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261. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:26:25 -0800 (PST); Good points Leo. The Q called their landfill, the Herrin Junction Gob Track. And lets don't forget the the Galesburg Tie Plant and the Aurora Concrete Plant (pre fabricated pilings, bridge decks, sig; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00034.html (11,360 bytes)
262. Re: [CBQ] Railroad operations (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:56:44 -0800 (PST); After I responded to Leo's e-mail, a few more examples came to mind. The reclamation plant at Eola is good example of how they recycled old equipment. The Q operated grain elevators at various points; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00037.html (11,336 bytes)
263. [CBQ] Herrin Junction Gob Track (score: 1): Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:23:04 -0600; The Herrin Junction gob track didn't just dispose of damaged and refused freight for the Q and refuge for the Valier Coal Company. I have corresponce from traffic department about the fact that the r; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00046.html (10,096 bytes)
264. [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:26:07 -0600; In 1940, U S railroads used more tons of water than any other commodity. Much of it came from company owned lakes and wells. Many of the lakes remain today. -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your g; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00047.html (10,657 bytes)
265. Re: [CBQ] Box car 4120 (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:07:19 -0800 (PST); Rupert It is possible that this an exhibition car for the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1949. It has K brakes and arch bar trucks both of which were outlawed in interchange service by 1949. John Mitchel; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00054.html (13,139 bytes)
266. RE: [CBQ] Depot painting (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:13:13 -0800 (PST); System paint gang #1 stayed at Metropolis all the time to paint the Ohio River bridge. Even so they lived in bunk cars in case they were needed elsewhere. This practice continued until shortly after; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00065.html (12,290 bytes)
267. RE: [CBQ] Depot painting (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:34:59 -0800 (PST); The last time the depot at Sesser was painted, foreman Bob Powell's Beardstowm Division B&B gang # 1 did the job. It was in the late winter or early spring ( Southern Illinois' rainy season). The gan; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00093.html (15,326 bytes)
268. Re: [CBQ] BA-10A ..... and Expo? (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:37:02 -0800 (PST); 1490-1493 were "rider cars" with conductor compartments for service on mail trains and thus were different from the other BA-10A's.. 1491 lasted until about the end of the "Fast Mail". http://www.d; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00110.html (14,839 bytes)
269. Re: [CBQ] Railroad Fact (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:02:06 -0800 (PST); Coal is about twice as heavy as water per cubic unit (remember coal is a rock that burns) and there was no general ratio of coal to water weight on steam engine's tenders. It had more to do with the; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00116.html (13,553 bytes)
270. Re: [CBQ] Sesser Depot (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:00:24 -0700 (PDT); Get BB #35 it has pictures of Sesser depot pre WW 1 and BN days. Hi. Does anyone have pictures, diagrams or photos of the Depot in Sesser Il back in the old days? Thanks Kelley [Non-text portions o; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00190.html (10,376 bytes)
271. Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Lakes (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:11:53 -0700 (PDT); The lake at Waltonville was indeed built and owned by the Q, The agent at Waltonville w3as paid a little extra for pumping water. The lake at Woodlawn however was a L&N lake. "There are a few titb; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00191.html (12,840 bytes)
272. [CBQ] Drovers Cars (score: 1): Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:17:27 -0600; Can someone tell me the color scheme of the 5760 series of drover cars? I am pretty sure the sides and ends were boxcar red with white letters but what was the underframe, trucks and roof? -- Yahoo!; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-02/msg00039.html (9,674 bytes)
273. [CBQ] Stainless Steel Panal (score: 1): Author: "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:24:55 -0600; Did any of the E-8's and E-9's have stainless steel panels or only the E-7's? -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email setti; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-02/msg00126.html (9,958 bytes)
274. Re: [CBQ] HO Scale CB&Q Locomotives and Freight Cars For Sale (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 20:24:30 -0800 (PST); Kurt, Please set aside one of the S-2's and two of the GP-7's for me. I will mail you a check as soon as I get your address and you tell me your shipping charges.. John D. Mitchell, Jr. 218 Elm St Ze; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00006.html (14,790 bytes)
275. Re: [CBQ] 9000's [was] MOW equipment question (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:34:08 -0800 (PST); The 9021 was a maroon 1953 Buick Hy-Rail,assigned to the Ass't. Superintendent at Centralia. From: HOL WAGNER In the 1950s the 9000s were Hyrail automobiles used by officials. Hol Wagner -- Origina; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00010.html (12,297 bytes)
276. Re: [CBQ] Re: LCL (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 21:08:14 -0800 (PST); The major packing companies did indeed run what were properly termed "peddler cars" For LCL meat and packinghouse products, (the way freight cars on locals were not true "peddler cars". Peddler car; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00049.html (14,659 bytes)
277. Re: [CBQ] LCL (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 19:28:35 -0800 (PST); In my note, I failed to mention "curtains" in warm and hot weather. Canvas curtains were hung not only over doorways but across the car, partitioning off the ends so that hot air was kept off the mea; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00056.html (14,003 bytes)
278. Re: [CBQ] Addition to Misc photo file (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:45:30 -0800 (PST); In the early 1950's, my father would operate the Ottumwa boxcar loader at the Zeigler #2 preparation plant on some days. This was mostly if not always in the winter and was for receivers in the north; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00085.html (11,740 bytes)
279. [CBQ] Addition to Misc photo file (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:30:02 -0800 (PST); Gerald I don't have one that I can find. I have a line drawing of one in a turn of the century (20th) mining engineering book but I couldn't locate when I was doing BB#35. I wish I could have. Most; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00088.html (13,099 bytes)
280. Re: [CBQ] Addition to Misc photo file (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:37:44 -0800 (PST); The machine had a long chain flight conveyer boom, at about half way to the end was a swivel joint that allowed the boom to bend 180 degrees. In operation the operator would bend it to throw coal int; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-01/msg00089.html (14,180 bytes)

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