The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Gravity Aided]

I think not, because Springfields' Power Plant operates by coal. Also, Springfield, Illinois has no monorail.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think not, because Springfields' Power Plant operates by coal. Also, Springfield, Illinois has no monorail.

Right enough, you have a point there!

 

[Gravity Aided]

It does have its own Food Item, a "Horseshoe", which occurs as far north as Normal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_sandwich

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It does have its own Food Item, a "Horseshoe", which occurs as far north as Normal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_sandwich

Sounds interesting!!

I imagine those have been responsible for some expanding waistlines and maybe some premature deaths in their time!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

...... Says me who lives in West Central Scotland, the Heart Attack capital of the Universe Europe.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'll need to get my O.S Winston Link recordings out again!

 

[Gravity Aided]

If I am any indication, I eat about one per year

 

[Gravity Aided]

I'll need to get my O.S Winston Link recordings out again!

And pictures as well. One of the great photographers of the mid 20th Century. His ability to light whole trains bordered on the surreal.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

If I am any indication, I eat about one per year

...... Oh right, yes I get you now, sorry I was looking for pictures of you!

Well, I come from the home of the deep fried Mars Bar, so there will be plenty of my fellow countrymen who could keep you company!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And pictures as well. One of the great photographers of the mid 20th Century. His ability to light whole trains bordered on the surreal.

Yes I have a book of them (Steel and Stars..... I think) and I know about how he arranged and managed to get the pictures he did!

Certainly surreal and downright unnatural in some cases, yes, but it doesn't matter because they show an old America that's now gone!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Aurora, Illinois, West of Chicago, Early 1980's. GM E-9s' still in regular commuter service at that time.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I don't know why, but I have never really been into American trains (actually I do, I have never been Stateside, and the diesels mostly all looked the same to me for quite a long time) although I can see the appeal of them (freight trains the size of small countries, etc etc) and with things like the Norfolk And Western and other old Railroads with their steam locos, I can appreciate the old designs!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

So..... Educate me on North American trains!! (Although I need to sleep here, its 03.17am).

 

[Gravity Aided]

By the 1930's, many passenger railroads were trying to modernize their look by shrouding steam locomotives. The results were not nearly as fine as those in Britain. Notable exceptions being the Norfolk and Western 611, the Alton Belle, and the New York Central streamlined Hudsons that pulled the 20th Century Limited.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What are the Diesel/electric types, and what do those class names mean (like E9). Is it the type of power unit??