- 221. Re: [CBQ] Hand car / service car (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 08:00:02 -0700 (PDT)
- MOTOR CARS Archie & Co. Thanks for solving that mystery. Was there a proper name for these cars on the Burlington? Rupert [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Link
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00026.html (12,331 bytes)
- 222. Re: [CBQ] Re: LaCrosse Depot in new Classic Trains (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 07:20:40 -0700 (PDT)
- The "new" passenger station at Beardstown was not a flag stone structure. It was made of yellow bricks and had a curved glass block front wall. It was however of the same art deco style of the other
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00041.html (14,163 bytes)
- 223. Re: [CBQ] Re: LaCrosse Depot in new Classic Trains (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 12:28:37 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't have to look at pictures in a book. The Beardstown depot was NOT red brick. It was yellow brick! Thanks to John J, John M, & Steve for your responses. Page 88 of "CB&Q in Color Vol 1" and p
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00045.html (16,485 bytes)
- 224. Re: [CBQ] Re: Bulletin (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:24:57 -0700 (PDT)
- None in Southern Illinois. Mine arrived in yesterdays mail, after I posted the "not received in E central Iowa" note. Great Bulletin, hats off to Hol and Dave. Dick Schultz, Ely, Ia o Bulletin in Z
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00109.html (13,343 bytes)
- 225. Re: [CBQ] Something old 2 (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:54:03 -0700 (PDT)
- As a young man, I worked on a survey party and we used these signals (along with a few more). Some more old magazine articles I've found There's a photo from 1905 of loco 504 - class I-1 (which, I
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00117.html (12,114 bytes)
- 226. Re: [CBQ] Hand cars/push cars (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:16:42 -0700 (PDT)
- They were first painted mineral red and push cars continued to be painted mineral red. After about 1950, motor cars and a few push cars were painted Omaha orange. Most of the "push car class" of M of
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-08/msg00133.html (11,312 bytes)
- 227. Re: [CBQ] Speeder Shed. (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:25:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Just for general information, on the Q, they were called "car houses" or in some cases, "tool houses". I think "speeder' is a slang term. Most railroaders called them "motor cars". An old timer told
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00080.html (13,205 bytes)
- 228. Re: [CBQ] Re: Speeder Shed. (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:25:36 -0700 (PDT)
- Before someone takes me to task for using the term "speeder" in BB35. I must add that someone else added that term after I wrote it. My section foreman grandfather would have skinned me alive for cal
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00086.html (12,962 bytes)
- 229. Re: [CBQ] FW: pullman green 40' box express cars,GordonD@kingoffice.com (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:36:05 -0700 (PDT)
- Barco connectors Hi All, Can anyone provide an assist for Gordon? If so, remember to reply to the CBQ list as well as Gordon. Thanks! Dave Lotz --Original Message-- From: Gordon Donaldson [mailto:G
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00105.html (12,036 bytes)
- 230. Re: [CBQ] NE-1, NE-2, NE-4, NE-7, NE-8 or NE9 (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:49:19 -0700 (PDT)
- All of the waycars in the post 1920's, had steel underframes. They either were built with them or they were applied later.The only way to tell the classes apart is to have a number roster. Some NE-1'
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00106.html (12,627 bytes)
- 231. Re: [CBQ] NE-1, NE-2, NE-4, NE-7, NE-8 or NE9 (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:07:33 -0700 (PDT)
- Sharon couplers were made by the Sharon Steel Company and were light duty couplers, smaller than type D ARA couplers. They were a turn of the century (twentieth) design but used on Q wood waycars unt
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00116.html (14,174 bytes)
- 232. Re: [CBQ] Re: Meaning of PHP in Operating Data Sheets book (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:26:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Yea well, what I remember most was the ham and mothers. The ham and eggs without heat tabs were awful ! But pound cake and peaches was worth fighting for. Ken, Your right. The crackers would make
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00118.html (14,573 bytes)
- 233. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:13:15 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't have a picture but I can add a little in the way of facts about this piece of business. The price for carrying a corpes was a one way coach fare but this was credited to baggage accounts. T
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00013.html (12,500 bytes)
- 234. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Pete, If I remember correctly it (the escort's) was a reduced fare and IT was round trip! I don't have my agent manual or conductor's instructions handy. John Dan There is a picture "out there" wh
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00016.html (14,225 bytes)
- 235. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
- With a little digging I found it. Yes, the corpse escort ticket was a reduced fare. Interestingly, an excess baggage check was issued for the casket but no revenue was reported on the baggage report
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00017.html (15,223 bytes)
- 236. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:01:10 -0700 (PDT)
- Pete I'll give you the benefit of my law school education. Being around railroads and hearing about "drafts" made me pay attention when we got to that subject. Basically, a check is an order for the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00028.html (18,630 bytes)
- 237. Re: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 20:28:12 -0700 (PDT)
- Pete Yes, they are still used not only by railroads but by truck lines as well. They are provided for in the Uniform Commercial Code too. If I remember right there was a question on the Bar Exam in t
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00042.html (20,249 bytes)
- 238. Re: [CBQ] C&S hoppers (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:29:40 -0700 (PDT)
- We would see C&S hoppers occasionally in the coal fields especially the 70 tonners and later the 100 tonners. And in the early fifies the composite gons showed up a lot (remember this was the time of
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00052.html (11,067 bytes)
- 239. Re: [CBQ] Resignation (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:25:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Thanks a million, Hol. It was a great pleasure working with you. Best of luck to you,in the future. John D. Mitchell, Jr. The news that I have resigned as editor of the BRHS Burlington Bulletin ha
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00126.html (14,264 bytes)
- 240. Re: [CBQ] Commuter Operations (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:01:51 -0700 (PDT)
- Even today, railroad conductors (both passenger and freight) have the power of arrest under the laws of the State of Illinois. As a matter of fact they have" such powers as a county sheriff while on
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00143.html (13,450 bytes)
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