Picture above and the four below are the Cannonball 457. Sent in by a long time reader James of Iowa. The above pic is the un-restored engine and the ones below are of the restored engine saved by a group of enthusiastic train buffs in the town he lives in. Nice that is still fire-able and covered! A nice job, thank you James for sending them in.
Pilfering coal…
Carpathian RR.
Old Train Station, Berlin, Germany
5 thoughts on “Old Train Thursday.”
Excellent set Cederq. Seen many a static display growing up while traveling in the ole four door sedan on vacation. Makes me want to travel again.
Thank you James for the additions. May have to go pilfer some coal myself, still have a couple of power plants around here that use it in the cooler months.
Lovely, lovely, lovely. I sure appreciate those who restore and maintain the old steam engines AND the rolling stock!
The first photo is also a restored but not fireable C&O mallet on display in W. VA. The Mallets and Alleghenys pulled many a long coal drag back in the day. Folks along the line would assign a chore to one of the older children to carry a bucket along the tracks and collect the coal that would fall out of the coal cars (hoppers, to the rest of us) so they had fuel for the stove. Wifely unit had family in Rich Creek that did that on a daily basis.
#12 looks like a French “40 & 8” car so named because they were sized to haul 40 soldiers or 8 horses. After WW-One, the French shipped a bunch of them to the United States, one per state, if I recall correctly.
About 25 Years ago, the Southern RR had a big Articulated Engine (don’t recall the Type) that they Ran on Excursions in the Summertime, pulling a bunch of Rummage Passenger Cars, and usually a dozen, Privately-Owned, Restored “Pullman” brand Cars. My Father and I rode it several Times before they discontinued the Runs. The Engineer said it was Rated for 120 Cars or 9800 Tons, whichever came First. Southern now uses 3 -5 Diesels to do the same thing, but with half the number of Crew.
The Engineering Design Complexity of Machines like that is Incredible – And I’ve been a Jet Mechanic for 40 Years, and believe me, a Turbine Engine is just Ridiculously Simple in comparison.
Excellent set Cederq. Seen many a static display growing up while traveling in the ole four door sedan on vacation. Makes me want to travel again.
Thank you James for the additions. May have to go pilfer some coal myself, still have a couple of power plants around here that use it in the cooler months.
Lovely, lovely, lovely. I sure appreciate those who restore and maintain the old steam engines AND the rolling stock!
The first photo is also a restored but not fireable C&O mallet on display in W. VA. The Mallets and Alleghenys pulled many a long coal drag back in the day. Folks along the line would assign a chore to one of the older children to carry a bucket along the tracks and collect the coal that would fall out of the coal cars (hoppers, to the rest of us) so they had fuel for the stove. Wifely unit had family in Rich Creek that did that on a daily basis.
#12 looks like a French “40 & 8” car so named because they were sized to haul 40 soldiers or 8 horses. After WW-One, the French shipped a bunch of them to the United States, one per state, if I recall correctly.
About 25 Years ago, the Southern RR had a big Articulated Engine (don’t recall the Type) that they Ran on Excursions in the Summertime, pulling a bunch of Rummage Passenger Cars, and usually a dozen, Privately-Owned, Restored “Pullman” brand Cars. My Father and I rode it several Times before they discontinued the Runs. The Engineer said it was Rated for 120 Cars or 9800 Tons, whichever came First. Southern now uses 3 -5 Diesels to do the same thing, but with half the number of Crew.
The Engineering Design Complexity of Machines like that is Incredible – And I’ve been a Jet Mechanic for 40 Years, and believe me, a Turbine Engine is just Ridiculously Simple in comparison.