- 1. Re: [BRHSlist] Passenger Seats??? (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:30:15 -0500
- Sonny, I do remember some coach seats were upholstered in kind of an aqua color and some in kind of a smoky rose color. I remember a medium green, patterned carpeting for one but there must have been
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-12/msg00031.html (7,444 bytes)
- 2. Re: [BRHSlist] Hogging (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:11:47 -0500
- Would this be Rob Olsen who would be in his, hmmm, maybe late 50's now? We used to work together in the Passenger Department in the '60's. The telling of the hogging agreement brought back memories(o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-12/msg00178.html (8,049 bytes)
- 3. Re: [BRHSlist] Loaded Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:03:56 -0500
- No Leo. I left the Passenger Department and the Q in September, 1967. Became a travel agent. Kinda out of the frying pan into the fire as of now! I just can't seem to get into freight. Always loved p
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-12/msg00220.html (7,150 bytes)
- 4. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: "Herewith enclosed please find . . . " (score: 1)
- Author: "Norman Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:12:21 +0000
- How about "...and oblige." I can remember the General Passenger Agent dictating any number of letters and most of them ended with "and oblige." In the Passenger Department of the Q in Chiacgo all sec
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-12/msg00344.html (8,695 bytes)
- 5. Re: [BRHSlist] Milk (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:58:09 -0500
- Leo, This is great news. I am in the process of assembling information on milk handling and milk trains. I have been seeking info about how milk got into Chicago and your post is the first solid info
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00070.html (7,941 bytes)
- 6. Re: [BRHSlist] Milk (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:31:17 -0500
- Ken, Sounds like a definite possibility to me. It's really a fascinating topic. Seems to have been swept under the rug over the years. I'll let the list know what's developing. Norm I'm afraid all I
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00096.html (8,116 bytes)
- 7. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: American Royal Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:56:53 -0500
- Hello Chris and List, Unfortunately I am missing the public timetables between February, 1962 and October, 1962 but 55 and 56, the American Royal Zephyrs changed considerably between these dates. The
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00128.html (9,993 bytes)
- 8. Re: [BRHSlist] Turning the Zephyrs (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:22:06 -0500
- A switch engine coupled onto the rear and took them for a ride around the wye and through the car wash! With all the books and stuff I have, I guess I should know this, but I don't. After the Zephyrs
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00227.html (8,042 bytes)
- 9. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Turning the Zephyrs (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:46:12 -0500
- Ed, Did you know or has anyone given you any info about former Stationmaster George Henson? John: It sounds like you need a good book covering operations at CUS! 8-) Please be patient. I have met and
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00247.html (10,095 bytes)
- 10. Re: [BRHSlist] CUS General Manager (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:25:56 -0500
- Ed, Yes, of course, you're right. It was George P. Henson, General Manager. I was a Burlington Depot Passenger Agent when he was "about." He certainly did rule with an iron hand! Always a double brea
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00276.html (13,209 bytes)
- 11. Re: [BRHSlist] FYI To O-Gaugers: Review of Lionel's Issued CB&Q E5 AA Set (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:24:42 -0400
- I've bought one of these E5 AA sets. It is a great disappointment having been looking for a Q E5 not an E6 painted up in Burlington livery. There is no resemblance to the actual E5 I'm sorry to say.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00027.html (11,499 bytes)
- 12. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Tunnel at East Dubuque (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:10:31 -0400
- During the early '60's when we'd run a steam excursion to Dubuque one of the trip highlights was always going through the East Dubuque tunnel and of course crossing the Mississippi River. As I recall
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00220.html (7,955 bytes)
- 13. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: FW: Odell, NE to Concordia, KS (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:31:47 -0500
- Duane, The book is Burlington Route The Wymore Story Revised Edition by Richard Kistler. Info about the Odell Concordia branch as well as more radiating from Wymore NE. Nate, This line ran down throu
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00312.html (9,511 bytes)
- 14. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:28:15 -0400
- I've been out of town a few days but on Lou Menk, I'd like to say that I was in the Q Passenger Dept when he came on board. We got Menked! Orders: No more passenger traffic solicitation. Run only reg
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00091.html (9,556 bytes)
- 15. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: Chicago commuter question (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:37:12 -0400
- I was in the Passenger Department in the '60's and there were so many instances I really cannot recall them all. One thing I do remember; however, is that no matter, hell, high water or the Second Co
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00027.html (9,396 bytes)
- 16. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: Chicago commuter question (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:52:01 -0400
- Dennis, I lived in Aurora and commuted to Chicago daily. I remember on the dinkys coming home at night after leaving Naperville they used to accelerate until they had to slow down for the long curve
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00031.html (10,954 bytes)
- 17. Re: [BRHSlist] RE: Chicago commuter question (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:57:36 -0400
- And that was railroading RC, wow! In 1971, I was a fireman with a Chicago Division engineer on an early evening eastbound dinky (3 DD + 1 PC + an "E" unit). Since it was my "turn" to run, I made a co
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00040.html (9,129 bytes)
- 18. Re: [BRHSlist] Western Ave (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:10:21 -0400
- His last name was Ethington and it was "The Ice Man." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com Yahoo! Groups Spo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00104.html (9,595 bytes)
- 19. Re: [BRHSlist] Western Ave (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:52:58 -0400
- John, You may not believe this but I sat next to him on the dinky in the morning from Aurora to Chicago for weeks before I knew who he was. He seemed to be a nice enough guy and we used to talk railr
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00110.html (11,563 bytes)
- 20. Re: [BRHSlist] Work Rules (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:06:13 -0400
- John, Your plan sounds terrific BUT it shouldn't only be a recitation of the record. Rather insights such as yours, "The brick yd was a side trip down a rickety spur. are as interesting as the record
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00249.html (10,961 bytes)
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