Recent content by LE BARON

Texas & New Orleans 0-6-0T #3203 may not be the most handsome locomotive in the Houston, Texas yards on November 29, 1947, but she was a very necessary addition to the shop power.

The salt shaker is always handy, both left and right. Either one is subject to exaggeration and conjecture. It is up to us to use our wits and decide when there is a bit too much fluff. Just one exception though. Corvettes are the best cars around.

CO-PILOT All that to say that if something seems to be leaning one way or another consistently then maybe, just maybe, a grain of salt might be in order

I was wondering why publications like the National Post and various "SUN" newspapers are fairly right wing slanted so I did a little digging on their ownership as well as the people owning the holding companies. Quite illuminating as per below. a little AI search brought this out. A bit long to...

𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙨 The Canadian Pacific job out of Farnham, Quebec rolls though Newport Center, Vermont with a pair of RS18u locomotives bracketing a standard RS18. That trackcar or whatever it is looks like a relic from the steam era!

G4/P47 Pacific type #813 is seen departing Allentown Terminal in 1949, captured just as it crosses the Lehigh Valley passenger main diamonds at Union Street. This photograph preserves a fascinating moment in regional railroading, showing the Reading Company’s distinctive Pacific type stepping...

anta Fe’s 2-10-10-2 locomotive number 3003 was one of the most powerful and imposing steam engines of its era, designed to haul extremely heavy freight across the demanding grades of the railroad’s western lines. Known as a “Yellowstone” type, the 2-10-10-2 combined two massive ten-wheel engine...

Would like to see "Canadian" northern route in to QC and maybe NB for export. Then Enbridge could just shut down the southern route if they are too belligerent down there. After all, DJT says they don't need anything from Canada. As to BC. Yep! We need to get it to market. The caveat is to make...