Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

I always liked the burly, furrowed-brow appearance of the EMD GP30s

There's been a lot of talk about Raymond Loewy around here lately, and he had a long and fruitful relationship with the Pennsy. His design of the GG1 electric locomotive was arguably some of his greatest. 4935 even wears his signature on the nose

PRR #6755, a big M-1a 4-8-2 Mountain, was a depressing sight. She's the last surviving Pennsy Mountain and the largest surviving Pennsy steamer, but she's in rough shap. The cab is falling apart, her boiler jacketing was removed to dispose of the asbestos lagging and never reinstalled, and many components are damaged or missing. 

Monangahela Connecting Railroad #701 is also in pretty sorry shape. A pity, because it's also a bit of an oddity. It's an ALCo C415, a strange center-cab 1500hp transfer engine, the black sheep of their Century series. Whether it was a victim oif ALCo's eroding market share, or just the answer to a question no one was asking, ALCo only moved 27 of these beasts, mostly to small branch lines, and only 5 remain, including MCRR #701

Baldwin Locomotive Works #1200 is, fittingly, a BLW VO-1000 switcher that they used at their facilities. While one of Baldwin's more popular locomotives, and one of their most conventional, and one of the most preserved, it's still sad to see the condition of this one. There weren't many BLW diesels made, and there are even fewer left. (As an aside, maybe one day the surviving BLW RF-16 "Sharknoses" will be dragged out of storage and at least cosmetically preserved)

Belgrade is very proud they made Fiat 500s.

This thread has it all lately! Trains, planes, and automobiles!

Picture somewhat related 

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

I've been in a railroad mood since I made my plans to go to PA and decided to swing by Strasburg. I go through spurts where I get into the vintage railroading. I recently dug out my old copy of Don Ball Jr.'s "America's Colorful Railroads", which is literally falling apart.

Here, have a Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse Erie-Built

I always wanted to a model railroad as if diminutive narrow gauge never fell out of favor. A city layout with tight curve and unique equipment. I want to shrink an EMD F7 down to an F3.5.

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

Its like I’m being mocked. 

In reply to barefootskater :

It's like that "you vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about" meme.

Pic unrelated:

Sorry bout the GGA, but I wanted you to see the car.

In reply to NickD :

I worked for AMTRAK out of 30th street station in PHL in the 70's -  early 80's.  There was a plaque inside the station to Raymond Lowery and his design of the GG!.

hmmm, I wonder if it is still there.

I will never not post pictures of the XB-70 when I come across them.

6 pack of J-93s.

Appleseed said:

I always wanted to a model railroad as if diminutive narrow gauge never fell out of favor. A city layout with tight curve and unique equipment. I want to shrink an EMD F7 down to an F3.5.

 

I always wanted to do one that would be a fictional what-if: What if the New York, Ontario & Western stayed the New, Young, Out & Working and not become the Old & Weary so soon?

Reason: The NYO&W operated through my town, and I had family that worked for it. Plus it was a bit of a tragic tale, the first major railroad to be abandoned entirely and was described in the August 1942 issue of Trains Magazine:  "I must confess I cannot understand why some railroads were built...We will take, for example, the New York, Ontario & Western.  This road really starts nowhere, goes nowhere, avoids all large industrial centers, and ends nowhere.  When its anthracite mines folded up, the earnings of the road fell off so rapidly that serious financial difficulties soon developed..."  And their paint scheme is pretty nice and would look cool applied to some other locomotives they never bought, like Baldwin Sharknoses and Alco RS3s and EMD GP30s. Also, there is just so little left of the NYO&W. None of the rail line exists or was used after it's abandonment, none of it's steam locomotives escaped the cutting torch, and only one diesel locomotive (a GE 44-tonner) survived.

1957 made into El Camino with '59 roof?  OK.

stroker said:

2_3 said:

WTH is that?

I don't know. Someone took the pictures and sent them to my father

It looks like a fiberglass kit car to me. The car is in argentina, but it could have been made in brazil. Might be based on a vw bug, renault gordini/dauphine or some fiat. It's close to home, I should take a look