Where do you think I went?

[big ed]

What town do you think I delivered to today.

Hint is the picture.:D
I will answer after (if) I get a few guesses.:D

Why in the world would anyone put a dog up on a building?:rolleyes:

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[Stillakid]

He is still sitting on what use to be the RCA building in
Albany, NY USA

[tjcruiser]

Good answer ...

Either that, or he's watching the Huge Squirrel that's on the roof of another building, a few blocks away!

[bradimous1]

I was going to guess the same thing as stillakid... whats he win... you can't really ask a trivia question with having a prize, can you? ;)

[big ed]

He is still sitting on what use to be the RCA building in
Albany, NY USA


You are right. What did you do live there one time?

Either that or you Wikipedia it up?

I love all the old buildings in Albany. They have some nice old architecture in them.

I guess you all know the dogs name?


I hear it's going to be put on E-Bay soon.
Shipping and handling will be quite high.:laugh:

[Stillakid]

"Here Nipper, come on boy, get off that roof before you hurt yourself!" :D

[Reckers]

That was an easy one---Nipper's pic is on the inside of my Victrola!

[big ed]

That was an easy one---Nipper's pic is on the inside of my Victrola!


Good old Nipper it is.
StillaKid I asked how did you know? Did you use to live up there? Or did you do a search?

So you want a hard one Mr Reckers?:D

Hint...... George Washington slept here and marched his troops up this road.:laugh:

I like to drive off the big roads. I go out of my way to find short cuts.:thumbsup:

Some of the most scenic roads in the north east cut through the White Mountains from Vermont through New Hampshire on the way to Maine.
I been on most of them, with 19 wheels, summer or winter.:cool:

The Blue ridge Mountains and the Smokey's are just beeeutifull too.

These pictures are not from any of those mountains though.

Hard enough?:laugh:


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[tjcruiser]

[SIZE="5"]
Some of the most scenic roads in the north east cut through the White Mountains from Vermont through New Hampshire on the way to Maine.



Kancamagus Highway, NH Rt 112 ... GORGEOUS in spring, summer, fall.

But that's not your pic ... pretty skimpy clues you've given us there. The stone building ruins must tell us something, but no lightbulbs going off in my head.

TJ

[big ed]

Kancamagus Highway, NH Rt 112 ... GORGEOUS in spring, summer, fall.

But that's not your pic ... pretty skimpy clues you've given us there. The stone building ruins must tell us something, but no lightbulbs going off in my head.

TJ


Well Reckers said it was to easy so I put here a harder one just for him?:D

I took a short cut in the winter through Camels Hump on VT rt 17.
I looked at my map and said man I can cut 75 miles off my run as I was cutting over to NY to Lake placid with my last car with the car hauler.

When I hit Irasville There was a huge sign saying Trucks do not take this road in the winter time.
Yes it was winter time and snowing lightly, luckily.
Well by the time you see the sign there's no where to turn around. A 1/2 mile before that you could have pulled a u turn! Dopey DOT!

To make a long story short I went skiing with the 18 wheels but made it through in one piece.:laugh:
I got it marked on my map No Go in the winter.:D

This is the Old Red the rig I used to haul the cars with.
I don't know if I all ready posted a picture of it here yet.:rolleyes:


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[Boston&Maine]

This is the Old Red the rig I used to haul the cars with.
I don't know if I all ready posted a picture of it here yet.:rolleyes:

Yes you did... I do not mind though because it is a beautiful looking Peterbilt :)

[big ed]

Yes you did... I do not mind though because it is a beautiful looking Peterbilt :)

I thought I did but didn't I post the drivers side of it?

If so, then this is a different (technically) picture of it.:D

[Boston&Maine]

DARN YOU!!! :laugh:

http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1509&d=1265418940

[tjcruiser]

That's some heavy load you had there ... I wouldn't want to be doing the Wayne Gretzky thing on icy roads with that ... scary.

[Reckers]

Ed, I'm still just now catching up on the old posts, so I missed your George Washington contest. That said, I'd never have gotten it right! Beutiful rig you have, there.

When I have time, I'll post a pic of a scale model rig I was given---you'll love it. S scale, naturally. *L*

[Stillakid]

No Ed, didn't live there, but have been there:)

I know about Victrolas because over the years, I've converted several into small bars. They made beautiful cabinets and are great for just about any kind of custom storage:)

My current project[SIZE="1"](see, not just a train nut!)[/SIZE

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[big ed]

Nice! :thumbsup:

But why didn't you put a restored Victrola back in it?

[big ed]

This trooper wasn't having a good day. Just had his car washed too maybe he should have left it dirty and it wouldn't have been hit:rolleyes:

The guy driving the truck was not having a good day either.
I wonder what hes reading?:laugh:


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[aionta]

kewl I grew up in VT and made many trips to my Grandmothers in Main via rt 2

[big ed]

I was trucking up the big hill leading up to the top of the Poconos Mountains with my rocket sled on wheels hauling a custom blend we make and came upon this coming out of the racetrack exit. Long pond Race track, it was the next day after the race this past Monday.
(Note, I used to bring Methanol in the tanker to the race track for the Indy cars to race with. Got free tickets too.:thumbsup:)

Nice rig,


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I shot these as I blew by him like he was standing still.:laugh:
He was just getting on the big road and banging gears and another twin truck was coming on behind him.
I think I pissed him off as he had to wait for his buddy and couldn't come back and blow me off the road too.:laugh: (which he easily could have done:D)

Well that gave me enough time to gain a couple of miles on them and when they finally got to high gear big ed was gone! Zoooooom.

They chased me for over a hundred miles and I maintained my 2 to 3 mile lead, though at times I thought they were going to catch up but traffic slowed them down.:D

They finally hit their exit.
Job well done Ed I patted myself on my back.:D

I know if I had my old doubled bunk Pete they wouldn't have never caught me even if they chased me all the way to West Coast!:D


I put this in the wrong thread! I wanted it to go into my guess where I have been thread.
B&M can you move it there?:thumbsup:
Wow that was quick, Thanks B&M.

[tjcruiser]

"The Ice Man Cometh ..."

(But not quickly enough for Big Ed, I guess!)

[big ed]

"The Ice Man Cometh ..."

(But not quickly enough for Big Ed, I guess!)

I should have slowed down and got some more pictures of them as they passed me.:D

But when I blew past him and then saw all the black smoke coming out of his stacks, I put mine in warp drive.

That big Pete couldn't catch my little puppy dog!:D
I am lucky that traffic slowed him down as they were both catching up on one hill.:D

I left the yard at 9:00am that day as it was a load and go.
If I could have left earlier, I could have caught some of the Nascar haulers rolling down the road and took some pictures.

They have some beautiful rigs.:thumbsup:

[Rich_Trains]

Ed,
My guess is near Valley Forge in PA.
Rich

[big ed]

Ed,
My guess is near Valley Forge in PA.
Rich


For that one that I didn't answer?
Your close.
No Reckers would have never guessed.:D

It is a back road that cuts over to Quarryville, Pa.
Rt 1 south, right on 452, left on pussyville road, then right on that road, that road dead ends into 202 on the far side of Quarryville, it saves you the time of riding through the town.
That road cuts through Amish land.
It goes right by Jellystone park out there.
With the old building it does look like Vally Forge.

[big ed]

This where have I been, should be an easy one.:rolleyes:
Look what I found sitting on a dead end siding.:thumbsup:



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[big ed]

I guess no one knows?:rolleyes:

[Reckers]

You were in New York!!!

[tjcruiser]

Nice bay window caboose, though I have no idea where you were. Reck says NY ... as in Saratoga, per the tag on the caboose???

[big ed]

Saratoga Springs, NY

I knew Len would know where it was as it is best know for Horse racing.

Some interesting buildings there too.:thumbsup:
A couple,

Bachelor Mansion
1875
Exotic Chateauesque
George Bachelor was a successful lawyer who also held a number of government positions in the treasury department and the foreign diplomatic corps. Although built as a summer home, Bachelor used it as his permanent residence after retiring in 1902. After changing hands many times and falling into disrepair, the house has now been beautifully restored and is once again a private residence.


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Gilson House
1885
Brick Queen Anne
This house was built by Colonel Joseph Gilson, a lumber merchant from Georgia, as a summer home. It is now a funeral parlor.


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Like Len who likes preserving the "history" of model trains, I love old restored historic buildings.:thumbsup:

[big ed]

The D&H (Delaware and Hudson) caboose was originally built as a International Wide vision built in ~'59.
Delivered in the red car body with black roof and yellow separation stripe at top of sides.
35719 rebuilt sans wide vision cupola but with added bay windows due to a wreck.
They still use the car today, it runs with the track repair train.

[tjcruiser]

Saratoga Springs ... very nice place. I have a "thing" for old carriage houses, and some of the nicest ones I've ever seen are tucked behind some of those Saratoga mansions like you showed above.

I've been to the Saratoga race track to admire its architecture, but unfortunately, not during horse racing season. That's going on now, in August, right? I'd love to take it all in for a few days ... but I hear that hotels and B&B's triple in price during the racing season.

Thanks, Ed!

TJ

[big ed]

Saratoga Springs ... very nice place. I have a "thing" for old carriage houses, and some of the nicest ones I've ever seen are tucked behind some of those Saratoga mansions like you showed above.

I've been to the Saratoga race track to admire its architecture, but unfortunately, not during horse racing season. That's going on now, in August, right? I'd love to take it all in for a few days ... but I hear that hotels and B&B's triple in price during the racing season.

Thanks, Ed!

TJ


The first one posted in the above post, is a bed and breakfast.

I do think the season for the pony's in from July to September.

I know nothing of horses.
The only thing I do know about them is don't try to put your hat on them! I did that once when I was young and the horse went bananas!:laugh:

This is another carriage house up there, another bed and breakfast.
Or are you talking about the smaller ones?


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Carriage House of the Union Gables Bread and Breakfast. It was built in 1901 and is located at 55 Union Avenue. It has 3 stories with an additional full basement.

A link for Old Saratoga Restorations.
http://www.oldsaratoga.net/

[big ed]

You were in New York!!!


YES!!!!!! I WAS!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:

I thought it would be easy with the name on the caboose.:rolleyes:!!!!!

[supermunk]

One for 2 rail.
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[tjcruiser]

Carriage houses ... as in the outbuildings to the big mansions that housed the horses, carriages, sometimes stablehands 100+ years ago.

If I remember, I'll try to post some pics of a few Saratoga carriage houses on Monday (on my office PC).

Cheers!

TJ

[big ed]

Carriage houses ... as in the outbuildings to the big mansions that housed the horses, carriages, sometimes stablehands 100+ years ago.

