I went on a little mountain bike journey today and this is what I came back with. The engine is the former CP #5361, also found in this image from 1950: http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...070-A22222.jpg
Enjoy...
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Cool photos. They bring back memories. When I was a child, we lived about 1/4 of a mile from the rail line and we kids would walk for miles along the tracks. Also, I still remember Mom taking my brother and I on a passenger train ride around Dallas, in the early 1970's. Passenger train service had been discontinued in the area, and the train company was offering a short, reminiscent excursion for train fans who wanted to "ride the rails" one more time.
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Cool pics. Some of the close ups would make great textures for photoshop. Is that your personal server you have them stored on?
That's cool. My mom took me on the Arcade & Attica when I was little, which partially accounts for my love of trains.Originally Posted by wb5ydk
Feel free to use them. Yes, that's my server :)
5361 was a 2-8-2 "Mikado" built by Montreal Locomotive works for Canadian Pacific in 1919.....the "Mikes" were the most powerful class of steam locomotives CP had,even compared with their Royal Hudson's,until the late 1940's when the mighty Selkirks were built for pulling trains through the Rocky Mountains.......Geeeeeeez.... I guess those were the days!
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
Walk and Talk like a Canajun!!
My great grandfather was a stone mason with the Canadian Pacific and worked on some of the bridges they built in the Canadian Rockies. I got to admit that I'm more of a Canadian National fan though.5361 was a 2-8-2 "Mikado" built by Montreal Locomotive works for Canadian Pacific in 1919.....the "Mikes" were the most powerful class of steam locomotives CP had,even compared with their Royal Hudson's,until the late 1940's when the mighty Selkirks were built for pulling trains through the Rocky Mountains.......Geeeeeeez.... I guess those were the days!
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Nothing wrong with being a Canadian National fan..... it is the largest railway in Canada followed by CP.... but CP is the oldest railway that brought British Columbia into confederation and basically united Canada..... CN vacated their presence here on Vancouver Island in the early 1980's and CP sold off the E&N division here on the Island in 1999.
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
Walk and Talk like a Canajun!!
Sorry to see that they've pretty much gotten rid of trains on your island.Nothing wrong with being a Canadian National fan..... it is the largest railway in Canada followed by CP.... but CP is the oldest railway that brought British Columbia into confederation and basically united Canada..... CN vacated their presence here on Vancouver Island in the early 1980's and CP sold off the E&N division here on the Island in 1999.
When I visited Montreal back in the 60s, I used to see the CN engines at the head of trains leaving Central Station every morning. Left there myself on Amtrak in '87.
There's two lines here, the Hudson Line on the east shore of the Hudson River and the West Shore line on the opposite shore. The West Shore does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to freight service. The Hudson Line is mixed but seems to be mostly passenger service. Though I am in the mountains, on a quiet day I can hear the horns of the trains blowing 25-30 miles away.
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
Yes, you are correct. The Hudson Line is primarily passenger / commuter service but still does handle freight. I live right near the Harlem Line. In fact in the winter months I can just about see the train from the front windows. The Harlem Line is basically all commuter service these days but several decades ago they also used to pull some freight. I remember a freight train used to rumble through round 1:00 am almost every weeknight. Sometimes we used to watch the long freight trains run by during the day. But I haven't seen a freighter on the Harlem Line in ages. Seems to be 100% passenger these days.
BTW from what I have been told that line that runs on the west side of the Hudson also pulls a great deal of passenger service. I used to think it was all freight but someone who lives on that side of the river told me its much like the Hudson line, mostly passenger and some freight. However, since you life further north it may be different where you are. In you area it might be mostly freight.
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