Thursday Proto Photo, Feb 15/24

[Lenny53]

Salinas, CA Sept'77

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[Albert in N]

Nice photo!  I love to see locomotives and trains from the 1970's.

[packers#1]

One of the neat things about the spur behind our plant was RJ Corman used it for basic loco maintenance; they’d drive the truck over from the derailment cleanup center on the other side of our plant and had an inspection pit. As poorly as their Geep seemed to run, the other locos they tried to bring were even worse. It was neat seeing the guts of the loco though

[C855B]

... As poorly as their Geep seemed to run, the other locos they tried to bring were even worse. ...

I envision quite the challenge keeping a ~70-year-old anything running. Including me. 

[dem34]

I envision quite the challenge keeping a ~70-year-old anything running. Including me. 

Depends how well it was kept in the interim. The primary local power for me is a HH GP9. Most reliable engine the local shortline has because it was in a lengthy retirement hauling 2-3 coaches for excursions for 40yrs before getting stuck on lumber duty.

[basementcalling]

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A great candidate for a weathering project.

[wm3798]

Work horses.


Ridden hard and put up wet.
Union Bridge, Maryland

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Railpictures said "no" because it's a cloudy day...

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[C855B]

Railpictures said "no" because it's a cloudy day...

Clouds happen.

[Philip H]

An old soldier soldiered through Longbeach, MS today in a drizzle.

[Missaberoad]

Getting relief, Nov 10th 2023.

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[R L Smith]

I was in western New York, and found these artifacts in Hamburg on what I believe to be the Buffalo Southern. They are behind a train station that is now a hobby shop that caters to the Lionel audience.





















There is also a lineup of three derelict S-2's and another DL&W caboose.

On the return home the next day, we went through Arcade NY. The Arcade & Attica rr station in Java Center appears to be in OK shape, and a couple of passenger cars patiently await Spring and a return to duty in the yard in Arcade.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

That poor I1.

All that money spent on the Lionel Lines T1 could have that thing destroying the track on a weekly basis somewhere like the WMSR.

[lock4244]

I was in western New York, and found these artifacts in Hamburg on what I believe to be the Buffalo Southern. They are behind a train station that is now a hobby shop that caters to the Lionel audience.

I remember seeing this steam engine down there sometime around 1989-91... nice that it has survived the intervening years.