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General Discussion => Prototype Railroads: News, Photos, Research => Topic started by: Lenny53 on May 05, 2016, 07:09:30 AM

Title: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Lenny53 on May 05, 2016, 07:09:30 AM
(http://www3.sympatico.ca/nixdorf.smith/A75_2738)
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: NYNE on May 05, 2016, 07:22:42 AM
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-stWEJ5bzaZU/VxwTFoxwoJI/AAAAAAAABuc/RuPUFK9CMTAczue9ckf8u5UBSFJ7TZ_yACLcB/s1600/MBTA_MILL.jpg)

Commuter rail to Boston. An inbound train is pushed through Needham Flats with West Roxbury's Millennium Park in the background. The park is built atop an old landfill. West Roxbury is a neighborhood of Boston, but the train still has about 10 miles to go before it gets downtown.
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: eric220 on May 05, 2016, 10:21:05 AM
Quote from: NYNE on May 05, 2016, 07:22:42 AM
Commuter rail to Boston. An inbound train is pushed through Needham Flats with West Roxbury's Millennium Park in the background. The park is built atop an old landfill. West Roxbury is a neighborhood of Boston, but the train still has about 10 miles to go before it gets downtown.

How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Roxbury?
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: C855B on May 05, 2016, 11:15:22 AM
Quote from: eric220 on May 05, 2016, 10:21:05 AM
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Roxbury?

"...did he ever return? No, he'll never return, and his fate is still unlearned..."
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Missaberoad on May 05, 2016, 11:55:03 AM
A converted Railbus on the now abandoned Winnipeg Hydro tramway, Point du Bois, MB June 18, 2011.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7625/26799866576_1d2f20c51e_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7032/26834104905_c490b26742_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7544/26740464492_6ed32ae533_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Spikre on May 06, 2016, 02:02:40 PM
 :?
  did Winnepeg Hydro have a Sykes rail bus at one Time ?
  that front truck sure looks like a Sykes truck.
  interesting way to coble up a rail Bus.
    Spikre
      :?
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Missaberoad on May 06, 2016, 05:08:44 PM
Quote from: Spikre on May 06, 2016, 02:02:40 PM
:?
  did Winnepeg Hydro have a Sykes rail bus at one Time ?
  that front truck sure looks like a Sykes truck.
  interesting way to coble up a rail Bus.
    Spikre
      :?

I'm not sure...  I know they had an eclectic collection of equipment through the years. I will check the rosters in my books when I get home on Sunday.  :)

They did own at least a couple Mack Railbuses including one that's preserved in Winnipeg.

https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/pics/winnipeg-old333.html
http://www.wpgrailwaymuseum.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/Picture_145.jpg
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Kisatchie on May 06, 2016, 07:07:54 PM
Quote from: Missaberoad on May 05, 2016, 11:55:03 AM
A converted Railbus on the now abandoned Winnipeg Hydro tramway, Point du Bois, MB June 18, 2011.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7544/26740464492_6ed32ae533_c.jpg)


Hmm... I'd hate to have
to change a flat on that
bus...
(http://bayouline.com/o2.gif)
Title: Re: Thursday Proto Photo, May 5/16
Post by: Missaberoad on May 10, 2016, 06:01:27 PM
Quote from: Spikre on May 06, 2016, 02:02:40 PM
:?
  did Winnepeg Hydro have a Sykes rail bus at one Time ?
  that front truck sure looks like a Sykes truck.
  interesting way to coble up a rail Bus.
    Spikre
      :?

@Spikre best I can determine Re: the front truck is it was taken from a previous rail bus converted in 1970 and before that another one rebuilt in 1935/36. there's no reference to its origins in the book only that its front truck was rebuilt in 1940
Possible they found one on the parts market or copied its design. but none of the Winnipeg utility companies owned anything built by Sykes.