Something that I didn't mention directly, but OW Wells III alluded to in his recent post. When you were promoted to Conductor or Engineer, as the case might be,...it was just like starting all over a
In the spirit of winter railroading...although we've not had much winter here in Nebraska I wanted to give you a little taste of Railroading in years gone by. THE RUNAWAY TRAIN was written by Harry W
Leo and list Your mentioning having a lawyer for a brakeman brings to mind that there was one on the Wymore Division when I was there...He was probably a very smart guy, but lived in a house with a b
RE: combination car. Check the BB which featured the O Neil branch..There is a picture or two of the converted motor car used on this branch. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed
Leo Didn't the Polar Bear Club have an outing which always got a little publicity in the Tribune on New Years Day??? What you've said about Train Baggagemen sounds right.. All I remember is that the
Scott Consult the BB which featured the ONeil Branch..It probably has everything you want...I recall there is quite a bit about Ferry in there. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been remov
Leo and list Well I guess I'll make a morning of it...I threatened a few days ago to give you a combination drone and flagging story and since you've put one on I'll just do mine now. It was the summ
Small correction\ "On top of spaghetti...all covered with cheese...I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
OK guys..I've already made confession to the "list Menk" and assumed responsibility for starting this thing, but I'm taking no further responsibility for what appears here in this connection... To qu
RE: ACROSS IOWA.... This is a Corbin book...Actually the completion of his life's dream It was published about 1987. I have a copy, but it's out of print now....You might try bookfinder.com or one of
JOhn Mitchell While we're digging around in the attic of old stuff, why don't you give us a little treatise on "Shippers Order Notify" bills of lading. That should rank right up there with LFVC. Pete
Russ: RE: FRMPO...I never would have guessed it...I was going to guess...Full Retail Manufacturer's Price Option...Don't know what this would have to do with any railroad, but after several days of "
John I knew that you would know about the Yak Fat thing.... RE: OPerating dept vs traffic dept. I too harbored the same concept. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Simon I was interested in your post re the Whittle Trains...My 7 year old grandson it wild (to put it conservatively) about Thomas the Tank Engine...He has quite a bit of track and a lot of the build