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([2600:6c44:6900:2582:a522:596d:d533:6803]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a85sm6513015qkg.3.2020.11.27.08.45.13 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Nov 2020 08:45:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Douglas Hosler" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.17\)) Subject: Re: [CBQ] 547 West Jackson Boulevard Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:45:09 -0600 References: <164B6B01E25AFD70.2098@groups.io> To: CBQ@groups.io In-Reply-To: <164B6B01E25AFD70.2098@groups.io> Message-Id: <1A8E1134-58D2-4A68-8FA5-2B4BAF112C10@gmail.com> Precedence: Bulk List-Unsubscribe: Sender: CBQ@groups.io List-Id: Mailing-List: list CBQ@groups.io; contact CBQ+owner@groups.io Delivered-To: mailing list CBQ@groups.io Reply-To: CBQ@groups.io Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F77B8C8E-4EF1-4797-9040-A9428B6EE167" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=groups.io; q=dns/txt; s=20140610; t=1606495517; bh=wBqBiAQLOLADd5OCPH9JMrosN569MSOPD2SMoHn9jVo=; h=Content-Type:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To; b=sg32MLhTYkKhSqqWa4ELeWlFqh+vsd5alNJvrSA6B92qjOlF/fzOuS+PPbLPngbgQrY ie3SOK7Bys1t2cuIXiCD+ZSAx7gaJUz9HgShQ8DdSHu0bucQK+zHwCOtINgQWGgmVEpoO 4FLcSNPZZvbbMWj/iMMZtNjosvQv0p94gzA= --Apple-Mail=_F77B8C8E-4EF1-4797-9040-A9428B6EE167 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Whoops! Sorry, folks! I accidentally replied to the wrong email. Please= ignore. But hey you people could answer the question I have. Although ma= ybe not. I don=E2=80=99t think the Q ever used car floats. =20 > On Nov 27, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Douglas Hosler via groups.io wrote: >=20 > I found his track work much too simple and too easy to duplicate. Couldn= = =E2=80=99t he make the cross-over/turnout combinations MORE complex? I am = sure there must be a way to do that. Okay this guy is a damned show off! = Canadians=E2=80=A6.Lord have mercy on us. >=20 > I can=E2=80=99t think of the name of the cars that are deliberately plac= ed between the engine and the cars that are going onto the float or coming = off of it - the cars that prevent the engine from getting on the float. = =E2=80=9CA reach=E2=80=9D? =E2=80=9CA handle=E2=80=9D? There is also the = issue of engine weight on the apron or connecting bridge that pivots up and= down to reach the float. =20 >=20 > Here=E2=80=99s a nicely time condensed video of unloading and loading of= a car float=20 >=20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DdWTXrpgYO4Y It is =E2=80= =9CThe New York Jersey Rail Car Float Operation from NYC to New Jersey=E2= =80=9D=20 >=20 > Seriously what could be more better than that? Car floats are being used= less and less. The twin switchers use a two-gondola =E2=80=9Creach=E2=80= =9D or =E2=80=9Chandle=E2=80=9D or whatever it is called. >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Nov 27, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Tom Hammer > wrote: >>=20 >> Zephyr # 80 BRHS 40 TH Anniversary issue. >> On pate 8 lower left has a picture of 547 West Jackson Boulevard. (Not= Street) >> I don't think it mentioned that this was the CB&Q General Office Buildi= ng. Just West of Union Station. >> I worked there several years in the early 60'ies as a tracer of lost re= venue. >> At that time the building was not the Beautiful white beauty ii is now = all cleaned up. >> We all love Steam but it was sooty. I never dreamed how wonderful this= building was. >> This is a super picture I will copy and print one to hang on my wall.. = Thanks Greg Koon. You made my day... >> Tom Hammer >=20 >=20 -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#60865): https://groups.io/g/CBQ/message/60865 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78549163/703214 Group Owner: CBQ+owner@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/CBQ/leave/1544929/691670059/xyzzy [archiv= es@nauer.org] -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- --Apple-Mail=_F77B8C8E-4EF1-4797-9040-A9428B6EE167 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Whoops!  Sorry, folk= s!  I accidentally replied to the wrong email.   Please ignore. &= nbsp;But hey you people could answer the question I have.  Although ma= ybe not.   I don=E2=80=99t think the Q ever used car floats.  &nb= sp;

On Nov 27, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Douglas Hosler via groups.io <dehosler40=3Dgmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

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I found his track work much too simp= le and too easy to duplicate. Couldn=E2=80=99t he make the cross-over/turno= ut combinations MORE complex? I am sure there must be a way to do that. &nb= sp;Okay this guy is a damned show off!   Canadians=E2=80=A6.Lord have = mercy on us.  

I c= an=E2=80=99t think of the name of the cars that are deliberately placed bet= ween the engine and the cars that are going onto the float or coming off of= it - the cars that prevent the engine from getting on the float.  =E2= = =80=9CA reach=E2=80=9D? =E2=80=9CA handle=E2=80=9D?  There is also th= e issue of engine weight on the apron or connecting bridge that pivots up a= nd down to reach the float.   

Here=E2=80=99s a nicely time condensed video of unl= oading and loading of a car float 

https://www.= youtube.com/watch?v=3DdWTXrpgYO4Y     It is =E2=80=9CThe New York Jersey Rail Car Float Operation from NYC to New Jersey<= /span>=E2= =80=9D 

Seriously what = could be more better than that? Car floats are being used less and less. &n= bsp;The twin switchers use a two-gondola =E2=80=9Creach=E2=80=9D or =E2=80= =9Chandle=E2=80=9D or whatever it is called.  
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On Nov 27= , 2016, at 9:42 AM, Tom Hammer <hammermann1911@outlook.com> wrote:

Zephyr # 80 BRHS 40 TH Anni= versary issue.
On pate 8 lower left has a picture of 547 West= Jackson Boulevard.  (Not Street)
I don't think it menti= oned that this was the CB&Q General Office Building.  Just West of= Union Station.
I worked there several years in the early 60'= ies as a tracer of lost revenue.
At that time the building wa= s not the Beautiful white beauty ii is now all cleaned up.
We= all love Steam but it was sooty.  I never dreamed how wonderful this = building was.
This is a super picture I will copy and print o= ne to hang on my wall..  Thanks Greg Koon.  You made my day...Tom Hammer


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