Mike Kieran Wrote:I like the new car. I have a diesel and a caboose ready and waiting for it.

We are hoping that the old tour car gets back in circulation in a day or so. We would prefer that to a second car since we want to auction it off just as we did the N scale tour car. We thing the car in now in Philly waiting pickup at the Post Office. 8-)

Finally got a hold of the original? I'm in Philadelphia right now! I'm assuming its heading over to Ngauger though.

Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:Finally got a hold of the original? I'm in Philadelphia right now! I'm assuming its heading over to Ngauger though.

Yup, the car arrived in good condition, passed its physical and has clearance to go back on tour. We should see some action in a day or so.

Good to hear the errant "child" has returned to the fold.....Is the manifest with it..??

Steamtrains Wrote:Good to hear the errant "child" has returned to the fold.....Is the manifest with it..??

Which one?

But yes, the manifest is with it. We have two, there's one that is a replacement for the lost one, that goes up through where I received the goods, and then I transferred the load using the new manifest so there's continuity. The new one is with the car. The replacement is with Sumpter250. 8-)

I really hate to be the 10,000 ton elephant? ---- no Wooley Mamoth !, in the room, but -------

WTFO? ( no, Where's The Freightcar ( tour car ) Over ) The last pictures of it were posted on October 5th !
Last mention of it was Dec. 13th.
Did it get sent ?
Was it received ?
Did it get sold to China ?
:?: :?: :?: :?:

While railfanning on the Port Able Railway hoping to catch glimpses of their newly restored 44 tonner when I saw this interesting box car being delivered to the Port Able Warehouse. Between switching moves, I asked about the car and I was informed that it was a load of Rocky Mountain Oysters. The 44 tonner is in service because the railroad's GE 45 tonner is in the shop undergoing some repairs. The engine that I was supposed to use (Bachmann 45 tonner in red) was indisposed due to gravity and the effects when said gravitational pull ends, usually with an object of a denser property than said engine (I dropped it, butter fingers).









Did anyone notice that the door was open? It turns out that you're supposed to ship Rocky Mountain Oysters in a refrigerated car, so the car was rather fragrant

It took two weeks of cleaning, scrubbing, and airing the car out to finally be able to enter the car without a hazmat suit. It was finally put into service for pickup at the Regina Manufacturing Corp. for a shipment of Pinky Rings to New Jersey for some organization called the Mothers and Fathers Italian Association - New Jersey Sopranos Chapter. This information was very vague and I was told "You know what happened to the last guy that asked alotta questions? You don't wanna know. Fuggeddaboudit!!!"

:band2" It's Alive!, It's ALIVE !!! :band2"

Great pictures Mike !
Send an invoice to the last................never...mind. Hope the "cleaning", wasn't too much effort, and expense.
Rotten Rocky Mountain Oysters.......gag, wretch, choke Was Homeland Security notified of the "poison gas incident" ??
Pete

Mike! Great to see the car continuing its tour! Sorry to hear about the ill fated Bachmann but that 44 tonner is nice to look at. I also like the windows on that background building. Rocky Mountain Oysters to Pinky Rings...the Big Blue car does it all! By the way, ya gotta be more discrete about things like that last shipment. Whatsdamaddawitchew!?!
Ralph

Mike Kieran Wrote:It was finally put into service for pickup at the Regina Manufacturing Corp. for a shipment of Pinky Rings to New Jersey for some organization called the Mothers and Fathers Italian Association - New Jersey Sopranos Chapter. This information was very vague and I was told "You know what happened to the last guy that asked alotta questions? You don't wanna know. Fuggeddaboudit!!!"

This man asked to many questions. Fortunately, the Gauge car was not held for evidence!

Swimmin' wit' da fishes, huh? Dem guys shoulda gotta holda e-paw: he's got enuff cement cars, dey coulda made him a custom-fitted cement overcoat an' matchin' boots. Ya wanna look sharp, ya gotta go wit' custom fitted!

Wayne (in the Witness Protection Program)

Funny stuff GEL!

Sumpter250 Wrote::band2" It's Alive!, It's ALIVE !!! :band2"

Great pictures Mike !
Send an invoice to the last................never...mind. Hope the "cleaning", wasn't too much effort, and expense.
Rotten Rocky Mountain Oysters.......gag, wretch, choke Was Homeland Security notified of the "poison gas incident" ??
Pete

Hey Pete,
Homeland Security ordered the box car destroyed, but the efforts of the Port Able Railway saved the car .

Mike Kieran Wrote:Hey Pete,
Homeland Security ordered the box car destroyed, but the efforts of the Port Able Railway saved the car .

Wow, yet another close call for this car. :o :o :o Glad to see it on the move again though, sometimes it takes a very surreptitious route and we can see why now.

Ralph Wrote:Mike! Great to see the car continuing its tour! Sorry to hear about the ill fated Bachmann but that 44 tonner is nice to look at. I also like the windows on that background building. Rocky Mountain Oysters to Pinky Rings...the Big Blue car does it all! By the way, ya gotta be more discrete about things like that last shipment. Whatsdamaddawitchew!?!
Ralph

Funny thing about the 44 tonner. The Port Able Railway bought a pair of GE 44 tonners from Hardazz Steel Corporation in 1972. The Locomotives were numbered 114 and 118 and the Port Able Railway President, Mike Kieran, thought that they would look sharp in the old Boston & Maine Paint Scheme, so he painted them as such since he thought that this was the best paint scheme EVER on a 44 tonner.

By the way, I got a strange pair of shoes sent to me from the Corleone Shoe Company. The feel awfully heavy. At least they're not ticking .