- 1. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Aerotrain? (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:07:32 EST
- The Rock Island used an Aero Train on their "Peoria Rocket" (Chicago to Peoria) for at least 18 months. I photographed the "press run' of the train north of Peoria on 30 January 1956. They renamed it
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00032.html (6,849 bytes)
- 2. Re: [BRHSlist] Re BRHS Bulletins (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:12:19 EST
- I live in Troy, IL, about 20 miles east of St. Louis. I received Bulletin 37 in a timely manner, but the envelope was badly torn. The Bulletin itself was OK. Maybe the Society should investigate a di
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00079.html (6,712 bytes)
- 3. Re: [BRHSlist] SD-45 paint question. (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:25:56 EDT
- I have a slide of (8) SD45's stored at Eola, which I took from the old wagon bridge on 15 Oct 1985. My shot was taken from near the south end of the bridge and the units were on the north side of the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-09/msg00066.html (6,762 bytes)
- 4. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: FW: steam engine (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:53:08 EDT
- The St. Louis Steam Train Association has a web site which lists a great deal of info about their locomotive, the Frisco 1522, including schedules of trips. You can access it at http://members.aol.co
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-06/msg00200.html (6,271 bytes)
- 5. Re: [BRHSlist] Pattern Domes? (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:43:52 EDT
- The May issue of "The Fast Mail" publication of the 20th Century RR Club of Chicago gives a web site which will show you EVERYTHING there is to know about EVERY dome car ever built. Check it out--it'
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-05/msg00084.html (6,608 bytes)
- 6. Re: [BRHSlist] steam excursion in June (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:25:02 EDT
- The Frisco 1522 Mountain is scheduled to be at Galesburg, IL RR Days on 24 & 25 June. Their web site has schedule info at http://members.aol.com/SLSTA The Milwaukee 261 Northern schedule has it runni
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-05/msg00099.html (6,802 bytes)
- 7. Re: [BRHSlist] dome address (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:14:54 EDT
- The adddress for the details about every dome car built is: http://community.webtv.net/domecars/x Ray C.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-05/msg00127.html (6,446 bytes)
- 8. Re: [BRHSlist] Industry Name (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:01:01 EDT
- Conco did make several types of lifting and handling equipment. I am retired from the Aurora Caterpillar plant where we had quite a few pieces of Conco equipment, mostly in building "B." The most pre
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00213.html (7,358 bytes)
- 9. Re: [BRHSlist] VIRUS ON THE LIST (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:34:11 EST
- Today ( 1 Dec.) I received an Email addressed to the BRHS List from _twhitt@p... with a file attached to it. The attached file was named "S3MSONG.DOC.scr" I do have recently updated Norton anti-virus
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00024.html (7,191 bytes)
- 10. Re: [BRHSlist] Basic reading (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:21:33 EST
- You might get the information you want from a book titled "Rights of Trains" by Peter Josserand. He was a dispatcher for the Western Pacific. It is based on the Standard Code of Operating Rules and w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00253.html (6,658 bytes)
- 11. Re: [BRHSlist] Say What?! (was: proto 2000 GP7s) (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:12:28 EST
- That's just $584 per gallon! Wouldn't gold leaf be cheaper? At these prices I'm thankful I'm not a modeler. Ray C. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-11/msg00012.html (7,590 bytes)
- 12. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: O5 4-8-4s (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:54:28 EST
- I think it is actually "Boxpok." The last letter is "K" rather than "X." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-11/msg00309.html (6,380 bytes)
- 13. Re: [BRHSlist] Painting brass (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:18:18 EST
- 125 Deg Fahrenheit equals 52 Deg Celsius. Ray Cottingham [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-11/msg00351.html (6,585 bytes)
- 14. Re: [BRHSlist] Purdy, WI (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:17:34 EDT
- In the DeLorme Atlas & Gazeteer of Wisconsin, there is a Purdy shown in Sterling Township in the southern half of Vernon County. It is on County Road N and appears to be on the south fork of the Bad
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00074.html (6,425 bytes)
- 15. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: those ghost towns (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:48:31 EDT
- Never heard of Merle Jct., Giles, Togo or the Dirty Side, but Clarion IL is about 5 miles southwest of Mendota in the northeast corner of Bureau County. It is shown in the DeLorme Illinois Atlas & Ga
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00334.html (6,911 bytes)
- 16. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: those ghost towns (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:16:20 EDT
- Back in the early 1970's I used to work in Dixon for a company whose main plant is in Aurora, so I drove US30 many times, along the C&I from Shabbonna to Aurora. Always wondered where the town names
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00396.html (6,944 bytes)
- 17. Re: [BRHSlist] Paducah Registration (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:41:32 EDT
- Received in Troy, IL on Thursday, 30 August. Ray C. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00419.html (6,448 bytes)
- 18. Re: [BRHSlist] Aurora Shops (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:42:42 EDT
- The story published at the time the new center was opened and the old depot was closed stated that in order to stop at the new station Amtrak would need to go "down" to the station and climb back "up
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00118.html (7,782 bytes)
- 19. Re: [BRHSlist] Re:E's on heavyweights? (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:52:59 EDT
- The Nov. 1947 "Official Guide" has no. 39 The Exposition Flyer at 2 hours 18 minutes Chicago to Galesburg, and no. 1 The Denver Zephyr at 2 hours 10 minutes. They were really "picking 'em up and layi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00229.html (6,271 bytes)
- 20. Re: [BRHSlist] "The Dolly" (score: 1)
- Author: cttnghmrl@a...
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:09:38 EDT
- My November 1947 copy of "The Official Guide" shows trains 176 & 177 ran between Burlington and Galva, daily except Sunday. They are listed as motor cars. Ray C. [Non-text portions of this message ha
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-07/msg00267.html (6,069 bytes)
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