1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 12:21 am
Put a couple train layout vids on YouTube
I really enjoyed your videos John, as well as you sharing the background of your trains.
Thanks, Ike. It was a fun project and now that I'm back in Alexandria I miss tinkering around with it. I don't have enough space here for anything like that, plus my knives. My wife would come unglued!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:59 pm
by 1967redrider
Just took this picture of Norfolk Southern in the Vulcan Yards on today's coffee hike.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:16 pm
by Waukonda
DM11 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:11 pm
The tail end of a BNSF manifest with five units. Two Santa Fe cars that haven't been repainted.
Awesome! Thanks for posting, David. I still occasionally see the old green BN logo on cars, but never Santa Fe.
1967redrider wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:59 pm
Just took this picture of Norfolk Southern in the Vulcan Yards on today's coffee hike.
Nice shot, John
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:30 pm
by Quick Steel
Gentlemen, I recommend to you that should you ever be near Chicago you ought to visit the Museum of Science And Industry. There you will find an elaborate 3500 sq. ft HD train display, much improved from when I visited as a youth. If you google the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry train display, you will find numerous photos of the layout. I think you will enjoy the sights.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:24 pm
by DM11
1967redrider wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:59 pm
Just took this picture of Norfolk Southern in the Vulcan Yards on today's coffee hike.
Cool pic!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:49 pm
by 1967redrider
Lots of railroad action on today's coffee walk.
Just missed a good photo op of Metro and caught the tail end of the VRE, which snuck up while a CSX freight manifest was rolling by. Found a rightly marked "hole in the fence" for catching some NS Vulcan Yards action too.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 8:04 pm
by Waukonda
Good action, John, and I like your Holes n Fences pic!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:25 pm
by 1967redrider
Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 8:04 pm
Good action, John, and I like your Holes n Fences pic!
Thanks, Ike. I didn't notice that sticker at first, then I thought, how appropriate.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:16 pm
by DM11
Enjoyed your pics John!
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:11 pm
by Waukonda
Here is something a little different for this thread......I just got this HSB, main blade etched "Ayer & Lord Tie Co. Chicago". The first 2 pics, of the knife, are mine. Ayer & Lord was evidently, a major player in crosstie production around the turn of the century and beyond. I found some pics online, the first of their Chicago storage yard, and the next two from their facility in Carbondale, il.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:07 pm
by 1967redrider
Cool pictures and knife, Ike. It's mind blowing to think about all the board feet of lumber resting in today's rail beds.
A few years ago a guy was thinning out some timber on our farm and he cut crossties for a local plant. So a very miniscule amount of that current wood used for ties somewhere came from our land.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:00 pm
by DM11
Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:11 pm
Here is something a little different for this thread......I just got this HSB, main blade etched "Ayer & Lord Tie Co. Chicago". The first 2 pics, of the knife, are mine. Ayer & Lord was evidently, a major player in crosstie production around the turn of the century and beyond. I found some pics online, the first of their Chicago storage yard, and the next two from their facility in Carbondale, il.
DM11 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:11 pm
The tail end of a BNSF manifest with five units. Two Santa Fe cars that haven't been repainted.
Awesome! Thanks for posting, David. I still occasionally see the old green BN logo on cars, but never Santa Fe.
Ike I just saw a grain train go by that had a whole bunch of green BN cars that hadnt been repainted. I live in an apartment on the side of a hill which is a block and a half from the BNSF Depot and yard. So I got a pretty good view of action down there.
Re: Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:21 pm
by cudgee
Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:11 pm
Here is something a little different for this thread......I just got this HSB, main blade etched "Ayer & Lord Tie Co. Chicago". The first 2 pics, of the knife, are mine. Ayer & Lord was evidently, a major player in crosstie production around the turn of the century and beyond. I found some pics online, the first of their Chicago storage yard, and the next two from their facility in Carbondale, il.
Great photos and history. People now days don't realize the back breaking physical work the previous generations went through. Can you imagine the actual labour that went into filling that storage yard. Happy New Year my friend, and thanks again for starting this thread.
What scale is that? My N-Scale is a bit too small. I think that I need something bigger. 
That's like 
videos John!
It was a fun project and now that I'm back in Alexandria I miss tinkering around with it. I don't have enough space here for anything like that, plus my knives. My wife would come unglued! 
