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Your article on Milestones in Railroad History
reads like a short story with illustrations. An informative pleasure. Nicely done my friend.
Dan C.
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Hey Perry,
A great article. Trains on stamps is one of the topics that I like collecting too.
Regards ... Tim.
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I hope it's understood that in this article I decided to write about locomotive development using images on STAMPS rather than just showing a stamp with a locomotive on it. Since I am "fanatic" model train collector I really enjoy the historical significance of trains and their impact on the world throughout their existence. Countries world wide probably have at least one stamp with a locomotive on it and to write an article displaying such an array would be mind boggling. I hope each of you get what I was trying to project in as small a space as possible ... TRAINS RULE!
Perry
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I enjoyed reading your article. Well written and well illustrated as to the historical significance of trains on stamps.
Liz
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Trains may rule in some places, but airliners, and only airliners pulled through the sky by propellers, make me tingle! However, your purpose is clear, Perry, and I enjoyed learning what you taught us.
Have you read The Great Train Robbery by Michael Creighton? It has a wonderful chapter about a ride on an early English train, with an interesting insight on how our perception of speed changed with the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
I couldn't help but smile with a memory that the last stamp in your article caused to rise to the surface of my muddled mind. It pictures Japan's Bullet train. Shortly after the Bullet went into service, I decided to visit a girlfriend in Nagoya where she was attending university; I was stationed at the U.S. Navy Hospital in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo.
I got a ticket for the Bullet and went to Tokyo Station on a local train. At Tokyo Station, I found the Bullet about three minutes before departure, with a largish crowd ahead of me. I waited patiently, assuming that the people ahead would soon board. Then the doors on the car slid shut, the train started whispering out of the station, and the people ahead of me started waving good-bye to their friends and family members who were on the train!
I got to Nagoya, but several hours later on a much slower train that stopped at every station. There was a bonus, however: at each station, I could enjoy food that that station specialized in. We passengers could purchase it through the windows, or step out for a few minutes exercise (and photography) before starting out for the next station.
There were pretty girls, too.
Bob
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When I was in my early 20's (1960's) I used to take the train from Toronto Union Station to Owen Sound on the weekends to visit with my parents.
The soot those trains deposited everywhere was something I'll never forget. I can still remember watching them shovel the coal.
The most pleasant train ride I have experienced was in the 1970's from Toronto to Vancouver, across the prairies & through the Rockie Mountains. It was a long trip (3 nights & 4 days), but the scenery was spectacular. The food was superb and the service was excellent.
Nice pictures Perry & Bob!
Liz
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It was a very long time ago I lived in Japan. My wife is Japanese and my children were born in Japan. I only rode the Bullet Train ONCE but it was just prior to leaving the country in 1966. What I remember most is going down to the train yards years before and watching the steam trains huff & puff doing their duties ... that's part of where my interest developed concerning trains.
Perry
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Great Article and I love train travel,
Most exciting train ride I had was on
The Flåm Railway, one of the world’s steepest railway lines on normal gauge, in Norway
lee
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Trains are not only popular on stamps, but extremely popular on post cards as well.
Here is an example:
Rchaard
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The beauty of the image on a post card is that you can see much more, and many cards give a description on the back of the train pictured.
Richaard
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Excellent article I enjoyed reading it. Many thanks.
Alyn
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Richard,
You should put some of those post cards in the Auction. They should sell quite well.
Regards ... Tim.
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Richard,
Listen ... write this down.
The \image rule does not apply to the auction unless you ADD IT TO THE STAMPORAMA IMAGE FILE FIRST!
After loading it to the image file you must cut & paste the image address into the stamporama auction address OR add it to an outside system, such as photobucket, etc etc. That is the ONLY way it will download into the auction. DO NOT MAKE IT TOO LARGE OF AN IMAGE OR IT WILL BE REJECTED also.
