(800) 853-2651
SHOP NOW

trains

C

Charlie M

Well-known Member
The earlier post concerning the train traveling down a city street and the guy jumping over the flat car got me thinking about how its interesting how many of us tractor nuts are train nuts as well. I belong
to a local rail road museum and we have some working locomotives and do some rides and events and a fixed up actual depo. Occasionally some old timer rail road guys come by and tell us stories of their days in
railroading. They talk about guys catching rides across town, getting beer handed to them in certain intersections, truck drivers moving a locomotive in a yard to get it out of the way and a bunch of other
stuff that todays rail road companies wouldn't tolerate. Railroading has some fascinating history in its life time that isn't too well published.
 
I meant to put this over in tractor tales. Must me the pills from yesterdays foot surgery acting up.
 
What would you like to talk about. I'm no expert on trains but I do enjoy the hobby and fortunately I belong to an organization that helps preserve some of the history. I live near Rochester NY and at one time there was about a dozen railroads coming into the area. Largest employer Eastman Kodak had its own railroad. Now all we have is CSX mainline and four independent small railroads serving most of the customers.
 
I infected my son with trains when he was about 3. A friend also provided Thomas the Tank Engine Track and rolling stock. we went to the rail way Museum in York UK 3 years ago. Wow. We were lucky to see the Flying Scotsmen pulling passenger cars on an excursion. Look up the site. Jim
 
If you are ever in the neighborhood of Lubbock, Texas stop in to the train and windmill museum. It is something to see.
It sort of slapped me up side of my head to realize how the windmill played such an important role in the operation of the railroads.
 
(quoted from post at 16:36:00 01/08/21) The earlier post concerning the train traveling down a city street and the guy jumping over the flat car got me thinking about how its interesting how many of us tractor nuts are train nuts as well. I belong
to a local rail road museum and we have some working locomotives and do some rides and events and a fixed up actual depo. Occasionally some old timer rail road guys come by and tell us stories of their days in
railroading. They talk about guys catching rides across town, getting beer handed to them in certain intersections, truck drivers moving a locomotive in a yard to get it out of the way and a bunch of other
stuff that todays rail road companies wouldn't tolerate. Railroading has some fascinating history in its life time that isn't too well published.
Click to expand...

I have 2ea 4'x8' N scale train layouts in my play room. One is dedicated to "A Train they call The City of New Orleans", depicting NOLA on one end and Chicago on the other, with all the countryside and things one would experience on the trip. Among other things I have a full compliment of the Kato brand City E9A and B engines and modern lightweight cars of the day in orange and brown livery.

The second table is anywhere USA with naval base and air strip on one end and industry on the other having the city metropolitan and suburb areas in between.

Memorabelia pictures dorn the walls as does a copy of the lyrics to the song....that Willie Nelson does a marvelous job of reproducing to name one popular singer of the lyrics.

Might just see if I can post some pictures....never having done that here. Well I can't find them. May just take a current set later on.
 
OH, i like Lubbock, i been to Buddy Holley grave,wished i had know about that museum,that would be interesting to see, well maybe this summer! Isn't there a barb wire and a history of Ranching museum,or was that in Herford Texas,anyway anyway i am going stir crazy !!
 
Do you have the orange cattle car with the 8 little cows that unload onto a track side cattle
chute? I have one for sale. "ran when parked" It's part of my 1952 vintage Lionel set. I'd like
to sell all of it.
 
i remember my dad takeing me to town to see the last steam train go through think i was 5 then not to far from steamtown scranton have been on rides there shure was something different
 
FIL worked for the Jersey Central during WWII in Wilkes-Barre PA as a call boy. He would have been 16 probably, maybe 17. When they needed to form (call) a train that was not scheduled in advance, they called him. Then he had to roust out the crew from wherever they were - bar or cat house - apparently this was usually at night. He never said much about the things he saw. When he got out of the Army in 1945, he went back to the railroad while going through Wilkes College - we have his union card. He worked for the railroad until he got a job with GE in Finance and spent the rest of his career there.
Tim
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

A
Second of 3 heavy hauls went by today
2
Replies
32
Views
2K
W_B
W
T
Rock River Thresheree Labor Day weekend
Replies
0
Views
525
Thresherman
T
T
Rock River Thresheree coming soon
Replies
1
Views
1K
John Freund
J
Tractor Parts Tractor Manuals

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy

Back
Top