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A little frost on the punkin'.

Hence the nickname "armstrong turntable".

Looks like a good model railroad shelf layout.

Probably a missile disguised as an airflow hopper car. :cool:

I was thinking the glass looked kind of bullet-proof...

I see what you did there, you rascal.

I wonder what it is?

Watch that first step!

Love watching videos of (and seeing in person) railroads "street running".

Developers are currently turning a 1905 Rock Island bridge over the Kaw River between KCMO and KCKS into an "entertainment district" (bar). https://www.tonyskansascity.com/2025/05/rock-island-bridge-promises-elusive.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article306575776.html We have...

I rode through the Rock Island Vale tunnel yesterday on the Rock Island Bike trail. It was a nice cool break on an 87 degree day. Noted the smoke stains on the upper parts of the tunnel and thought of all the engines going through there that created them...

Unfortunately, someone was in this one:

https://modelrailroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/from-this-to-that-ns-8808.36828/

It looks like there are hydraulic rams on each end of the depressed center part of the car and it seems to be made to ride extremely close to the rails presumably for maximum overhead clearance. My guess would be that they are there to control the rams to raise and lower the center of the car...

In the spirit of the season, my favorite railroad snowplow video: The Battle for Donner Pass - Pentrex I have the original VHS (copied to DVD) which included only The Battle for Donner Pass. I have not seen the other video "Across Donner Summit", but I'll bet it's good too. and runner up...

Architectural disaster.

American Steel Whitcomb 65 Ton #8 NMoT 8-91 001

Hi Rail cranes (notice the Burro has an electro-magnet on it):

Some electrics:

Good post. So if interested, just go there for updates on any of the old stuff I'm posting. As mentioned, quite a few have been at least painted. Thanks for that link.

Funny thing is, I haven't been back to this museum since 1991 and most of these things HAVE been restored (or at least painted) since then. Probably need it again by now. Just looked on the web and can't find any current piccy's of this unit though.:)

B & O #50 - EMD Experimental Boxcab Diesel from 1935. National Museum of Transport 8/91. This unit had two, 12-cylinder Diesel engines, originally used for passenger service, then, retired as a local freight engine from the GM& O RR in 1958.

1939 White Railbus, National Museum of Transport, 8-90.

Some speeders:

Alco S-2 electric at National Museum of Transport, St. Louis, 8-90.

Kansas City Southern bridge, Grandview, MO.

SP SW1500 Carrollton TX 7-92.

UP 4005 at Forney Museum 8-31-90.

Ancient hi-rail trucks at CO Railroad Museum, 8-31-90.

I'm pretty sure these EMD demonstrator units are SD70's, photographed on 10-11-92.

At the time I was there, they were using it as a yard switcher moving exhibits around.

UP Rotary snowplow #900099, built 1909, at Forney Railroad Museum, Denver, CO, 8-31-90.

BN GP9 1975 at National Museum of Transport August 1990.

Rock Island EMD E7 #652 at local train museum/ride circa 1991:

No, they were in private ownership on the siding at a business. The guy practically had a rail museum there. If you look close, there is a also a rotary snowplow behind the DD40X, as were several other work cars. Behind the head-end unit of the the turbine, was the "B unit" which held the...

A couple of UP dinosaurs that lived on a siding near me for awhile in the 80's, DD40X 6930 and Turbine 18.

Continuing the theme of small green locomotives, I give you EMD SW1500 BN 58 photographed in Harlem, MO 1985. Maybe this should be in "you know you are old" when your rail photo collection includes roads that don't exist anymore (under the same name).

Speaking of tiny locomotives, here's a little Plymouth located at a nearby museum.

What an outstanding shot!

Here is an interesting story about trains. My Mother was an artist. She painted oils, watercolors and acrylics on all kinds of subjects, primarily landscapes. On occasion, she would do special paintings by request for family and friends. My Grandfather (her father) wanted a picture of a...

My Robert West print. Met him at a train show once and bought this at his booth. Really love his work. He died much too young.

Being a straight section of track may be the only thing that prevented a derailment.

This vid came in on my feed the other day. Since I am a child of the diesel era, it was of interest to me. Pretty decent quality for the time, somewhere around 1975. Love seeing the old names that no longer exist. Anyone from KCMO would recognize the yards, West Bottoms, Union Station, North...

I used to live about 1/2 block from the UP mainline, close enough I could smell the exhaust when they went by. Could see them through the trees when the leaves were off. Loved it, but then again, I'm weird....

I have always been into MOW equipment, ballast regulators, Jordan spreaders, etc. Couple of pics from local area. Maybe they have the concrete tie technology figured out now (fibermesh, proper reinforcing, etc.) but when they first came out with the idea in the 70's I remember them having...

Finally, something uglier than graffiti on a rail car....

Pic of me sitting in UP 6944 in National Museum of Transport, St. Louis, 1991 and exterior of unit. Wow, I'm young, skinny and have hair:-)

Reed Timmer, eat your heart out!

Great shots. Remind me of "Grumpy's World". Wish he was still doing his railroad photography blog....