Ed Vance wrote to All <=-
Looks like I don't get the DOT between retroweb and com in the original post. retroweb.com/wp is the correct address for the home page.
Ed
Thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it. Looked through his gallery of
old RR photos. Man, the guys who ran them must have bought only one set
of blueprints for each style/use building. That stuff from Virginia is
nearly identical to what I saw on the Chicago & Alton and Illinois
Terminal here in the Midwest. And still see on the Monticello & Sangamon Valley Railway Historical Society's working museum - where I am a life member.
Thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it. Looked through his gallery of
old RR photos. Man, the guys who ran them must have bought only one set
of blueprints for each style/use building. That stuff from Virginia is
nearly identical to what I saw on the Chicago & Alton and Illinois
Terminal here in the Midwest. And still see on the Monticello & Sangamon Valley Railway Historical Society's working museum - where I am a life member.
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When buildings are built for utility and not for their ability to catch the eye, I think they often come out the same. That is why the big city
stations often look a lot different (especially on the outside) while the depots and other buildings along the lines in rural areas are similar and
not so remarkable (unless you are into trains!).
With them all looking so similar, it is easy to spot them for railfans.
Mike
When buildings are built for utility and not for their ability to catch the eye, I think they often come out the same. That is why the big city stations often look a lot different (especially on the outside) while the depots and other buildings along the lines in rural areas are similar and not so remarkable (unless you are into trains!).
With them all looking so similar, it is easy to spot them for railfans.
In my teenage days there was a Roundtable on the North side of Oak Street between 13th and 15th Streets in Louisville Kentucky.
East of the Tracks on the South side was a walkway and I would ride my bicycle
part way up the walkway to watch the Steam Engine(s?) there.
My first (and only) Train ride was from Navy Bootcamp in Great Lakes Illinois to Chicago on my first Boot Leave.
I think that is where the IC and Pennsy tracks came together, south of the Pennsy rail bridge.
Part of me wishes I could have seen some of the steam age, but most of the engines I saw hauling freight as a kid were second gen diesel.
I drove by that facility a few Summers ago. Do you remember much about the ride?
Mike
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Ed Vance wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it. Looked through his gallery of
old RR photos. Man, the guys who ran them must have bought only one set
of blueprints for each style/use building. That stuff from Virginia is nearly identical to what I saw on the Chicago & Alton and Illinois
Terminal here in the Midwest. And still see on the Monticello & Sangamon Valley Railway Historical Society's working museum - where I am a life member.
My reason for visiting the retroweb page was because on my XP box I
have an older page from that site called "The Last Run of N&W 611" that
I saved as a .TXT file and I wanted to see the images.
I didn't see that older article about the 611 at the retroweb page but
saw a newer article talking about the 611 around 2015.
The article I have was Copyrighted 1997 about a December 07, 1994 run.
I was glad to see the website was still available and knew Mike would
like knowing about the RR pages on the website. I didn't know You were
a RailFan too.
Glad I was able to be of service to You, Mike and any others who
stumble upon this echo.
Just to the point that I'll make a trip or two every summer to ride a
"dinner train" with preference given to those which are steam powered.
I grew up in a coal mining town in central Illinois. We had a population
of about 8000 and 4 separate railroads serving the town. Wabash, B&O, Illinois Terminal (electric) and the C&IM (Chicago and Illinos Midland)
which had a roundhoue and car shops across from my grade school.
There are still a fair amount of us out there. To this day if I am dong
a long trip and not driving my car I'll take the train rather than the
silver bird. Trains don't fall out the sky and splatter you all over the prairie or mountainside. Bv)=
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There are still a fair amount of us out there. To this day if I am dong
a long trip and not driving my car I'll take the train rather than the
silver bird. Trains don't fall out the sky and splatter you all over the prairie or mountainside. Bv)=
I think the K&I RR changed names to Norfolk Southern.
Me, I'm a River Rat.
Worked as a Lock and Dam Operator and saw Towboats, Steamboats and Pleasure boats go through the Lock Chamber.
