94 Comments for The Lion Gardiner

Yes, a wood chipper and a chain saw!

A wallpaper of this would be cool....

wallpaper material.

my guess is rail yards are (even today) dirty, greasy, dusty, oily places. Living in a major metropolitan area, my car windows develop a film of an oily like substance that just gets pushed around with most cleaners after just a week or two. Given a few decades, and considering the location of these, not surprised the windows are no longer clear.

how difficult would it be to retro fit a DC based train car to AC? Just curious.

This reminds me, short story long, was taking a tour of a castle somewhere in Germany off the Rhine river. The tour guide noticed one of the other tour guides walking this larger lady past our group, and obviously tried to stifle a laughing fit. After the pair had gone out of sight / earshot our guide told us that the lady must have been too fat to fit up the staircase that the tour was taking, and had to be walked separately up another staircase to rejoin the group. Memories eh?

I'd need a wood chipper here!

I thought they were old cloudy plastic, but the crack in the bottom left does look like glass. I suppose it's just grime from sitting for so long.

I use to take the train from Boston to Philly when I first went in the service. After being at sea for over a month the train ride felt great. I really enjoyed riding on trains, often thought of taking one cross country. Thanks for another great gallery.

Found it, here is a link:
https://www.colebrookd...d-the-lion-gardiner/

Hope they are able to restore it.

Thanks again for the wonderful gallery.

Fascinated by the fans too!

Another beautiful, lonely train car shot.

Beautiful cast iron, yes current stuff all seems to be Brutalist and as ugly as possible. The lights are cool but I wonder what the originals were like? Those looks like fittings for the originals around the outside.

I remember school bus interiors were that same green in the '70's

So beautiful, love these low contrast shots. Still it is melancholy with the grey sky, bare trees and broken windows. A train car in the winter of life.

Love these texture shots