Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

[rogruth]

I have wondered about some minor career choices I have made but have never regretted the major ones I made.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I have wondered about some minor career choices I have made but have never regretted the major ones I made.

I had intentions of a completely different professional career than the one I am still winding down, but things changed along the way and I took different and what were most probably better paths had I stayed determinant upon what I thought I wanted to do....

[healey36]

Hopefully not a duplicate...H&F station at Braddock Heights:



Not much left of old Braddock Heights.

Healey

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I have wondered about some minor career choices I have made but have never regretted the major ones I made.

I had intentions of a completely different professional career than the one I am still winding down, but things changed along the way and I took different and what were most probably better paths had I stayed determinant upon what I thought I wanted to do....

Me, too.

[rogruth]

That seems to have been quite a nice station.
Interesting that no ties are seen and the "ballast" seems to be grass.

[healey36]

Hopefully this isn't a duplicate...last H&F trolley to Thurmont:



I rode the streetcar frequently in Baltimore city with my grandfather when I was a kid...often wondered what it would have been like to ride one through the countryside.

Healey

[rex desilets]

For those of you not too pure to subscribe to Facebook, there is a group "Streetcars, Trolleys,, and Trams"
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433686 ... 5/?fref=nf
that regularly publishes photos.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

For those of you not too pure to subscribe to Facebook........

Purity is not an issue; a nasty allergy to stupidity though precludes any involvement.

[rex desilets]

Oh, dreadful snobbery there.

You can sign up and eschew linking to any friends; that will keep you reasonably pure. There are several groups, the trolley group I mentioned is one. There's also a Proto-48 group. For me, this plus keeping up with my family makes FB worthwhile.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Snobbery? Nothing to do with that at all. The bell curve of users and those that think it important to worship at the shrine of FB makes me reach for a sickness bag. I have enough time wasting activities already active in my life

...... keeping up with my family makes FB worthwhile.

That's actually a far better reason than any other. But, Mr. Bell invented a rather useful device that I prefer to use that I understand will be come all the rage........the telephone. OTOH, I also have family members that I have no use for other than to point out as bad examples of the gene pool.

[up148]

Oh, dreadful snobbery there.

You can sign up and eschew linking to any friends; that will keep you reasonably pure. There are several groups, the trolley group I mentioned is one. There's also a Proto-48 group. For me, this plus keeping up with my family makes FB worthwhile.

Not trying to p*ss anyone off, but I consider facebook to be for fools. My older sister and my two other siblings think it's the best thing since sliced bread, but she also uses her full name (including middle initial) as her email address. Why not just post your SS number, bank account info and any other pertinent information, as you'll most likely get the same results.

We have mostly under 40 year olds working for us and several are on FB. We had an episode this week we don't care to repeat, but I will relay here. One of our 20 something salesmen wrote a racial slur on his FB page about some boxing event last weekend, because he had too much to drink (says he and I hope this is true) spelling out the "N" word, but using some cryptic letters. Some on his allowed group were a little surprised by his comment and even said so to him. Our employee removed his comments within an hour and apologized to everyone in his group.

Well, we get an email on Sunday, to one of our company email addresses, from someone we don't know and later confirmed was not even on this employee's group. It told us what he wrote and even sent screenshots to prove it. The email was mildly threatening and obviously meant to get the employee fired. To paraphrase the last line of the phantom emailer's email. "Please let me know what you intend to do so I know how to proceed."

So, we contacted our law firm for advice and thanked the phantom for letting us know this information and asked if he was aware of any other instances to which he replied "no".

So, I don't consider FB secure. Anything you say is there forever, if you know where and how to look for it.

BH

[Roy]

Early configuration of Huntington Standard city car:

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Roy, The neighborhood is interesting as well, surprisingly useful as a guide, perhaps, for modeling on train layouts that have (often the case, given space constraints many have) steep-sided landscapes. I like all the information provided by that shot. Thanks!
Murph

[rogruth]

Yes, and look at the pathway up the hillside and not a road.

[Roy]

If nothing else, everyone has an unobstructed view.