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Post by Bushpounder on Sept 2, 2015 13:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by pivo11 on Sept 2, 2015 16:40:26 GMT -5
Hey, thanks, Don. I had heard about that the last time I was there but had forgotten. Great machine!
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Post by Bushpounder on Sept 2, 2015 17:25:26 GMT -5
I'll race our 4-8-4 with yours!!  BP;) |
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Post by pivo11 on Sept 3, 2015 1:34:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 11:02:48 GMT -5
When I was a teenager we lived in a village that was on the NYC line from Chicago, Detroit to Buffalo. Their Hudsons' were really rocking when they went through town.. I'm glad I lived to see them. I saw old Bullet Nosed Betty-- CN'S 6060 series a number of years ago, her whistle is quite unique. I'd love to see that 484 of yours Don.
Great memories. Carm. Keep em rolin.
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Post by archangel1 on Sept 3, 2015 11:20:46 GMT -5
Very impressive little toy! Shame that modern regulations force steam engines to have a diesel backup with them. Sort of spoils the experience, don't you think? They managed to work for decades on their own and now they are being made to hold mommy's hand while they travel.
When I was growing up in the early 1950's, my paternal grandparent's house in Stratford, Ontario (one of my very favourite towns), was right across the street from a service facility of some sort so I have vague memories of various locomotives chugging in at certain points. Never realized until recently that the rail yards were only blocks away. Why didn't somebody tell me?
Another sign of the times and area...anybody remember the horse-drawn carts of the 'rags and bones' men? Or the ice-block delivery guys? Damn, I'm older than I thought!
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Post by Bushpounder on Sept 3, 2015 11:59:09 GMT -5
Our 611 didn't have a diesel helper. She did it all by herself - 21 cars.
BP;)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2015 8:26:07 GMT -5
Very impressive little toy! Shame that modern regulations force steam engines to have a diesel backup with them. Sort of spoils the experience, don't you think? They managed to work for decades on their own and now they are being made to hold mommy's hand while they travel. When I was growing up in the early 1950's, my paternal grandparent's house in Stratford, Ontario (one of my very favourite towns), was right across the street from a service facility of some sort so I have vague memories of various locomotives chugging in at certain points. Never realized until recently that the rail yards were only blocks away. Why didn't somebody tell me? Another sign of the times and area...anybody remember the horse-drawn carts of the 'rags and bones' men? Or the ice-block delivery guys? Damn, I'm older than I thought! A bit late to this one, but my Dad took me and my brother on the last regularly scheduled steam locomotive run from Toronto to Stratford back in the late 50's (can't remember the date now, but 1958 seems to ring a bell. I've forgotten a lot of things in my life, but that trip is one that stuck. |
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