Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind. - Page 31

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2020, 11:33 AM

Quote:

The new build steam locomotive Tornado may look like something from a bygone age but it was, in fact, completed in 2008,...

If they built it to look like a modern streamlined locomotive the public would ignore it, worse not even notice it. Hard to build a fan club that way.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-20-2020, 11:54 PM

The Steam Horse was used in a couple locations where heavy loads had to be pushed up an incline.
Brunton tried to get more customers but during a demonstration the boiler blew up recording the first death by boiler in rail history.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2020, 02:24 AM

This is a shame, if I was climbing on it and fell I'd get a slap upside the head and told to wipe up the blood.
Now everybody and their lawyer is looking for that golden ticket.

fargon · 01-24-2020, 07:54 AM

That's to bad. I would love to climb on that engine.

glatt · 01-24-2020, 08:27 AM

Now if city kids want to climb on stuff, they need to join a climbing gym, pay $150 a month and have their parents sign hold harmless waivers.

Griff · 01-25-2020, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Now if city kids want to climb on stuff, they need to join a climbing gym, pay $150 a month and have their parents sign hold harmless waivers.

This is what we've become.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2020, 05:34 PM

When a corn car springs a leak...

Diaphone Jim · 01-27-2020, 11:15 AM

A nice, neat mess.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2020, 11:21 AM

Suspiciously neat, with nothing outside the rails.

glatt · 01-27-2020, 12:04 PM

It's possible. Corn hauled in a hopper car that had one of the hatches underneath open just a little as the train is moving along would be a lot like a good dump truck driver spreading gravel.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2020, 12:17 PM

Yeah, anything is possible but it looks more like a dirty carpet.

Diaphone Jim · 01-27-2020, 01:49 PM

The headline is a little sharp, but:
http://www.citypages.com/restaurants...real/566781161

Diaphone Jim · 01-27-2020, 01:56 PM

Years ago a semi with a bladder full of plywood glue sprung a leak on Hwy 101 north of San Francisco.
The trail of fast drying goo went from Marin County nearly to Humboldt and was easily visible for a year or more, an instant landmark.
I have always wondered about the scene when it got to its destination, empty.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2020, 11:41 PM

Good find Jim.
Awhile back we had picture of a truckload of molten Aluminum that got dumped on a highway. That got everyone's attention.

Diaphone Jim · 01-28-2020, 11:11 AM

I still have trouble with the idea of mobile molten aluminum.

01-20-2020, 11:54 PM	#452
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Steam Horse was used in a couple locations where heavy loads had to be pushed up an incline. Brunton tried to get more customers but during a demonstration the boiler blew up recording the first death by boiler in rail history. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2020, 02:24 AM	#453
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This is a shame, if I was climbing on it and fell I'd get a slap upside the head and told to wipe up the blood. Now everybody and their lawyer is looking for that golden ticket. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2020, 07:54 AM	#454
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	That's to bad. I would love to climb on that engine. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-26-2020, 05:34 PM	#457
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When a corn car springs a leak... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2020, 11:21 AM	#459
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Suspiciously neat, with nothing outside the rails. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2020, 08:27 AM	#455
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Now if city kids want to climb on stuff, they need to join a climbing gym, pay $150 a month and have their parents sign hold harmless waivers.

01-27-2020, 11:15 AM	#458
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	A nice, neat mess.

01-27-2020, 12:04 PM	#460
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's possible. Corn hauled in a hopper car that had one of the hatches underneath open just a little as the train is moving along would be a lot like a good dump truck driver spreading gravel.

01-27-2020, 12:17 PM	#461
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, anything is possible but it looks more like a dirty carpet. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2020, 01:49 PM	#462
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	The headline is a little sharp, but: http://www.citypages.com/restaurants...real/566781161

01-27-2020, 01:56 PM	#463
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Years ago a semi with a bladder full of plywood glue sprung a leak on Hwy 101 north of San Francisco. The trail of fast drying goo went from Marin County nearly to Humboldt and was easily visible for a year or more, an instant landmark. I have always wondered about the scene when it got to its destination, empty.

01-27-2020, 11:41 PM	#464
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good find Jim. Awhile back we had picture of a truckload of molten Aluminum that got dumped on a highway. That got everyone's attention. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2020, 11:11 AM	#465
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I still have trouble with the idea of mobile molten aluminum.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 4 (0 members and 4 guests)