Re: [CBQ] Railroad smells

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

That smell of burnt weed juice, sand dust and diesel smoke brings back memories of my days on the Fairmont-Hildreth local coming east with full tonnage out of the Blue River valley just west of Edgar, NE.  We would be down to a walk in throttle 8 with a string of 40' boxcars of wheat...came close, but never had to double.

 

Pete

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From: archie hayden <klinerarch@charter.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Jan 30, 2013 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Railroad smells

 

I remember the smell of crushed and burnt grass and weeds when you went into a track that was overgrown with the two and slipped wheels when trying to pull out of track.  Also the somewhat sickening smell of tankage cars and rendering plants we had to switch.  Then there was the wonderful aroma of what I would describe as burnt corn at the Hiram Walker distillery in Peoria.  Ugg!  Archie

On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Noel Crawford wrote:

 

Cy;
  I think that they were taken off the market due to a lawsuit and infringement of copy rights or such. I still have a pack of them unused I think.
  One of the best RR smells I can remember as a kid was the Rogers stoc kyard at the very west end of town. All the cattle and hog cars lined up on the siding for loading. When someone complained about the odor, my dad would say that it was mortgage payments on the hoof.
Noel



On 1/30/2013 12:16 AM, CY wrote:

 

Some years ago a company made a bunch of smell oils for the model railroader. A few drops on a small piece of cork of the smell oil you wanted and WOW they were fantastic. They had about 100+ scents, ie. Cattle-Pigs etc, Industrial(factory), railroad, cooking food, and others. Wonder what became of them.

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