Running Bear's Coffee Shop XLVIII

[Milwaukee Road 113]

1986

• January 1: The Milwaukee Road, Inc. and Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway merge into parent Soo Line Railroad.
• March 18: The Indiana Rail Road (not Class I) begins operating most of the former Indianapolis Southern Railroad, purchased from successor Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
• March 31: The MidSouth Rail Corporation (not Class I) acquires lines from the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, including the former Alabama and Vicksburg Railway and Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway between Meridian and Shreveport, and a portion of the old Gulf and Ship Island Railroad between Gulfport and Hattiesburg.
• June: The Atlanta and West Point Railroad (no longer Class I) merges into the Seaboard System Railroad, whose predecessors have controlled it since 1920.
• July 1: CSX Corporation subsidiary Seaboard System Railroad is renamed CSX Transportation.
• July 21: The Rochester and Southern Railroad begins operations on a portion of CSX Transportation lessor Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway's line to Rochester.
• August 27: The Paducah and Louisville Railway (not Class I) begins operations on a line in Kentucky bought from the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.
• September: The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (not Class I) buys the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company's line between Rapid City, South Dakota and Winona, Minnesota.
• September 15: The Nashville and Eastern Railroad (not Class I) replaces CSX Transportation on the remaining piece of the Tennessee Central Railway sold to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1968, from Nashville to Monterey.
• December 8: The Winchester and Western Railroad (not Class I) takes over the old Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad from Conrail.
• December 31: The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway drops to Class II. CSX Transportation, the Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the Union Pacific Railroad begin submitting combined reports for all subsidiaries, thus removing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Seaboard System Railroad, Southern Railway, Norfolk and Western Railway, Western Pacific Railroad, and Missouri Pacific Railroad from the list of Class I railroads, now numbering 18.

 

[Trussrod]

Good afternoon Gandy Dancers,
It's a beautiful Sunny day here in Coarsegold and Central Calif.

There's a lot of history in Butte going back to the late 1800's when copper became king. The place we had lunch was the old Metals Bank which was founded in 1882. The old building is now a national historic site and also a restaurant with some exceptional food. The old vault is still in the back of the building and even has a couple of table in it with the 32 ton door sitting open. This vault is where the "copper kings" kept their money.

View attachment 48900 Sorry about the crappy picture. >[We'll let it slide this time.]<

While having lunch, it was interesting to look at the old buildings across from the restaurant. Perfect old brick buildings that would look just like what you would want on your model railroad layout. There are a lot of kits that are very similar to these two old buildings.

View attachment 48901 It's amazing how you just can't get away from model railroading.

The next picture is also an interesting building. The "Times" in the sign is not for a newspaper, but an Irish pub. Then I saw the shamrocks up on light poles and then realized that Saint Patrick's day is just around the corner and the people in this town takes the Saint Patrick's day celebration to a whole new level. This town goes nuts. There is also a micto brewery in the left side of the building. I'm sure that this place will be rocking in a few days.

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Hope I didn't bore you.

Not in the least Chet, the history is interesting as I didn't realize Montana was known for Copper. Also the pictures give a great example of what the buildings of that time period looked like and if many of you use DPM buildings from Woodland Scenics they give you perfect ideas on ways to paint/weather them.

Good morning ...
I was in Nashville yesterday for medical appointments and all went well.

David... You asked about a word I typed. It was a typo. Eight should have been weight. I make lots of typos, but feel free to razz me about them.

Happy model railroading, everybody.

Say Garry: Glad to hear all went well for you with your medical appointments.

As far as the misspelling or putting down the wrong thing, don't concern yourself, I most always have to reread what I type as I make plenty of mistakes myself often enough. No room to razz anyone. You've got a full plate taking care of your wife's girlfriend too.

Montanan- What do you mean-Boring? Just the opposite. Interesting. History is written in those buildings. Just keep posting.
Phil

I'm with Phil on that Chet!

Hope you all have a good afternoon & evening.

Here's a horizontal speed bump for trains.

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I'll say it is, but whoever photographed that must have used a telephoto lens/setting as that looks to be too sharp of a curve for anything but an 0-4-0 to go through/around.

 

[GarryCBQ]

Say Garry: Glad to hear all went well for you with your medical appointments.

As far as the misspelling or putting down the wrong thing, don't concern yourself, I most always have to reread what I type as I make plenty of mistakes myself often enough. No room to razz anyone. You've got a full plate taking care of your wife's girlfriend too.



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David ... Thanks for commenting .... I think somebody else has the full plate regarding wife's girlfriend.... We did care for my wife's sister a few years ago before my wife's sister passed away.

 

[Trussrod]

Garry

David ... Thanks for commenting .... I think somebody else has the full plate regarding wife's girlfriend.... We did care for my wife's sister a few years ago before my wife's sister passed away.

Apologies, I guess I forgot what I read prior as that may have been what I remembered.

 

[Milwaukee Road 113]

That's right folks, it's another Friday the 13!

Have a great day everybody!

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good Morning!

Rain later with a high of 54.

Temperature in Tipton IN

 

[Bruette]

Good morning everybody!

32 with clear skies in southeast Baltimore

I hope the Friday the 13th is a lucky day for everyone!

 

[BigE]

Low 50s here with light scattered rain throughout the day.
We're already at today's predicted high.

As for Fri. the 13th.... unless you are a Templar Knight waking up on 13 Oct. 1307, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[IronBeltKen]

Good morning!