If I remember, I'll try to post some pics of a few Saratoga carriage houses on Monday (on my office PC).

Cheers!

TJ


Hmmmmm, when I did a search of carriage houses, they came up?
I all ways though a carriage house were the ones that had some kind of porch like structure so when the horse carriages pulled up to drop the passengers off they were covered.

Though your definition would make more sense.:D

[big ed]

For mee toooo.



:D


It said high cube on the end of the car.
I have no idea what was in them. I should have asked.

Does anyone know whats hauled in the High cube cars?:confused:

[supermunk]

:D


It said high cube on the end of the car.
I have no idea what was in them. I should have asked.

Does anyone know whats hauled in the High cube cars?:confused:

I'd like to know too.

[T-Man]

Link (http://ho-scaletrains.net/freightcars/id9.html)

Tyco site said appliances. I saw auto parts somewhere.

The big deal is clearance. Double container cars are king, naturally shipped from overseas.

[tjcruiser]

Ed,

These are for you. Carriage houses in Saratoga Springs, NY. Buildings like these cause my heart to flutter, my palms get all sweaty ... hubba hubba, and all that.

TJ

This one was sadly crumbling away last time I saw it in 2002, but what a beauty ... very nice brickwork, doors, etc.:
http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3989&stc=1&d=1282139611

This one is now a private residence:
http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3990&stc=1&d=1282139611

And I suspect that this one might be a new-build "recreation", rather than a restored structure, but ... WOW ... HUBBA HUBBA ...
http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3991&stc=1&d=1282139611

[Reckers]

Hmmmmm, when I did a search of carriage houses, they came up?
I all ways though a carriage house were the ones that had some kind of porch like structure so when the horse carriages pulled up to drop the passengers off they were covered.

Though your definition would make more sense.:D


If I may....I believe I can add to the discussion. The mansion, as noted, has an outbuilding to house the expensive wood-and-leather carriages to protect them from the weather. The manision often would have a porte-cochère to one side.

"A porte-cochère (from French, literally "coach gate", also called a "carriage porch") is the architectural term for a porch or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse and carriage or motor vehicle to pass, in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather."

[tjcruiser]

:thumbsup: Spot on, Reck!

[choo choo]

Hey Reck, :)

I've worked at just such house for over 25 years...
...and it is laid out exactly as you described with a carriage house at the rear as well as a large covered boarding area adjacent to the house.

Greg

[Reckers]

Thank you both. Terminology can be interesting: where I live, a coach-house implies a larger structure that would house one or more coaches, which are larger vehicles. A carriage-house, in contrast, is not much more than a garage: it would house a (smaller) carriage and possibly the horse or horses that pull it. I suspect, though, that my current abode would fit easily inside the "carriage house" of one of Ed's mansions!

[tjcruiser]

Here in Newport, RI, the carriage houses (typically late 1800's) were often rather large, housing a dozen or more horses, several coaches, tack rooms, washing room, lodging for stable hands, etc.

We have a condo in a now-converted one. Here's a description of it's interior from when it was built in 1884:

"An elaborate stable has been erected ... for Mr. Theodore A. Havemeyer, of New York, and that it is one of the finest and most commodious stables to be found in this section of the country. It is built of native stone and surrounded by a court yard which is fenced with solid, substantial stone walls with flat copings. The stable is about 140 feet long with an ‘L’ 75 feet in length. It has a truss roof and is lighted by a row of glass lights which extend around the roof near the top and these are to be opened from the first floor by a patent automatic arrangement which will be placed in position at once. The stable contains 30 large box stables which have all the modern improvements. The main part contains 17 and the ‘L’ 13 stalls. There are two main entrances in addition to those afforded by the stalls. The stalls in the main building on the north side as well as those on the side of the ‘L’ are reached from the outside as well as the inside, large massive double doors with heavy brass hinges being found upon the outside. The doors leading to the stalls from the inside are also in keeping with the others. In case of fire the horses could be got out through at least twenty-five doors."

It's now split up into 9 condo units. I've had fun researching a bit of its history, but have yet to find any magic stash of photos from way back when.

Cheers,

TJ

[Reckers]

Can I come live at your place, TJ?

[big ed]

Then the ones I posted most likely had those in the back yard.

I got to run back up there tomorrow but right on by to Glens Falls, NY.

Ran up to Marlboro, Ma today.

Zooooommm,

Right through the mini.:D

[big ed]

New Castle, Delaware.

This is the end of the Delaware river where it empty's into the Delaware bay.




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Delaware City in the back ground. (the tanks)

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I would like to see this restored TJ's way!:D It's for sale TJ:thumbsup:
It's in New Castle, phone # posted.:D

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[big ed]

Rolling home north bound, the Twin Bridges. (Delaware Memorial Bridges)


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[Reckers]

Beautiful shots, Ed! The boat sort of looks like a modified Higgins Boat (LCVP).

[tjcruiser]

Re: rust-bucket car pic, above ...


I would like to see this restored TJ's way!:D It's for sale TJ

I wish ... could be quite nice.

And actually, it's not too far off from what I drive now ... a dark blue PT Cruiser, which has a similar retro-look shape.

TJ

[big ed]

Re: rust-bucket car pic, above ...



I wish ... could be quite nice.

And actually, it's not too far off from what I drive now ... a dark blue PT Cruiser, which has a similar retro-look shape.

TJ

Thats an old ambulance. See the front top? I should have took a few more shots of it. But I was parked in a no parking zone and the cops hate everyone. All they like to do in that town is write tickets!

[big ed]

The Ocean State.:D
or the mini state.
Rhode Island.

Home of the famous now tin train refurnish-er....TJ.:D

Poor pictures, Rain!

I all ways tell TJ when I breeze through his state, a little evidence.:D
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To go to most of Ma I run up 84 to the Mass Pike. But parts closer to the Mini I run through RI.
Too many Cops TJ! Man they must need the $$$$!
Theres one every 5 miles hiding all over!
Not too many DOT cops though, that's a good thing.:D



Is that TJ in a PT cruiser I see through the rain drops?:D
I don't even know if it's a PT cruiser. All those little things look like cruisers.:rolleyes:
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[tjcruiser]

Hey Ed,

ALL cars look tiny to you when you're driving a monster rig like that!

In your "Welcome to RI" shot above, I'm suprised we can't see the "Thanks for visiting RI" and the "Welcome to MA" signs just a bit further down the highway!

RI's state budget is way in debt. If it moves, they're trying to tax it, or give it a ticket. Did you know that there's some talk about putting in toll booths on I-95 at the CT and MA borders to RI ??? Ka-ching, ka-ching. Start saving your quarters. Or silver dollars. Or $10 bills! Ka-ching, ka-ching!!!

TJ

[big ed]

Hey Ed,

ALL cars look tiny to you when you're driving a monster rig like that!

In your "Welcome to RI" shot above, I'm suprised we can't see the "Thanks for visiting RI" and the "Welcome to MA" signs just a bit further down the highway!

RI's state budget is way in debt. If it moves, they're trying to tax it, or give it a ticket. Did you know that there's some talk about putting in toll booths on I-95 at the CT and MA borders to RI ??? Ka-ching, ka-ching. Start saving your quarters. Or silver dollars. Or $10 bills! Ka-ching, ka-ching!!!

TJ

It won't be my money but the companies.:Dplus I got easy pass and scales easy pass (pre-pass). A don't go in the scale free card.:D As long as they put in a high speed easy pass it would be OK. Otherwise it will back up the traffic back to Groton,CT!:laugh:

With about 40,000 vehicles per day crossing into Rhode Island from Connecticut on Route 95, a $3 toll collected at the state line could raise $42 million per year.
But moving the toll booths north might produce more money and have other benefits.
Putting a toll booth north of the Route 295 interchange, he said, could raise $75 million per year with a cheaper toll, $1.75, even allowing for some discount passes. It could also have this beneficial side effect: Drivers wanting to avoid the toll would take Route 295 around Providence, reducing traffic jams there.
I can't drive north of 295 anyway.:rolleyes:
Man that would really screw up traffic going into Providence!
It would screw up traffic on 295 too, with a lot going around to beat the toll.

Other options being considered,
•Raise the state sales tax and devote the additional money to transportation.
•Increase the state gasoline tax. The state could raise the tax, now 30 cents per gallon, by 5 cents, gain $25 million per year, and still remain competitive with Connecticut and Massachusetts.
•Raise a number of transportation-related fees, such as the car registration fee.



This problem is not only RI but ALL OVER!


But we can donate Billions for oversea disasters, but can't donate a dime for ours!:cool:

[big ed]

Beautiful shots, Ed! The boat sort of looks like a modified Higgins Boat (LCVP).


I thought I posted these right after you said this Reckers. I guess I forgot to hit the submit.
These look like the one I posted.


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[Rocky Mountian]

My Grandma lived in RI, I was there once I was real young and don't remember where it was. She had a second hand store with living space in the back.
It was about 54 years ago. L

[tjcruiser]

Ed ... you know more about the RI toll talk/plans that I do. I hadn't heard about the I-95 in/around Providence option. Driving tax. Gas tax. Death tax. They get you every which way they can. Drives me nuts. How much blood can they get out of a stone? Pretty soon they'll be proposing a breathing tax... they'll call it "optional", and claim that it's a tax "only on those who CHOOSE to breathe." Yeah ... some option, huh?

Nice landing craft pic. Were those really running individually that close, or were they attached/tied together somehow? Gotta be the latter, right???

TJ

[big ed]

Ed ... you know more about the RI toll talk/plans that I do. I hadn't heard about the I-95 in/around Providence option. Driving tax. Gas tax. Death tax. They get you every which way they can. Drives me nuts. How much blood can they get out of a stone? Pretty soon they'll be proposing a breathing tax... they'll call it "optional", and claim that it's a tax "only on those who CHOOSE to breathe." Yeah ... some option, huh?

Nice landing craft pic. Were those really running individually that close, or were they attached/tied together somehow? Gotta be the latter, right???

TJ

It looks like they are motoring in unison, all together.:thumbsup:
They are not moving that fast and you can't really hurt them with all the rubber they got tied to the sides.

[Littlefoot14]

Albany, Saratoga, Glens Falls. This is my region Ed. I live less than 5 minutes from Glens Falls. What type of cargo do you usually haul?

[big ed]

Albany, Saratoga, Glens Falls. This is my region Ed. I live less than 5 minutes from Glens Falls. What type of cargo do you usually haul?


Right now, Chemicals.
Tanker.
Mainly solvents.
Though we make custom ethanol blend loads.
I go to Finch paper in Glen Falls.
We haul a lot of different glycol ether's too.
We also do a little caustic acid, though not many.

