Bill and List Since the suspense is wearing on you, and since Ed DeRouin has had plenty of time to get himself a copy of Early Zephyrs, and since I've been out of town since May 8th and have just now
PS RE: John D. Farrington. I neglected to include that Mr. Farrington joined the RI (Trustees) in 1936 as Chief Operating Officer and then later as the road came out of bankruptcy became its presiden
Ed and list There is still one unidentified individual in the photo which shows JDF et al. It could be Fred Gurley. I don't have my EZ copy here, but there is a photo in the early part of the book sh
Leo You might want to expand on the "step off" agreement thing for the benefit of all concerned. I think that there was also that kind of arrangement at St. Joe for the Lincoln, Omaha St. Joe, KC tra
Leo Thanks re your elucidation on the step on-step off arrangement. I don't recall seeing the treatise a year ago, so appreciate your doing it again. What you said would exactly match the St. Joe arr
Leo et al Here's another little "step off" arrangement....informal to say the least. There was a certain conductor..think he is now deceased, but I won't mention his name on the Wymore Division...thi
I'm sure that all you knowledgable Q fans know that Silver Inn met an early demise in the Naperville wreck April 1946. Pete Hedgpeth [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I received my copy of EZ yesterday and was up until the "wee hours" last night perusing it. Here's a question to test your knowledge of "Burlington Past". On page 45 of EZ there is a photograph of 5
Bob In my railroading days...1950's and 60's engines were almost never shut down. I worked branch line locals in Nebraska and at the away from home terminal engines were allowed to run overnight. In
Thanks for the memory jog. It brought something to mind that had gotten away from my memory bank. While serving out my time in the military (Army Transportation Corps) at Ft. Eustis VA in 1959 I was
RE: Question number 2...green and white flags. Green flags indicated that the engine was pulling the first section, or next to the last section of a train running in two or more sections. If the trai
Phil and list I discovered this site about a year ago. Lots of good and interesting reading there. I even did a program for our local railfans club talking about and explaining some of these situatio
Dave I don't have my copy here at the computer, but I'll bring it over soon, and take a look and tell you what I think.....My opinion and $1.00 will get you coffee in some restaurants. Pete [Non-text
eng95 and list I suspect that you will hear from John Mitchell "jiffy quick"...John did the bulletin a couple of years ago on the subject. "The Q IN THE COAL FIELDS". Lots of pix of M engines. You pr
Dave and list RE the lightweight SD7's. You commented that these engines were purchased specifically for use on the O'Neil Branch...I read this somewhere else lately also. I think that there is a bit
Confirming Brad's comment re Rock Island suburban trains...They were indeed called dummies. However this was a railroad term and would probably not have been used by the "traveling public". Also as a
OWW III I knew Orville Milburn quite well..worked with him a few times. I'll give you a little story about him off list. I've been doing a little thinking.....surprise...surprise. And I think that I
Dave and Don RE: Hi speed trips with SD 7's. If you want it Dave, I'll give it to you off list or I can put it on here. Your "Obedient Servant" awaits instructions. Pete [Non-text portions of this me