- 21. Re: [BRHSlist] Sterling,IL (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:19:01 -0700
- You can get a pretty good map of all railroads at http://www.mapquest.com/ Just enter the town you're interested in to get the map. Select Large Map and along the right side of a map is the zoom scal
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-06/msg00084.html (7,472 bytes)
- 22. Re: [BRHSlist] Livestock Trains (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 15:27:18 -0700
- Bob. The CB&Q only used a small number series for freight train numbers. The were constantly repeated from route to route. Between 60 and 99 there are only 40 possible numbers and they had to cover
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-05/msg00090.html (7,448 bytes)
- 23. Re: [BRHSlist] Yahoo problems - solved? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:07:41 -0700
- Works for me too. Bob. It seems the trick to gaining access to the photo and other sections of BRHSlist is to enter through "groups.yahoo.com" instead of using a bookmark for the BRHSlist site itself
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-05/msg00127.html (7,129 bytes)
- 24. Re: [BRHSlist] Iowa Interactive Maps (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:32:47 -0700
- You can also see railroad tracks at http://www.mapquest.com/ This site covers the whole country and you can scroll, pan and zoom to anyplace in the country. Apparently, old railroad lines are shown o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-04/msg00204.html (7,219 bytes)
- 25. Real Model RR vs Virtual RR (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:17:49 -0700
- Have any BRHS members tried using railroading related computer simulators instead of hardward scale modeling. I'm referring to Microsoft's Train Simulator that models railroad operations or Auran's T
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-04/msg00252.html (6,557 bytes)
- 26. Diesel Engine Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:11:36 -0800
- I was once told that early (middle 1950's) road diesels like the F7 sometimes had to set at a terminal in idle overnite rather than be shut down. The excuse I was told was that each cylinder had to b
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00000.html (6,461 bytes)
- 27. Model RR simulator (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:20:34 -0800
- It seems that the subscribers to this list are primarly into historical documentation, model RR and recalling times gone by, which I also like, but I'd like to ask if any on this list are into using
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00033.html (6,869 bytes)
- 28. Re: [BRHSlist] NE1 Wood Caboose Diagram (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:09:07 -0800
- The blue circle with an arrow is the logo of the Quick Time plugin. If you don't have it installed you could use the mouse to point to the file you want, hold the shift key and click the right mouse
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00056.html (11,083 bytes)
- 29. Steam engine questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 23:41:22 -0800
- Referring to the picture of a CB&Q 2-10-4 #6313 at http://gelwood.railfan.net/other/cbq/cbq-6313abn.jpg I have two questions. 1. There is a tank in front of the short exhaust stack that I remember wo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00070.html (6,854 bytes)
- 30. Modern operations (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:03:17 -0800
- Since it's been 45 years since I railroaded, I'd like a little update on current operations. In the early 50's a train crew consisted of 5 men; engineer, brakeman and fireman in the engine and a brak
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00195.html (7,048 bytes)
- 31. Re: [BRHSlist] Modern operations (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 00:04:37 -0800
- Bob, So the brakeman in now a brakeperson? Is that because there are only 2 people in a train crew and one or both could be a woman? J What is a grain unit in the context ".usually includes unit grai
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00204.html (7,995 bytes)
- 32. Steam Loco ID (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:47:44 -0800
- Anyone know the manufacturer and source of photos of the large steam engines the Q used to pull mile long coal trains out of Centralia, IL to Beardstown? As an operator in the 50's I had to hand up t
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00009.html (6,415 bytes)
- 33. Re: [BRHSlist] question (revised) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:10:21 -0800
- It's a small locomotive used for switching in a yard.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00027.html (7,301 bytes)
- 34. Re: [BRHSlist] Cinerama Holiday (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 22:35:07 -0700
- Cinerama uses three 35mm cameras to film and project the scene onto a 146 degree wide screen (2.65:1 aspect ration). The sound is on 7 channels that are recorded on a fourth 35mm film strip that is m
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00059.html (7,875 bytes)
- 35. Re: [BRHSlist] Cinerama Holiday (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 13:28:13 -0700
- "How the West Was Won" (1962) was filmed in super cinerama but prints were also made in other formats so it could be shown in non-cinerama theatres. Besides the three 35mm cinerama format, they also
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00065.html (8,253 bytes)
- 36. Re: [BRHSlist] Sream Loco bell & John Mitchell contact (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:35:17 -0700
- John D. Mitchell, Jr. E-mail Address(es): cbqrr47@y... Bob
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-04/msg00134.html (6,905 bytes)
- 37. Re: [BRHSlist] Green Marked Coal (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:17:28 -0800
- You are a glutton for punishment :)
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00015.html (8,170 bytes)
- 38. Re: [BRHSlist] engines (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 18:15:39 -0800
- ...[snip]... a was myself the Here is a picture of a Q 2-10-2 pulling a train through Litchfield. See it at: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq-6313abn.jpg
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00143.html (8,633 bytes)
- 39. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington Pass. Car Internet photo source (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:32:17 -0800
- Works for me. If you still have a problem try http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/m/jmlaboda/ then click on passenger car photo index link. Bob
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-02/msg00336.html (7,497 bytes)
- 40. Re: [BRHSlist] Photo of 9902 @ Burlington (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Weber" <eng95@a...>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:20:31 -0800
- How about this picture? http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~chuck_peirce/bpz.html Bob thinking
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00398.html (7,335 bytes)
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