Once and a while I do a box run. We have a couple places in Albany we bring di-limolene to. di-limeoline is made from extract of oranges. It's used in a lot of products for the orange smell. It got real expensive this past year because of the bad growing year of the oranges. Price all most tripled for it.





I used to deliver cars up your way. I cut right through the Adirondacks. Just beeutifull! See the rush hour traffic?:D

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[big ed]

Same spot as the above picture, where I am parked.
One summer and the same in the winter.





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[Reckers]

Great pics, Ed!!!

[big ed]

Great pics, Ed!!!


From Maine to Florida.:D

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Just had her waxed. $125 bucks and they did a great job!:thumbsup:
Hurricane was moving in,
so I picked up a load in Miami and hot footed up to Maine.:D
I couldn't let the rig get wet!:D

[tjcruiser]

Nice pics. Nice rig! What's in your cab? All the comforts of home? Fridge? Bed? TV? Train layout?!?!?

TJ

[Littlefoot14]

Thats one of the turn offs on rt28 just north of Warrensburgh and near North Creek right? Right along the Hudson River if im right. Now that i look closer, i dont think thats rt 28 unless your way north near Indian Lake heading for Blue Mountain Lake and Tupper Lake.

Do you deliver soley to Finch or do you make a run to Irving once in awhile as well? Finch is rail-served as well. A local runs down that branch and services Lehigh Cement and Finch. It usually is powered by a geep and SD40-2 and has a yellow cupola caboose on the end. Boxcars, tankers, and cement hoppers are its usual consist, but ive seen open hoppers before too, gravel i suppose. With a white truck and hauling chemicals, do you drive for the company with a big Q on the trailers? The logo is red and blue i think.

[big ed]

Thats one of the turn offs on rt28 just north of Warrensburgh and near North Creek right? Right along the Hudson River if im right. Now that i look closer, i dont think thats rt 28 unless your way north near Indian Lake heading for Blue Mountain Lake and Tupper Lake.

Do you deliver soley to Finch or do you make a run to Irving once in awhile as well? Finch is rail-served as well. A local runs down that branch and services Lehigh Cement and Finch. It usually is powered by a geep and SD40-2 and has a yellow cupola caboose on the end. Boxcars, tankers, and cement hoppers are its usual consist, but ive seen open hoppers before too, gravel i suppose. With a white truck and hauling chemicals, do you drive for the company with a big Q on the trailers? The logo is red and blue i think.



I think (I could be wrong) that is rt 30 up by Long Lake south of Tupper Lake.
I was heading south (east) in that shot. I had dropped off my last car in Potsdam. A major snowstorm was moving in so I took the short cut through the Adirondacks. That storm dumped a lot of snow where I was but over on 87 north of Glens Falls they got all ice! Accidents and road closures over there I was glad all I had to drive on was 2' of snow.:D

I used to deliver Durrangos all over that area. No one else wanted to and they paid real well. Tupper Lake, Lake Placid, Potsdam, Malone, Ellensburg, Plattsburg, Elizabeth town and Saranack Lake.
Basicly I covered the whole state from one side to the next as no one else picked them. You got to pick your loads and since I am a damm yankie I liked to stay mainly in the northern states. Though I did run most of the southern states too occasionally, if the loads paid enough and if I had a return load.
I covered NY, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. A few places in Rhode Island.

I got a shot of the Hudson near it's origin (somewhere):rolleyes: it's like only 15' across. A big difference then where it empties into NY Harbor.

Irving is in Glens Falls too? I might have been there a long time ago. Though we do deliver solvent to Irving Paper in Irving, Ma on the old Mohawk trail. (rt2) Up by Vermont.

The big Q is Quality Carriers they deliver sodium Hydroxide there. (caustic)
Or Quadrell they deliver that too.
We bring them their Methanol. (Methyl Alcohol)

They do bring in a lot of acid in rail cars but sometimes the rail goes down for some reason and you will see a lot of caustic tankers going there.
They use a lot of acid!

[Littlefoot14]

Irving Tissue is in Ft Edward, a stones throw from Glens Falls.

Rt 30 and Rt 28 both run up that way, i just dont remember which one is which, at 15, i dont have to drive :D

Beautiful country up there, i love it. The only bad part is the leaf-peapers in the fall. Being a truck driver, im sure i dont need to tell you about them.... I always said i was going to put a sign in my front yard saying "Rake your own souveniers!"

The branch is relativley quiet, i think 2 trains a week.

[big ed]

Irving Tissue is in Ft Edward, a stones throw from Glens Falls.

Rt 30 and Rt 28 both run up that way, i just dont remember which one is which, at 15, i dont have to drive :D

Beautiful country up there, i love it. The only bad part is the leaf-peapers in the fall. Being a truck driver, im sure i dont need to tell you about them.... I always said i was going to put a sign in my front yard saying "Rake your own souveniers!"

The branch is relativley quiet, i think 2 trains a week.

If you can throw a stone that far you ought to be on the baseball team too!:laugh:

Hey....my mother used to be a leaf peeper too! But she did her peeping in Vermont.:D

[big ed]

Anyone know where this picture is taken?

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[Boston&Maine]

Bah!

I have seen that face on some History Channel show, but I cannot even remember what product it was for :mad:

[tjcruiser]

A one-eyed, 'stached man ... hmmm ... Not a clue :confused:

[Reckers]

Atlantic City???

[Boston&Maine]

Wait a minute... I did not see it on TV, someone on another forum wanted to make a special run of Atlas reefers with that logo! You were in Baltimore, MD! :)

http://harrumpher.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mrboh.jpg
http://nationalbohemian.com/Home.aspx

[tjcruiser]

DING ... DING ... DING ... DING ... DING ... DING ... DING ... DING ...

Do we have a winner, folks ?!?!? I think we might have a winner !!!

[big ed]

Wait a minute... I did not see it on TV, someone on another forum wanted to make a special run of Atlas reefers with that logo! You were in Baltimore, MD! :)

http://harrumpher.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mrboh.jpg
http://nationalbohemian.com/Home.aspx



Baltimore it is.:thumbsup::D

Right behind it around 1/2 a mile is the Baltimore Seaport that they built some years ago.

I go a lot to a Ben Moore paint plant there. Though it's not named Ben Moore, as they bought the place three years ago and never changed the name for some reason.
Theres an old switcher I have been trying to take a picture of, that works the area. One day I will catch it.:D
Our tankers deliver there 7 or 8 times a week.

[Reckers]

Nice catch, B&M!!! Ed, I enjoy your challenges!

[big ed]

Anyone know anything about this bridge I went over today?:D

Anyone know what kind of bridge it is?

It's hard to get a good picture of this while I am trucking down the road.

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[big ed]

After someone answers I will tell where I found this little gem.:D:thumbsup:



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Even though this is many miles from the bridge it is a hint nevertheless.:rolleyes::D

[Reckers]

That must be the cable-stayed canal bridge near St. Georges, DE. Also known as the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge.:D

[tjcruiser]

Reck's probably right. Though at first glance, I thought it might be the Sunshine Skyway bridge in Tampa Bay, FL. Similar design. That one is a rebuilt of a former bridge that was "taken out" by a tanker ship in 1980 or so. The surrounding greenery in Ed's photos looks much too nice to be Florida, though!

TJ

[Reckers]

There's a bridge like that in Savannah GA, too, but the loco gave it away.

[big ed]

That must be the cable-stayed canal bridge near St. Georges, DE. Also known as the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge.:D

Good Google-ing.:D

I threw the engine in to give all a hint.
Nice guy I am.:rolleyes:


A link for those who like to read, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal_Bridge

[big ed]

Nice find? The RS3m?
For some reason I like the look of these Diesels.:thumbsup:

Those pictures where taken in Federalsburg, Md the other day. I delivered and drummed the whole load off.
Three products Acetone,Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Ethanol 200 proof.

I just got done and washed up getting ready to put it in gear and along came the engine.
Just had to get a picture!:D:thumbsup:


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This picture I did not take.
For interested people, click this link.
They have some other oldie's but goodies too.
Maybe one day I will get a picture of some of their other engines.

Check out their site.
http://www.mdde.com/photos.html

[tjcruiser]

http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4353&d=1285283745

Hey Ed,

I got a chuckle out of the photo above. Notice the flatbed "Porta Potty" truck going the other way... Reminded me of one of the scariest days of my life. You'll like this story ...

I was driving from NY up to RI in my little Honda Civic on I-95 some years ago. I was on an overpass bridge somewhere near Stamford, and happened to notice a flatbed truck about 100 yards in front of me ... carrying a load of Porta Potties. LOOSE Porta Potties. They started bouncing around on the flatbed. One of them closer and closer to the edge. Nervous, I looked around ... another car immediately to my left ... another truck to my right, and a car in my rear view mirror. Nowhere to go. Then ... WHOOSH ... one of the Porta Potties bounces off of the flatbed truck, and comes hurling through space between the flatbed and my car. The GETTING-CLOSER space between the flatbed and my car! Jeez ... what do I do?!?!?!

No room to swerve. I'm going 65 mph, and there's a fiberglass-encased 50-gallon container of poop quickly hurling its way through space toward me!

And ... in a fraction of a second ... WHAM! The things hits the pavement and explodes about 50' in front of my car. Miraculously, I find this itty-bitty hole of "life" just behind the car to my left. I "panic swerve", clearing free of the poopy pileup with about 6" to spare.

In that snippet of time, I'm still a bit confused. I check ... I'm not brown. I'm still breathing. My car's still moving. Whew! Still alive!

The car behind me didn't fare too well ... drove over the carnage, damaged the car (I suspect), but no apparent injuries.

The flatbed truck driver keeps truckin' along ... he's clueless as to the Projectile Poop carnage in his path. A couple of cars (myself included) pull along side, and motion to the guy to pull over, which he does.

I continued on my way. Scared to death ... but otherwise unharmed.

Six inches. Six inches was all that separated me from an Obituary that read: "TJ: He lead a clean life, but died tragically in a pile of poop."

True story ... and one of the scariest of my life!

TJ

[big ed]

I always try to give myself an out. Sometimes you can't.
They say when your driving the big rigs your mind is making 1000 decisions every 2 miles. I don't see how?:rolleyes:

I got so many miles logged I seem to know what they are going to do before they do it. Knock on wood!

It's all the luck of the draw.

Do you want to moderate?:D


That would have been a _hittie day!


