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I am also a Firefox user, and I, too, have had no problems loading this or any other site. It seems that, occasionally, there is a problem with one site or another, whatever browser you use; but it is usually temporary and goes away eventually. If the problem persists, perhaps you should...

Great job. Wish I had something to submit, but right at the moment I really don't have anything appropriate. Good luck.

Gee. I have friends who live just over the line in Michigan and they have an NS line running practically through their back yard. Maybe they'd put in a spur and let me store all of the locos there.:cool:

There's some nice stuff there. I guess we'll have to dream. Hopefully someone, preferably in the area, will do more than dream.

This has been an interesting discussion. While I have not posted pictures anywhere, I do share my photographs freely with, usually, their subjects. In some instances, I have taken photographs of a "public" event hosted by an organization or business, and presented them with a CD of the photos...

As a fellow upstate New Yorker, all these derailments are getting to be a bit scary. Fortunately, I am south of the CSX main line by a good 30-40 miles, and all we have is a stub end NS branch which goes up Cayuga Lake to a power plant. They used to have quite a few derailments years ago, and...

The whole rain idea sounds good. I hope it works out and you will report the results here. Speaking of tornadoes (as somebody did above), I have actually seen a couple of N Scale layouts that had active, working tornadoes. Now there's a project for you, and it's already been done, so the...

If dreams are important, then I'm ok. Right now, model railroading is actually not at the top of my priority list because I don't even have a layout, just ideas. Railroading in general is pretty much at the top, however, so I guess and hope that's a good compromise.

somebody's always got to go and spoil the mood. Oh, well, have a happy anyway.

Yah! Mebbe even a day or five! Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone.

It has been a long time since I've even visited here, let alone post anything; but maybe in the new year I can join the group regularly once again. No real excuse for my absence, just extremely busy with other things. Best of holiday greetings to all my friends here, new and old.

The Toronto Railway Historical Association has been working on the museum idea for a number of years. The big holdup has been City politics (what else?), but they have always planned to use at least three bays for a museum, along with resurrecting the turntable and having outdoor displays, as...

Just a minor nit. Poling is using the "dimple" on the locomotive and a pole to push a car, usually on an adjacent track. I have heard of moving cars around with tractors, etc., but I don't think that is called poling. I don't know if there is a name for it, however. Anyway, whatever gets...

You were lucky to see so many trains and take so many pictures. The one time I was at BJ, several years ago, traffic was somewhat slow (although we did see several trains in the couple of hours or so we were there. It is a great place, and I want to get back one of these days.

I have had some experience riding British railways, but I'm certainly not an expert on the different terminology between Britain and US. However, I think I can say with fair certainty that "trucks" is US and "bogeys" is British, for the most part. It seems that I have heard both used...

Thanks for an appropriate variation on an old theme. It's always good to see someone's inventiveness.

Thanks for posting those pictures in a convenient size to view. It seems that many photos being posted here lately require me to scroll sideways as well as up and down to see the whole thing.

What a mess. I really don't think they'll try to get them back up the hill. My guess is they'll bring in the torches, cut them up and haul them away by road.

HEP=Head End Power. All (I think) modern passenger trains (at least in North America) use it. The power for heating, cooling and lighting comes from the locomotive. Of course, the cars usually have some battery backup to use during engine changes etc., but this is not the primary power for...

That's a great reminder for all of us.