5/16/21

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image goes back to Michigan and the Steamfest I went to where I was able to see several famous steam locomotives.  This is Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 765.  765 is a Berkshire type, 2-8-4 locomotive, named after the mountains it was used in.  &65 was built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works.  It retired in 1958, donated to the city in 1963 and then sat in a park until 1972.  It is now powered exclusively by volunteers for use in it's educational programs.

5/5/20

Well, if this year wasn't already crap.  We had the worst storm yesterday morning that I have seen in quite some time.  Unfortunately, it contained some big hail which damaged my only 9 month old car.  😞  Sigh  Guess I will see how good my insurance is.  What a pain.  It was about ping pong ball size, not quite but close.  Anyway, on to the pic.
Something a bit different for today.  Another interesting railroad crossing sign that I saw in a museum for the Monon Railroad in Indiana back in March before everything went weird.  It had an interesting shape I thought.  It was a bit wordy too so I am sure that's why you don't see ones like this anymore.  They are more to the point now in as few words as possible.

4/14/20

At the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn Indiana, there was a variety of neat cars.  This is the first production Duesenberg, one that was not a race car, that the museum had recently acquired.  It was a beautifully restored car.

4/7/20

While I was at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, I was able to see another wonderful car that was none of those.  This is a 1960s Jaguar XKE which is my dream car though I would have to learn how to drive a manual transmission car much better to be able to drive it.  It just has such gorgeous lines.  I owed a successor to this for awhile, an XJS and while it was lovely, it wasn't the same (which is why I was able to afford it) though I still miss it.

3/31/20

While in Auburn Indiana, next door to the ACD Museum was the National Automotive & Truck Museum of the US.  It was housed in the old ACD factory.  It was set up with great displays and had some rally interesting vehicles in it.  One of those was this one, a GM Futurliner.  This was Number 10 out of 12 that were built around 1940 for the Parade of Progress which was delayed by WWII until 1952 through 1956.  Each of the 12 had displays in them that showed modern advances in science and technology such as jet engines, microwave ovens, television and other things of the time.  This one belongs to the museum and took 7 years to restore.  I would love to have one of these and make a camper out of it!  😄

Something I rarely do as well but sharing a second image today.  This is a panorama, done a bit too close, but shows how the side opened up to display.  In this case it was info about this particular Futurliner.  Click on the image to see it larger and more of the detail.

3/26/20

Today's image is a little different but I liked the way it came out so thought I would share.  While in Indiana I also went to the Monon Railroad Museum.  The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, better known as the "Monon Route," was a local Indiana system serving its home state.  The museum had a lot of unique and interesting items and was set up very nicely with great displays.  This sign was one I had never seen before and I liked how the image came out with the current track behind it.  

3/25/20

Was it really only just 2 weeks ago that I was in Indiana and things were fairly normal?  Hope you are all doing well and staying healthy.  Get your info from the CDC, everything else has a chance of having incorrect info or recommendations.
Anyway, today's image is another view of Indiana's tallest waterfall in Williamsport.  I realized I did not state how tall the falls is and it was because I am very bad at guessing that.  I found out just how bad I am when I Googled it to share the info, my guess was 40 maybe 50?  It is 90 feet tall.  Yikes.  😅

3/24/20

The ACD Museum or Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Museum in Auburn Indiana was filled with beautiful automobiles.  This is an example of a Duesenberg, it is a Straight 8.  I didn't record the actual year unfortunately but it is 1930s vintage.  I'm kind of partial to blue cars so it really caught my eye.

3/21/20

I saw this really interesting old round grainery in Indiana near Lafayette.  It was a really dreary morning when I took this photo on my way back to Kansas.

3/18/20

Last Tuesday I was able to see the tallest waterfall in Indiana.  I lived in the state for over 9 years and never knew about it.  It is in Williamsport Indiana and was quite impressive.  Unfortunately it was a cold, wet and dreary day so I could not get to the bottom of it.  I thought this view of it was pretty nice though.

3/17/20

I used to be involved in a Transport Tuesday theme.  Last Monday I was in Auburn Indiana at the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg museum and got enough shots I could probably do it again for the rest of the year.  😁  If I were able to have any old pre-war automobile that I wanted it would be this one.  This is a Cord 812 Coupe from 1937.  Only 3 coupes were ever produced out of the 3000 Cords that were produced and I would rather have the convertible but this one is pretty sharp.  The hood ornament is custom, it is an Auburn one and the vent ports are LaSalle.  I always though a Cord is a very sharp looking car and especially with the supercharged pipes on it.

8/3/16

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was able to visit a Wolf Park in Indiana with my sis-in-law and her family.  It was a rainy day but we were lucky that the wolves were still up and about.  This is a beautiful Grey Wolf that was up and around and not too thrilled with the rain.  Looked a bit disheveled but still lovely with that great face.  Very cool animals. 

7/6/16

So I was able to visit a Wolf Park in Indiana the other day with my Sis-in-law and her family.  It was raining that day but the wolves were out and about.  They are behind fences so it was difficult to get a good image without the fence but a few times they were back far enough for a decent shot where I could get the fence to blur and this is one of them.  It's a Grey Wolf looking a bit wet.  :-)