I couldn't do it so I moderated it.:laugh:

[Reckers]

Good Google-ing???? How do you know I didn't just recognize it? *L*

Okay---I Googled it. The type of span was unique, but I had no idea what it was called. However, I'd been researching Savannah recently as a vacation site for Christmas, and they have a similar bridge. Soooo.....got the "Cable-Span" terminology from Googling Savannah suspension bridges...added Delaware from the locomotive and there she was!:D

[tjcruiser]

But did you see how Big Ed nailed the gizmo quiz on T-Man's toaster timer? He claims he figured that one out himself. Hmmm ... good Google-ing me thinks! :laugh:

(Sorry there Ed ... I'm still amazed over that one! :thumbsup: )

TJ

[Stillakid]

And here I thought that you came by Richmond(Va.), and didn't stop!


Varina-Enon Bridge, I-295......................
:laugh:

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[big ed]

I made two runs out to a certain plant somewhere this week.
I found this switching cars around.

A little hint, (around 4 hrs out of Central Jersey.) and,
last time I saw it it was hauling around 60 loaded cars of coal.:thumbsup:

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[x_doug_x]

do you ever travel down south? florida/tennessee area? if so, could you cut me deals on hauling cars from time to time if needed?

[tjcruiser]

The "North Shore" tag makes me think Long Island, but I'm not sure if they have much coal transfer along there. Probably bad guess...

TJ

[big ed]

do you ever travel down south? florida/tennessee area? if so, could you cut me deals on hauling cars from time to time if needed?

I have not hauled cars for over 6 years now.
I am back to chemical tanker.
I only hauled cars for around 4 years when the tanker company I was driving for sold the business and one of the owners bought some car haulers. And they were strickly new cars. I was leased to a company. We couldn't do side work.
I been on tankers most of my life.
Though I hauled RR stuff on a flatbed in my earlier years.

The "North Shore" tag makes me think Long Island, but I'm not sure if they have much coal transfer along there. Probably bad guess...

TJ

Around 4 hrs out of East Jersey, Go west young man.:D

[Reckers]

I'd have to go with Harrisburg PA or Northumberland, PA.

[big ed]

I'd have to go with Harrisburg PA or Northumberland, PA.


You get the cigar:thumbsup::D, if you go with Northumberland, Pa.
But it's nowhere by Harrisburg, Pa. It's up by Williamsport, Pa.
Where did you come up with Harrisburg?

I thought I got a better picture with the guys waving, but I didn't have it when I got home.:confused:

One time I saw that engine with at least 60 loaded coal cars...I didn't count them ( I gave up:D) it could have been over a hundred.

[big ed]

That must be the cable-stayed canal bridge near St. Georges, DE. Also known as the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge.:D

It is near St. Georges, De but that cable-stayed bridge was built on the new Rt1.

This bridge here is the original Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge. It used to be the only way down on the old Rt 13. Which parallels the new Rt1.

The old 13 was a pain in the you know what too many traffic lights and speed zones!
The new Rt1 is mostly 65 mph and no lights.:thumbsup:

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[Reckers]

You get the cigar:thumbsup::D, if you go with Northumberland, Pa.
But it's nowhere by Harrisburg, Pa. It's up by Williamsport, Pa.
Where did you come up with Harrisburg?

I thought I got a better picture with the guys waving, but I didn't have it when I got home.:confused:

One time I saw that engine with at least 60 loaded coal cars...I didn't count them ( I gave up:D) it could have been over a hundred.

You already know what tipped me to Northumberland. *L* However, I wasn't sure how big a town that was, and H-burg was the nearest major town at the same distance. Seemed reasonable to assume a loco might have wandered that far south, hauling a consist. And thanks for the cigar!:laugh:

[big ed]

A couple for Littlefoot.:D


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[big ed]

I found a couple of my companies three hole tankers in the rail yard. Not to many companies use compartmentalized tankers anymore.

First one through the windshield! You think it's sand blasted enough?!
You should see how it is when you drive into the sun!
Soon I think I am getting a brandie new truck.


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A couple of graffiti cars I painted while waiting to load.:D
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Had to beat this guy at the crossing.:D
Darn trains think they own the rails!:rolleyes:

Notice the yard light?:thumbsup:
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[big ed]

I found this for you Cowboys.:D

In a most unlikely town of Paterson, New Jersey.

A...... b b b b bad, to the b b b b b bone....... town.
Bad looking Cowboy though, appropriate for the town.:D


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[big ed]

Look familiar to anyone?:confused:

Looking West at it.

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Looking north getting on the gangplank.
Anyone know the mountain? The river?



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[big ed]

I guess no one recognizes that bridge.


I went to Alaska today. :rolleyes:


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I guess summer is over! :ohwell:
Accidents all over!
It was like driving around in a demolition derby!:laugh:

Another 141/2 hrs in the pocket.

Shoot should have put a time stamp on.:rolleyes:

RT 87 Northway in NY.:cool:

Wilmington Ma tomorrow.

[tjcruiser]

Snow here in RI this morning! Just a dusting, but white lawns and white roofs. Brrrr ...

And at 4:45 PM it's dark ...

I hate winter ...

(So was that bridge over some section of the Hudson?)

TJ

[Reckers]

Ed, I should have recognized it as Alaska. You can see Russia from the cab of your truck!

[MacDaddy55]

Hey Ed take some photos of ole 87 those are my old stompin grounds!:thumbsup: State Capital at Albany and Glenns falls all the way through the Adirondacks(be careful of ice!) Are you going to Plattsburgh.....not a pretty place this time of year!

[SFC Diesel]

I can't believe I'm in upper Wisconsin and it hit 70 today.

It was colder in Kentucky when I left Sunday.

[big ed]

Snow here in RI this morning! Just a dusting, but white lawns and white roofs. Brrrr ...

And at 4:45 PM it's dark ...

I hate winter ...

(So was that bridge over some section of the Hudson?)

TJ

Tappen Zee Bridge getting on going looking west.
The other is Bear Mountain and the Hudson. See the lighthouse?:thumbsup:

Hey Ed take some photos of ole 87 those are my old stompin grounds!:thumbsup: State Capital at Albany and Glenns falls all the way through the Adirondacks(be careful of ice!) Are you going to Plattsburgh.....not a pretty place this time of year!

I brought another load of Methyl Alcohol (Methanol) to Finch paper in Glens Falls, NY

Where you unload is way in the back of the plant. I was sitting there waiting for the unloader to come and noticed some tanish white goo starting to plop on the ground. I got out of the truck and walked around the corner and saw that a pulp tank was overflowing.
The vent on the tank was plopping out pulp and there was a 20' high pile on the roof of the tank and the building under it. It was starting to hit the ground as the building was covered in it.
I smelled the familiar smell of caustic. I found out later that the pulp was highly soaked in the acid and other stuff!

I watched it for 20 mins figuring eventually someone would come.
No one did.:rolleyes:
So I picked up the emergency phone and called for help as no one was around.

I think they thought I was kidding them as I was waiting for the unloader for an hour, I guess they thought I just wanted to get him there.:rolleyes:
They came real quick after I told them I was not kidding around!:rolleyes:

By the time they shut the system down there was a pile around 30' high by 40' wide! It blocked the whole access road.:laugh:

A small army of payloaders came and scooped it up and brought it to a another part of the plant.

My battery was to low to take a picture.:mad:


Another 14 hr today. Ca ching $$$$$:D 28 1/2 in 2 days.:rolleyes:

I hardly ever get to Plattsburgh anymore. Don't bother me, to far for day tripper Ed.:D

[tjcruiser]

... a pile around 30' high by 40' wide!



Ed,

"Pulp Fiction ?" or "Pulp Fact ?" ;)

TJ

[TONOFFUN80]

OUCH:rolleyes:

[T-Man]

:thumbsup:




My battery was to low to take a picture.:mad:




Get a four pack of Lithium and leave two in the truck. That is if you use AA.

[big ed]

No guessing for anyone.

It's in one of Philadelphia's rail yards.

A blast from the past.:thumbsup:
They use it for storage. It's in great shape I am glad someone found another use for it besides scrap metal!:D


Anyone know the make and year?:rolleyes:


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[gc53dfgc]

that is i'm pretty sure a Budd Company Baggage car made in the 1950's. I know the exact train that that car belongs to can be found on Trainz Simulator 2006 edition. I think the entire train engine and all was made from a special company and was the only one ever made. I would get on and check the exact specs but my computer keeps having errors that keep me from installing the game again.

[tjcruiser]

I was gonna say some sort of a baggage car, but GC filled in all the details, I think!

TJ

[gc53dfgc]

the train that it went with was a deisel powed locomotive that was half engine half passenger car. it has the exact same design as all of the cars inluding this one. I'm pretty sure it was an intercity train not a coast to coast type train. I will try to get my computer to install the game so i can get the exact specs of the car.

[tjcruiser]

GC,

I don't know much about real-life diesel trains, but ...

When I was in Lincoln, NH this summer, I noticed that the Hobo Railroad has a "diesel powed locomotive that was half engine half passenger car" in their inventory. I wish I had a photo and/or remember exactly what it was. :confused:

TJ

[gc53dfgc]

did the loco look like the baggage car in the photo above, style wise i mean?

[tjcruiser]

With fuzzy memory, I'd have to say no. More of an older Amtrak look, I think ???

TJ

[Boston&Maine]

With fuzzy memory, I'd have to say no. More of an older Amtrak look, I think ???

TJ

The New Haven one? Rodger Williams? Yes, this is a Budd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_(train)

EDIT: What Ed posted is just a standard baggage car... Where it is though I have no idea...

EDIT: I found the same model in PRR colors, class B-60B...

EDIT: Here: http://www.trainweb.org/jssand/Foreign/PRR/PRR-BE.htm - "The 200 B60B baggage cars were built by ACF in 1928. They measured 60' inside length and ran on 2D-P3 trucks. The B60b's have three more panels per side than the B60's; one panel between the door and one on either side."

EDIT: I know you forgot to put what the prize was in your post, so I will take one of the items you bought off Jim :)

http://www.trainweb.org/horseshoecurve-nrhs/Photos/B-60/b-60-1991.jpg

[gc53dfgc]

i know where it is it's in a philidelphia (sorry for butchering the spelling a bit) rail yard.

[gc53dfgc]

well at least i knew the company and somewhat close to the year. Oh wait i don't think i guessed a single thing right except it's a baggage car. :laugh:
Boston have you been studying and looking for this car the past few days on the web?

[gc53dfgc]

boston i was not refering to a Rodger Williams train i must have hade the year's mixed up because the one in the game i have used almost identical cars to the baggage car.

[big ed]

i know where it is it's in a philidelphia (sorry for butchering the spelling a bit) rail yard.


yes, no guessing as I said it's in Philadelphia.:rolleyes:
In a tanker rail yard. Oregon Ave. Just a block from Tony Lukes famous Philly cheese steak place.:thumbsup:


EDIT,

That car looks just like the one I found B&M.
Might be the same one just painted blue?:D

[Boston&Maine]

Boston have you been studying and looking for this car the past few days on the web?

