Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday [1 Attachment]
Thank you, Vic. Like The Major General,? ...my military (and IR) knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century; Mike Tisdale On Wednesday,
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Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday
Hi Mike, There are many more railway zones now then when you visited, hardly surprising as the network is a lot busier now with many more trains and additional routes everywhere. ? Wikipedia is
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Vic Lines
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Traffic Jam Wednesday
The UP had a traffic jam of westbound trains between Roseville and Sacramento, California one day back in October 2012.? As late afternoon turned to dusk, a parade of westbound freights passed.?
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Washington Tuesday
My wife and I arrived in Washington DC from Florida on the Silver Meteor early in the morning of Veteran's Day 2015.? We were going out that afternoon on the Capitol Limited to Chicago, heading back
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Mike Tisdale
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A Sunny Day in Truckee for Monday
A splendid day in Truckee.? I even saw some trains. https://www.flickr.com/photos/10813293@N08/albums/72157713141566291 Mike Tisdale
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday
Hi Phil, The steam paint schemes aren't the same as the diesel and electric schemes, but from what I see on line of Indian locomotives today, different sheds and regions still have their own ways of
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Mike Tisdale
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Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday
Mike, This helps. Do you have any idea if Indian Railways still uses these paint schemes? The idea that Sri Lankan locomotives are painted according to the colors of the ruling political party,
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Phil Burton
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Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday
Hi Phil, The Indian Railways are divided into geographic regions.? Off the top of my head, I can think of Northern, Western, Northeast Frontier, Central, South Central, and Southern.? I'm probably
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Mike Tisdale
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Sunday in the Canyon
A 2013 camp out in the Feather River Canyon. Calrailfans Camp Virgilia, 8-9 June 2013 | | | | | | | | | | | Calrailfans Camp Virgilia, 8-9 June 2013 The Calrailfans camped at Virgilia in the Feather
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Mike Tisdale
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scanned image quality questions
Mike, I just noticed that your scanned images from 40 years ago seem very clean, no scratches or dust. Are you scanning negatives or slides? How do you clean them off? Also wondering. Which model
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Phil Burton
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Re: More Indian Steam for Sunday
Mike, In your earlier photos from 40 years ago in India, the engines had ¡°ER¡± on the tenders. In these photos, the lettering is ¡°SC.¡± Do you know (remember?) what these letters represented?
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Phil Burton
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Re: Sierra Saturday
The Sierra is a real treasure, MIke, and posting these reminds me that I've not been there in a while.? I need to get back to Jamestown. Mike Tisdale On Saturday, February 15, 2020, 07:45:15 AM PST,
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Mike Tisdale
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Sierra Saturday
Views of the Sierra Railraod in the 1970s Sierra Railroad, 1970s | | | | | | | | | | | Sierra Railroad, 1970s We start with the black and white photo of a meet between 34 and 28 in Fall 1975. then the
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Amtrak over Donner Friday
Last Friday's trip over Donner Pass on Amtrak's California Zephyr Amtrak to Truckee, California, 7 February 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | Amtrak to Truckee, California, 7 February 2020 My wife and I took
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Mike Tisdale
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Belgian Thursday
Some rail action in Belgium back in November 1981 Brussels, Dendermonde and Ghent, 23 Nov 1981 | | | | | | | | | | | Brussels, Dendermonde and Ghent, 23 Nov 1981 ¡¤ In November 1981, I stayed with
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Mike Tisdale
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Windy Point Wednesday
The last couple miles of the climb to Cumbres Pass with K-36 489 last October. Coxo, Windy Point and Cumbres Pass, 10 10 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Coxo, Windy Point and Cumbres Pass, 10 10 2019 Some
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Mike Tisdale
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Wesbaden Tuesday
A few photos of Wiesbaden, Germany in 1984 Wiesbaden, Germany, 10 August 1984 | | | | | | | | | | | Wiesbaden, Germany, 10 August 1984 In August and September, some of us from my Air National Guard
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Mike Tisdale
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Eckley Monday
One of our Calrialfans meets along the Carquinez Strait at Eckley Park in Crockett,? California.? Bonus, a UP special at Johnston in Sacramento. Calrailfans Meet, Eckley Park, Crockett, California,
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Mike Tisdale
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Truckee MOW for Sunday
Today in Truckee, California. Mostly MOW equipment, some active, some stuffed and mounted Truckee, California, Part 1, Mostly MOW, 8 Feb 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | Truckee, California, Part 1, Mostly
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Mike Tisdale
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CP Friday
Canadian Pacific power on a light engine move in the Roseville, California UP? yards. DSC_0398-Rosville-CP-8080 | | | | | | | | | | | DSC_0398-Rosville-CP-8080 Canadian Pacific 8080, a GE AC4400CWM
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Mike Tisdale
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