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Nostalgia & History > Missing those moments in a simpler time.Date: 11/23/22 04:33 Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Roadjob More scans, more memories, and more nostalgia. Having the hindsight of railfanning since the early sixties, longevity gives me the breathing room to pout. More precisely, to brag about a time when railroading offered so much more. It also lets me ponder what had happened if I actually was able to hire on to the B&O back then, and where my life would have ended up at this point. Just mental wandering at this point, but, life turns out how you want it to, and I'm happy... so enjoy today. It is the gift that is here now. Happy Thanksgiving!! A few odds and ends for today.
just a few monuments to another time. top...the roundhouse at Hagerstown middle...coaling towers. Did not see them in action, but always marveled at their immensity. Grafton West Virginia bottom... Baltimore Street Cumberland. Operators with green and yellow flags to wave trains into and out of town Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 11/23/22 04:35 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Roadjob top...grabbing orders at Viaduct Jct. Cumberland
middle...the B&O/EL crossing at Sterling Ohio bottom...imagining what this was like when they really needed an underpass Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 11/23/22 04:37 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Roadjob top...using trackside phones
middle...Pullman Jct. in 1970 bottom...FM switchers in Baltimore Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD ![]() ![]() ![]() Date: 11/23/22 04:57 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: KimHeusel Great bunch of images. I always enjoy the shots you post but, I particularly like the Sterling shot.
Kim Heusel Date: 11/23/22 05:21 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: perklocal Beautifully stated and portrayed in you images Bill ! Keep on Pouting and Posting. We Love It ! Really like the Alco Switcher grabbing orders at "ND". Could be the Kelly Springfield Job ?
Date: 11/23/22 05:55 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: mococomike Outstanding images and they really set the mood of scenes.
Date: 11/23/22 05:55 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Englewood Roadjob Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > middle...Pullman Jct. in 1970 Thank you for posting. Looks like a Peru (Ind.) bound C&O waiting to leave the Rock and get on the C&WI. Reminds one of the variety of routing once available in the Chicago Terminal. Date: 11/23/22 06:08 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: gcm What a (another) great set of images !
Gary Date: 11/23/22 06:15 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: ClubCar Thanks as always Bill for all your great memorable photos from the past especially those B&O and Western Maryland photos. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
John in White Marsh, Maryland Date: 11/23/22 06:17 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: texchief1 Nice set of shots!
RC Lundgren Elgin, TX Date: 11/23/22 06:20 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: cjvrr Great stuff.
Really like the Sterling Ohio shot. Does he have the sanders on, or is that brake dust? Date: 11/23/22 06:45 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Roadjob Yes sir! It was called the Industrial Job, and served Kelly Springfield and the Celanes plant further down Rt. 220. Now site of a prison...progress huh?!
Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/22 08:40 by Roadjob. Date: 11/23/22 07:50 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: MP90 All great shots. Really like the 3rd one. Got to see that flagging shack and operators in the early 80s. Brought back good memories. Thanks for the post.
Date: 11/23/22 08:03 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: photobob A great series of the past that won't come back. Thanks for posting these quality shots.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography Date: 11/23/22 08:08 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Roadmaster Outstanding photos from a better time, for sure.
Matthew Date: 11/23/22 08:47 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Gonut1 Seeing the roundhouse with all the doors closed just screams "winter".
Near where I worked right out of high school was a crossing in a town with a watchman. Despite automatic gates and flashers, a hunched over old man, would hobble out of his shanty and walk to the center of the street and hold his stop sign until the trains would would roll to a stop, commuters climb aboard or disembark from the 1/2 hourly trains, one inbound and one outbound, and then hobble back into his shelter when the gates went up after the trains departed. You could set your watch to this performance! But it was only a 9-5 job so the rest of the day and night you were on your own to stop at the gates! Featherbedding at its best. Go Date: 11/23/22 09:14 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: Ritzville Thanks for another great series on the more interesting days along the rail. Brought back my memories of growing up with the SP and Santa Fe. Happy Thanksgiving!
Larry Date: 11/23/22 10:11 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: jgilmore Thanks for another great look back Bill, I love the scenes at Sterling and Pulllman Jct. Of course, the old, old heads would say railroading was in decline by the 60s/70s but your photos show a lot has still been lost since then, and it's never coming back. Makes one wonder how sanitized and soul-less railroading will look like in another 40 or 50 years?
JG Date: 11/23/22 13:57 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: EL833 Roadjob Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > middle...the B&O/EL crossing at Sterling Ohio Man, the times I stood on those stairs at RU (Sterling), what memories. Good stuff here Bill. Roger Durfee Akron, OH Date: 11/23/22 15:15 Re: Missing those moments in a simpler time. Author: refarkas Priceless!
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