Hi Mitch,
sorry about the picture. The train in picture behind the fence is one that
is on display here, so hence the reason it's fenced off. It was also the
best quality pic of the train I could find by doing a google for it. All
the pics I have of the train, are the large format ones, as
E M wrote:
Here is a pic of the train.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmac/413632532/sizes/o/
Rats. After the talk about drive wheels cylinders, I was hoping
to see the wheels and connecting rods on the engines in question.
Gerry's has people standing in front of it, and yours is sitting
We rode the VT (Virginia Truckee) last October
while in Virginia City. We were really, really
disappointed that they used a diesel yard engine to
shuttle us down and back on the mile or two of active
track they have open at this time.
As a consolation we went to the railroad museum in
Carson
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:45:50 -0500 E M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't have a scanner, but next time I'm over at a friends, I'll see if
they can do anything with large picture.
Do you have a camera? Take a picture of the picture ...
Craig
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For those of you on the East Coast...
When you want to air out your Benz for a ride (in the spring, of
course), check out the Baltimore Ohio Railroad Museum in
Baltimore. Lots of years since I was there, so my experience is
anecdotal.
http://www.borail.org/ for more
Yes Gerry, one of my Great Grandfathers was an engineer, (driving them), and
my other Great Grandfather was a mechanical engineer, he (designed them).
Ed
Fascinating! Was that the really big engines with many driving wheels for
climbing the mountains? I've seen pictures of engines with two
Gerry,
Here is a pic of the train. I was lucky enough to be allowed on this very
train while it was undergoing some restoration. They would do over 100 mph
(160 kph) on a straight run. Sitting in the cab and looking down the length
of it, I can tell you, it must have been an amazing experience
Thanks, Ed, good picture. I never heard of the long handled skillet so it
must be a Canadian invention. I was up in the cab several times as a grade
schooler, but never got to ride anyplace but the passenger cars.
Dad never complained about the heat, even when he had to wear a wool uniform
Ah CNR I see. My uncle was a chief engineer with them in blue river,
then station master in north battleford before he
retired. I you look at the headlamp he was responsible for the ones
that rotated so the beam would light up the
track to the left/right on turns in the rockies so the crew
