My 1940's Q-based switching layout will not only be a home layout for me and
potential operators to enjoy, but is envisioned as being portable for shows.
I'd like to operate as realistically as possible, but not allow things to be
too sluggish for a general audience to appreciate.
While I realize that the usual use of a "scale-time" fast clock is to make a
compressed main line work with a more-realistic looking timetable, I'm thinking
that a less-accellerated clock might make sense for yard and industrial
switching as well.
How about you former railroaders out there? Do you think a 3:1 or 4:1 fast
clock would help eliminate the actual time used in walking from one end to
another, coupling brake hoses, discussing car spots with receiving industries,
breaking for lunch, etc. would allow for a reasonable workload to be
accomplished in an average shift without a lot of real-minutes inaction? I
think it would be really neat to stage an entire calendar day at a train show
in a 6-hour or 8-hour period.
BUT - I need some informed opinions from our ever-knowledgeable listers!
Marshall Thayer (stuck in the Forties tonight and every night)
Marshall Thayer
Consulting Model Railroader
Las Vegas, NV
----- Original Message -----
From: dwfiedler
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:34 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] CBQ donating land for US-based WWII POW camps?
Hi everybody:
I am writing a book about the World War II era prisoner of war camps
in Missouri. As you may know, about half a million Axis soldiers
captured in fighting overseas were sent to the US, and approximately
15-18,000 Germans and Italians ended up in Missouri. How is this
involves the Chicago Burlington & Quincy is that I have come across
the following information in the course of my research:
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During the government's review of potential sites for locating
new
prisoner of war camps in the Midwest, the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad offered land for a camp at several possible
locations, including Maryville, Missouri, and Centerville, Iowa. The
government declined the railroad's offer, based on guidelines in
place at the time for locating internment camps that said facilities
to house POWs should not be located in areas with a mean annual
temperature of less than 56 degress Fahrenheit, citing savings in
construction and heating costs gained by placing camps in more
moderate climates. (DRURY)
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Do you have any idea why the CBQ would make such an offer to the
government, and/or if there are any historical resources that might
address this activity that I should check with?
Thanks for your help, and best regards-
David Fiedler
St Louis, Mo
314/956-7353
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