Perry
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I was lying in bed and thinking of my problem about posting a picture to my auction, when I remembered that I do have Photobucket, so got up, downloaded the picture to Photobucket, and then tried the auction again, and it worked. Have written the info down, and hope I remember next time.
Perry, thanks for your help.
Richaard
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I remember - from my young age, when I traveled by "Ciro" train in Yugoslavia, and recently I saw in news that again, one line of "Ciro" restart to travel between Serbia and Republika Serpska. It will be very interesting if someone have or will have any postal stationery from this line.
best regards to all
Milco
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I found my set of Sacramento Railfair covers (May 2-10th 1981) ... thought some of you might enjoy ...
I rode the #3751 Santa Fe part-way north to the event and then rode the #3985 Union Pacific during a water load at the Fair ... now that made the trip "super" worth while ...
Perry
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Not only are those beautiful, they document one of the shortest-lived rates in American history, less than 10 months (3.22.81-11.1.81)
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I am now in my early 60s, and in my mid to late teens I was lucky enough to witness British Railways when steam was king. The UK had huge resources of coal, but no oil, so diesel power ( other for shunting - "switchers" to those of you across the pond ) was not high priority. Bearing in mind that the UK loading guage and track weight limits were much more restrictive than elsewhere the power to weight ratio of modern British locomoves was quite impressive.However locomotives from the 1880s and 1890s were still in evidence on local traffic.
Then came the dreaded "Modernization Plan" under the (infamous) Doctor Beeching, and within a few years all was swept away - no more steam, decimation of the route mileage, and branch lines which would today make Tourist Boards drool were closed and built over.
Fortunately all was not lost - groups of enthusiasts bought up track beds and rescued locomotives and rolling stock from scrapyards.Today we have a large number of heritage railways run by volunteers ( in a highly professional manner ). Steam lives again!
To get back on topic, many of these railways, as a fund-raising effort operate a "Railway Letter Service" - and issue stamps !
Malcolm
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Dear Perry,
Your article on Milestones in Railroad History
reads like a short story with illustrations. An informative pleasure. Nicely done my friend.
Dan C.
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04:13:09pm
re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Hey Perry,
A great article. Trains on stamps is one of the topics that I like collecting too.
Regards ... Tim.
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
I hope it's understood that in this article I decided to write about locomotive development using images on STAMPS rather than just showing a stamp with a locomotive on it. Since I am "fanatic" model train collector I really enjoy the historical significance of trains and their impact on the world throughout their existence. Countries world wide probably have at least one stamp with a locomotive on it and to write an article displaying such an array would be mind boggling. I hope each of you get what I was trying to project in as small a space as possible ... TRAINS RULE!
Perry
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05:25:44pm
re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
I enjoyed reading your article. Well written and well illustrated as to the historical significance of trains on stamps.
Liz
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Trains may rule in some places, but airliners, and only airliners pulled through the sky by propellers, make me tingle! However, your purpose is clear, Perry, and I enjoyed learning what you taught us.
Have you read The Great Train Robbery by Michael Creighton? It has a wonderful chapter about a ride on an early English train, with an interesting insight on how our perception of speed changed with the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
I couldn't help but smile with a memory that the last stamp in your article caused to rise to the surface of my muddled mind. It pictures Japan's Bullet train. Shortly after the Bullet went into service, I decided to visit a girlfriend in Nagoya where she was attending university; I was stationed at the U.S. Navy Hospital in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo.
I got a ticket for the Bullet and went to Tokyo Station on a local train. At Tokyo Station, I found the Bullet about three minutes before departure, with a largish crowd ahead of me. I waited patiently, assuming that the people ahead would soon board. Then the doors on the car slid shut, the train started whispering out of the station, and the people ahead of me started waving good-bye to their friends and family members who were on the train!
I got to Nagoya, but several hours later on a much slower train that stopped at every station. There was a bonus, however: at each station, I could enjoy food that that station specialized in. We passengers could purchase it through the windows, or step out for a few minutes exercise (and photography) before starting out for the next station.
There were pretty girls, too.