No, it only took about about 15 minutes to find... Google Images FTW...


boston i was not refering to a Rodger Williams train i must have hade the year's mixed up because the one in the game i have used almost identical cars to the baggage car.

No, TJ was...



That car looks just like the one I found B&M.
Might be the same one just painted blue?:D



Ed, you must have read over my third EDIT on that post...

[tjcruiser]

B&M,

That looks EXACTLY like what I remember seeing up in Lincoln, NH ... a "Budd" ... neat! ... thanks for the wiki info/link!!! I know very little about diesels and their history, but a "combined" loco/passenger car like this is a bit rare/odd-duck, isn't it???

The link says the Budds could run under engine power, but also via 3rd-rail electric when running into Grand Central Terminal.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/New_Haven_140_Unique_Budd.jpg

Thanks!

TJ

[big ed]

Another where am I bridge?:rolleyes:


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Hint.... A lot of blue claw crabs in the water.:D

[tjcruiser]

Ed,

Crossing Chesapeake Bay, north of Annapolis. Dual bridge, right? I think I smell the crabs steaming away!

TJ

[big ed]

Ed,

Crossing Chesapeake Bay, north of Annapolis. Dual bridge, right? I think I smell the crabs steaming away!

TJ

That's it TJ. I forgot this thread.

Those are two long bridges.

A little history,

With a shore-to-shore length of 4.3 miles, the bridges are among the world's longest and most scenic over-water structures. The two-lane original span was opened to traffic in 1952. It replaced two vehicular ferries that ran from near Annapolis, to the Chesapeake Eastern Shore. The parallel structure opened in 1973 and has three lanes for westbound travelers. The original span then became a two-lane roadway for eastbound traffic. All lanes are reversible. Generally, three lanes are thrown in the direction of peak traffic. Summer weekends tend to have very heavy traffic to and from the Eastern Shore, and to ocean resorts such as Ocean City, Maryland, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Each bridge has a suspension span over the main shipping channel. The main span has a horizontal navigational clearance of 1,500 feet, and a vertical navigational clearance of 186 feet, and the main shipping channel passes under the main span, utilized by oceangoing ships to and from the Port of Baltimore. The original Bay Bridge was closed during a couple winters for deck replacement, in 1986-1988.


Aerial photo of Bay Bridge, from a post card from the 1970s.


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[tjcruiser]

The other end of the Bay has one of my favorite ones ... Ches Bay Bridge/Tunnel. Now THAT's a long one. Fun to stop at the tunnel portal, grab a bite, and take in the view. If I recall, that one was a one side only, too ... then they built the 2nd, parallel side some years later. I think.

Cheers,

TJ

[big ed]

The other end of the Bay has one of my favorite ones ... Ches Bay Bridge/Tunnel. Now THAT's a long one. Fun to stop at the tunnel portal, grab a bite, and take in the view. If I recall, that one was a one side only, too ... then they built the 2nd, parallel side some years later. I think.

Cheers,

TJ

Sorry I would get arrested going on that with the haz-mat to take pictures.:D

Though I been on it quite a few times going to Virgina beach visiting.

Coming home once I saw three dolphins ( or porpoises):rolleyes: whatever they were) jumping in the water out by the tunnel.
Cool :thumbsup: the old (young) lady saw them too.:D
We where rolling down the road at the time. No pictures.

Have not been on that one in years.

[Reckers]

That's a neat bridge, Ed! I had to fly into B-more a number of times in the past for business meetings up in Perryville; the last time, I chose to take the loooooong way there and drove across the bridge so I could drive up the other shore and sightsee my way up that side of the bay. Man, is it ever flat over there! Stopped at a couple of Chesapeake Bay museums, got some nice pics and a very good meal!

[gc53dfgc]

HEY ED! TAN ONE *punch in the shoulder*

[big ed]

HEY ED! TAN ONE *punch in the shoulder*


Blue One double punch you ...both arms!:D


Littlefoot maybe knows about this.
Let me tell you I am shooting this up high and it goes down for aways.
Theres a little canal running along side and it's hard to get a picture of the depth of this.

Littlefoot a little history on it?:confused:


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[Littlefoot14]

You rang?

What would you like to know?
The canal is the Feeder Canal and runs from the Queensbury area to the Argyle area. I've actually kayaked that portion before.

The big hole is simply known as "the quarry". I'm not sure if it's still active, but if it is, it's probably owned by Lehigh Cement, I'm sure you know where that is? If it's not active, I think there's a pond in the bottom of it. Also, less than 50yrs ago, that was a nieghborhood, and now, the houses are gone and there's a big pit there.

Anything else you'd like to know? :D

[gc53dfgc]

blue one double punch you ...both arms!:d


littlefoot maybe knows about this.
Let me tell you i am shooting this up high and it goes down for aways.
Theres a little canal running along side and it's hard to get a picture of the depth of this.

littlefoot a little history on it?:confused:


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where?

[big ed]

where?


littlefoot a little more then 50 years ago.

They started the quarry in 1824 almost 200 years ago

Glensfalls,NY


A Brief History of Queensbury

Queensbury was once a part of the great northern wilderness - a favorite hunting and fishing site for the Iroquois during the summer and a route over which their war parties traveled on the way to Canada. During the French and Indian War, the Colonial Army Marched through here from Albany in August, 1755, building a road as it marched. This Military Road was the first road - the link leading to settlement of the Town of Queensbury. Sometime between 1759 and 1762, Jeffrey Cowper became the first settler in Queensbury when he was given permission by British General Jeffrey Amherst to occupy the post used during the French and Indian War, the troops having moved by then to Crown Point.
As the French and Indian War was drawing to a close, the English Lt. Gov. James DeLancy of the Province of New York issued a proclamation to encourage settlers to the area between Albany and Montreal if they would immediately settle and establish a township. Daniel Prindle from Connecticut applied for a patent of 23,000 acres, but one month later sold the patent to Abraham Wing (http://www.sunyacc.edu/corners/bipgraphies/abraham_wing.htm)and his group of 31 Quakers at the Oblong in Dutchess County. The Queensbury Patent, date May 1762, granted by King George III of England, was named in honor of his consort, Princess Charlotte of Macklenburgh Strelitz. In August of that year, Wing arrived here with a surveyor, Zaccheus Towner, and began surveying the township and dividing the land into lots. The work was completed by November. In the summer of 1763, Abraham Wing and Ichabod Merritt moved from Dutchess County and began to carve out new homes in the wilderness. The village was to have been laid out at the Halfway Brook where a small clearing had been made around the original fort, but growth actually sprang up around the falls at the river, where Wing erected a saw mill and grist mill. By the end of the first decade, about two dozen log homes were located in the area, and a few rudimentary roads and bridle paths had been established.
Life in this wilderness would prove to be beyond the endurance of the hardy and peace-loving Quakers during the Revolutionary War. They suffered repeatedly from military requisitions and twice their dwellings were burned. The Quakers retreated to Dutchess County. However, when the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the Quakers returned and began rebuilding the community. By the following year, frame houses appeared, roads were being constructed and new settlers were arriving. At the same time in the northern part of the Township, the Harris family was developing the "so-called" Harrisena patent, about 2,000 acres bought by Moses Harris, Jr., after the Revolution. Later, other large tracts were added, and by 1788, Queensbury's boundaries included all of what is now Warren County.
Clearing the land and preparing the fields for planting was the first order of business. Saw mills and grist mills were early requirement and agriculture was simply for subsistence. The mills were located around the falls in the Hudson River and along small streams and ponds which dotted the Township and provided water power. The trees were a natural resource and lumbering became the primary industry.
About 1824, a small quarrying operation began by the river where lime rock beds were found below the falls. Besides the limestone deposits, gray and white marble, found at a deeper level in the beds, were extensively quarried and the products shipped to world markets. In 1865, part of a grist mill, black marble and lime quarry complex, known as the Glens Falls Company, was bought by Jeremiah and Daniel Finch and Samuel Pruyn. The Finch, Pruyn Company developed into the largest lumber business on the Hudson River by the mid-1890's. In 1904, the company expanded into newsprint production.
As the settlement grew, transportation improved. In 1832, the Feeder Canal was opened, providing transport for lumber, lime, and other products of the area. A plank road was built between the village of Glens Falls and Lake George along the route of the old Military Road in 1848. This led to the stagecoach era, and Lake George and points north became resort areas. In the latter part of the 19th century railroads replaced the stagecoach. Soon after the turn of the century, the horseless carriage made its entrance. Thus, with the village of Glens Falls' continual growth and the resorts further north, farming became a major business, providing dairy products and produce. By the 1870's, agriculture was firmly established and reached its peak about the turn of the century.
In 1908, the City of Glens Falls was incorporate, separating it from the Town of Queensbury. But the Town continued to grow. Floyd Bennett Field opened in 1928 on Miller Hill, and airfield named in honor of a local pilot who flew Admiral Byrd to the North Pole. World War II brought new industries and new citizens to the Town. Postwar development led to numerous housing and commercial developments and shopping malls after the Northway section of I-87 was built and Quaker Road was completed in 1961.
Today, Queensbury is noted for its tourism trade. Motels, restaurants, amusement parks, golf courses, ski trails, etc., abound, serving thousands of tourists each year. The resulting increased responsibility for the Town government has led to the preparation of a land use map; a zoning ordinance; subdivision regulations; and establishment of a Town Planning Board and a master plan. During this tremendous growth, the Town erected its first government complex on Bay Road, opened in 1966, to keep the various elements of the Town government in close proximity for the task confronting it. Today, the Town government has changed little from its original form. It has been flexible enough to perform as efficiently as it did in 1763.

[Littlefoot14]

Cant be right all the time :D

[big ed]

Cant be right all the time :D

history......,
get into it while your young.:D:thumbsup:

[big ed]

The New Haven one? Rodger Williams? Yes, this is a Budd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_(train) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_%28train%29)

EDIT: What Ed posted is just a standard baggage car... Where it is though I have no idea...

EDIT: I found the same model in PRR colors, class B-60B...

EDIT: Here: http://www.trainweb.org/jssand/Foreign/PRR/PRR-BE.htm - "The 200 B60B baggage cars were built by ACF in 1928. They measured 60' inside length and ran on 2D-P3 trucks. The B60b's have three more panels per side than the B60's; one panel between the door and one on either side."

