A little long but.....
Yesterday I attended a car show that our railroad museum performs every year. Essentially they invite all of the car and truck chapters of every make and model to the grounds for a fee of 5 dollars. Every chapter of whatever has a special spot on the grounds they stake out. It's quite a draw every year. No trophies, or judges, just bring your vehicle to your chapter's spot and put out a lawnchair or take your ticket and ride trains until you puke. I choose to go shooting so here's some of the pics I got while at the show, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Our wee Studebaker chapter has the spot over by the depot(which is basically front row center) every year. We share it with Packards and Pierce Arrows as well, so it's an interesting mix.
This year took an interesting twist as they provided a tour of the steam restoration shops. Take note of the lathes used to put the steamers back together. There's more than a few South Bend Lathes in them there shops.... [^]
We got small ones and big ones...
And we got Jumbos as well(These true wheels with flat spots on them)...
I toured some of the restored passenger cars as they appeared in their heyday. Thank the good dude claustrophobia isn't in my background, lol. Some of these cars had single seats, single beds and toilets in a n area with barely enough room to turn and scratch your behind. [:0]
This is where the story takes a really interesting twist. One of course could ride the trains all day if they pleased......
I got to talking with one of my buddies over there on the dark future of this line's SD45's due to a recent merger with another line, and before I knew it he asked if I had ever been in one of these(Just out of left field, lol). Needless to say I bout maxed the memory card on the camera looking in and out of the cab going down the line. [8D] [
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If your a railfan this is practically Nirvana. Best behavior is an absolute as well....... [:I]
Not only a good day, a well rounded one as well
[8D]
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Yesterday I attended a car show that our railroad museum performs every year. Essentially they invite all of the car and truck chapters of every make and model to the grounds for a fee of 5 dollars. Every chapter of whatever has a special spot on the grounds they stake out. It's quite a draw every year. No trophies, or judges, just bring your vehicle to your chapter's spot and put out a lawnchair or take your ticket and ride trains until you puke. I choose to go shooting so here's some of the pics I got while at the show, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Our wee Studebaker chapter has the spot over by the depot(which is basically front row center) every year. We share it with Packards and Pierce Arrows as well, so it's an interesting mix.
This year took an interesting twist as they provided a tour of the steam restoration shops. Take note of the lathes used to put the steamers back together. There's more than a few South Bend Lathes in them there shops.... [^]
We got small ones and big ones...
And we got Jumbos as well(These true wheels with flat spots on them)...
I toured some of the restored passenger cars as they appeared in their heyday. Thank the good dude claustrophobia isn't in my background, lol. Some of these cars had single seats, single beds and toilets in a n area with barely enough room to turn and scratch your behind. [:0]
This is where the story takes a really interesting twist. One of course could ride the trains all day if they pleased......
I got to talking with one of my buddies over there on the dark future of this line's SD45's due to a recent merger with another line, and before I knew it he asked if I had ever been in one of these(Just out of left field, lol). Needless to say I bout maxed the memory card on the camera looking in and out of the cab going down the line. [8D] [
)][]If your a railfan this is practically Nirvana. Best behavior is an absolute as well....... [:I]
Not only a good day, a well rounded one as well
[8D][img=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/My%201950%202r5%20Studebaker%20Pickup%20with%20turbocharger/P1000137-1.jpg[/img=left][img=right]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/DSC00005.jpg?t=1171153370[/img=right][IMG=left]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t102/PlainBrownR2/P1000578-1.jpg[/IMG=left]
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