Ed
Do you mean "fowl the plant" or "foul the plant"?
Maybe some poultry there some place!
John D. Mitchell, Jr.
--- Ed DeRouin <PIXELS@A...> wrote:
> John:
>
> It sounds like you need a good book covering
> operations at CUS!
> 8-)
>
> Please be patient. I have met and interviewed more
> former CUS
> and RR employees than I could have imaginged. Since
> the
> announcement was prepared, say, in the last six
> months, they
> have come out of the woodwork!
>
> The last chapter is being written now. It will look
> into how mail,
> baggage, and express were handled. Heck, it'll even
> explain the
> difference! Once the text is set, I can begin
> layout, finalize details
> with a printer, establish a retail price, and make a
> pre-publication
> offer. I think it is safe to say that the book will
> be out by
> March-------- of next year.
>
> Now, to amplify Norm's answer. The chase engine
> pulled the
> emptied cars south over South Branch Bridge, if the
> train was
> long enough. Most were. This move might also require
> a signal
> from the C&WI at Twenty First Street, if the move
> would fowl the
> plant. The shove up the south wye would commence
> with a
> highball from the 17th Street switch tender. Union
> Avenue Tower
> would line the move to the wash rack, which was
> located south
> of the mains and west of the tower. Once clean, an
> eastward
> move would pull across the Union Avenue plant and
> into A yard.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In BRHSlist@y..., "Norm_Andersen"
> <Norm_Andersen@m...>
> wrote:
> > A switch engine coupled onto the rear and took
> them for a ride
> around the wye and through the car wash!
> >
> > Norm
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sauer, John
> > To: 'BRHSList'
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 14:18 PM
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] Turning the Zephyrs
> >
> >
> >
> > With all the books and stuff I have, I guess I
> should know this,
> but I
> > don't. After the Zephyrs were unloaded at
> Chicago Union
> Station, how were
> > the cars turned for the westbound trips?
> >
> > John Sauer
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