#grand trunk western

[20th-century-railroading]

Grand Trunk Western - Blue Island, IL

Former DT&I GP38-2 No 225 wears its new number GTW No. 6225, but still sports its DT&I paint scheme at Blue Island, in June 1987.

[aryburn-trains]

Each Christmas, the Grand Trunk Western would operate a Christmas special for employees. The 1988 edition of the train is awaiting final boarding of its passengers. Ken Schmidt photo. Chicago, IL December 05, 1988

[collinthenychudson]

Following it's life after the Iron Horse Rambles, Reading 2102 would still take part in numerous excursions. Of these which was a doubleheader with Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (Ex Grand Trunk Western) 4070, an S3A class 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado built by ALCO in December 1918. Unfortunately, the trip was ill-fated as the 4070 threw an eccentric rod on the Horseshoe Curve stalling busy rail traffic resulting in Conrail to ban steam operations for several years. Today, 2102 now operates on the Reading and Northern Railroad while 4070 is still currently under restoration at the Midwest Railway Preservation Society. Models and Route by: K&L Trainz, Canadian Pacific Locomotive Works, Jointed Rail, Auran, and Download Station

[graintrainbrain]

Retired GTW 4520 sits in the deadline at CN's Walker Yard in Edmonton, AB, prior to its donation to the Alberta Railway Museum, 12/21/2008. Photo by Steve Arnot via Railpictures.net

Just behind 4520 is CN 5307, which wrecked in 2007 after hitting a washout on the Brazeau subdivision. Beside 4520 is CN 7516, which remains in service today.

[fehumarcinart]

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[skol1]

[0x4468c7a6a728]

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hi: Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2 and GG1 Grand Trunk Western EMD GP9 (x2) 3 more PRR GG1s Metra i think F40PH (x3(?)) + a bunch of gallery cars and also amtrak superliners in the background Alaska Railroad EMD GP40 New York Central P-1a Reading Company Blueliner Metro North New Haven Line M8 CN EMD FP9(?) Union Pacific uhhhh idk steam locomotives are hard

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[deergirlestradiol]

she grand trunk on my western til i cd&cgtjctrr

[grantgfan]

Hey, May. Im my alternate history of American railroads, which i call “What-If: American Railroads”, Pennsylvania Railroad absorbed the Lehigh New England, Reading Lines/Railroad, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & Hudson River, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Grand Trunk Western, and Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

may: wow

[guerrerense]

Icy JAIL Break por Matthew Smith Por Flickr: Early winter finds me using vacation from running trains, to photograph trains and visit family between mid December and January1st. 2013 was no exception. The previous day, over night had seen some freezing rain resulting in quite a acclamation of ice on everything and with this in mind it was going to make for some nice photography. After hooking up with a long time friend we headed south to Durand, MI. to go out looking for some railroad action, with the idea of staying around Michigan's capital city Lansing. As we headed southwest taking the backroads following the Canadian National's Flint Subdivision, we came across a few trains on our way grabbing photos. Around noon we heard on the radio that the Jackson & Lansing Railroad was going to be running south to points unknown or with what purpose for the run. With a little searching we finally found the train heading south in Holt, MI. I was slightly disappointed in the fact that they were running engine light with no cars. With 2 GP9's from parent company Adrian & Blissfield the light power move passes frozen marshes as it prepares to cross College Rd. just ahead. Leading the move is ADBF GP 9 1760. The 1760 was built in 1955 for the Pennsylvania Railroad as there 7015. Following behind is ADBF GP9 1758. The 1758 was also built in 1955 for the Chesapeake & Ohio as there 6002. With the paint on 1760 & 1758 paying homage to the NYC with the lightning stripe design, and also to the Grand Trunk Western in the green and gold colors, the units fit right at home on ex-NYC tracks as they make a icy JAIL break.

[20th-century-railroading]

"GTW plow action"

A Grand Trunk Western plow extra is working its way toward Caseville, Michigan out of the yard in Pontiac. This "78" winter saw a lot of snow and this drift prone line along farm fields saw lots of plow action. Here working north near sunset at Kingston on February 4, 1978 with CN GP38 5528 and GTW GP9 as power.

[aryburn-trains]

Grand Trunk Western GP38 #1776, in Bicentennial colors, w/the "Santa Claus Special" at Royal Oak, MI on 12/13/75. Dennis Smolinski photo.

