T Minus and Counting 2016

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[whisty]

On 29/01/2016 at 9:43 AM, whisty said:

 

Sister train to the one from yesterday. 

Sister 144 had her builder's photo taken too, but at the Dickson Locomotive Works  where she was made.  Like her sister, Engine #143 also wears the fancy white pinstripe paint scheme,. Although supposedly built to the same specifications, note the many minor differences between Engine #143 here and  her sister Engine #144 above  – a consequence of two different builders interpreting the same set of specs.

Sad but fascinating story around these two trains here - http://nyow.org/glory.html

 

[oneeye]

Got a tad carried away

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 hours ago, whisty said:

Sister train to the one from yesterday. 

Sister 144 had her builder's photo taken too, but at the Dickson Locomotive Works  where she was made.  Like her sister, Engine #143 also wears the fancy white pinstripe paint scheme,. Although supposedly built to the same specifications, note the many minor differences between Engine #143 here and  her sister Engine #144 above  – a consequence of two different builders interpreting the same set of specs.

Sad but fascinating story around these two trains here - http://nyow.org/glory.html

 

Unfortunately I've ran out of up votes whisty. That was indeed an intersting story. Thanks for posting it.

[whisty]

19 minutes ago, oneeye said:

Got a tad carried away

Let it flow

2 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Unfortunately I've ran out of up votes whisty. That was indeed an intersting story. Thanks for posting it.

I'll upvote you instead for taking time to read another one of my boring posts

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

47 minutes ago, whisty said:

Let it flow

I'll upvote you instead for taking time to read another one of my boring posts

It was far from boring. It's a real head scratcher why O'Neal got it so wrong.

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[whisty]

1 hour ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

It was far from boring. It's a real head scratcher why O'Neal got it so wrong.

Yep, one of those mysteries. Nice ending about Ben St John, with a possible amount of manly pain! " His timely leap had carried him completely clear of the effects of the wreck and straight through a farmer's trackside pasture fence, without his sustaining even a single serious injury "

In the only humorous aspect of the whole tragic affair, local legend holds that Engineer St. John lost most of the seat of his trousers, and (depending upon who was telling the story) perhaps a bit of tender skin off of his "dignity," to the local farmer's use of a then-recent fencing innovation – steel four-point barbed wire.

Edited January 30, 2016 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

and a bit of video of it in action in New Jersey

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2016 by grumpyhack

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