The engine has to be load tested after we finish with it, flames may be a forgone conclusion, no paint needed.
There was one at Petersburg Jct., NY connected to the B&M Fitchburg Div. dispatcher. The Rutland's milk train on its Corkscrew Div. had to get clearance to cross the B&M twice a day, once on its way New York City, and once coming home. Neat to see a Consolidation cooling its heels waiting for B&M freights.
You have such fine memories. I brought out a 1945 Official Guide to get a good Rutland map so that I could see where Petersburg Jct. is. The B&M there must have been busy back then. My mother rode the Rutland to college at Middlebury, VT, getting there from central NJ by a rather convoluted route it would seem.
That's what I was thinking. If you want to make it look like a hot rod, you must have flames over the nose and the sides of the cab. I'll take Johnny Cash any day of the week! But if flames are painted on the front, the song will have to be Ring Of Fire!
Train #1 the Sunset Limited, right before being replaced by the light weight Budd equipment, about a mile from Paisano Pass in West Texas. GS1 4-8-4 #701 is pulling the train on that day. Southern Pacific photo, John R. Signor collection.
I assume she crossed the Hudson River to Grand Central Terminal. From there she would have taken a New York Central Harlem Div. train to Chatham, NY, passing my home in Bedford Hills. She then took a Rutland train, up the Corkscrew Div. to Bennington, VT and on to Middlebury on the Rutland Div. Although she could have taken a NYC Hudson Div. train from GCT to Albany, NY in a Rutland coach. That coach would be transferred across the Hudson River to Troy, NY where it was connected to Rutland's Green Mountain Flyer. The Flyer then ran on the B&M Fitchburg Div. until Eagle Bridge, NY where it transferred to the Rutland into North Bennington, VT, and on to Rutland, VT dropping your mother at Middlebury. I often picked up the Flyer at Eagle Bridge, going south to Croton-Harmon, NY. I fondly remember Middlebury College, having spent a few weekends up there in 1953/54.
I was wrong. Eagle Bridge, NY was B&M's interchange with the Delaware & Hudson. North Hoosick, NY was B&M's interchange with the Rutland. Forgive me, but that was nearly 70 years ago.
That's a beauty! Nicely weathered too. Though their Crescent would probably be the Crumpet. With tea.
I just learned that the B&O station at Deshler, OH was demolished 08/11/2022. It was in poor repair from what I read. Deshler was once a very busy place, known as The Crossroads of the B&O, with their Chicago mainline crossing their Toledo <=> Cincinnati main there. Surprisingly, DR Tower still stands, though long inactive. DR once housed a Dispatcher and CTC machine, as featured in a fine article in the January 1953 Trains Magazine. I shot both of these pictures 09/23/1997.
CSXT 3194 third out on UP train MNPCH, Passing Blairstown, IA on the UP Clinton Sub. August 20, 2022 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
An assortment of cars seen on a road trip from June, Part 15 CB&Q Coach-Parlor-Obs. 570, Chicago, IL Metra Gallery Coach 766, Cicero, IL SP Club-Lounge 2986, Omaha, NE UP 6-4-6 Sleeper 1202 "National Command", Omaha, NE
This afternoon's 15R (Linwood, NC => Columbia, SC) at Blythewood, SC. The influx of UP power continues, with an SD-70AH lending a hand.
Very sad to see it go, but lots of people tried but failed to save it for restoration. I watched it go down on the Deshler, Oh VRF cam. There is a video of it saved.
I had a friend from 40+ years ago who'd amassed a giant collection of railroad paper. He realized it was out of hand and began to give it away to appreciative collectors. He said, "You can't save the world" and his statement stuck with me.
I've had some conversations with friends, all post 65+ years old and we run the gamut. Some of us are thinking things through, downsizing and/or documenting what should be done with our things, while others are content to stay the course without worry. I had a terrible time working through my mother's stuff when she passed away, as she was a bit of a hoarder and the house was packed to the rafters with all kinds of family items that should have been disposed of long before. I've never had a passion for amassing things, but I want to save my family from difficulty when I pass from this earth.