trisonic Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Typical California! The Bike lane is wider than the Car lane..... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Well, having seen the size of some of the posteriors on that side of the pond - it probably needs to be that way for some of the bike riders! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Belgian Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Here's a link to my offering of Fort Collins, taken nearly 15 years ago, and trains in the middle of Oakland a few days later. Doesn't time fly? JE Edited February 15, 2014 by Belgian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Sorry if this has already been mentioned - just came across fmnut on youtube, lots of shortline, street running, etc great stuff. Back to watching his collection........ Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Well, having seen the size of some of the posteriors on that side of the pond - it probably needs to be that way for some of the bike riders! You know crimplene was invented for something - though to be fair most "wobble-bottoms" do not ride bikes. Jason: Can you post a link, please, mate? Best, Pete. Edited February 15, 2014 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 There was a well-known bit of street running along 19th Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. It finished in 2001, when rail traffic was diverted. It had been a Nickel Plate mainline, eventually ending up with Norfolk Southern. Here are a couple of stills: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=4773&nseq=6 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=57672&nseq=4 If you search for "erie 19th street" on Youtube, there are quite a few videos from there, including the last train, with a police escort! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Pete Just get Youtube up (the nine little squares icon top right in Google window as you know) and type fmnut in the search box. He's got well over 200 uploads. 'D-L Vine St branch' got me thinking about layouts......... Must get that LokSound chip into my RS3. First loco I painted in D&H Lightning Stripe in the early '70s. Yikes that's 40 years Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodmayes Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Typical California! The Bike lane is wider than the Car lane..... Best, Pete. So they don't have any two way bike paths in New York? Ted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Typical California! The Bike lane is wider than the Car lane..... Best, Pete. So they don't have any two way bike paths in New York? Ted It is a one-way street.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodmayes Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 It is a one-way street.... http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=418138&nseq=11 Are we looking at the same photo? Ted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Classic Western Pacific in Oakland: http://railpictures.net/photo/470025/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Almost street running. Problem is that the tracks parallel the road... Full article here: http://bit.ly/1oTnnI4 Looks like the derailment happened here: http://goo.gl/maps/QQzJL I'm guessing the house in the photo is the one just to the north of the road, which would mean the train was heading eastbound... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 West Brownsville, PA again (what a great site): http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=401450&nseq=24 Best, Pete, 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Almost street running. Problem is that the tracks parallel the road... new milford derail.jpg Full article here: http://bit.ly/1oTnnI4 Looks like the derailment happened here: http://goo.gl/maps/QQzJL I'm guessing the house in the photo is the one just to the north of the road, which would mean the train was heading eastbound... From the geometry of the derailment, I'd suspect the loco either climbed an ice bank on one side of a sideroad (either under the second loco or where the pickup is parked) or it hit an iced-up switch. For those that don't know, ice banks form at either side of a level crossing - the road salt and/or traffic melt the snow/ice on the road which gets sprayed to the side and re-freezes in a bank across the tracks. If the line isn't well travelled, they can get to be a fair size (and width), and tend to have relatively gentle slopes on their non-road sides. These are very alarming to hit at speed (especially in a GO train cab car which, admittedly, is a bit lighter than a loco). I think the location on your map (Housatonic Ave and Aspetuck Ridge Road) is a bit further east than the derailment. From the overhead wires crossing the road, I'd gues it was actually where Boardman Road turns into Housatonic Ave, just past Sostak Road. This would make sense of the statement that the junction of Boardman and Housatonic might be closed. Adrian Edited February 20, 2014 by Adrian Wintle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 This pic just came across the "abandoned rails" group I'm a member of on facebook. Seemed appropriate here... B&O work train passing through Wheeling Station, up 17th Street. February 1957. Photo by J.J. Young 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) "So I'm driving down this street in my ol' pick up when............." Fayetteville, NC in 2010, y'all. Best, Pete. Edited April 11, 2014 by trisonic 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 You know crimplene was invented for something - though to be fair most "wobble-bottoms" do not ride bikes. ... Best, Pete. Dear RMWebbers, Now, if anyone mentions Queen's "Bicycle" right about now... (Exit stage left, coat in hand) Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr "...Day 1 of a 4-day mission in a local TV station, the machine room is closing-in around me already..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Here's another vintage photo of street running... Syracuse, NY. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Cyclops in Syracuse? Love the traffic lights. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Here's another vintage photo of street running... Screen shot 2014-04-25 at 8.49.02 PM.png Syracuse, NY. That loco & train look like something out of Flash Gordon!! (The original 1930s version) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 By Golly.I think that's a genuine "Black Maria" in the forground. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 And a follow up about Syracuse... This came across my facebook feed today. Look what they found under the pavement when they went to do street repairs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Here's another vintage photo of street running... Screen shot 2014-04-25 at 8.49.02 PM.png Syracuse, NY. The inspiration for John Fogerty's "Southern Streamline"? Edited August 6, 2014 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Santa Cruz again: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=492662&nseq=36 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 They don’t look very in control despite what the caption says........ Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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