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...
http://storage.kellimcmillan.com/rails/
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.
Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 07-20-2014 at 08:07 PM.
Cool pics. Some of the close ups would make great textures for photoshop. Is that your personal server you have them stored on?
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!!
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
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I used to ride the train when I was little, to visit my grandparents in Iowa and (at the time) Wisconsin.
Kids traveling alone were common, and the RR folks took special care of us, it was great FUN!
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
The rails are boring.
It's the stuff that rolls on the rails that are cool.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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