nwgs sanctions an "Official Train Thread"

My grandfather was an engineer. For my 12th birthday, my dad drove me 2.5 hours to the coast where his dad's train yard was. I had no idea what was going on...

Until we got out and my grandpa stuck his engineer hat on me and invited me up into the drivers seat.

I drove that train about 2 miles down the track and backed it back into it's home.


What a fanfukinstastic birthday present!


I've loved em ever since.

That is such an awesome story.


Grandpa and trains go together. Awesome

My grandfather worked for Milawakee Railroad for 50 years. It was everything to him. He had a toy train set in his basement that had rivers, lakes, bridges, mountains and went through the entire basement. He built the entire thing by hand.

just WTF do these clowns think they're doing?

I think that engine's called a Climax.

I loves me steam locomotives.

Could it instead have been the fact that steam locomotives converted approx. 5% of their fuel energy to motive force and even early diesels converted approx. 30%?

Steam powered marine shipping faced the same economics. Some modern marine diesels convert almost 50%.

Class B Shay Locomotive
The most popular geared locomotive.
Thumping cylinders, spinning u-joints, articulating gear train. Pure torque



Got to ride in this one when I was a kid.



Hiesler geared locomotive. The ultimate V-twin.


Bert already identified the Climax in one of the previous pictures.

Used to be a big railfan. Still kind of am.

Those darn manual clutches are soooo tricky to master......

Yup, it's a NWGS thread.

That's all the same train.














The Spiral Tunnels.

Morris Park Station - Bronx, New York

http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/index.asp

This one is under construction, in my basement...

Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern

In fact Drive In Movie has 3 train songs...sample them here

Old rail beds make for sceanic rides