EDIT: I know you forgot to put what the prize was in your post, so I will take one of the items you bought off Jim :)

http://www.trainweb.org/horseshoecurve-nrhs/Photos/B-60/b-60-1991.jpg




PRR colors?

rust?:laugh:


EDIT: I know you forgot to put what the prize was in your post, so I will take one of the items you bought off Jim :)

first time I saw your edit, ha ha ha:D

Read the first line.........I said where it was from.

I think I will put this in my road finds thread.:cool:

[big ed]

Sun rise in the rail yard.(in NJ):D


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[tjcruiser]

Nice shot.

You didn't get up to watch the full lunar eclipse the other night, by any chance, did you? (Cloudy and rainy in RI ... otherwise I was gonna wake the kids up.)

TJ

[big ed]

Nice shot.

You didn't get up to watch the full lunar eclipse the other night, by any chance, did you? (Cloudy and rainy in RI ... otherwise I was gonna wake the kids up.)

TJ

I was out the door at around half into of the eclipse. I got up at 3:20 that morning.
It was a beautiful crystal clear night.:thumbsup:

[tjcruiser]

I'm jealous. I was kinda hoping to see it. Glad you had a looksie!

TJ

[big ed]

I'm jealous. I was kinda hoping to see it. Glad you had a looksie!

TJ

I heard this is the last one for a while.:confused:
The next one will be in 94 years.:D
I don't think I will see that one.:(

[gc53dfgc]

94 years:eek:... I'll be like 125 in that amount of time if I am even alive till then.

[big ed]

Nice shot.

You didn't get up to watch the full lunar eclipse the other night, by any chance, did you? (Cloudy and rainy in RI ... otherwise I was gonna wake the kids up.)

TJ


You do know that the picture I posted, was not the sun coming up but the moon setting, right?:D

I was going to ask this way back when I posted and thought I did.
I must have forgot to hit the submit button.

I wonder how many though....man that is a weird looking sun rising.:laugh: Rising in the west too.

[tjcruiser]

I'm always amazed how big and orange the full moon looks as it rises over the ocean here in RI. For some reason, it seems twice it's normal size as it creeps above the horizon.

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm always amazed how big and orange the full moon looks as it rises over the ocean here in RI. For some reason, it seems twice it's normal size as it creeps above the horizon.

TJThat's because you're "way out there". :p:p:p

[big ed]

Someone should know where this is, it has been posted somewhere on the forum.

Short run for me.

This town like most major cities in NJ used to be a major hub of industries.


"Historical Bridge"

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[tjcruiser]

Hey Ed,

It's the world-famous Federal Street Bridge in Camden! (Well, perhaps not world famous ... but at least a highlight from your other Jersey thread ...)

http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showpost.php?p=49191&postcount=148

I'd like to see that firsthand, someday ... looks like an impressive feat of engineering ... plus beautiful design detailing, too.

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

Since I live about 45 minutes from Camden, and I've been there many times, I've driven this bridge a few times. ;)

[big ed]

Since I live about 45 minutes from Camden, and I've been there many times, I've driven this bridge a few times. ;)


Right.:D

What the heck do you go to Camden for?

You bring your weapons?:D

Did you hear about the cop who pulled over a lost motorist who stopped at a red light at 2 in the morn?
First he asked him if he was armed with any weapons.:laugh:
Then he told him to stop at the light and then run it if it was clear.
He said otherwise he would be robbed of his car and wallet and if he was lucky he wouldn't be killed.:rolleyes:

They just laid off I think it was 300 officers there. the chief said your on your own for minor incidents.....accidents, domestic violence and robberies.:laugh:
As they have only enough man power for the more important incidents.:rolleyes:

You take in the Aquarium and battleship John.

Besides delivering there they are about the only places I would visit.:D

What about your track? you have nine 36" and some 30" for sale?:confused:

[gunrunnerjohn]

The problem with Camden is that I can't bring a gun into NJ, so it's a risky venture. We've been over to the Aquarium there a number of times. I haven't done the battleship, but maybe I had enough ships when I was in the Navy. :D I also know people near there, so you end up driving through Camden.

I bought the large O27 pieces when I was going to go O27, but now I'm moving to O, so I'll be dispensing with the O27 track. I would like to get what I paid for out of it...

[tjcruiser]

Jeez ... I didn't know that Camden was that bad. Yikes!

TJ

[big ed]

Jeez ... I didn't know that Camden was that bad. Yikes!

TJ


The highest crime rate in the US.
Read the third paragraph in the link.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey

[gunrunnerjohn]

Camden is not a place you want to be without your gun or an escort. ;)

[Xnats]

Nice pic Ed, still won't find me heading west, to there anytime soon. Ed, when you decide to go check out all the detail and stuff! Stop by my house and drop off all your trains so I can disperse them to new homes :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
No one in there right mind, should be going there as the weather warms and with half of the Police Force gone. Glad to see you made it out though :thumbsup:
sorry working on little sleep myself

[tjcruiser]

The highest crime rate in the US.
Read the third paragraph in the link.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey

Wow ... I just read that link ... scary, and sad, too ...

"Camden is perhaps best known for its struggles with urban dysfunction."

"Urban dysfunction" ... that's one way of putting it. Mean per capita income less than $10k. School and police forced to be run by the State.

Sounds like a bit of a wasteland. Not much hope, I guess.

Too bad ... quite a bit of industrial history there, a long time ago.

TJ

[big ed]

:D
Anyone want some cheap fixer uppers?




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This one for TJ nice restoration project?


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You need some warehouse space?



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It is a shame... what once use to be a busy, hustling, bustling city is now just a dump!

[gunrunnerjohn]

Imagine what a neat house this could have been!

http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7218&d=1296931159

[tjcruiser]

Boy, I'll say. What a shame. What a shame ...

[big ed]

The problem with Camden is that I can't bring a gun into NJ, so it's a risky venture. We've been over to the Aquarium there a number of times. I haven't done the battleship, but maybe I had enough ships when I was in the Navy. :D I also know people near there, so you end up driving through Camden.

I bought the large O27 pieces when I was going to go O27, but now I'm moving to O, so I'll be dispensing with the O27 track. I would like to get what I paid for out of it...


By any chance did you get them for .50 a section?:D
Did you buy them new?
Throw me a $ number.:rolleyes:
The other member did not respond.:ohwell:

[big ed]

Anyone know where I shot these?
The Old #3

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Anyone believe in spirits? In the pictures I captured a lot of "orbs".
They are the little dots you see.:D
(some orbs are lost spirits floating around):rolleyes:
http://www.nsacphenomena.com/200808.html

Look closely in the second picture in the lower cab window do you see a man (looks like a gangster) with an old style hat looking at me?
Edit, upon a closer look it looks like a cop hat that he is wearing.

The same spot in the third picture the large orb when magnified looks like a face with a handlebar mustache.

Anyway I think someone will know where these were shot.


A little history on it,
The Conestoga: The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road was chartered April 4, 1833 to build a line between Philadelphia and Reading along the Schuylkill River. This, the second oldest surviving Reading Company engine, is purported to have been built in 1843 by the Locks and Canal Company of Lowell, Massachusetts. Passed from one line to another, it seems obvious that many modifications have been made over her career including the trucks, cab and headlight. An amazing survivor!

[big ed]

Some more, same place.

Notice the Orb in the second picture, trying to get out of the way in a hurry?:D


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A little history on this one,
The Baldwin 60000: The 60,000th locomotive built by Baldwin. It was designed to be the best locomotive that Baldwin ever made. The engine was very innovative, carrying aboard new technology like a sawdust spreader for traction, a corkscrew shaped loader that carried coal into the fire, new signaling devices, and pneumatic braking. Another first was the train's double-boiler. The double boiler was intended to improve efficiency but it caused steam pipes to burst inside the firebox. During the period between October, 1926, to February, 1928, the locomotive was operated in road tests on the Pennsylvania Railroad, the B&O, the Erie, the CB&Q, the Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific, and even the Great Northern. Unfortunately it was deemed too heavy, too long and too complicated by the railroads that tested it and was sold for a buck to the Franklin Institute in 1933.

[big ed]

Some more from the same room.

No Orbs...they all took off.:D

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A little history on this one,
The Rocket: Built in London, England by Braithwaite & Co., and delivered to the Port of Philadelphia in 1838, this historic engine was in use through 1879 and logged 310,164 miles. From the Museum's plaque: "Named after the famous Stephenson's Rocket, this hard working little locomotive pulled passengers for more then 40 years over 300,000 miles. It was one of seven built for the READING RAILROAD but is the only one that remains." Although it looks like an 0-4-0, two cylinders beneath the smoke-box are connected to cranks on the rear axle. Therefore it is actually a 2-2-0.


One more of the #3
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[gunrunnerjohn]

Franklin Institute, just visited there a few weeks ago. That is one BIG Baldwin engine. :D

[gc53dfgc]

well he sure busted your bubble in a hurry ed. i think you are just loosing it ed. that is just little dust particles showing up in the picture do to your flash. it yes that is a dusty place look at the rails and things in there covered in dust and i think that window was just dirty on the train. MORE BUBBLE BURSTING YAY!

[big ed]

Franklin Institute, just visited there a few weeks ago. That is one BIG Baldwin engine. :D

Johns right..Philadelphia, Pa
I knew you would know.:D
Read the info I added about that Baldwin. I never knew that, they bought it for a buck in 1933. They do run it on the track in there you know.:D
I should have got a picture of the inside of the cab.:ohwell:


Did you walk through the heart?:D
Or do a weather report?

Do they still have the heart.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I saw it run on the rails all three or four feet. ;) I didn't get to see the cab, my 5 year old grandson was scared to go up, so we passed. He eyed it suspiciously all the time we were in that room, I think it was just too big. :D

Yep, we walked through the heart, Kilian liked that. :) We tried the weather report, but he didn't say much.

[big ed]

I saw it run on the rails all three or four feet. ;) I didn't get to see the cab, my 5 year old grandson was scared to go up, so we passed. He eyed it suspiciously all the time we were in that room, I think it was just too big. :D

Yep, we walked through the heart, Kilian liked that. :) We tried the weather report, but he didn't say much.



check out the cab,
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=325537&skip=-2

[gunrunnerjohn]

Think of the fun you could have spinning all those valves! :D

[big ed]

well he sure busted your bubble in a hurry ed. i think you are just loosing it ed. that is just little dust particles showing up in the picture do to your flash. it yes that is a dusty place look at the rails and things in there covered in dust and i think that window was just dirty on the train. MORE BUBBLE BURSTING YAY!


Those are spirits from the after world.:cool:

They followed me around, after I shot those first pictures you will notice that there was no more "dust" :rolleyes: in the other pictures.

