Russ - One small correction here; F's as the leading unit account they had the lowest "short time rating". Used to bellyache about having an SD-9 lead an SD-45 consist but the "Cadillac" had the lowe
Mike - Contact Bill Raia (braia@c...). At the Streator meet, I bought a 3/4 fireman's side view of the 5506 taken in Wichita Falls, TX 10/16/56 from him. He may have other views you're looking for. B
What's wrong with the old "eastward pass" (though truncated) at Somonauk? The old "east pass" at Earlville was "Frisco-ized" years ago; the "westward pass" was stubbed to hold about 10 cars (opens fr
My son (switchman @ Eola) says RailNet has been delivering daily to Eola now for about two weeks. Nice to see the unions staying right on top of this issue. Wonder when RailNet will take over the Din
I don't remember, but according to my time book we were ordered for 7:00PM Friday, March 2, 1979, at Clyde with three switch engines for Eola - 558 (ex Q 9406A), 525 (ex Q 9228) and 536 (ex Q 9239).
Russ - Was this a train sheet from West Eola tower? Lost most of this thread so that's why I'm asking. If the Rock Falls WF turned at Rock Falls, it wouldn't need an ATC equipped engine. Bob Campbell
On E-8/9's the circuit breaker for the Mars light was on the fireman's side of the # 1 electrical cabinet. When this switch was closed (up position) immediately the red oscillating light came on. To
Last night I found a solicitation from the IRM put out in 1995 requesting money for the 3007 preservation fund. It's a very classy production of four pages with four "in service" photos of the 3007 i
Too bad old Franny Pauls isn't with us anymore. He used to be the Eola RH "man" who knew and performed his job well. I'm sure he could have explained the locomotive assignments at the time. He looked
While passing thru Wataga, IL today on #4, I noticed one of the Havelock baggage cars (the west one) was cut-up above the frame and the east bag had the interior burned-out. Weren't these the last of