[chroniclingworlds]

Manoids

These are the most primitive of the bipeds, evidenced by the fact that they still retain vestigial arms of varying degrees. It's likely that these bony nubs help in mating, much like the spurs of Earth’s snakes. The Manoids make up a group of diverse organisms with wildly different lifestyles.

Burrow Snakes

Pictured: the leaf-veined burrow snake, found across the Eastern Rise region.

Their name is a bit misleading, as these organisms do not burrow, but rather occupy the burrows of subterranean Viatora. Their long, thin, almost legless body is perfect for slipping into their prey’s underground hiding places. These are incredibly numerous and diverse animals, with sizes and shapes adapted for all kinds of Viatora burrows. They are not fully subterranean, though, and emerge at night to search for new tunnels to explore. Although most of them are Viatora specialists, a few species are large enough to take on prey such as Sprigs and Anglers.

Trap-door Manoids

Pictured: the “carnivorous potato”, a female, native to the plains between the Southern Sea and the Eastern Rise.

Like the Burrow Snakes, these strange creatures dwell primarily underground. However, unlike their relatives, they make their own burrows and rarely leave them. A female trap-door Manoid will create a funnel-shaped nest in the ground with a false bottom made from loose soil, and then sit and wait for prey such as burrow snakes or Sprigs to fall in. She will then launch out of the nest and grab the prey in her bone-crushing jaws, dragging them down beneath the soil. The much smaller males lead a similar life until it is time to mate, at which point they leave their burrow and locate a female. If she is interested in mating, she will allow the male to share her nest and her food. If not, she will eat him.

One-Claws

Pictured: the red tree-dog, native to the islands off the western coast of the Great Southern Sea.

While most Manoids only have vestigial stumps left of their front arms, One-Claws have tiny but functional claws on the tips of theirs. They use these to grip the trunks of trees while they climb with their powerful back limbs, allowing them to shimmy up and into the branches, where they can hunt animals such as Inch-Lizards or ambush prey on the ground. These are the only bipeds which regularly climb trees, which also comes in handy as an escape method since many of their predators cannot climb after them.

Weavers

Pictured: the dappled weaver, found in the dense forests of the central Southern Sea region.

These are small herbivores that inhabit the undergrowth of the southern forests, feeding on low-lying plants in family groups of a mated pair and their most recent offspring. In many ways, they would seem unremarkable. But as the days grow shorter, they begin to venture out of the woods and collect stiff blades of grass from the plains beyond. They then work together to weave complex nests out of this foliage. As the long polar night begins, the family retires to the nest and spends the sunless winter hibernating together, camouflaged perfectly from predators.

Probers

Pictured: the grand plains-prober, the largest species, native to the region north of the Black Mountains.

With a long, electrosensitive extension of the chin, these predators patrol the plains feeling around for Trap-Door Manoids, Burrow Snakes, and hidden Sprigs like a strange metal detector. Although unusual looking, it is a highly effective strategy for finding subterranean prey. Once a snack has been located, the Prober can dig them out and immobilize them with their long retractable back claws. The only downside to this rigid chin extension is they have to turn their head to the side to eat prey off the ground, but this nonetheless seems to be a trade-off worth making.

[zponds]

What-If: American Railroads — Section 2: Railroads Absorbed (part 1)

With my alternate history on American railroads, one major part of it is that President Dwight D. Eisenhower would pass a Staggers Act of 1955, which would allow railroads to innovate and expand their operations and provide healthy competition with not only other railroads, but also cars and planes. While the big railroads (like New York Central and Chesapeake & Ohio) would greatly benefit from this, the smaller railroads (like New Haven or Western Pacific) wouldn’t be as lucky… but the smaller railroads’ territories would not go to waste as from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, the bigger railroads would absorb the smaller ones. And the smaller railroads absorbed by the bigger ones will be shown below with the big railroads’ logos being above a collection of maps of the smaller railroads.

A. New York Central ⬆️.

Boston and Maine

New Haven

Delaware and Hudson

Rutland Railroad

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

Central Vermont

Maine Central

B. Pennsylvania Railroad ⬆️

Lehigh New England

Reading Lines/Railroad

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac

Lehigh Valley

Lehigh and Hudson River

Central Railroad of New Jersey

Grand Trunk Western

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines

C. Chesapeake and Ohio ⬆️

Erie Railroad

Lackawanna Railroad

New York, Ontario and Western Railway

D. Baltimore and Ohio ⬆️

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie

Western Maryland

Wabash

Ann Arbor

Virginian Railway

E. Norfolk and Western ⬆️

Nickel Plate Road

(original) Norfolk Southern

[buffalojournal]

Dark Sonnets

i

The strain persists Like motors on a backpack A grand clock On a grand building Situations determine circumstance They say Like a weathervane Occurring north to south And then south to north As a wolf moves across the tops of trees Even the sun still rises And moms watch the trains roll by Astride a stroller Thinking it might be worth it

ii

Exposition asks only for your hand It leads and parts of you follow An old tree that dies Must be dismantled in stages First the limbs Then the uppermost trunk Then the middle Finally the stump Though best practice Advises leaving it In the ground Until it dies completely And you don’t have to labor Against the resistance of its roots

iii

What does one survive if not themselves Transportation leads to false epiphanies Like jumping jacks at 6am Humping lackluster through another day In the soft times we can bisect the patterns Concatenating pieces that need But the thinnest thread A tiny effort During the shortest time My place among strangers in a dark tunnel I feel most myself in this liminal place The swaying and careening Every white noise The inherent purpose the gathering holds

iv

I want to be more like ground cherries which grow with a thin covering like paper surrounding their fruit and while ultimately doesn't protect it against its vulnerability at least visibly communicates its delicate nature as if to say, I can’t prevent you from injuring me but I can take care to communicate how best I should be handled to anyone who might be paying attention It is impossible to follow a raindrop forever Or separately pool the excess

v.

I don’t know what is important anymore As we wait as we weather Movement is literal and figurative As I mishear, mis-sing if we all have wings We all have nothing in common Other than the plainest facts A 28 hour bus ride from the nearest airport A photo ripped out of a western magazine If I inadvertently look like I belong to one train as opposed to another That I belong to this language in these moments That otherwise belonging is something else A wet shoe in the grass A rubber band which gathers the baby’s hair A voyage through catalogs of photographs

vi.

At a certain point I stopped listening The space between the pauses shorter The similes less like similes No metaphors or only metaphors Only imaginary jet streams of borrowed stories It’s easy to die off that which loves No water no sun Maquettes a common shortcuts Empty and institutional A short cut for what I was meaning to say I don’t want to watch the buildings fall I don’t want to read about the probability Even as I continue to grow larger and more round I am determined to appear take up less space so I have someone else to blame

vii. It isn’t quite as bleak So the path leads into itself So the morning noises are limited The sound of a garbage can rolled down the driveway The bin in the park where people put their dog waste It’s a lot to expect unconditional love all the time A discounted emotion that cites the lost year as its source Is it a matter of question If it’s a matter of question How was, you say, you want more without saying you want more Since the saying betrays a truth that mustn’t ever be revealed At this distance you can see your stupid little life for what it was A bell jar surrounded by wetlands that have no choice But to flood to get your attention

viii.

I want to give you this rock It isn’t a heavy rock You can cup it in the palm of one hand This rock won’t actually do anything It won’t transform your life Allaying your regrets Your remorse for time past It is a common rock One you might find strewn among The rubble aside train tracks I want to give this to you Because even though this rock is nothing special It was given to specifically to you And that’s something

ix. if I don’t journal if I don’t speak if I don’t do the things that I have said I will do if I don’t feel joy if I don’t feel pleasure if I only continue to use this space for what I have learned to use this space for if I never make any bones about it if I don’t think toward you with an old love if I don’t believe that it will be any different if I don’t in fact believe in change or really if I don’t believe in your change if I don’t carefully separate out the contractions if I don’t remember it without the shortcuts if I don’t ascribe meaning to this particular union any longer

🦬 Jackie Clark

[hunty627]

Here's a picture I made for @zponds. Onto a more positive note on Zachery, he absolutely loves railroads and trains (and he has since he was a toddler). And he has a lot of knowledge about trains and many railroad companies in America. And he has a selection of railroads in his top 11 and secondary 12. Zachery’s top 11 railroads are… New York Central System, Pennsylvania Railroad, Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, Union Pacific, Norfolk & Western, The Milwaukee Road, Burlington Route, Souther Pacific, Santa Fe, and Chicago & NorthWestern… and Zachery’s secondary 12 railroads are… New Haven, Southern Railway, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Virginian Railway, Erie Railroad, Western Pacific, Rock Island Railroad, Lackawanna Railroad, Illinois Central, and Grand Trunk Western.