Bob
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08:03:12pm
re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
When I was in my early 20's (1960's) I used to take the train from Toronto Union Station to Owen Sound on the weekends to visit with my parents.
The soot those trains deposited everywhere was something I'll never forget. I can still remember watching them shovel the coal.
The most pleasant train ride I have experienced was in the 1970's from Toronto to Vancouver, across the prairies & through the Rockie Mountains. It was a long trip (3 nights & 4 days), but the scenery was spectacular. The food was superb and the service was excellent.
Nice pictures Perry & Bob!
Liz
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
It was a very long time ago I lived in Japan. My wife is Japanese and my children were born in Japan. I only rode the Bullet Train ONCE but it was just prior to leaving the country in 1966. What I remember most is going down to the train yards years before and watching the steam trains huff & puff doing their duties ... that's part of where my interest developed concerning trains.
Perry
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Great Article and I love train travel,
Most exciting train ride I had was on
The Flåm Railway, one of the world’s steepest railway lines on normal gauge, in Norway
lee
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Trains are not only popular on stamps, but extremely popular on post cards as well.
Here is an example:
Rchaard
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
The beauty of the image on a post card is that you can see much more, and many cards give a description on the back of the train pictured.
Richaard
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Excellent article I enjoyed reading it. Many thanks.
Alyn
http://alynlunt.com/stamps
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08:02:55am
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Richard,
You should put some of those post cards in the Auction. They should sell quite well.
Regards ... Tim.
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Richard,
Listen ... write this down.
The \image rule does not apply to the auction unless you ADD IT TO THE STAMPORAMA IMAGE FILE FIRST!
After loading it to the image file you must cut & paste the image address into the stamporama auction address OR add it to an outside system, such as photobucket, etc etc. That is the ONLY way it will download into the auction. DO NOT MAKE IT TOO LARGE OF AN IMAGE OR IT WILL BE REJECTED also.
Perry
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
I was lying in bed and thinking of my problem about posting a picture to my auction, when I remembered that I do have Photobucket, so got up, downloaded the picture to Photobucket, and then tried the auction again, and it worked. Have written the info down, and hope I remember next time.
Perry, thanks for your help.
Richaard
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
I remember - from my young age, when I traveled by "Ciro" train in Yugoslavia, and recently I saw in news that again, one line of "Ciro" restart to travel between Serbia and Republika Serpska. It will be very interesting if someone have or will have any postal stationery from this line.
best regards to all
Milco
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
I found my set of Sacramento Railfair covers (May 2-10th 1981) ... thought some of you might enjoy ...
I rode the #3751 Santa Fe part-way north to the event and then rode the #3985 Union Pacific during a water load at the Fair ... now that made the trip "super" worth while ...
Perry
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re: Stamps + Trains( Locomotives on Stamps)
Not only are those beautiful, they document one of the shortest-lived rates in American history, less than 10 months (3.22.81-11.1.81)
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12:09:46pm
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I am now in my early 60s, and in my mid to late teens I was lucky enough to witness British Railways when steam was king. The UK had huge resources of coal, but no oil, so diesel power ( other for shunting - "switchers" to those of you across the pond ) was not high priority. Bearing in mind that the UK loading guage and track weight limits were much more restrictive than elsewhere the power to weight ratio of modern British locomoves was quite impressive.However locomotives from the 1880s and 1890s were still in evidence on local traffic.
Then came the dreaded "Modernization Plan" under the (infamous) Doctor Beeching, and within a few years all was swept away - no more steam, decimation of the route mileage, and branch lines which would today make Tourist Boards drool were closed and built over.
Fortunately all was not lost - groups of enthusiasts bought up track beds and rescued locomotives and rolling stock from scrapyards.Today we have a large number of heritage railways run by volunteers ( in a highly professional manner ). Steam lives again!
To get back on topic, many of these railways, as a fund-raising effort operate a "Railway Letter Service" - and issue stamps !
Malcolm
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