Running Bear's Coffee Shop LVIII

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Good morning y'all from West by God Virginia! Been doing some good research on some ideas for painting my track to more a less cut down on the appearance of it being code 100 rail. Not to mention it has black ties which I don't see any of that anywhere in the real world. Maybe at my loadout? Anyways I'm off to my train cave to see if I can't finish nailing this layout down and get ready to install all of my throws. Maybe if I'm lucky I can start my scenery this week. Maybe this weekend.

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Morning gents. 57 here right now.
Looks like we get a break from the rain today but it comes back tomorrow and into Thursday.
 
Chet, Im probably the only one here that noticed, and is uncouth enough to mention, isn't that C truck a little new for 1957?
 


Good point Terry. I thought it was too new but production of the "C" series started in 1957 and ran through 1990. I do remember seeing them growing up but I wasn't sure until I did a little investigation. I could be wrong, but I am just going on information I could find.
 
montanan said:
Here's my photo for today. It's a busy day at the freight station.

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What time period are you doing?
Doesn't a glass-bowl gas pump kind of pre-date that?
I don't care but you know how some of these anal rivet-counter, realists can be. :rolleyes:
E
 
Good morning. 52°, with rain in Central NJ.

We made it home yesterday afternoon. It was still in the 70s in Roanoke when we left the Restaurant, but when we ventured out of the hotel on Monday morning, it was a cold rainy 40°. Pretty much stayed that way all the way home. This time we stayed on I81 until Carlisle, PA, where we picked up the PA Turnpike to go East. The message boards were flashing with "Winter Storm Advisory" alerts! One extreme to the other. The trip was relatively dry, and calm.

I'm not even going to try going back over a week of missed posts, there is still a lot to do involving the MIL and other stuff. Have to restock the fridge a little later.
 
Good morning all, 15 and cloudy. Supposed to see the sun later this week. The 4-6" of snow forcast did not materialize, just ended up with blowing what we already had on the ground.
 
montanan said:
Good point Terry. I thought it was too new but production of the "C" series started in 1957 and ran through 1990. I do remember seeing them growing up but I wasn't sure until I did a little investigation. I could be wrong, but I am just going on information I could find.
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Not sure when they started, but they have been around for a long while. I was worried that they were too new for my late 60s scenario, but found something stating they were there in '67, so...Beside that, It is "MY" railroad... :confused::rolleyes:
 
WJLI26 said:
Not sure when they started, but they have been around for a long while. I was worried that they were too new for my late 60s scenario, but found something stating they were there in '67, so...Beside that, It is "MY" railroad... :confused::rolleyes:
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You are right about it being my railroad, and anything goes. I did find this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C-Series

Big E - The old glass bowl gas pumps were pretty well gone by the 50's and in fact I has posted a photo of the gas station in an earlier post mentioning that I was going to change out the pumps and someone did mention that in rural areas they were still in use in the 50's. Most all of them were gone by 1960. I can remember that the feed store we used did have an old glass bowl pump that they used. It was ancient, but it did work. It has a dial on it that showed how much gas was pumped. I may still change the pumps out, but they do look interesting.
 


Here are a couple shots of the Bowser Baldwin S-12 switcher, just recieved in the mail: They didn't skimp on the details!

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I couldn't read the lettering here, anyone know what this plate says?

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Just got a phone call for some help remodeling a house.
The ride will be here in about 30 minutes.
He asked if I wanted to put in a full 8 today already and it's already after 1000.
Guess I'd better get ready. Catch you fellers later this evening.
E.
 
I suppose while I'm at it I'll show y'all my caboose fleet.
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Only one non C&O unit....its a life like without the horn hooks!

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I did some research on the Chevrolet trucks, discussion above re: Chet.

Looks like the Tilt Cab Chassis featured was manufactured beginning 1960, the 1956 to 1969 model compact truck chassis slightly different:

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I guess I thought it was Chevy.

I find myself constantly bending the timeline on my railroad. I have a bunch of Sky Blue, in fact thinking about storing everything post 1960 in a separate place and periodically changing out the layout.
 
IT'S A "PROTOTYPE" . Factory sent some out to see what professional drivers thought.

Weather staying nice. Low 70's at night to the mid 80's . Have set new records most days with 85 to 87 each day. Scattered light showers just enough to keep dust down.
Chet- That scene looks like a Rockwell painting.

Louis- Did the children like the poem ?

Phil
 
The C series started in the 1957 model year. Only somebody involved with the design of Ford trucks would have noticed...
The emblem on the door is only correct from about 1968 or so forward, though the biggest spotting feature was the first several years' production had four headlights, changed to two in the early 1960s.
The gear with a lightning bolt through it "hood ornament" stayed on those trucks long after it was discontinued on the other trucks for the 1967 model year.
 


We have one of them out here at out airport that is equipped with a cherry picker and used for de-icing aircraft. Like a Timex, take a lickin' and keep on tickin' .
 
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