- 1. RE: Everywhere West Slogan (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 14:50:54 -0600
- --Original Message--From: Kelly, John P [mailto:KellyJ@b...] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:42 PMTo: 'brhs@n...' Subject: Everywhere West SloganHello CB&Q Webmaster,My name is John Kelly in Madis
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00168.html (8,797 bytes)
- 2. Zephyr Rocket Diner Service (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:52:48 -0600
- I'd like to see some info on this too. I was under the impression that Silver Manor and Silver Patio were KCZ cars. Plated brass models of these two cars were marketed by Shoreham Shops several years
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00201.html (6,314 bytes)
- 3. Ordeals of the Elements (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:13:39 -0600
- The recent stories of railroading besieged by severe weather are quite picturesque and memorable. One always tends to recall in vivid detail the circumstances of times when one felt threatened with,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00237.html (7,700 bytes)
- 4. NYC (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:03:24 -0600
- Last week I was in Manchester, Georgia (CSX territory) and watched a unit coal train of standard 100-ton loaded hoppers roll through headed towards Waycross. The reporting marks were "NYC". I would b
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00067.html (6,967 bytes)
- 5. NYC (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:50:43 -0600
- The responses to my questions regarding the cars I saw on CSX in Manchester, Georgia last week were informative and enlightening. The one answering my question about reporting marks "NYC" was intrigu
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00072.html (7,090 bytes)
- 6. Rdhse. shorty tankcar (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:54:10 -0600
- Re: Roundhouse HO Hooker Chemical "shorty" tankcar . Where does the brake piston attach? Piece is included, but no mention in instructions or diagram. Prototypes seem to vary. [Non-text portions of t
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00099.html (6,185 bytes)
- 7. Re: Q "gray" backs (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:47:10 -0600
- Mindful of the subjectiveness of color appreciation and the inherent limitation of color continually changing under varying light conditions, I will, nevertheless, share my experience regarding paint
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00148.html (8,113 bytes)
- 8. Re: Q "Gray" backs (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:16:08 -0600
- Regarding the Fs being referred to as "gray backs", I remember my father using the term back in the early 60s when they were still being used. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00150.html (6,744 bytes)
- 9. Re: Forwarded Posts re:PsgrTrain Operations (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:31:01 -0600
- What a great line of discussion. Fascinating! Wonderfully informative! I have a question about the reference to ACL car #666. Its routing was listed as ACL, LN, CEI, from Savannah, Georgia to Chicago
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00201.html (7,262 bytes)
- 10. Life-Like GP 30 (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:18:15 -0500
- I have a question regarding Life-Like?s GP 30. Does the fireman's-side window towards the long end have a window wiper? The reason I ask is that I have just had my model of that locomotive modified b
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00010.html (6,763 bytes)
- 11. Re: Pullman equipment ownership (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:59:14 -0500
- The other day a very interesting question was asked regarding ownership of Pullman sleeping cars prior to the late 1940s. This is one of those hazy areas shrouded in fogs of paper corporations and in
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00020.html (8,990 bytes)
- 12. re: fog (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:17:00 -0500
- A very perceptive thread about FOG was begun the other day by Leo Phillip. I am sure that evoked blase responses from some, but anyone who has ever been caught in FOG (as opposed to fog) will know ex
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00052.html (9,082 bytes)
- 13. The Q loses a friend (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:07:53 -0500
- October 17, 2000 Greetings, I am forwarding to you a sad message I received this morning about the death of Corbin Jacobs, of Palmyra, Missouri who was a longtime friend of railroaders working on the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00094.html (7,670 bytes)
- 14. Re: Brookfield ,MO (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:01:29 -0500
- Rodger, I have lived in Brookfield, Missouri since 1954. My father was a Q brakeman working out of Brookfield from 1952 until his untimely death in 1975. I am pretty familiar with what is available p
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00136.html (6,497 bytes)
- 15. please, more on air brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:10:46 -0500
- I find the recent discussion line concerning the proper procedures to follow when connecting glad hands and opening angle cocks to be fascinating. Thediscussion is knowledgeable, informative and ente
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-08/msg00161.html (7,920 bytes)
- 16. Depot at LaBelle Mo. (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:49:30 -0500
- FYI Several days ago it was reported in the Brookfield newspaper that a group in the town of LaBelle, Mo. was organizing to restore the old Q depot there. They were seeking volunteers. This may be of
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-08/msg00188.html (6,293 bytes)
- 17. Billboard Reefers and Frisco depots (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:46:42 -0500
- It is my understanding that the beautiful old "billboard reefers" which used to grace the freight trains of this country met their demise when the United States Supreme Court declared them illegal. I
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00102.html (7,036 bytes)
- 18. this, that and the other (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:20:47 -0500
- Fellow Members, (1) Did the C.B.&Q. ever have any Hanrahan type reefers? This is a setup where the ice bunker is in the middle of the car and the refrigerated compartments are on the ends. If it did,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00194.html (7,512 bytes)
- 19. Re: Hogback Road (score: 1)
- Author: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:45:53 -0500
- If you are looking to obtain a copy of the book you might try contacting the author, Michael Johns, 314 West 11th Street, Trenton, MO 64683, telephone 660-359-5957. I used this method several years a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00228.html (6,593 bytes)
- 20. Re: brick depot at Cameron, MO (score: 1)
- Author: "John Swearingen" <jas@s...>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 15:33:16 -0600
- My inquiry the other day about the brick depot at Cameron, MO has elicited some wonderful responses. Great stuff, really. Thanks. I suppose that my conjecture about the Burlington at one time hosting
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-06/msg00002.html (6,965 bytes)
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