|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,943
|
I still love the old steam train that goes from Williams to Grand Canyon AZ... nothing like old trains!
__________________
2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
04-13-2008, 03:27 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis
Posts: 4,211
|
Where are you going to get locomotive parts to resell?
__________________
Rick 88 Cab |
||
|
04-13-2008, 08:13 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,539
|
A friend is a train buff, subscribes to train magazines, etc. He once sent me an article on one of the largest peacetime train transports of all time. I was a participant. 1957 BSA national Jamboree, Valley Forge, PA. All the scouts arrived by train.
Funniest aside was when there was a problem with the track ahead of us, so our train was placed on a siding near a tiny town (maybe population 200) in North Dakota. We were turned loose. 800 scouts invading the poor town. Had to be the greatest biz day ever seen by this town. When we pulled out, there wasn't a can of pop or a candy bar to be had. 
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
04-13-2008, 08:56 AM
|
|
|
Slackerous Maximus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 18,185
|
I have a couple boxes full of HO scale model trains in the basement I have been thinking of opening.
....must......resist......to......many........hobb ies.......
__________________
2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor. 2012 Harley Davidson Road King 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100. 2014 Cayman S, PDK. Mercedes E350 family truckster. |
||
|
04-13-2008, 09:05 AM
|
|
|
JW Apostate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napa, Ca
Posts: 14,164
|
cool site.
That stainless steel 'vista dome' car would make an 'interesting' house. http://www.trains-trams-trolleys.com/home/4067.htm   KT
__________________
'74 914-6 2.6 SS #746 '01 Boxster |
||
|
04-13-2008, 09:06 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: So. Cal.
Posts: 11,249
|
http://www.oerm.org/
Wayne - if you've never taken your family here you're missing out. Working steam locomotives, trolleys. Ever rail car you can think of. Model railroading on a huge scale. A nice day trip.
__________________
David 1972 911T/S MFI Survivor |
||
|
04-14-2008, 02:23 PM
|
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
I remember going across country by train. Union Station in LA to Chicago on the UP, then a commuter train on the NY Central to Detroit. I vividly remember stops in LV & Denver. Sat up in the vista liner and watched America roll by.
It is a sorry thing that kids can't do it today. Ya got to see America.
__________________
Copyright "Some Observer" |
||
|
04-14-2008, 02:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
Posts: 37,781
|
Quote:
I ate in a diner up near Pismo Beach that was a converted rail car (actually two hooked together just like on the tracks). 
|
||
|
04-14-2008, 03:08 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,539
|
Quote:
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
04-14-2008, 05:30 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
Posts: 37,781
|
Quote:
|
||
|
04-14-2008, 07:22 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,539
|
Quote:
"Blue highway" stuff...it's still out there, if you hunt enough. But you won't find it via interstate, air, or rail travel...
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
04-14-2008, 07:26 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,401
|
Gotta watch Huel Howser for California. great places he visits.
__________________
Patrick |
||
|
04-14-2008, 07:45 PM
|
|
|
Dog-faced pony soldier
|
Very interesting site.
I agree/disagree with the "homogenized America" comment. What I found from back in my flying days (and I got to stay in some places I'd never even heard of) was that you can always find good or bad anywhere. You have to get out and look for it sometimes, but each area does have something unique to offer. That said, the "highway exit experience" of traveling cross-country is very, very sterile and boring. From that point of view, every highway exit in America really DOES look like every other highway exit in America. . . We have become a pretty boring country overall.
__________________
A car, a 911, a motorbike and a few surfboards Black Cars Matter |
||
|
04-15-2008, 03:52 AM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,943
|
Quote:
__________________
2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
|
04-15-2008, 04:46 AM
|
|
|
Dog-faced pony soldier
|
When most people have to cram their travel/vacation into 10 lousy days off a year, there's little incentive to spend half of those traveling. . . You want to get to your destination ASAP so you can cram in all the activity into that little time and rush home.
This is a big advantage a lot of foreign countries have over us. 4-8 weeks is the standard. Certain careers are better at facilitating this than others, but for most people, you're lucky to get two weeks anymore. You're even luckier if your employer lets you take them all at once (of course this means no time off at the holidays, for kids' birthdays, etc. . .) Just another example of how we're working busier/harder but earning less and not necessarily working smarter/better today.
__________________
A car, a 911, a motorbike and a few surfboards Black Cars Matter |
||
|
04-15-2008, 06:08 AM
|
|
|
Parrothead member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
Posts: 13,846
|
I'm a HUGE railfan (hate the term train buff). I volunteer at a museum/tourist railroad here in NJ.http://www.njmt.org/
Seeing America by rail is a great experience. Although I decided to take a ride on Amtrak up from FL last yr. That was horrible experience.
__________________
Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." |
||
|
04-15-2008, 09:34 AM
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
Let me make it clear, traveling by rail you got to see America roll by, and a pace where you got to see things. Now the stations are another matter.
Why has McDonalds been so successful. Cause U can walk into one of their joints in Boston or LA and KNOW your going to get the same quality piece of ***** meal. No guessing to it. America has become homogenized. It doesn't really matter where you live there is a Walmart on every corner.
__________________
Copyright "Some Observer" |
||
|
04-15-2008, 09:42 AM
|
|
