- 341. Re: [CBQ] Re: Question About Last run of Pioneer Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:38:11 -0500 (EST)
- I worked the PZ as a trainman running as Train 44 Lincoln to St. Joe via Tecumseh and returning as train 41 via Wymore June 19, 1958...IIRC it was in it's orginal 3 car configuration at that time. Pe
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00131.html (11,880 bytes)
- 342. Re: [CBQ] Mark Twain Zephyr question (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:46:18 -0500 (EST)
- Dunca I would go with Jim Christen's date...He is the ultimate expert in Q Zephyr material....also he lived in St. Louis and normally is right on with his dates... Pete I've got what may be a thorny
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00155.html (11,136 bytes)
- 343. Re: [CBQ] Olympus Scrapped (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:18:25 -0500 (EST)
- Well, Leo's got an "accidental scrapping story".....not to be outdone I've got one also. This was told to me when I was a young Trainmaster at El Reno, OK by the Late "Goldie" Hensen, car foreman for
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00196.html (15,425 bytes)
- 344. Re: [CBQ] Great Book/Great Reading (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:48:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks Leo...sounds like my kind of book...Ain't many of us left who knew railroading "back in the day"..sounds like this guy does... I'm gonna try Amazon and see if I can find it...Hadn't heard of i
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00075.html (11,385 bytes)
- 345. Re: [CBQ] Torpedos (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:07:27 -0400 (EDT)
- That one is indeed a classic...would one or more of the OWW's be a participant. Pete Leo, I remember the night our trainmaster and road foreman of engines alled us on the radio and told us to stop at
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00101.html (12,131 bytes)
- 346. [CBQ] Snow on the Rails (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:06:57 -0400 (EDT)
- My copy of Snow.....arrived today...I ordered it from alibris on Tue Oct 11th....Price $0.99 plus $3.99 shipping total price "$4.98 They have some other books by Dennis Boyer as well as this one...Le
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00121.html (9,956 bytes)
- 347. Re: [CBQ] Helpers (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Angora Hll, NE... Pete West Burlington hill used helpers. Considering the territory the Q operated in. Was there a place on the system that required helpers regularly because of the grade? I don't th
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00176.html (11,858 bytes)
- 348. Re: [CBQ] Helpers. (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:58:57 -0400 (EDT)
- George et al The incident you recounted would have had to have been 1956 or earllier...56 was the last year any steam was used on the Ravenna line...55 was the last year for steam on the Hastings lin
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-10/msg00195.html (15,926 bytes)
- 349. Re: [CBQ] Rochelle,IL (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Leo Your closing comment seems to assume that I would automatically have the answer...Initially I thought...Why would he think that??...Now I think maybe I might have an idea, but I'll await word fro
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00060.html (13,395 bytes)
- 350. Re: [CBQ] Re: Rochelle,IL (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:09:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Both my son and daughter were born at St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island in 1961 and 64...Bill for each was $125...paid by my Rock Island major medical plan..flat rate..covered everything. Of course
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00069.html (11,512 bytes)
- 351. [CBQ] LaCross Wisc (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:33:38 -0400 (EDT)
- In a recent issue of either TRAINS or CLASSIC TRAINS there was a photo section showing the LaCross WI depot and environs. I don't remember which magazine it was and a quick look through my "stash" di
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00132.html (10,377 bytes)
- 352. Re: [CBQ] LaCross Wisc (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:56:17 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks Mike Pete I the current issue of Classic TRains; Fall 2011 Thank you kindly, Michael Matalis Downers Grove IL You can see my railroad photography blog at http://www.chasingheavymetal.com/blog/
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00134.html (12,277 bytes)
- 353. Re: [CBQ] Streamlined Jim Crow Coach (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:10:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Way to go HOL Us old guys have a perspective that many of the "younguns" don't have....Thanks Pete...maybe even older than you are ack from a weekend trip to find nearly a dozen messages on this subj
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00178.html (15,019 bytes)
- 354. Re: [CBQ] C&S 2-8-0s #69, 70 (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:59:05 -0400 (EDT)
- I don't know about the 70 but the 69 actually did and does as we speak operate on the WP&Y....I rode behind the 73 just one month ago...Saw the 69 sitting outside the shop...Trainmen sez they use it
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00071.html (11,629 bytes)
- 355. Re: [CBQ] FW: KC&O RR (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 14:28:43 -0400 (EDT)
- George and list Here's what I know about the KC&O The line was built and operated by the UP for the purpose of "invading" Q territory in south central Nebraska. A map of the line would resemble a wis
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00009.html (15,733 bytes)
- 356. Re: [CBQ] RE: Shedd Aquarium Car (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 16:28:35 -0400 (EDT)
- Also this track served the waterfront and brought the Pioneer Zephyr to the Century of Progress exposiition after the dawn to dusk run from Denver...Also the railroad fair in 1948-49\ Pete Shedd Aqua
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00015.html (11,644 bytes)
- 357. Re: [CBQ] FW: KC&O removal north of Fairmont (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 16:33:10 -0400 (EDT)
- Thanks Glen On a recent trip through Fairmont I made use of an old engineering department station plat which shows the straight through line on the east side of Fairmont removed IIRC..don't have the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00016.html (11,603 bytes)
- 358. Re: [CBQ] Re: Batavia (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:54:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Richard I have most of Robert Brown's books including the one on lines east depots..Brown's father was agent at Batavia and he may have made some comments regarding service there..Give me a day or tw
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00027.html (12,289 bytes)
- 359. Re: [CBQ] Re: Batavia (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:10:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Steve you are right, but I think Kistler is talking about Batavia IOWA Pete Pete I think Browny's Dad worked at Batavia, Iowa not Illinois Steve in SC Richard I have most of Robert Brown's books incl
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00030.html (13,319 bytes)
- 360. Re: [CBQ] Re: Batavia (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:15:57 -0400 (EDT)
- STeve after rereading Kistler's first message you may be right...I'll await further word from him Pete Richard and GroupAll my resources are packed away in preparation for putting a "dejunked" house
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00031.html (12,376 bytes)
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