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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Notwithstanding American Muscle engines I would still submit that the Flying Scotsman takes some beating. Class always beats brute force. What did you think of it in black? I saw it live at the NRM and i liked it. Looked like a stealth loco. I was also there in late 2005 when they brought it back to York just before its overhaul, it was a sorry sight, when it pulled up at York station it looked ready to fall apart. If an engine could limp, this was. They've done a good job on it though, at the Railfest event they had last year, it could have been brand new. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Notwithstanding American Muscle engines I would still submit that the Flying Scotsman takes some beating. Class always beats brute force. Interesting, but it looks a bit plain. It needs some bits. A headlight and bell, at least. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I've added a few recent pictures to my Flickr feed. More will be coming. I added 3 more today. BTW, sorry Vic, but I don't like the Blue Goose. Just another example of streamlining added as an afterthought. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
The Hawkeye Express engine has 3000hp. Yes it does. It's a former Amtrak F40PH. The HEP uses up to 700 of that 3000 (probably not that much on those cars). David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I added 5 more shots from IRM to my Flickr page. I'm learning about editing with Photoshop. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66359 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I added 5 more shots from IRM to my Flickr page. I'm learning about editing with Photoshop. You have nice pics in there David. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I added 5 more shots from IRM to my Flickr page. I'm learning about editing with Photoshop. Thanks. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Illinois Railway Museum is making quick progress on SLSF 1630. I just read the Steam Department blogs for Sept. 14 and Sept. 21. (Movie fans will get a bonus tid bit from the 14th.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
At first glance, this may look like it belongs in the train safety thread, but it really doesn't. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Not everyone here has a FB account David. Can you link it somewhere else? Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Not everyone here has a FB account David. Can you link it somewhere else? It's set to public, so you shouldn't need an account to see it. I have other pictures from my DSLR that I will post to Flickr after I process them. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
It is still redirecting me to the log in page. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
It is still redirecting me to the log in page. Oh. Well, I'll have some better ones up on my Flickr soon. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Thanks David, I will wait for those. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Okay, the pics are up at Flickr. 15 new ones from this Sunday. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66359 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
From what I've read a lot of people are taking this in their commute... on Metrolink. It's a Hyundai... Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
It's a Hyundai... It's also ugly. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 66359 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
It's a Hyundai... I can't help that, I had nothing to do with the design. Savoir-Faire is everywhere! The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
So my best friend, who is now a Pullman Conductor for Pullman Rail Journeys, left Chicago last night on the back of Amtrak's City of New Orleans. They got to Memphis about 20 minutes early. Everything's fine. This morning, he was sitting in the lounge area and the brakes went into emergency. He had his radio on and heard that they hit a tree that fell across the track. After a lot of messing around, cutting out most of the brakes on the train, they proceeded very slowly (and with the Amtrak conductor there in the Pullman car to apply the handbrake if necessary) to the next station, about 2 miles away, where a CN crew came out with some tools to fix the brake lines which had been damaged on one of the Amtrak cars. So they get going again, and after a while, he smells really strong brake shoe smoke. He looks out the Dutch door and sees smoke coming from the same Amtrak car. He's about to get on the radio and report it to the conductor when the hotbox detector goes off. They go into emergency again. This time, the conductors have to crawl around under the car cutting out just its brakes. By this time, their uniforms are in pretty bad shape. So once again, he's sitting down, relaxing, on the final stretch to Hammond and New Orleans, when they go into emergency again. This time his radio was off, but he turned it on quick. The conductor came along inspecting the whole train and told him they hit a truck. It turned out they hit a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck. This damaged a brake cylinder on the engine and the engineer couldn't read his air pressure. I'm not sure what they did about that, but they finally made it to NO. He stayed on the train as it went through the inspection building. They had a huge pile of brake shoes they had replaced, including 8 from his 2 cars. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Sorry if this sounds stupid but does CN down there mean Canadian National like it does up here? |
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