- 21. Re: ATSF on the Q (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 09:11:12 -0800
- Not having detail knowledge of the track layout in Burlington, were the detouring ATSF trains from Ft. Madison able to gain the Mississippi R. bridge directly without a reverse move or run-around mov
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-12/msg00081.html (6,911 bytes)
- 22. Re: Burlington head end cars on the SP (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:27:32 -0800
- A recently published book on consists of major SP trains in the 50's points out the common appearance of HW Burlington mail storage cars Chicago-Denver-Ogden-Oakland, the last legs UP/SP. The latter
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00144.html (6,991 bytes)
- 23. Re: HY&T (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:34:38 -0700
- The HY&T was simply the most dilapidated operating railroad that I personally observed. Its only rival in my memory was the old Hetch Hetchy railroad in the California Yosemite foothills- a very, ver
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00040.html (8,432 bytes)
- 24. Re:Modeling branchline trackage. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:22:10 -0700
- Marshall Thayer poses a very interesting and common question- how does one model branchline trackage? It certainly is not easy- if only because if one accurately modeled a railroad like the HY&T, one
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00047.html (8,592 bytes)
- 25. Re: Last post..Motorcar on Keokuk Streets... (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:29:38 -0700
- The note that the Edwards motorcar was now operating on the Keokuk dam railroad to transport men and materials was of particular interest to me. By happenstance I own and operate the predecessor Unio
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00114.html (7,604 bytes)
- 26. Re: Kato Business Car (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:29:50 -0700
- Marshall Thayer comments The similiar-in-appearence car, "The Round Up", was an ordinary heavyweight, >gussied up with thermopane windows and Budd stainless sheathing, but still >carried (and needed)
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00135.html (7,485 bytes)
- 27. Re: Tunnel at East Dubuque (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:13:44 -0700
- Jim Singer has been researching for some time, and will be presenting at the Prototype Modeler's meet at Naperville next week, and at Cocoa Beach, FL in January an entirely-new program outlining the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00217.html (7,018 bytes)
- 28. Re: Shovel Nose Diesels on Heavyweights. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:47:02 -0700
- At least some of these locomotives were used for a time on the Chicago suburban trains. I used to marvel at the sight of one of these sleek silver locomotives pulling up to a stop just short of the R
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00259.html (6,857 bytes)
- 29. Re: E-5 models (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 16:41:20 -0800
- I agree with the point of view that the Hallmark models can be really ok, and with some reasonable effort and average modeling skills can be made to look and operate quite acceptably- especially for
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00282.html (7,334 bytes)
- 30. Re: Chicago After Dark (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:47:56 -0800
- I love it! Brought back a lot of everyday/everynight memories. Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00318.html (7,640 bytes)
- 31. Re: FW: Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:52:58 -0700
- Question has been raised about the following Dear Sir, I bought a 24" x 18" medal sign in a frame. The sign was from the Batxer Ward estate. The sign is silver with yellow and orange stripes in the c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00039.html (8,562 bytes)
- 32. Re: FW: Illinois Central Domes (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:10:19 -0700
- During the period of time referred to when the NCL sleeper domes were used by the IC in the winter, Wayne Johnson (-ston?) was president of the IC. He had immense pride in the IC's passenger service,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00064.html (8,615 bytes)
- 33. El Camino Service. was FW: Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:59:39 -0700
- Tom Cockle of the Passenger Car List adds to the information on this mysterious train. "I too recall that ill-fated enterprise, although I had moved from Southern Califonia by then and never actually
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00070.html (8,637 bytes)
- 34. Re: Chicago Commuter Question (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 22:21:42 -0700
- The fare-paying long distance passengers boarding the bilevels who thought they were paying for the cushions of the NZ or the TCZ, must have had a rude awakening when they were treated to the boards
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00037.html (6,837 bytes)
- 35. Re:Business car business. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:53:03 -0500
- I recently came across an HO brass set "CB&Q set of two business cars, BURLINGTON, and SILVER PELICAN". Now, I do know that the Southern Rwy provided a two car suite of cars for the use of its Presid
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-07/msg00022.html (6,935 bytes)
- 36. Re:Downers Grove Layover Yard (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 08:15:24 -0500
- A lesser known earlier layover yard was in Riverside. Can anyone tell me the date that this facility was retired? Denny
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-07/msg00129.html (7,359 bytes)
- 37. Re: Riverside crossing tower. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:00:24 -0700
- Does anyone have the plans, or know of the plans or general layout/dimensions of the grade crossing tower in Riverside? I note the current availability of HO models of the crossing towers in LaGrange
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-07/msg00176.html (6,937 bytes)
- 38. Re: Lyons Belt Rwy. and Riverside. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:24:52 -0800
- Charlie Vik's queries on the Lyons Belt Rwy are certainly intriguing, particularly as they pertain to any original CB&Q connection around the current 1st Avenue crossing west of the Des Plaines River
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-04/msg00050.html (8,665 bytes)
- 39. Besler Steam Motor, the Burlington, and Budd. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:45:12 -0800
- List, W.G. Besler, a Galesburg man, son of a former superintendent, had two sons who invented a steam rail car in the plant of Davenport-Besler Corporation. The track between Davenport and Clinton w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00077.html (10,661 bytes)
- 40. Re: SP Tunnel motor (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:38:38 -0800
- Making our last station stop tonight, I saw a Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor sitting inside the confines of the Sacramento Railroad Museum. Without verification, it looks like a recent donation to th
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00179.html (7,534 bytes)
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