August 6, 200816 yr When you squint your eyes a little and crop the top of the picture like so, it looks like a butt on legs.
August 6, 200816 yr A photo from about a year ago - this little guy is my grand-nephew, whose fourth birthday was today. Before we know it, he'll be a big kid running steam engines.
August 6, 200816 yr A photo from about a year ago - this little guy is my grand-nephew, whose fourth birthday was today. Before we know it, he'll be a big kid running steam engines. Cute pic. My son has the same hat! Wears it all the time. Unfortunately, we tried to take him on the train at the zoo and he freaked out :|
August 6, 200816 yr Cute pic. My son has the same hat! Wears it all the time. Unfortunately, we tried to take him on the train at the zoo and he freaked out :| That photo was taken at <a href="http://www.urbanindiana.com/in_hesston_steam/in_hesston_steam.html">Hesston Steam Museum</a>, and David had pretty much the same reaction to a ride on the regular narrow-gauge steam train, but he went through with it. They have four track gauges there, from 3-foot narrow-gauge to the smallest at 1 1/2 inches to the foot (7-inch track gauge), with appropriately-scaled trains. That was more his style, less intimidating, and he couldn't get enough of it. The passage of a year has made a big difference as his personality evolves. He's a lot more confident and extroverted than he was a year ago.
August 6, 200816 yr Cute pic. My son has the same hat! Wears it all the time. Unfortunately, we tried to take him on the train at the zoo and he freaked out :| That photo was taken at <a href="http://www.urbanindiana.com/in_hesston_steam/in_hesston_steam.html">Hesston Steam Museum</a>, and David had pretty much the same reaction to a ride on the regular narrow-gauge steam train, but he went through with it. They have four track gauges there, from 3-foot narrow-gauge to the smallest at 1 1/2 inches to the foot (7-inch track gauge), with appropriately-scaled trains. That was more his style, less intimidating, and he couldn't get enough of it. The passage of a year has made a big difference as his personality evolves. He's a lot more confident and extroverted than he was a year ago. I think a lot of kids, especially boys, are freaked out by those trains. I think they are used to pushing them around and are intimadated by seeing it on a track up close. Like AJ93's son, my nephews had a fit. The girls however, got right on with no problems. Strange :|
August 6, 200816 yr My kids, on the other hand, will gleefully stand below the tressels at North Bank Park as freight trains roar through 15 feet above their heads. The zoo train? Pffft...
August 6, 200816 yr 1st place -- best grafitti in an ohio pub award 2008 winner: out-r-inn, columbus :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
August 8, 200816 yr My kids, on the other hand, will gleefully stand below the tressels at North Bank Park as freight trains roar through 15 feet above their heads. The zoo train? Pffft... When I was little, we lived between the Wabash and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks where they passed through the east side of Fort Wayne. We were always taught not to play under the trestles, and especially to stay away when passenger trains went by. Used to be when you used the facilities on a train, you stepped on a pedal and a trapdoor opened in the bottom of the hopper, and you could hear the noise of the train and see the ties zipping past. It may be different now, because I think Amtrak has installed retention toilets in all or most of their rolling stock
August 8, 200816 yr Sadly, the only trains that blow through Columbus are freight. Still, wise advice about (and below) the trestles.
August 10, 200816 yr Splendid Pittsburgh sunset! What was the vantage point? A few miles up the Monongahela River from downtown on the Hot Metal Bridge, whose pedestrian span opened last November. Built in 1900, this bridge was designed to transport crucibles of molten steel from Jones & Laughlin's blast furnaces on one side of the river to the rolling mills on the other. Today it connects university-laden Oakland with the vibrant South Side at S. 29th St. It's extremely popular with walkers, roller bladers and bikers who use the riverfront trails on both sides of the river. The Pittsburgh Technology Park occupies the former site of the blast furnaces and the SouthSide Works mixed-use development occupies the former site of the rolling mills. The Hot Metal Bridge is the black bridge in the foreground here. It's actually a twin span... with the span closest to viewer being a former RR span that was converted to automobile use in 2000. The u/c SouthSide Works is at left. This has been a key link in supporting these booming brownfield redevelopments. people enjoying the bridge after it opened last November ... here's the scene from the 80s... you can see a little bit of the Hot Metal Bridge beyond the steel mills... credit: Joel DeGrand http://www.degrand.com/09-Pittsburgh
August 10, 200816 yr My kids, on the other hand, will gleefully stand below the tressels at North Bank Park as freight trains roar through 15 feet above their heads. The zoo train? Pffft... At first I thought you meant "trestles." But North Bank Park is close enough to OSU and the 'Shoe that I guess they are called Tressels here.
August 10, 200816 yr OK, now I remember that we drove past the Hot Metal Bridge during the Pittsburgh (mini)Meet last year. The conversion was under way then, but not yet complete, if I remember correctly. Looks like a wonderful enhancement to car-free enjoyment of the city.
August 10, 200816 yr ^^And the mist that emerges from the forest along the Olentangy is a Woody Hayes.
August 10, 200816 yr It's rainy and fall like today in Cleveland... Here's one from Friday to remind us it's still August! The Central Viaduct curving its way across the Flats to Downtown Cleveland and Tower City.