From there I could also see a Railroad Track running alongside the Interstate highway (I-64), and if I looked up in the Air sometimes would see a Airliner, Private Plane or Helicopter up there.
All Modes of Transportation.
Ed Vance wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Just to the point that I'll make a trip or two every summer to ride a "dinner train" with preference given to those which are steam powered.
I grew up in a coal mining town in central Illinois. We had a population
of about 8000 and 4 separate railroads serving the town. Wabash, B&O, Illinois Terminal (electric) and the C&IM (Chicago and Illinos Midland) which had a roundhoue and car shops across from my grade school.
There are still a fair amount of us out there. To this day if I am dong
a long trip and not driving my car I'll take the train rather than the silver bird. Trains don't fall out the sky and splatter you all over the prairie or mountainside. Bv)=
Louisville has the Kentucky & Indiana RR Bridge, the old Pennsylvania
RR Bridge now is called (something like) the Louisville-Indiana Bridge.
I think the K&I RR changed names to Norfolk Southern.
Louisville & Nashville RR is called CSX now.
My brother worked at the L&N Shops in Louisville until he got an offer
he couldn't refuse - go to Huntington CSX Shop or find another job somewhere. He (and many others) moved to West Virginia.
Me, I'm a River Rat.
Worked as a Lock and Dam Operator and saw Towboats, Steamboats and Pleasure boats go through the Lock Chamber.
From there I could also see a Railroad Track running alongside the Interstate highway (I-64), and if I looked up in the Air sometimes
would see a Airliner, Private Plane or Helicopter up there.
All Modes of Transportation.
Ed
Dumas Walker wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
There are still a fair amount of us out there. To this day if I am dong
a long trip and not driving my car I'll take the train rather than the silver bird. Trains don't fall out the sky and splatter you all over the prairie or mountainside. Bv)=
Indeed they do not. ;) If I am doing a long trip by car, I will
usually check to see if there are any rail museums along my planned
route. Green Bay and Duluth have two of the largest ones I have
visted. When I was younger I also visited one in or near Chattanooga that, IIRC, was pretty big. OKC and Barstow also have nice ones.
Indeed they do not. ;) If I am doing a long trip by car, I will usually check to see if there are any rail museums along my planned route. Green Bay and Duluth have two of the largest ones I have
visted. When I was younger I also visited one in or near Chattanooga that, IIRC, was pretty big. OKC and Barstow also have nice ones.
Have you done the Museum of Transport in St. Louis? It's really big and comprehensive.
Something else to check for if travelling is Dinner Train deals. A ride
on a restored train/trackage with a dining car dinner. Nearest one to
me that I've done is the Bardstown (KY) Dinner Train. The only thing
that would make it better would be to pull it w/steam poer rather than
the EMD E8 (an antique in its own right) that they use.
They also offer a Bourbon Train as Bardstoen is in the heart of booze production in Kentucy.
Railroads merge and morph. In my town we have what started life as the Chicago & Alton RR, which then becsme the GM&O (Gulf Mobile & Ohio) then
(in 1972) merged with the Illinois Central (another of my hometown rail lines) becoming the ICG (Illinos Central Gulf) later reverting to just
IC before being gobbled up by Canadian National.
The tracks they had in and around here are now being used by another conglomerated monster - BNSF .... ERK!
I dated a girl when I was in Uncle Sugar's Yacht Club stationed at the
Naval Air Station, Memphis. Her brother worked on the L&N as a signalman. Nice union gig. I went with him one day to he job in a signal tower. We chatted for about an hour and a half until a bell dinged and he reached
over to press a button that lowered the crossing gates and started the
signal flashers. When the consist had passed he pressed the button one
more time to kill the lights and raise the gates. That was his whole job.
And when I asked him what if he was "otherwise occupied" (potty break
or nap) I was told that they're automatically operated if no one presses
the button. Sheeesh!
I thought River Rats were the towboat/barge folks. Bv)=
You my have seen me back in the 70s and 80s pounding up and down the
highway in my semi hauling empty bottles to distilleries and filled
bottles out.
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