I told them to stop following me. And they stopped.:D

I knew John would know where they were taking.:thumbsup::D
He is close to there,

No popping my bubble.;)

[big ed]

Think of the fun you could have spinning all those valves! :D

You should bring a camera?:rolleyes::D

Did you make him look down the Pendulum stairs?:D


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[gc53dfgc]

okay ed okay they are "spirits".

Thats one heck of a boiler where on earth would the engineer and fireman sit?

[tjcruiser]

I took a school field trip to the Franklin Institute as a kid (12 years old, maybe?) ... the massive size of that Baldwin really stuck in my mind for all those years since. Kind of a funny/odd/sad story that it ended up being a bit of an engineering disaster.

Do they still have the "walk through your heart" room, out of curiosity?

Cheers,

TJ

[big ed]

okay ed okay they are "spirits".

Thats one heck of a boiler where on earth would the engineer and fireman sit?


:D Another believer.:D

I wish I could post a bigger picture of the one.
It looks like an old time face looking menacingly at me.

And the other you can see two eyes in the orb with a big (old time) handlebar mustache.

That is an old building. Old trains too.
Spirits galore. :rolleyes::thumbsup::cool:

[gunrunnerjohn]

You should bring a camera?:rolleyes::D

Did you make him look down the Pendulum stairs?:D

Way too little patience at 5 years old to hang around there for any action there. He looked for 30 seconds and we were on our way. ;)

[gunrunnerjohn]

Do they still have the "walk through your heart" room, out of curiosity?Yep, complete with sound. ;)

[NIMT]

Big Ed,
You can also see an Image in the fire box of the picture that you didn't take of the cab controls?
Creepy!!!:eek:

[gc53dfgc]

what is this walk through your heart room I keep hearing you all talk about so much? Are we talking a human heart or the heart of a steam engine or somethin like that?

[gc53dfgc]

:D Another believer.:D

I wish I could post a bigger picture of the one.
It looks like an old time face looking menacingly at me.

And the other you can see two eyes in the orb with a big (old time) handlebar mustache.

That is an old building. Old trains too.
Spirits galore. :rolleyes::thumbsup::cool:

I saw the face in that picture of number three but I just can't tell if it was "dust" or a "spirit" just one of them things I would have to be there to tell.

[gunrunnerjohn]

what is this walk through your heart room I keep hearing you all talk about so much? Are we talking a human heart or the heart of a steam engine or somethin like that?It's a model of a human heart about 15 feet tall that you walk through and go up and down following the blood path. Has beating heart sound effects for each chamber of the heart. It's been there for ages, I saw it probably 30 years ago. with my kids, now my grandson has experienced it. I saw somewhere that it's been there for over 50 years.

[gc53dfgc]

does it move like an animatronic or just sort of a static walkthrough?

[big ed]

does it move like an animatronic or just sort of a static walkthrough?


A link,
http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/permanent/giant-heart-history.php


A picture,

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[big ed]

another,

http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2005/09/21/SciTech/Philadelphia.Features.Scientific.Artifacts.Exhibit ions-991819.shtml


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[gc53dfgc]

very interesting. fifty years old you say? wonder if it has any plaque build up?:laugh:

[gunrunnerjohn]

very interesting. fifty years old you say? wonder if it has any plaque build up?:laugh:Lots, I could barely squeeze through some of the arteries! :p:p:p

[big ed]

It is kind of hard to get a good picture of this guy.
He is on top of a big plant.

As the shot is taken looking to the east and I am always going by in the morning so the sun is always looking into the lens.

Plus it is going into an S curve and traffic is normally backed up.:rolleyes:

Anyone know where it is?
( I didn't go there I was just passing through.)

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[Littlefoot14]

You were in Worchester, Massachucetts :D

[big ed]

You were in Worchester, Massachucetts :D


Man your good, how did you know?:confused:
It is a little out of your territory.:D:thumbsup:

[Boston&Maine]

Man your good, how did you know?:confused:
It is a little out of your territory.:D:thumbsup:

Did you take a glance over at the Union Station when you passed through Woosta on I-290? :)

[big ed]

Did you take a glance over at the Union Station when you passed through Woosta on I-290? :)

Worcester has a bunch of interesting buildings.:thumbsup: I was going to take a picture on the way back but forgot.

That is on the other side of the S curves though not across from the bear.:D

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[tjcruiser]

Is Worcester where they have a fabulous armory museum with an incredible collection of medieval armor, weapons, etc? I was there once with the wife/kids, and really enjoyed it.

TJ

[big ed]

Is Worcester where they have a fabulous armory museum with an incredible collection of medieval armor, weapons, etc? I was there once with the wife/kids, and really enjoyed it.

TJ


Yes there is. I never been there.

Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave., Worcester. 508-853-6015. www.higgins.org (http://www.higgins.org/). Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday noon to 4 p.m. (Closed most Mondays, but open Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Admission $10 adults, $7 children 4-16.

[tjcruiser]

Ed,

Yes! That's the one. Very good, actually ... well worth a visit if you ever have a few hours to spare. Bring your chainmail and your crossbow!

TJ

[big ed]

Ed,

Yes! That's the one. Very good, actually ... well worth a visit if you ever have a few hours to spare. Bring your chainmail and your crossbow!

TJ

crossbow OK, but chainmail?:confused:

medieval? maybe chain & nail? :D

any medieval trains there?

[tjcruiser]

Chainmail ... you know ... the woven metal loop fabric shirts that were worn as armor. I hope I have that right. Don't you have one of these outfits in the back of your closet, Ed?!? :D

http://www.cbswords.com/images/ano-alum-coif.jpg

[big ed]

Yes that is what it is, I searched on it.

I never had one of those.

I guess that is where they got the ideal for a shark suit.

[tjcruiser]

I guess that is where they got the ideal for a shark suit.

Exactly! It's the very same thing, though likely made from hardened stainless steel loops.

And, the same outfit might be well suited when cruising the back alleys of a few of those "outback" New Jersey towns at 3 AM, huh?!?:D

Cheers,

TJ

[big ed]

On the way to my third and last stopoff today, I took a picture of this bridge, anyone recognize it?

I should have hit the zoom, but it was a hurry up and shoot picture.:ohwell:

Two for you to try and identify it.

It is a famous bridge.:D I have been trying to get a good shot of this for a while. One of these days I will!

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I ended up unloading under this interesting structure. I don't expect anyone to know what this is.

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[big ed]

I know it was a _hitty picture here it is better. now can you tell what bridge it is?:D

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[gc53dfgc]

the hellgate bridge? not sure that is the right name but I think that is what it is called. Or is that the one in London?

[gc53dfgc]

It's the Hellgate bridge.
sorry for the double post didn't show the first

[tjcruiser]

Check out this modelled version from the Milwaukee Lionel RR Club ... quiet accurate, I'd say:

http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/milw-lionel-rrc-11.jpg

TJ

[big ed]

It's the Hellgate bridge.
sorry for the double post didn't show the first


You got it.:thumbsup::D

You can call it either Hellsgate or Hellgate. It has been called both.

The great arch bridge is the largest of three bridges, along with more than 17,000 feet (3.2 miles) long of approach spans and viaducts, that form the Hell Gate complex.


TJ
That is a great model they made:thumbsup: but it is not in scale to their layout huh?:ohwell:

It needs water under it too.:D

[big ed]

A little more info for the history,

this has pictures you can click on more down the bottom for a few more pictures,

http://ny-pictures.com/nyc/photo/topic/4531/Hell_Gate_Bridge

A little history on Wards Island which the Hellsgate complex runs over,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wards_Island


When opened in 1916, the Hell Gate Bridge was the longest steel-arch bridge in the world. It held that title until the Bayonne Bridge opened in 1931


complete info on the Hellsgate Bridge with a couple of more pictures,

http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/hell-gate/

.

[big ed]

This picture sort of looks like mine though from many moons ago.

See the cars?:D






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[Xnats]

Is this a part of the Pulaski SkyWay? I've yahooe'd until my eyes hurt and I can't find that pic.

[tjcruiser]

Hey Ed,

That's a really cool "old vs. new" pair of photos of the steel-truss elevated roadway. Other than the cars, not much has changed!

TJ

[big ed]

Is this a part of the Pulaski SkyWay? I've yahooe'd until my eyes hurt and I can't find that pic.

The old top picture was listed as Riverside Drive, NYC. Though I don't think it is. It looks just like my picture. My picture is where I made my last stop is Harlem, NYC.
The Henry Hudson Parkway is what the steel holds up. The parkway is erroneously called the West Side Highway by city people.
It was built, starting in 1934.
As your looking at my picture, off to the right around 500' is the Hudson river.
It is on 12th ave which is right under the highway. And if you look on maps it is not even listed....duh, makes it nice to find!:rolleyes:

Hey Ed,

That's a really cool "old vs. new" pair of photos of the steel-truss elevated roadway. Other than the cars, not much has changed!

TJ

Yes I was amazed when I found it.:D
I found a great NYC picture site.

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Lower Broadway, 1899. Right down the street from where I delivered but over 100 years ago.:D:thumbsup: Check out the street cars.

I hate driving ANYWHERE in the 5 boroughs of NYC especially parts of Manhattan!

[tjcruiser]

I like the hats! How come we don't wear hats like that anymore? I gotta get myself a nice derby hat ... :D

[big ed]

I like the hats! How come we don't wear hats like that anymore? I gotta get myself a nice derby hat ... :D

that is what the caption said on that picture:D:thumbsup: Lots of hats.

I picked out a few more.
Anyone want to model an old Greyhound bus terminal?

At Hudson River terminus of Cortlandt St., motorized and horse-drawn vans transferred goods to and from barge-borne railcars.

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Greyhound and Penn Station.

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Ferry, Chambers St.

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Times Square from New York Times Building., 1922.

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[Xnats]

Driving in NewYork City is about the least fun thing to do, that I can think of, espicially using your own vehicle. I can't even imagine driving in that mess by Times Square back then. That was a good site you found Ed, very cool photos :thumbsup:

[big ed]

Driving in NewYork City is about the least fun thing to do, that I can think of, espicially using your own vehicle. I can't even imagine driving in that mess by Times Square back then. That was a good site you found Ed, very cool photos :thumbsup:


Back then? Now is 100 times worst!:laugh:

Try it with 18 wheels too.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Funny, in the 80's and 90's, I drove in NYC all the time. I found it easier to get around in than many large cities. If you think NYC is bad, try driving in Boston! :(

[big ed]

Funny, in the 80's and 90's, I drove in NYC all the time. I found it easier to get around in than many large cities. If you think NYC is bad, try driving in Boston! :(


Any major cities suck, especially at rush hour.

