Hobo Jungle

[rogruth]

Murph,

We must have had a lot of similar experiences and the same ideas about teaching.Nuff said.

[healey36]

The last time I checked 18.1 million of California's 23.9 million eligible adults were registered to vote. What percentage of that population is unionized? I'm guessing not a majority or anything close. Sounds like it's time for Californians (and the rest of Americans as well) to get off their collective butts and vote. If you have a problem with the way things are going, do something about it. In our recent primary election in Maryland my district trumpeted a 24% turnout as a good showing...that would seem to me to be rather miserable, especially given the amount of griping that goes on.

My kid just graduated with an education degree...I always considered it the highest calling. My hat's off to any/all teachers.

Healey

[webenda]

Nose gear malfunction so Marine lands placing nose of Harrier on stool.
I wonder if the pilot kissed Paddles for helping with the landing?
http://youtu.be/NlI0g1Wyx80

[2railjon]

Wayne, video says it private.

[2railjon]

Interdasting!





2100



For some time, 2100, which was owned by a private group, had been stored by the Ohio Central Railroad. It once steamed on test runs conducted during the last week of May, 1998, on the tracks of the Ohio Central.

In January, 1998, it was sold at an auction to Tom Payne, a private owner from Alberta, Canada. Tom planned on having 2100 spend a few months during the summer of 1998, at the former Michigan Central Railroad Shops which are now part of the Elgin County Railway Museum in St. Thomas to have it converted to burn oil. He has also bought an auxiliary tender and owns twelve stainless steel first class cars and planned to offer excursion trips through the Canadian Rockies. However, after successfully converting number 2100 to an oil-burning locomotive, Tom Payne determined that there was no suitable location to operate the locomotive out of St. Thomas, Ontario.

In 2005, the 2100 was sold to the Golden Pacific Railroad in Tacoma, WA.


A Brief History of 2100
Originally built in 1923, by Baldwin as an I-10a 2-8-0 road #2020
Converted to T-1 Class in 9/6/45 by the Reading Railroad
Was used on the Reading Rambles from 1959 through 1964
Sold (with two other T-1s 2101 and 2102 along with an 0-6-0 1251) to Striegel Supply & Equipment (scrap yard) in Baltimore, MD in 1965 (1251 is now at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania). Photos of 2100 at the scrap yard.
Bought by Ross E. Rowland Jr in 1975 (used for parts for 2101 rebuild)
1975 - 1987: stored in Hagerstown, MD
In 1987 2100 was sold to the "2100 Corporation". The group was led by Richard Kughn and included Ross Rowland and Bill Benson.
Overhauled in 1988 at Hagerstown, MD (by Richard Kughn at a cost of over $1,000,000) with plans to run it. However, no railroad was found that would agree to accommodate a locomotive that large.
It was broken in on the Winchester & Western after rebuilding and then stored until it was towed (under steam; without main rods) to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Rook Yard in Pittsburgh. Rods were installed and it ran to the W&LE shops in Brewster, OH.
Stored at the W&LE shops in Brewster, OH until 1987
The Kughn group donated 2100 to the Portage Ohio Regional Transportation Authority (PORTA) which had plans to operate it on its lines. These plans did not work out and PORTA placed 2100 up for sale.
Stored by PORTA at the Ohio Central Railroad shop in Coshocton until 1998
Sold at auction on 1/16/98 to RailLink Ltd, of Edmonton, Alberta
Plans to use it for excursions throughout the Canadian Rockies failed.
Sold to the Golden Pacific Railroad in Tacoma, WA in June, 2005. photos

[webenda]

Harrier landing on a stool was public yesterday. I didn't make a copy, but Leben Und did.: http://youtu.be/1JOZ_Baydzg

That Mexican Mountain has an impressive tender! (I know, it was never owned by any of the Mexican railways.)
More information on Ferroequus 2100: http://www.pwrr.org/prototype/FerroEquus/index.html

Found it (Ferroequus 2100 that is.)!

Satellite View

Found it Ferroequus 2100.jpg (218.22 KiB) Viewed 2596 times

Drove the Google Streets camera car right over to take a look.

Google Streets View

Ferroequus2100 view from Google Streets Camera Car.jpg (62.61 KiB) Viewed 2595 times

[rogruth]

Thanks,Wayne.

I can seldom get images from Google Earth like the ones you get.

[2railjon]

Cool images, Wayne!!! I heard its in for a restoration.

[v8vega]

Its going to be interesting to see how the LA Times spins the Hobby Lobby decision. Usually if theirs something they don't agree with they just don't report it or have a small article on page 17 but this is too big.
These guys are professional writers and its amazing how they can take a news story thats a disaster to them and somehow make it favorable to them.

[2railjon]

Sadly, this is the best we can do.

[Mitch]

151 years ago, on this very day at approximately this hour, Confederate troops under General Henry Heth are marching on Gettysburg, Pa., and soon to run into the dismounted Calvary of Union commander General Buford on Seminary Ridge. The three day battle, ( to be the turning point of the American Civil War), is about to begin.

[healey36]

Two days ago, June 29th, was the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Westminster, or as it is more appropriately called "Corbit's Charge". Two companies of the 1st Delaware Cavalry took on Jeb Stuart's Cavalry Division, delaying them for a day in their effort to rejoin Lee's Army at Gettysburg. While the Delaware boys were handily overwhelmed by the Confederates, Stuart's absence during the first day of Gettysburg was significant, certainly a contributing factor to Lee's difficulty in assessing the Union forces and positions.

Westminster was a railhead/depot for Meade's planned "Pipe Creek Position" which was located about 8-10 miles west of here, using the old main-line of the Western Maryland Railway that runs through town. Meade had deployed much of his army in the area when Heth encountered the Union cavalry screen at Gettysburg another ten miles or so to the northwest.

Here's a short recap of Corbit's Charge produced by our local hysterical society:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PoA7Cm9cJ0

The point where the forces clashed is about a block from my house. We like to think we won the war for the Union, lol.

Healey

[sarge]

The July 4th weekend, also living near Gettysburg, has me to reflect on this guy and his brother.

My great-great grandfather William...



...enlisted in the Albany and Yates Rifles in April of 1861. He walked the entire war with the Army of the Potomac. His brother George was working in Maryland and joined (the family genealogist refuses to believe it might have been voluntary, so she says he was "forced") the Confederate Army.

I wonder if they ever saw each other, both being in the same battles.

[E7]

I wonder if they ever saw each other, both being in the same battles.

That possibility would have made for very interesting circumstances! I assume they both survived the war?

Rich

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The 150th anniversary of the burning of Chambersburg by the South is at the end of this month.

I will post pictures...........