IRSSR5, Shaping Next Year

[IronRanger]

It's not a train, look under it's skirt.

I found a little history for you in a real choo choo. Think this is too far to wander though.


Sunday: After staying overnight in Michigan City, we drove to North Judson to visit the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum and ride behind Nickel Plate Road No. 765. North Judson was once a triple crossing at grade of four railroads, the Erie, New York Central, Pennsylvania and Chesapeake & Ohio. The museum has a depot, locomotive shop and many fine railroad displays.

They run a passenger train, consisting of three cabooses (EL, EJ&E, and B&LE) plus a flatcar with benches and canopy pulled by an Erie Lackawanna Alco diesel switcher. There was a short (four cars) photo freight complete with a NKP bay-window caboose. On the site, we found a Purdue University Orton crane and a Whitcomb switcher. They were used to bring coal from the Big Four to the Purdue power plant and unload it. The coal train ran right through the campus.

[IronRanger]

Bill, this is the place I saw, I'm pretty sure. Not much of a museum, but they have food there.

http://www.mononconnection.com/

[didiki]

How come I can't post anything on IRSSR 4.

I tried under IRSSR4 Shirts but a disclaimer came on saying I cannot participate in this forum. Was it locked.

Anyhow, I was just checking to see if the IRSSR4 shirts were ever made up and when can I expect mine. I send $20 cash to Wild Bill about a month ago.

Just checking.

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Dick

[WildBillPurdue]

It's on it's way Dick! I just got them sent out last Tuesday...

[didiki]

Thanx Bill.

You back riding "Willow" yet??

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Dick

[WildBillPurdue]

Thanx Bill.

You back riding "Willow" yet??

[IronRanger]

I rode a train yesterday and forgot to get pictures. It was an underground train in a gold mine. The tour was really cool, but the train ride was for about 50 feet.

[martyo2468]

National Railroad Museum
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/en-Us/default.aspx#

If you want me to go take some pictures just let me know.

[IronRanger]

Please do, and we'll have to get a thread going to post them.

Bill had a great idea too, in that many of the older members here traveled by rail routinely, as it was the only efficient way to travel. Love to hear some stories about what it was like, what their adventure was. Makes you realize how much has changed in a short time.

I'm so intrigued by the '40s, the music, the dress, like hats and coats to step out to the club at night. The Black Dahlia, and all those other big headlines that kept paperboys busy on the street corner, and especially running to track 5 to that monster that was going to show you the world.

[martyo2468]

Will do, but it may be a few weeks before I have time to go.