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1. Re: [CBQ] Questions about brass Overland 4-8-2 and painting (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:18:02 -0600; Hi, I am new to this group (and to brass locomotives). I am modeling the late 1930's CB&Q in Illinois/Missouri and would like to get the group's opinions on the Overland 4-8-2. Is this an accurate mo; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00097.html (11,579 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] Questions about brass Overland 4-8-2 and painting (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:26:07 -0600; Kevin, I think that there is a problem here in concept. If this engine is modeled as a Lignite burner then it would not have operated in Illinois/Missouri. While others have done a fine job describin; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00098.html (11,655 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] Transfer cars (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:18:53 -0600; I think that there were also some refrigerator cars built with double door sets that were designed to be loaded twice for the same destination. The NP had some cars that had a divider down the middle; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00126.html (12,115 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] Prom Trains (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:50:21 -0600; Well, I do know they existed. Also ran "Bicycle Trains". Generally these operations headed down the Fox River line although I do not know how far. Have a shot of a couple of E units and gallery cars; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00130.html (10,228 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] NYC/PC "Pool Power" (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:18:22 -0600; This has been discussed many time before. Have never liked the Railfan concept of "Pool Power". The word "Pool" in a railroad sense means something totally different and is still in use today but has; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00000.html (12,320 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] NYC/PC "Pool Power" (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:02:48 -0600; Charlie, Would think that would be an urban legend. By around 1974 it was all PC could do to get a train into Cicero without dying. It was rather easy to collect foreign power and cabooses. No one wa; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00006.html (11,835 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2571 (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:52:14 -0600; Bill, Couple of things I don't agree with. HP/Hours are an Operating Department issue. None of the Mechanical Department's business. BN/BNSF has had one person doing this for many years. There are da; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00007.html (17,957 bytes)
8. [CBQ] Traffic, Burlington to North St Louis (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:42:55 -0600; Has been some discussion on this so I looked it up. Even a line segment this short is broken up into many segments for statistical purposes. These numbers should be correct for the named stations. Th; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00070.html (9,251 bytes)
9. Re: [CBQ] USRA Drop Bottom Gondola by Intermountain-Need some load ideas??? (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:32:14 -0600; Jason, It would be plausible that they could be loaded with scrap iron at Cheyenne or Sterling and be going to the steel mill at Geneva. While C&S drop bottoms would be more likely it could also be l; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00080.html (10,918 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] Roofs on open hoppers (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:15:52 -0600; Rupert, Everyone was always thinking of ways to make open hoppers into grain cars. During the big Russian grain rush of the 70's C&O had hundreds of plastic roofs made for their use. I can recall a s; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00122.html (10,929 bytes)
11. Re: [CBQ] re: Covers for quad hoppers (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:06:35 -0600; Gerald, Yes, ballast is both sprayed with anti-freeze and covered for winter derailments. I think this practice post-dates the CB&Q. Since they had a fair amount of roundhouse space it was used for t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00134.html (10,838 bytes)
12. Re: [CBQ] Special equipment for cars in hide service (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:57:00 -0600; Mark, 50' cars were the ones loaded with hides. Usually just stacked in the car with a lot of salt between layers. When physically checking cars would make a note of which cars had the doorway floor; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00135.html (13,036 bytes)
13. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Freight Train Schedule Map (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:10:18 -0600; Tom, I probably have one somewhere. Do remember those maps. If I find it will keep you in mind. There was a recent item on eBay (item 6574858414) called a CB&Q freight train schedule map. I had never; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00141.html (10,864 bytes)
14. Re: [CBQ] Re: Special equipment for cars in hide service (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:50:04 -0600; Mark, Yes, that is what the "XP" designation has meant all along. The word "restricted" is probably a little too strong. What the Railroad did and what the Customers did was not always as it was plan; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00142.html (12,326 bytes)
15. Re: [CBQ] Re: Special equipment for cars in hide service (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:54:42 -0600; Mark, Yes, before the merger and some possibly after. If the painting diagrams can be believed there was no consensus as to whether things should be painted Forest Green or Cascade Green. Even if tha; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00149.html (12,996 bytes)
16. Re: [CBQ] Re: Hide Cars (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:06:57 -0600; Mark, While this is only remotely related in pre gold rush California the largest export product was hides. In "Two Years Before The Mast" by Richard Henry Dana he goes into great detail as to how th; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00150.html (11,025 bytes)
17. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2591 (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:26:43 -0600; Bill, What is also interesting is that many of those tenders were never used for anything. By the mid sixties they were being sent up to Sterling in pairs. A little bit of wasted labor there but I ca; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00176.html (10,756 bytes)
18. Re: [CBQ] current BNSF operations (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:51:01 -0600; In regards to what? Who knows something about "force majeure" ? Dale Reeves -- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "CBQ" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: CBQ-uns; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00230.html (10,199 bytes)
19. Re: [CBQ] current BNSF operations (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:30:53 -0600; Dale, "Force Majeure" in the terms of a legal contract can be invoked if one party's ability to perform has been hindered by a force beyond their control, in other words, an "Act of God". See: http:/; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00233.html (13,566 bytes)
20. Re: [CBQ] current BNSF operations (score: 1): Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:01:41 -0600; Norm, Let's keep BNSF out of this. They have made no such claim and have not invoked any of this type of contract language. The UP is the one that has done so. It's French for 'superior or irrestible; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00239.html (12,125 bytes)

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