The river flows...

sheepherder · 02-27-2021, 10:27 PM

Remembering the Belfast trestle...In 1965, my dad took me with him to the Belfast Hotel to get beer (we had a cottage at Rushford Lake; the grown-up cottagers would play Euchre and drink beer at night). We had a 1962 Buick Special with the 215ci V-8 & 3-speed manual. For some reason the cases of beer weren't ready, so my dad had a couple beers at the bar. When we finally loaded up a couple cases of Genesee, he told me I'd better drive, he'd had too many and didn't want to get pulled over. I was 15, no license. Uh, yeah, OK dad...What???

We made it back to the cottage. My first driving lesson!

Kiwi · 02-28-2021, 09:05 AM

Interesting, in NZ the "Big" trains were the KA class.
My Dad was a driver and me and my older brother did get to ride on them (on night runs.)

I checked spec's with the US "Big Boy", wow the Big Boy is 3 times the size of the KA and (to a little boy) the KA's were huge

Big Boy 762,000 lbs
KA 208,320 lbs

02-27-2021, 10:27 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Remembering the Belfast trestle...In 1965, my dad took me with him to the Belfast Hotel to get beer (we had a cottage at Rushford Lake; the grown-up cottagers would play Euchre and drink beer at night). We had a 1962 Buick Special with the 215ci V-8 & 3-speed manual. For some reason the cases of beer weren't ready, so my dad had a couple beers at the bar. When we finally loaded up a couple cases of Genesee, he told me I'd better drive, he'd had too many and didn't want to get pulled over. I was 15, no license. Uh, yeah, OK dad...What??? We made it back to the cottage. My first driving lesson! __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

02-28-2021, 09:05 AM	#2
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 320 Thanks: 229 Thanked 456 Times in 180 Posts	Interesting, in NZ the "Big" trains were the KA class. My Dad was a driver and me and my older brother did get to ride on them (on night runs.) I checked spec's with the US "Big Boy", wow the Big Boy is 3 times the size of the KA and (to a little boy) the KA's were huge Big Boy 762,000 lbs KA 208,320 lbs Attached Thumbnails

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