Louis, you got me beat by 2 on the temp, it's 30*F out here in the 'burbs. At least my furnace is running again, the repairmen "struck oil" after they had pumped out ~8 gallons of water. Just within a hair of declaring the tank corrupted. Hopefully that really was from the piled-up snow over the tank vent...guess we'll find out within the next few days!

Not much mrr activity on the horizon. I need people [especially my son] to clear their junk out of the trainroom, and I have a bit of my own to get rid of as well. Trouble now is that every bit of my yard that isn't asphalt-covered is a sea of mud. I need to allow more time for that to dry up.

Have a great day! Friday 13th used to be lucky for me, now it's just normal.

 

[montanan]

Good morning all. It's 31 degrees and clear this morning. In reference to this picture I posted yesterday, I did some snooping and found out where this picture is from.



The caption said that it was called the Judith River Trestle. Being a fan of the Milwaukee Road, and a resident on Montana, I know exactly where the Judith River is. This trestle belongs to the Central Montana Railroad, which uses some of the old Milwaukee Road right of way. In fact I have ridden over this trestle on the Charlie Russell Choo Chew, a dinner train which runs over the Central Montana tracks between Lewistown, MT and Denton, MT. Checked out Google Earth and there it was, being rebuilt.


$ 4
Further snooping helped and I came across a newspaper article about the railroad receiving a $4 million government grant to repair the trestle. The Central Montana Railroad is a non profit and serves farmers in central Montana. The trestle was damaged by flood waters. There is a lot of wheat grown in this part of the state and the article stated that the farmers were incurring $1 million a year extra expense in shipping costs due to this.

By the way, here's the Charlie Russell Choo Chew. While attending a bowling tournament in Lewistown, MT we went on the dinner train. Wxcellent food. The crew of the train not only served a great dunner, but also performed a murder mystery with the passengers on the way to Denton and back. Well worth the trip.

 

[Boris]

Good morning, happy Friday (the 13th.)! It's 33° and sunny this morning, going to 45°.

We made it over to the coast, and yes, the ocean is still there. It was very windy yesterday, especially walking in to it. over all, it was a glorious day.



We did walk 1.2 miles from 13th Avenue to the Spring Lake arch and back, first walk since December.

Enjoy this "lucky" day.

 

[logandsawman]

Good Morning, it is 29 and going for the 50's again. We broke an all time heat record on Tuesday of 59. The sun is shining and the snow almost gone!!

 

[Bruette]

Good morning!

Louis, you got me beat by 2 on the temp, it's 30*F out here in the 'burbs. At least my furnace is running again, the repairmen "struck oil" after they had pumped out ~8 gallons of water. Just within a hair of declaring the tank corrupted. Hopefully that really was from the piled-up snow over the tank vent...guess we'll find out within the next few days!

Not much mrr activity on the horizon. I need people [especially my son] to clear their junk out of the trainroom, and I have a bit of my own to get rid of as well. Trouble now is that every bit of my yard that isn't asphalt-covered is a sea of mud. I need to allow more time for that to dry up.

Have a great day! Friday 13th used to be lucky for me, now it's just normal.

Ken I am glad to hear your heat is back up and running! I have seen that much water accumulate in 200+ gallon fuel tanks from condensation, especially if the tank is exposed to the sun. Those were diesel tanks for stand by generators, but that is not much different then heating oil storage tanks. You can reduce water accumulation from condensation by keeping the tank full. Our area with humid summers and often drastic temperature changes provide nearly perfect conditions for condensation.

I am in the same boat as you with "stuff" accumulating in my train room, but it's all my own fault. It never seems to fail, after I put away all my Christmas trains and accessories I end up with "stuff" on and around my layout. This year I have promised myself to have it cleared and trains running before little league begins. I better get to it!

 

[montanan]

Years back I did line work at our airport and one of the very first things we did at the beginning of the day was "sump" all of the fuel trucks and the tanks at the fuel farm. Water will settle to the bottom of fuel tanks, be it the large tanks at the fuel farm, the fuel trucks or in aircraft. I am a pilot and an sumping the fuel tanks on the aircraft is part of the pre flight check.

 

[logandsawman]

Here are a couple shots of steam power and the taconite mines near Hibbing, MN:








The USA iron industry is in a big slump right now, Australia is flooding the market!!!

 

[montanan]

Time to call it a day. 68 degrees and sunny. Get to bowl and enjoy some beer again tonight. Here's my parting pictures from Montana. These pictures were taken in Deer Lodge, MT. Then and now.



The second picture was taken in front of the old Milwaukee Road depot which is now a church.

Have a good weekend.

 

[bnsf971]

Good evening.
It's raining and 43.

 

[Trussrod]

In reference to this picture I posted yesterday, I did some snooping and found out where this picture is from.

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$ 4
Further snooping helped and I came across a newspaper article about the railroad receiving a $4 million government grant to repair the trestle. The Central Montana Railroad is a non profit and serves farmers in central Montana. The trestle was damaged by flood waters. There is a lot of wheat grown in this part of the state and the article stated that the farmers were incurring $1 million a year extra expense in shipping costs due to this.

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I figured it had to be something like a flood or earthquake to cause such severe damage like that.

 

[tootnkumin]

The USA iron industry is in a big slump right now, Australia is flooding the market!!!

Not doing any good here either mate, Heard that one of the big miners was down 40%. China isn't buying like it was.

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good Morning!

Foggy early with a high of 60.

Temperature in Tipton IN