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Old Train Thursday
Bustednuckles
Documenting The Death Of America
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That is in Waco, Texas. The caboose was added during the time it was a restaurant/bar. You could eat in there. Great place but the area went down hill and it closed. This was back in the late 1960s to early 1980s. It is right off I-35 on the Brazos River.
i had wondered if an old retired train conductor, who for decades worked for the railroad and considered that caboose a home away from home either was given or purchased it as an apartment. Sometimes, having the familiar around you is all it takes for contentment.
Maybe Chip and Joanna could use that for one of their rehab show.
If you want to operate one, https://nnry.com/. Out in Ely Nevada.
Regarding #1 and 2. OMERGERD!!! All that white privilege and globull warming!!! EGADs, bring it on! MORE MORE MORE!!!
Regarding pic #3….tha’s because it’s on the “wrong” side of the river…he says in a dark style of humor…..if you get my drift.
Been there, done the recon, know the area…..
I enjoy the smell of railyards!
Same here. Not unlike if, you’re over a certain age, you remember the smell of the downtown hardware store.
Kickass set today. 1 2 and 3 tops. Nah 3 was from the old train wreck in the yard.
#7 is a real rarity. It is one of the early Southern Pacific AM Cab forwards. A 4662 (Articulated Mogul) They were lighter duty used fo passenger service though the Feather River canyon. This one is wearing 3901, meaning the picture was taken after 1938, which is when they were re-numbered from 4200 series but before it was converted to simple from double expansion. 3901 was the second in a series of 12 that were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. I actually have a brass HO model of that very engine. Great picture. Thanks for sharing.
David, maybe you should do Old Train Thursday. I am not as knowledgeable as it seems you are. I pick the picture because a coolness factor, unique or pretty. If I find a description I add that but most if they don’t I don’t have a lot of time to research them.
You do a great job. I just happen to like trains of that vintage, SP Cab Forwards in particular.
Correction: Upon closer examination, this is number 4210 which puts it before 1938 (before re-numbering) and #11 of 12 made.
Dumb question #67….sorry about my naivete but…..That pic 17, that old “western” looking engine up next to that long engine….Why? I mean does that bigger one have more horse power? And what causes more horse power in a steam engine? The amount of steam produced? Or does it have more drive wheels?
I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but at least I’m willing to ask questions……
No such thing as a dumb question. The old “western” engine is the C.P. Huntington. That is the first engine purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad in1871. The bigger engine behind it is a 4-6-0 or 4-8-0, probably from the early 1900’s. Engine horsepower in determined by boiler pressure, piston diameter and stroke length. Driver diameter is more a factor of speed. The number of drivers and weight of the engine determine tractive effort (grip on the rails when starting). Good questions though.
New here to me, welcome David
Imagine the climate weenies heads exploding over the trains in #2 if coal were the means of making today’s trains run. Then there’s the EV fuel coal train meme:
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