Thanks Karl for the great reply. I kind of had a hunch that getting the sand where it goes wasn't a pleasant task. It's great to hear about these experiences first hand from someone who actually did
I just checked my sand house and there's a wheel barrow but no shovel. I'd better requisition one pronto or the my switch engineer will have fits when he finds out he doesn't have any sand in the bun
I don't know about you railroad types, but as a carpenter contractor I spent the whole winter outside framing houses and it was a hell of a way to make a living. We literally had snow up to our shoul
Steve and others, I distinctly remember a yard in Monmouth in the early 70's that had a joint CNW (ex M&St.L) BN yard office, because both railroad's signs were on the old red brick bldg. I know the
Lenny, This was way back in 1972, so things are a little hazy to be sure. It seems to me the yard was on the South end of town and that it ran north and south. I have a slide of the thing somewhere i
Dave and BRHS listers, Just received a phone call from New Zealand in reference to Rupert Gamlen concering the virus that was sent without intent on his part. Rupert apologizes for any harm done and
There is presently and email to the list from -d.cameron@s... that shows an attachment with it. Some how this thing is getting through to the list. Ken T.
No need to take offense. No one said he sent the email with the attachment. If you'd been following the explanations of how the virus works you would understand. I thought that several of the list me
Dave, Thank's for the explanation of the past email virus crisis and what I found in my email box. It's sometimes hard and frustrating for computer neophytes like myself to make any sense of these th
If waycars were treated anything like engines they probably got green paint when the roof walks were removed. There were plenty of 40' boxcars that also had their roofwalks removed without being repa
Bill, I didn't help with the 3007 move but I did help J. David with moving the Milwuakee #265 from Milwaukee to the IRM. I remember crawling between the drivers on my back and draining the wheel cell
Bob, I think you're pretty right on. Of course I know everyone won't agree. I think there are certain details that set Q motors apart from others and if some of the more obvious things are modeled co
Rich, Doesn't the guy that models the "Coal Belt RR" have some light snow on his railroad? He at least models winter and I think his scenes of 1920's railroading are quite impressive. I don't recall
Leo, I don't know of the Pacific Fruit Express operations in particular, but I do know that perishables and meat especially were sent through to Peoria on the Q. In the recently republished Q freight
I don't know about the Q for sure, but I took photos of the switcher working at Dubuque on the BN in 1978. I caught a nice shot of it taking a transfer through the tunnel on the E. Dubuque side too.
There would have been Milwaukee motors between Davis Jct. and Rochelle. Not really run through power but trackage rights. From what I've seen mostly F's. As far as PC stuff goes there would have been