Good morning everyone, and especially Dave , who has been the only person who has really stuck by this thread. Your support is very much appreciated! I too, did some growing-up in California. My only contact with the trains were with the one that ran through a vast tomato field near my home in Huntington Beach, and believe me, we didn't want to be seen by the train crew who worked that line, or by our parents, as we were not supposed to be there and knew it.
The reason I have been accumulating "vintage papers" is that I have no early experiences of my own to share. It's only recently that I've been able to actually work with vintage locomotives and cars, and that's thanks to the volunteer philosphy of the Illinois Railway Museum. Thanks for sharing your rail experiences. I'm sure I'm not the only one who enjoys reading them. This is the southernmost complete line in the U. Extends further south. There are more than million miles of telephone wire and about 36 million telephone instruments in use on the globe in Former patrons are encouraged to visit the thread today in an attempt to re-open the doors.
One fine day, Bob and Tom are out golfing. Tom slices his ball deep into a wooded ravine. He grabs his 8-iron and proceeds down the embankment into the ravine in search of his ball. The brush is quite thick, but Tom searches diligently and suddenly he spots something shiny. As he gets closer, he realizes that the shiny object is in fact an 8-iron in the hands of a skeleton lying near an old golf ball. Tom calls out to his golfing partner in an agitated voice, "Hey Bob, come here, I've got trouble down here.
You can't get out of here with an 8-iron. He covered 2, miles in 44 hours, 55 mins. Nearly half the trip was over mountain divisions. Now Central of Ga. Now take a look at its scientifically designed tail end. The Hamburger has two coaches on three trucks. It has a 12 cylinder V-type Diesel of horsepower at each end, with electric drive and a control room. Other advanced features include a handy towing-ring at either end. If the Hamburger had not appeared when it did.
Some sort of Diesel train was bound to show up. Some of the new Diesels have four exhaust valves per cylinder, which helps develop power. Some people insist there are now too many kinds of Diesel-electric units to remember. The best-known Pullman units are the U. They are mostly of aluminum alloy and look smooth. They are articulated joined, but in one piece and have a motor in the front only. Budd trains are somewhat the same but sheathed in stainless steel. They have ridge running the length of the train, because the sheathing is thin.
