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Tasco red dot. Accurate 6" 1911, if I say so myself. Pictures by Sabarika: www.spectralphotoandart.com
In 1994, the longtime AHL Springfield Indians team was sold to interests that moved the franchise to Worcester, Massachusetts, to become the Worcester IceCats (now the Peoria Rivermen). Ex-Indian players Bruce Landon, then the general manager of the Indians, and Wayne LaChance, a local rink owner, secured an expansion franchise for Springfield for the 1995 season. The Indians name was still under trademark, so the new owners named the team after Andy and Amelia, a pair of nesting peregrine falcons that was a popular local civic symbol. The Falcons secured affiliation with both the Hartford Whalers and the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL, keeping continuity with the Whalers' affiliation of the previous few years. Veteran defenseman John Stevens (who shared the co-captaincy that first year with Rob Murray) scored the franchise's first goal.
Tavis Hansen and Daniel Briere score against Saint John
Among the Falcons' notable players have included Jean-Guy Trudel, the franchise's leading career goal and point scorer; Daniel Briere; Manny Legace, the franchise's all-time leading goaltender and St. Louis Blues starter; Nikolai Khabibulin, the Chicago Blackhawks star goaltender; and Rob Murray, the franchise's long-time captain and inspirational leader, and current head coach of the Providence Bruins. During the 2004 season, Springfield fans voted on the Web for the team's 10th Anniversary Team, and selected Briere at center, Trudel at left wing, Tavis Hansen at right wing, Brad Tiley and Dan Focht on defense, and Legace in goal.
Original Falcons logo used from 1995-2003
Individual honors won by Falcons players have included the Baz Bastien Award given to the league's best goaltender (to Legace in 1996 and Scott Langkow in 1998), Briere winning the Red Garrett Award emblematic of rookie of the year and a nod as First Team All-Star center in 1998, Tiley winning the Eddie Shore Award for the league's outstanding defenceman in 2000, and Trudel winning a Second Team All-Star award in 2000.
The team has finished in first place in its division twice and made the playoffs six times in its thirteen seasons. After the Whalers relocated to become the Carolina Hurricanes, the Falcons were subsequently affiliated exclusively with the Jets, and with their relocated successors, the Phoenix Coyotes. The team was affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning between 2005 and 2007.
On March 19, 2007, the team announced that given its ninth straight losing season, it was exercising its option to sever relations with the Tampa Bay Lightning to become an affiliate to the Edmonton Oilers, starting in the 2007–08 AHL season.
On June 17, 2008, assistant coach Jeff Truitt was named the team's tenth head coach. He was fired in February, 2009, after 50 games, and replaced by former Houston Aeros coach Rob Daum.
This market was previously home to:
* Springfield Indians (1926–1994)
We drove on Old Route 66 in Springfield Illinois. We looked at the Capital as we drove by since there was not a parking space for an RV to be found.
D383 XRS
Leyland Olympian/Alexander RL H47/30F
Preserved, ex Springfield Bus & Coach, Grappenhall, Cheshire
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton, 31 May 2010
New to Alexander Northern
Springfield had a pair of these Olympians that were bought by United Counties in 1991, both of which went into preservation in the Midlands before returning to service with Lawsons of Corby. An O-licence is now held in the name of Springfield Bus & Coach (West Anglia), based initially in Corby but now in Brackley, but there is no evidence that this bus has ever operated on it.
Catalog #: 15_001985
Title: Springfield-Hall Bulldog
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: No 6, PW R-985, 6th Thompson, Robert Hall
Collection: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo
Album Name: 32, 37, 38, 39 Races
Page #: 9
Tags: National Air Races, Robert Hall, Springfield-Hall,
PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Ja1240 stands alongside the platform at Springfield (a station on the line between Greymouth and Christchurch, and a stop for the daily Tranz Alpine train). Ja1240 was operating a tour for Mainline Steam from Christchurch to Arthurs Pass, and it paused here for a quick leg-stretch and photostop. Passengers on the platform were given a taste of the weather system hanging around the mountains, with fierce winds that cut to the bone, bringing sharp, stinging drops of rain as cold as ice. Everyone still got out to take photos, of course!
The cars used on this (and most of the Mainline Steam tours) are KiwiRail cars that were previously used on the cross-country tourist trains. These cars have since been superseded with new cars, although KiwiRail has retained the older cars for use on private charter services, and to lease to heritage operators for mainline tours. Indeed, the above scene would not have been out of place a few years ago, prior to the arrival of the replacement carriages. This scene could be passengers preparing to board the Tranz Alpine service to Greymouth...