Trains and Railways

[Levina]

Paddington Station, London

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Paddington Station. I remember an Agatha Christie book with Paddington in the title.

 

[fotoi]

Paddington Station. I remember an Agatha Christie book with Paddington in the title.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the work.

 

[Levina]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the work.

I looked it up: "4.50 from Paddington" is the title. It's a murder mystery of course. Two trains going in the same direction are passing one another and a woman in the one train sees a man in the other train, strangling a woman. The rest of the story is about finding the man as well as the disappeared body of the strangled woman. I think it was also turned into a movie.

 

[fotoi]

I looked it up: "4.50 from Paddington" is the title. It's a murder mystery of course. Two trains going in the same direction are passing one another and a woman in the one train sees a man in the other train, strangling a woman. The rest of the story is about finding the man as well as the disappeared body of the strangled woman. I think it was also turned into a movie.

Sounds interesting. I may watch the movie if I get a chance.

 

[Levina]

Sounds interesting. I may watch the movie if I get a chance.

It would be an old movie. Probably with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Could even be in B&W.

 

[Darren75]

It would be an old movie. Probably with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Could even be in B&W.

I looked it up. The movie is called Murder She Said, made in 1961. And you were right, it is with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. And it is in B&W!

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055205/?ref_=vp_close

 

[Levina]

I looked it up. The movie is called Murder She Said, made in 1961. And you were right, it is with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. And it is in B&W!

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055205/?ref_=vp_close

Cool. I used to watch a lot of classics. And I mean a lot!
And now of course I want to watch that old flick again...

 

[Darren75]

Cool. I used to watch a lot of classics. And I mean a lot!
And now of course I want to watch that old flick again...

It's on Amazon.

 

[K9Kirk]

Chesapeake and Ohio's Allegheny.

its an articulated 2-6-6-6

125-ft long, 11-ft 2-in wide, 16-ft 5 ½-in tall and weighs approximately 771,000-lbs. It could pull 160 coal cars, each with a 60-ton load, and if only pulling passenger cars, could run at 60 mph. 1601’s original price was $230,663. built by Lima in Lima Ohio in 1941.

while not as 'big' as the Union Pacific's Big Boy locomotives but more powerful in terms of pulling capacity because of tractive effort (weight on the driving wheels and other math, i dont understand)

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My grandfather worked for C & O for 30 years before they were no more. He was a track inspector, and he used to take me to work with him as a 7 year old kid. Man, was I in love with trains. At times he would put down the rail wheels that were on the front of the pickup and we would go down the track. I would always ask if a train was coming on that track.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

 

[JohnPD]

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Great shot. Awesome machine.

 

[Ltdave]

local 'commuter' train from someplace down by Copenhagen up to Hundested (the Frederiksværk Line)

 

[RichardB]

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Museum?

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Museum?

The Nevada Northern train museum in Carson City NV

https://nnry.com/

 

[RichardB]

The Nevada Northern train museum in Carson City NV

https://nnry.com/

Thanks. And for the link.

 

[Ltdave]

in Pioneer Village, Fairbanks Alaska.

narrow gauge that they still run around the grounds during the summer. it was in the backshops being looked over

 

[Terry McDaniel]

Kiamichi Railroad, crossing the Kiamichi River near Sawyer, OK. Bridge was built for the Frisco RR many years ago. I know for a fact it is over 74 years old. I took this in 2015 and had forgotten about it. Found it while digging through old stuff looking for a bird picture.

Related story about something that happened here a few years ago. A drunk was walking across the highway bridge one night and fell off into the river. A former boss of mine was fishing, heard the splash. They located the feller with a flashlight, my boss cast his line out and snagged him, reeled him in!

 

[inphoto]

The old railroad line to Saudi Arabia in Wadi Rum desert.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]