NYC's rush hour never ends!:thumbsdown:

Boston sucks too.:D

[tjcruiser]

Boston's highways are a a bit crazy at rush hour ... it's perfectly legal to drive full speed in the break down lane. But, as such, there's essentially zero runway length for merging traffic. 0 to 65 mph in about 10 feet! Yikes!

[gunrunnerjohn]

Drivers in NYC are aggressive but predictable. Drivers in Boston are simply nuts!

[raleets]

I agree about Boston. About ten years ago we (18 classic Buicks from Flint) went there for a National Buick Meet.
They did thier best to run us off the road. Scared the livin' hell out of all of us! :mad:
They had just started the "big dig" and the whole damned town was a torn up mess.
Never again! :thumbsdown:
Bob

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, finishing the big did did nothing to improve their driving. ;)

[big ed]

Well, finishing the big did did nothing to improve their driving. ;)


The big dig is already falling apart in places.:rolleyes::thumbsdown:

I agree about the nutty drivers around bean town, it has been that way up there since I have been driving.

Since the big dig I have to go all the way around Boston and come down from the north on rt1 to get to the north side of town.
They don't want tankers placarded or not, through their big dig!

[raleets]

Big Ed,
I have several truck drivin' friends :thumbsup:, and man, oh, man, do they ever tell the stories :D
Six days on the road and I'm a comin' home tonight! :D:D
Bob

[gunrunnerjohn]

They don't want tankers placarded or not, through their big dig!It might fall in on you anyway, so I think you're better off going around. :p:p

[big ed]

It always seems to rain when I get to run by these.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures.


Not where I went but where I went by today.
Anyone recognize it?

There is a lot more here then the Vietnam era stuff. :thumbsup:

hard to make out the bunker picture.:ohwell:

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[Xnats]

I'm thinking you were at Fort Dix? It has been over an decade since I've been inside but they had a display like that, should be a cobra too.

[big ed]

I'm thinking you were at Fort Dix? It has been over an decade since I've been inside but they had a display like that, should be a cobra too.

Clue,

Go around 200 miles West young man.:D

[Xnats]

Drats, I'm always wrong. We'll I'm out of the game, I'm only good for a 100 mile radius max, from the homestead. Dix is about 25 :o

[Reckers]

Aberdeen Proving Ground.

[Reckers]

Okay...200 miles west of Fort Dix can't be Aberdeen. How about Indiantown Gap, PA?

[tjcruiser]

Is that a National Guard training center?

[big ed]

Drats, I'm always wrong. We'll I'm out of the game, I'm only good for a 100 mile radius max, from the homestead. Dix is about 25 :o


But you did get the Cobra right.:D:thumbsup:

Another hint,:rolleyes:

They do reenactments of various different wars at different times of the years.

It is filled with "Army" history.
Almost like a "museum".:rolleyes::D

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A better picture of the bunker.

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[Xnats]

But you did get the Cobra right.:D:thumbsup:


lol that is like saying I picked the right planet. I saw the cobra after i posted :o :laugh:
Then Reckers has it right, right? They do reenactments on Fort Indiantown Gap, at least the web says so and it is about 200 miles from Dix :confused: This is a tough one :ohwell:. I'm sure glad Ed does not have one of those big X buzzers like on Family Feud :laugh:

[big ed]

lol that is like saying I picked the right planet. I saw the cobra after i posted :o :laugh:
Then Reckers has it right, right? They do reenactments on Fort Indiantown Gap, at least the web says so and it is about 200 miles from Dix :confused: This is a tough one :ohwell:. I'm sure glad Ed does not have one of those big X buzzers like on Family Feud :laugh:


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BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.


No one got it yet.

Another hint they have the largest collection of military clothing right down to the revolutionary war.
Also have replicas of a civil war encampment buildings.


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[Xnats]

I have the answer, I hope ;)
There is 1 US Army bases located in the state of Pennsylvania.


Carlisle Barracks (http://armybases.us/pennsylvania/carlislebarracks.html)
Carlisle, Pennsylvania

[big ed]

I have the answer, I hope ;)
There is 1 US Army bases located in the state of Pennsylvania.


Carlisle Barracks (http://armybases.us/pennsylvania/carlislebarracks.html)
Carlisle, Pennsylvania



It is part of the "Carlisle community" you got it!:D Well done.

Your #1 award,:thumbsup:

Drum roll.............................................. .......................





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The Army Heritage Museum,
a link......http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/AHM/heritage.cfm

check it out.

[Xnats]

Just my luck again, I put Thomas on my tracks and he broke it :( Who was the wise guy that put steel drums on him :rippedhand: Poor old Thomas had to get transferred to the Road Department. He keeps babbling about he needs to shunt some ice cream for the carnival, instead of rolling out the blacktop we just put down :laugh:.

[big ed]

I have been trying to get this for a while. As normal for me, it is usually raining when ever I pass it. It was not this time.


I guess I can't really capture it while rolling 65 mph.

What the arrow is pointing to is a, hint, Concrete Monster holding a car.:D

Where am I?







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[raleets]

big ed,
Looks like a race track.....could be Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, but not real sure, just a stab :laugh:
Bob

[big ed]

big ed,
Looks like a race track.....could be Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, but not real sure, just a stab :laugh:
Bob


Are you a race fan?

I don't get that far south in my job anymore. Though I have either been to or drove by most of the southern tracks.

Look at my hint, a race fan will know.

[raleets]

Yeah, I'm a race fan, but have only been to Michigan International Speedway (too many time to count) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (about 25 races), so I'm not that visually connected with too many others.
Since I think I have a handle on your truckin' routes, it could be Pocono, or New Hampshire, or Bristol.......but I'm just guessin' :D
Bob

[raleets]

big ed,
Might even be Delaware, but if it's not a NASCAR track, I don't have a hairy clue :(
Bob

[big ed]

Yeah, I'm a race fan, but have only been to Michigan International Speedway (too many time to count) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (about 25 races), so I'm not that visually connected with too many others.
Since I think I have a handle on your truckin' routes, it could be Pocono, or New Hampshire, or Bristol.......but I'm just guessin' :D
Bob

big ed,
Might even be Delaware, but if it's not a NASCAR track, I don't have a hairy clue :(
Bob


It is Nascar..........:rolleyes:

Think........:D

Monster trophy......

Heres a picture of what my arrow is pointing to,


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edit, if you don't get it now you need new glasses...another obvious hint.:D

[raleets]

Sure looks like DOVER to me! :laugh: :laugh:
Knew it all along.....yeah, right :rolleyes:, so gimme' a break, the eyes are ancient :D :D
Bob

[raleets]

big ed,
Ya' know, after thinkin' about it, I'm not sure if I've ever watched a race from Dover Speedway. I'm not much of a short track fan and prefer the "big" speedways. Talledega is this Sunday.......let's go racin' boys!
Bob

[big ed]

Sure looks like DOVER to me! :laugh: :laugh:
Knew it all along.....yeah, right :rolleyes:, so gimme' a break, the eyes are ancient :D :D
Bob


Yes sir it is THE MONSTER MILE. :D:thumbsup:
Says Dover on the last picture.:D

Give me your address and I will get my cigar lady to accompany you to a free dinner.

She comes with Cuban cigars.:D



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What a sweetheart.:laugh:

[raleets]

Haven't been this turned on since stickin' my finger into a 220!:lol_hitting:
Bob

[raleets]

Oh, by the way, big ed,
Looks like you've relocated my first wife! :D :D :D :laugh: :laugh:
Bob

[big ed]

big ed,
Ya' know, after thinkin' about it, I'm not sure if I've ever watched a race from Dover Speedway. I'm not much of a short track fan and prefer the "big" speedways. Talledega is this Sunday.......let's go racin' boys!
Bob

Bristol and Dover racetracks are the best 1 mile tracks to go and see a race.

You can barely stand on Dover's 24 degree banked turns without falling over. 9 degree straights.

The big tracks today are just push me around races!:thumbsdown:

Open them engines up and let them RACE!
Restricted racing sucks.:thumbsdown::cool:

[raleets]

big ed,
couldn't agree more about restrictor plate racing :thumbsdown:....it's totally BORING.....damned near fell asleep several times watching Daytona this year, but still like the super speedways for some dumb reason.
Michigan has 30 degree banks, 2 miles, and cool racing. Indy is flat, 9 degrees in the corners, and NOT built for stock cars. I've driven my old Buicks around Indy for a total of about 15 laps. The corners are like magnets to a heavy car :eek:
On June 5th I get to drive my '91 Reatta 'vert around Michigan Speedway for six laps.....no more than 70mph.....yeah, right!...let 'em cuss me out when I come off the track 'cause I plan to hit at least 90 in the backstretch :p for at least a tad :laugh:
Are we havin' fun yet?
Bob

[gunrunnerjohn]

I've always wanted to go up to the week long Bertil Roos Driving School (http://www.racenow.com/home.htm) at Pocono Raceway, but never pulled the trigger. I know a guy that took it, he had a ball!

[big ed]

big ed,
couldn't agree more about restrictor plate racing :thumbsdown:....it's totally BORING.....damned near fell asleep several times watching Daytona this year, but still like the super speedways for some dumb reason.
Michigan has 30 degree banks, 2 miles, and cool racing. Indy is flat, 9 degrees in the corners, and NOT built for stock cars. I've driven my old Buicks around Indy for a total of about 15 laps. The corners are like magnets to a heavy car :eek:
On June 5th I get to drive my '91 Reatta 'vert around Michigan Speedway for six laps.....no more than 70mph.....yeah, right!...let 'em cuss me out when I come off the track 'cause I plan to hit at least 90 in the backstretch :p for at least a tad :laugh:
Are we havin' fun yet?
Bob

Track comparisons. Also the Monster mile track is smaller the width is a lot shorter too.


Dover International Speedway
Race Records and Specifications

Length: One mile
Track surface: Concrete
Safety apron & pit road surface: Asphalt, with concrete pit boxes
Banking: Straightaways, 9 degrees; turns, 24 degrees
Width: Straightaways, 48 feet; turns, 58 feet
Safety apron: Encircles the inside of the track, 10 feet wide on straightaways,
and 21 feet wide in the turns.
Capacity: Approximately 135,000 race fans
Number of pit positions: 43, with water and electric
Length of straightaways: 1,076 feet
Length of pit road: 1,580 feet long, and 47 feet wide








Location

12626 U.S. 12
Brooklyn, MI 49230
Track Details

Completed : 1968
Distance : 2 miles
Shape : D-shaped oval
Banking : 18° turns
12° frontstretch
5° backstretch
Frontstretch : 3,600 feet
Backstretch : 2,242 feet
Seating : 137,243


I used to love the big tracks till they started restricting them!

Let them horses go!:eek: