Eddie's Rail Fan Page: March 2015

Here is a steam powered tourist railroad video from Switzerland.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,

H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

OPSME on Facebook.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

OPSME on Facebook.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois. OPSME on

Facebook.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O Scale

Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois. OPSME on Facebook.

This train was traveling over the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois. OPSME on

Facebook.

www.irm.org for more information.

Soon I will be roller blading here once again!

This had vanished largely by the 1880's, as most railroads

had gotten away from individual locomotive engineers that

were assigned to their own and often customized engines.

Larger locomotives and cost effective basic black color

schemes had taken over before the 1800's were over.

Hi everyone, this is Eddie K, your host and photographer

here at Eddie's Railfan Page.

Although transportation subjects are a large passion of mine, I

also enjoy looking back at some of the things I had grown up

with during the 1960's and 70's.

One of my all time favorite music groups back in those

days, was a rock and roll hit factory band from the city

of Los Angeles California, known as "Three Dog Night."

I have been a life long fan of Three Dog Night, and I always

appreciated the superb keyboard skills of Jimmy Greenspoon.

Jimmy Greenspoon passed away this week, after a battle

with cancer. Although his keyboard is now silenced, his music

will play on in my CD collection anytime I am in the mood.

Thank you for those great keyboard riffs and arrangements

Jimmy. You and the other guys in Three Dog Night, will

always be an inspiration to me.

Rest in peace.

Eddie K.

Chicago Illinois.

Photographed slowly heading south, near the West 55th Street

railroad crossing near Chicago's Midway International Airport.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

OPSME on Facebook.

I took this photograph at work recently, from the front windshield

of my 2012 Gillig 35 foot transit / shuttle bus I drive, at Chicago's

Midway International Airport.

I am employed, as a rental car shuttle bus driver, and the many

transfer trains that travel over the Belt Railway of Chicago, are

an everyday sight that this local Chicago railfan enjoys.

We are on the private road heading westbound toward the

Midway Rental Car Center, as a transfer train of then

unknown railroad origin, was passing by the Midway

Airport property, enroute to Clearing yard in Bedford

Park Illinois.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.

OPSME on Facebook.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois, Circa 2014.

To see more photos from this club, search OPSME on Facebook.

Coming to you from the city of Chicago Illinois USA!

Locomotives built in America prior to 1900, have always held

a certain leval of fascination for me. Engines built prior to the

1880's, were often painted in bright and elaborate color schemes.

Many of the early steam locomotives, burned wood for fuel. The

locomotive headlights burned oil or kerosene, boiler jackets were

polished and often featured a blue or green metallic finish, cabs

were made of wood, and an average engine weight of the time, was

a light 44 Tons. Locomotive and tender wheels, were often painted

in bright shades of red or sometimes maroon depending on the -

railroad. Some had black driving wheels early on.

The 1880's would find the railroads getting away from the elaborate

and costly to maintain fancy color schemes and ornamentation on

the steam locomotives. Basic black was more cost effective as well.

It was a colorful era indeed back then.

Thanks.

Eddie K.

Photographed near the East Avenue railroad crossing.

                                 Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,
                                 H.O Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois.
                                 OPSME on Facebook.

www.irm.org for more information.

Returning to the nearby IHB Argo Yard in Summit Illinois.

Photographed at the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers,H.O

Scale Model Railroad Club in Oak Park Illinois. Feb 2015.

OPSME on Facebook.

Hi everyone!
This is Eddie K, your host and photographer here at Eddie's Railfan Page.

I was born in Chicago during 1962, and I grew up listening to many really
cool rock and roll music acts during the classic rock era.

One of my all time 1970's era classic rock groups, was a rock and roll band
from Canada known as Bachman Turner Overdrive. Here is their big hit song
"Roll On Down The Highway", which is still one of my favorites today.