smoke shields/deflectors, QS. Some U.S. engines had them but most didn't. They were used to help engineers' visibility. I think most American engines were built with steam-powered smoke lifters inside the stack. U.P., New York Central and Great Northern used smoke deflectors on some engines where speed increased their effectiveness.
Thanks, Tom, glad you enjoyed that.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:55 pm
by Quick Steel
Thanks very much redrider. You have solved a long standing mystery for me.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:41 pm
by 1967redrider
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:46 pm
July issue of True West Magazine has an excellent article about several historic train rides available in the U.S. https://truewestmagazine.com/article/ri ... -rails-22/. Also a list of train museums and other railroads not mentioned in the article. Probably one available near you.
Ken
Pretty cool, Ken. Thanks for the link.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:53 am
by DM11
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:45 am
by DM11
Looks like fun.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:19 pm
by 1967redrider
Cool vids, David.
Apparently they're trying out the whistle that's going to be used on the built from the ground up PRR T1 5550 on the WMSR 1309-
Some T1 footage of you're not familiar -
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:14 pm
by DM11
Love them steam whistles! Second video is neat.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:57 am
by 1967redrider
PRR T1 vs. S1
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:23 am
by Quick Steel
I am gobsmacked. Have never seen Duplex engines before. Fantastic design. Were these used? Mr. Lowey is a giant. I would have guessed these came out of an Italian design shop.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:47 am
by 1967redrider
Just ran across this interesting railroad history vid-
I think most American engines were built with steam-powered smoke lifters inside the stack. U.P., New York Central and Great Northern used smoke deflectors on some engines where speed increased their effectiveness.