All About Pocket Knives

I think that meeting pics was late 50s.

Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:52 am I think that meeting pics was late 50s.

Thanks, was a great era for rail.

Awesome pictures, guys!


Saw this railroad stamping on a scoop shovel at the farm today. Could be from the coal shoveling days?

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:34 am Awesome pictures, guys!


Saw this railroad stamping on a scoop shovel at the farm today. Could be from the coal shoveling days?

What would it's vintage be do you think.?

cudgee wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:49 am

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:34 am Awesome pictures, guys!


Saw this railroad stamping on a scoop shovel at the farm today. Could be from the coal shoveling days?

What would it's vintage be do you think.?

Not really sure, cudgee? Could be from the 50s or older for all I know. The newest it could be is 1971, that's when Chessie came into existence.

This is pic of where the old Santa Fe rail road round house use to be. On the south side of Arkansas City, Kansas.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:38 pm He is away this weekend, so he is not keeping up his end of the deal.

My, my, my, I suppose I need to make amends!

There have been some really nice posts here the last couple of days. David, I think your moose may have created a new subcategory within this thread, "knives and trains".

DM11 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:37 pm This is pic of where the old Santa Fe rail road round house use to be. On the south side of Arkansas City, Kansas.

Well done, your post has kicked us over to page 23.

We walked through the Virginia Avenue underpass this morning en route to Sheetz for coffee. Some interesting icicles.

Beautiful looking country in the last throws of winter. .

Ripster wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:04 am

DM11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:20 pm Savannah & Atlanta 1065 Intermodal. Never seen a Savannah & Atlanta before. New one for me.

Dave , never heard of that one before either
It’s cool seeing all the different companies from different areas and periods .

Only if you are interested, we have a bloke over here who is an avid railway man and very knowledgeable on all things rail and it's history here in Victoria. He posts video's regularly that are very interesting, some of them really good. He is on youtube and goes under the name Greensleeves94, if you subscribe you will get notified when he has a new post out, his name is Brad and seems like a really friendly person. Thought you may be interested.

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 12:00 am

Ripster wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:04 am

DM11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:20 pm Savannah & Atlanta 1065 Intermodal. Never seen a Savannah & Atlanta before. New one for me.

Dave , never heard of that one before either
It’s cool seeing all the different companies from different areas and periods .

Only if you are interested, we have a bloke over here who is an avid railway man and very knowledgeable on all things rail and it's history here in Victoria. He posts video's regularly that are very interesting, some of them really good. He is on youtube and goes under the name Greensleeves94, if you subscribe you will get notified when he has a new post out, his name is Brad and seems like a really friendly person. Thought you may be interested.

Thanks Cudgee. Will check that out

cudgee wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:53 pm Beautiful looking country in the last throws of winter. .

I think so too, cudgee.

We had a 13'6" underpass that got clobbered a time or three. But construction has gotten it to 14" now.

A couple of pictures of grain hoppers from the old Victorian Railways. These were introduced in about 1970. They replaced the old open grain carrying carriages. These could carry 55 tons of grain compared to 22 tons of the old open carriages. The top photo is of one at Geelong rail yards, the second one is of one being painted at the Newport workshops in 1972.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:40 pm en route to Sheetz for coffee.

Well sheeeet, man! I hadn't even heard of Sheetz coffee until I read your post, then I look it up to find that it can be had in my area. Gonna have to try some!

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:38 pm

VR Grain Hopper at Geelong 1978.jpg

grain hopper being painted at newport 1972.jpg

A couple of pictures of grain hoppers from the old Victorian Railways. These were introduced in about 1970. They replaced the old open grain carrying carriages. These could carry 55 tons of grain compared to 22 tons of the old open carriages. The top photo is of one at Geelong rail yards, the second one is of one being painted at the Newport workshops in 1972.

Good post Cudgee, interesting rolling stock!

Thanks mate, i will post some pics of the rolling stock that they replaced. How was your weekend away.?

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:39 pm Thanks mate, i will post some pics of the rolling stock that they replaced. How was your weekend away.?

Not bad, hit up a knife show which was nice. No luck at the railyards, not this time anyway. Got some tips for a return trip in near future. It was a combination of poor time management on my part and unable to find decent vantage points. Security is zealous in those "no go" areas. I will succeed next time.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:30 am

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:39 pm Thanks mate, i will post some pics of the rolling stock that they replaced. How was your weekend away.?

Not bad, hit up a knife show which was nice. No luck at the railyards, not this time anyway. Got some tips for a return trip in near future. It was a combination of poor time management on my part and unable to find decent vantage points. Security is zealous in those "no go" areas. I will succeed next time.

Any purchases at the knife show?

This GP11 Switcher, sporting IC's "Death Star" nose logo, is on display in Carbondale, Il.
I was happy to find the cab accessible, here are a few pbotos.

Fantastic, that would have been the cream on the top for your weekend. Thanks for posting, they are great shots.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:11 am This GP11 Switcher, sporting IC's "Death Star" nose logo, is on display in Carbondale, Il.
I was happy to find the cab accessible, here are a few pbotos.

Pretty neat to be able to get inside that!
That “ Death Star” nose logo is cool as all get out

Waukonda wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:11 am This GP11 Switcher, sporting IC's "Death Star" nose logo, is on display in Carbondale, Il.
I was happy to find the cab accessible, here are a few pbotos.

Awesome pictures, Ike!

BTW- you can dial up all kinds of coffee flavors at Sheetz, or go with a some different blends.

cudgee wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:38 pm VR Grain Hopper at Geelong 1978.jpg
grain hopper being painted at newport 1972.jpg

A couple of pictures of grain hoppers from the old Victorian Railways. These were introduced in about 1970. They replaced the old open grain carrying carriages. These could carry 55 tons of grain compared to 22 tons of the old open carriages. The top photo is of one at Geelong rail yards, the second one is of one being painted at the Newport workshops in 1972.

Pretty cool logo, cudgee.

Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:43 pm We had a 13'6" underpass that got clobbered a time or three. But construction has gotten it to 14" now.

A few 14" tall rigs could do that, Dave.

Here is an old Catt with an etch which I think makes it eligible for this thread. George Lord (early 20th century) was well respected for his knowledge in working with steam boilers. He built a very successful business based on his Boiler Compounds, which were additives to boiler feedwater to prevent scales, corrosion, and sludge. In other words, they helped to maintain efficiency of boilers and keep them in safe working order. Information is limited, but from what I have read, Lord's Boiler Compounds were marketed/sold for use in steam locomotives as well as industrial and residential use.

Really cool knife, Ike.