August 10, 200816 yr >this bridge was designed to transport crucibles of molten steel from Jones & Laughlin's blast furnaces on one side of the river to the rolling mills on the other. Someone was telling me they actually used to transport molten steel by rail between Middletown and Hamilton which must have been quite a sight, and supposedly the heat coming from the crucibles could be felt while watching a passing train. I think those steel mills were gone by the first time I visited Pittsburgh, which was 1992 or 1993. There is still one going somewhere nearby and you can see quite a bit of the action inside from nearby side streets. Newport Steel in Newport, KY is 1,500 ft. long but still not as impressive as those mills in Pittsburgh.
August 11, 200816 yr ^^And the mist that emerges from the forest along the Olentangy is a Woody Hayes. It's too obvious to make a reference to the Cooper's hawks that fly above the woody hayes over the Olentangy, but can you make an Earle Bruce pun?
August 11, 200816 yr I stitched a couple of photos together and tried to make a panoramic like an old linen postcard:
August 11, 200816 yr Here are some photos of my dad dressed for a wedding at the Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas: My mom needs to take a photo class:
August 11, 200816 yr Sorry, Ohio, but I find Pittsburgh absolutely gorgeous. Bra-vo! It's alright, I agree. Pittsburgh = A slightly bigger and more Appalachian Cincinnati.
August 12, 200816 yr Sorry, Ohio, but I find Pittsburgh absolutely gorgeous. Bra-vo! It's alright, I agree. Pittsburgh = A slightly bigger and more Appalachian Cincinnati. think of it as cincinnati is the olde london town of appalachia and pittsburgh the manchester.
August 12, 200816 yr Here is Newport Steel in Newport, KY. It's on the Licking River (barely visible), which empties into the Ohio opposite downtown Cincinnati about two miles north of this point. There is actually commercial barge traffic on the Licking to this point, which is hard to believe until you see it with your own eyes. It also has a railroad bridge across the Licking which more or less serves just it. The whole operation occupies a strip of land along the river over a mile in length and its longest building is about 1,500ft. long.
August 14, 200816 yr Fabulous as always. Why don't we seem to get full-blown photo threads from you Jake? These are always a treat...don't hold out on us.
August 14, 200816 yr Yikes! I've been on scaffolding a little bit, but only up to the second story. That shot made me grab onto the arms of my chair.
August 14, 200816 yr Why don't we seem to get full-blown photo threads from you Jake? These are always a treat...don't hold out on us. Yay!!! http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,17041.0.html
August 16, 200816 yr We took our dogs to Greenbo Lake on August 9, 2008. The chocolate lab retriever is more dominant and really loves to play with the tennis balls. His name is... Chocolate. How creative. The white lab retriever, whose name is... Whitey (...) is more relaxed and quiet in nature, and while he will go after the balls at times, he tends to just lay and munch on them!
August 16, 200816 yr Neat shots! Dogs that love water can be a blast! Here's a scene I caught this afternoon:
August 16, 200816 yr ^"Get outa here kid... fore you get yourself hurt..." Mostly curiosity on both sides, there. Draft horses are gentle-natured, intelligent creatures.
August 18, 200816 yr Orion, that's just... wow. :lol: I couldn't decide between the two following pics from rural Ohio: Text of the historical marker: "Side A : "Old Stagecoach Inn" This historic inn began serving travelers on the old Portage-Columbiana stage road (now Tallmadge Road) in 1832. Two major stage lines, one from Cleveland to Wellsville (the closest Ohio River port) and the other from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, passed through Palmyra in the early 1800s. Originally a simple two-story Greek Revival-style building, it had its third story added in 1888 when it became a lodge for the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization. It served as a private residence and store for most of the 20th century. The Palmyra Center Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Side B : "Historic Palmyra Center" New Englanders settled the Palmyra area in 1799, and Palmyra Township was established in 1810. Though part of the original Connecticut Western Reserve, Palmyra's cultural background was influenced largely by Welsh immigrants, who began arriving circa 1830. These farmers found a rare cash market for their produce at the inn. Later Welsh immigrants worked in the coal mines that dotted the area from the 1870s until the 1920s. For many years the annual May Fair celebrated Palmyra's Welsh heritage. The town's lost much of its vitality after nearby Interstate Highway 76 bypassed it in the 1960s. ............. And this - it was a beautiful day, and the simplicity of this view really struck me: Locations: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
August 18, 200816 yr That is what I thought as well, it looks like Windows XP wallpaper. Nice! DJ LOL! Picture of the year indeed!
August 18, 200816 yr I wonder if the kid in Jeff's photo only made it that far when they shoved him out the door at closing time, or if he's camped out waiting for the bar to open. Something about the exterior of that place makes me think it's a trashy dive. Not that that's a bad thing; often those are the most fun. Shawn, I love both of those photos. I favor the first one, because the second looks very familiar to me from having grown up in midwestern farm country. I guess it's all in what a person grows up with. In the USAF, for a while I was stationed about 3 hours from home. Every few weeks I'd go home for a weekend, and on occasion one of the guys in my dorm would go home with me. He was from Renovo, PA. I consider the Pennsylvania mountains absolutely gorgeous, and he'd marvel at the beauty of Indiana farm country because of the wide-open views of green crops and clear blue skies.
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