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A FEW MINUTES AT EGBERT, NEBRASKA
A few years ago, as I was heading east to North Platte on US 30, I pulled off the highway at egbert. For me, it was just a name on maps of the Union Pacific Railroad and I wanted to … Continue reading
A FEW MINUTES TRACKSIDE AT HANNA, WYOMING
We’re on our way to Omaha, on I-80, George is paying for the gas, but its my car and I’m driving, so we stopped at Hanna. Its hot, but sleepy pleasant at trackside. I photograph my surroundings as I wait. … Continue reading
FOUR LARGE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES ON ROUGH, VERY OLD YARD TRACKs
I stopped at Medicine Bow, Wyoming to give George a look at the depot. We were on our way to Omaha and the Union Pacific Historical society convention. As a certified foamer and photographer, I checked for headlights and was … Continue reading
Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, RAILROADS AT WORK, THE WAY IT WAS, THIS IS A MODEL WAITING FOR A BUILDER, THIS IS NOT GOOD!
Tagged A BAD THING MAY HAPPEN AT WORK, A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK!, COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., MODERN RAILROADS, YOU WILL LIKE THESE
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A NICE CALIFORNIA SATURDAY and MY PENTAX K 20D
Sometimes I takes a break from the shop, venture out into the sunlight, and see what is going on at OERM. Saturday was no different. I had spent an hour in the machine shop making a drill guide for Phil. … Continue reading
Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RESTORED DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, RESTORED RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, SPECIAL EVENT AT OERM, STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, THE WAY IT WAS, VC-2 STEAM ENGINE PICTURES
Tagged A MIRACLE? NO - JUST HARD WORK!, LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER.
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RAINBOW CANYON AND THE “PEDRO”
If you visit Caliente and stay awhile, you will discover, as we did, the folks who live here are delightful and friendly. The food is good and you can’t beat the scenery. The old “Pedro” will put on a show, … Continue reading
OVER THE TRANSOM A PICTURE CAME
A good friend of my wife, from high school days, sent me a photograph she found in the house she bought. Knowing my interest in railroads, she sent it to me. Bingo! It is a photograph of UPRR #3657, a “bull … Continue reading
METRO’S BLUE LINE WILLOW St. STATION IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
My wife has breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy at the Todd Cancer center in Long Beach. The Metro blue line runs nearby and I walked over to the Willow St. station to check it out. I spent a little … Continue reading
Posted in HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS, RAILROAD STRUCTURES, RAILROADS AT WORK, STANDARD GAUGE RAILROADS
Tagged COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, IF YOU LIKE "TRAIN PICTURES", LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., MODERN RAILROADS, THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES
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COUPLERS
It is almost banal to state the obvious, couplers are an essential part of railroad technology. They must withstand the pulling force of the locomotive as well as the buffing forces imparted by the operation of the train over a … Continue reading
Posted in DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, FREIGHT CAR HISTORY, HISTORICAL PICTURES, HOW THIS & THAT IS DONE, MODERN RAILROADS, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PICTURES, THE WAY IT WAS, THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES, UPRR LOCOMOTIVE 844
Tagged COMPETENCE IS A MUST HERE!, HOW DID THEY DO THAT?, LIKE SPITOONS - THIS WAY WILL LIVE FOREVER., THEN AND NOW IN PICTURES
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THE NEW ARCHIVE BUILDING AT ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM
Today, the new THOMAS F. GROSE ARCHIVAL FACILITY was dedicated with a ceremony held at the ORANGE EMPIRE RAILROAD MUSEUM, located in Perris, California. I made it a priority to attend and I did. While there, I photographed the scene as the ceremony … Continue reading
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