Allis in Trains
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Topic: Allis in Trains
Posted By: Chalmersbob
Subject: Allis in Trains
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2011 at 10:05pm
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I was reading my February issue of TRAINS magazine tonight and on page 43 there is a picture of a Peoria & Western FP9 going past a barn with an Allis sitting outside.
The captions states that the engine is going past an Allis Chalmers model 1280 that is older then the engine.
It looks like a B with a belly mower on it. Bob
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 12:54am
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Obviously the author of the article knows more about locomotives then tractors.
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Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 7:32am
Bob, You mean THIS magazine? My youngest gets that mag, took this photo of the Febuary cover just so I could show people that train nuts aint quite right. LOL
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Posted By: Kip[NY]
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 11:43am
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Yes, Butch, that's the one. Never thought I'd see Trains doing a scratch 'n sniff! (I haven't scratched mine
yet.) I noticed the tractor in that photo too, Bob, then I noticed the
"1280"?? - I'm with you. ------------- 1959 D-14 SN/21089 "Martha" |
Posted By: Kip[NY]
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 11:44am
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Well, that was pretty kinky, wasn't it?
------------- 1959 D-14 SN/21089 "Martha" |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 12:26pm
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Should be easy to make that smell, just add a little extra ink, smells nearly the same.
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Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 3:51pm
| Scratch and sniff to smell a crosstie? In 40 + years railroading (15 on the Delaware and Hudson then 25 as a FRA Track Safety Inspector), smelling creosote usually meant there was a derailment. Seems like that pungent odor is released when crossties are split open by wheels "on the ground" Doesn't bring back pleasant memories for me. Seen too many wrecks. Bob@allisdowneast |
Posted By: Murph-NC
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 4:00pm
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When I read the subject line I thought you were doing some kind of pun on the name of the band 'Alice N Chains'... ------------- '41 C w/Woods L503 mower, #3 mower, 2-way plows for C |
Posted By: Chalmersbob
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 9:38pm
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The "scratch n sniff" was so important that I forgot to mention it. I get Trains and Classic Toy Trains.
Bob
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Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 10:12pm
| American Flyer owners might remember the smell of "liquid smoke" as you twist open the glass bottle with the eye drop tube built in the cap. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2011 at 11:42pm
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I remember the little red bulb type smoke capsuls for the AF trains. use a pin or cut end off and squeese into stack.
Still looking for AC things (why I don't know as have not had mine out of storage in 25 years) and still think I want to buy or find a 4-8-4 locomotive (AC #332, 334, 336) or the 0-8-0 switcher (AF #343, 346) . Bid on a few on e-bay but the price gets a little high for WANT , and have not got to the NEED point in life. ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |