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Weekend Event: Railways
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beaver67.livejournal.comCivilized travel difficult to find now.
Weekend Event: Railways
Aug. 28th, 2016 11:45 ambeaver67.livejournal.comSome more New York Central ads.
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Aug. 27th, 2016 08:34 ambeaver67.livejournal.comThe difference between eating and dining.
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Weekend Event: Railways
Aug. 27th, 2016 08:32 ambeaver67.livejournal.comDiesel locomotives brought colourful change to railways. Unfortunately as cost-cutting began in the 60s, colourful paint schemes were expensive to apply and diesels became more sombre in solid darker colours.
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Aug. 27th, 2016 08:30 ambeaver67.livejournal.comBudd dome cars could not be used on railways in the east because clearances in tunnels were lower. So Pullman-Standard built Strata-Domes for the Baltimore and Ohio and Budd built them for the Chesapeake and Ohio. They had a lower profile and a different contour than Budd's standard domes. They also included spotlights on the roof for night time viewing.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 02:17 pmbeaver67.livejournal.comTo compete with CP's "Canadian" the Canadian National introduced "The Super Continental" on the same date as CP's "Canadian" although with smooth-side cars built by Canadian Car and Foundry and Pullman-Standard. It didn't have dome cars, either. Domes didn't appear on CN until they bought the Super Domes from the Milwaukee Road in c.1964.
Condolences to the Vine family.
Condolences to the Vine family.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 02:03 pmbeaver67.livejournal.comYou can still ride the all-Budd "Canadian" with domes across Canada. Via Rail Canada still operates this train, which was inaugurated by the Canadian Pacific on April 24, 1955.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 01:59 pmbeaver67.livejournal.comBudd was the other passenger car builder and known for their fluted stainless steel trains and domes. Their ads were simple, clean, and artistic.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 08:19 ambeaver67.livejournal.comIce was used to cool refrigerator cars until mechanical refrigeration took over. Trivia: I've read that iceberg lettuce got it's name because it was shipped in these ice cooled refrigerator cars from California.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 08:16 ambeaver67.livejournal.comAmerican Car and Foundry was one of the passenger car builders, along with Pullman-Standard and Budd.
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Aug. 26th, 2016 08:13 ambeaver67.livejournal.comUnion Pacific Had diners in dome cars. No better place to eat!
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