Marshall et al I caught the 9962C on a MAIN train summer 1956 Lincoln-Ravenna. It was still in it's original colors...Can't say about regearing.... BTW who remembers my "KNIFE STORY" which created qu
John You have a good memory....The CTC ended at the west switch at Derby....however movements between Derby and Denver were by signal indication also...I don't have my TT..took it home last night con
I saw Greatest Show on Earth 7 times in 1952-53 and a few more since..Haven't see it for quite a spell now. As I recall the scenes near the end, just before the big collision showing the flagmen gett
John and list John I wrote my response before I read yours...great "old" railroad minds run in the same channel.....I forgot about the whistling out of the flag (correctly) ...apparently the authenti
Mike et al GSOE...get it and see it...It's also important to railfans...shows some very authentic RR scenes as metioned by John Mitchell and me.... I saw it first time with my railfan buddy Jim Chris
Gerald Re Grain door mfgsrs...SIGNODE was a manufacturer of paper doors...There was another in stiff competion with them, but I can't think of it now.... They used to have "Hospitality Rooms" at the
OK John, Don et al Since John has put out one of his "go to beans" stories I have a couple myself...probably older than his.... My wife is pestering me to get on the computer now, so after she gets d
Not necessarily just "leaking liquids"...but,,,would you believe they were actually used for something their name implies...FISH Let's go back to the days before mechanical refrigeration...Fresh fish
All right youse guys let's have a couple of "bean hour" stories. NO 1...It was summer 1956. I had just hired out on the Lincoln Division as a brakeman..It was my 2nd or third trip...I was called for
It was summer 1958....I was working the Fairmont-Hildreth local...It was the wheat harvest season and the crop was a bit late coming in, but it was a good one and the elevators were loading heavy....
Gerald and listers. Since this Grain Door thread started I've been trying to think of the "other" paper GD manufacturer...Signode was one and I'm almost certain there was another.. There was a kind o
If you want to see actual loading of grain into a boxcar rent or watch the movie PICNIC...not the new corrupted version, but the 1953 version with Kim Novak and William Holden. The opening scene is a
My CD's came in today's mail...I haven't tried them out yet, but I'll give it a shot before the day is out.. A full report will be made when the listening is done. My wife is "like a child in wild an
CD No. 1 has been listened to...It's all I expected...John...it's the railroad as we knew it.... I'm anticipating the next three as being just as good if not better..The quality is quite good, except
John and list Yes indeed...it even had a big "ram" device that literally smashed in the grain doors so the grain could flow out. Was a little hard on the wood doors...Gave the WWIB something else to
Dave How about a load of flax seed...this required a special paper lining for the entire car...flax seed will run where water wouldn't... You could pick some out of UNCLE SAM cereal. for a sample. Ju
Russ The freight claim agents of all roads using stock cars..(on the RI they fit some up with plywood), open top hoppers with tarps etc, had simultaneousl heart failure when they found out what was b
Tim and listers You order the CD's from Tom Garrett PO Box 11331 Spokane, WA 99211.... Send him a check for $25.00 he will send the CD's. I was up past my usual bedtime last night listening...They ar
A few days (weeks) ago there was a thread which started with Gerald's "seal records"..and spun off into some different areas..one of which was banana messengers and bananas in general. Check page 58
Gary et al No preferential treatment here in NE....My :October TRAINS came Friday 8/29. Yours should be along in "due season". Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Gro