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1. "Old" Steam Locomotives. (score: 1): Author: "cbq1968" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:18:27 -0600; There were several good messages concerning old steam locomotives and the need to spend some "fun time" preparing them for movement. Engines that have been on "display" for decades require some speci; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-12/msg00153.html (8,598 bytes)
2. Rock Falls. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 20:34:25 -0700; My arrival on Q property was in the sixties. The Rock Falls wayfreight was run out of Eola and powered, almost exclusively, by GP's. The occasional NW was usually one of the ATC equipped engines goin; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-11/msg00122.html (8,565 bytes)
3. Savanna Yd. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:09:10 -0700; I agree with Leo, Savanna yd. was ideal to switch cars. They'd roll nicely down to a respectable joint and stay where you left 'em. Also, Savanna yd. was the easiest yard in which to get your switch; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-11/msg00239.html (7,296 bytes)
4. RailFest 2001 (score: 1): Author: karl5631@a...; Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 16:52:18 -0600; On September 29 and 30, 2001, the Pueblo Locomotive and Rail Historical Society (PLRHS) will host its annual RailFest at its site adjacent to the Pueblo Union Depot. Some Q and C&S equipment will be; /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00014.html (6,346 bytes)
5. Joint Line. (score: 1): Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 20:40:28 -0600; Anyone working around Cheyenne, Denver, Pueblo or Trinidad immediately thinks of the Pueblo to Denver Joint Line whenever that term is used. The C&S and, later, the BN never existed between those two; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00072.html (6,585 bytes)
6. "Runnin' Track". (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:31:00 -0700; I though the culprit was "Cain't Heppit" and the incident occurred after Rip was told to "fergit' about flaggin' ". Rip's "instruction" kinda went somethin' like this: "If the S_ _ of a B _ _ _ _ can; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00113.html (6,477 bytes)
7. Cain't Heppit. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:36:00 -0700; Bob, Leo, Gary, anyone, Have you ever the one about Cain't Heppit havin' to wye a set of graybacks at Aurora so he had a drawbar to use to pull his train from Blackberry Crick to Clyde? Karl [Non-tex; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00114.html (6,148 bytes)
8. Nelson? (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:54:43 -0700; <Nelson? You're probably right, Karl.> William Hansford Nelson. A true Southern Gentleman. While he may have made an excellent hog farmer he certainly was an in-excellent hogger. There are quite a fe; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00181.html (6,131 bytes)
9. Saco, Big Foot. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:58:58 -0700; Leo, Big Foot (Bob) was a Cond. and Saco was a Brakeman. I'm not sure if Saco ever took the promotion but he was a Brakeman for the entire time I knew him. Also, I can't remember ever working with hi; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00215.html (6,432 bytes)
10. Ore Trains. (score: 1): Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:08:56 -0600; Taconite loads in general sucked. They were the all time champ for the hardest (impossible) to handle trains we had. In the 70's we began with 85 car trains of GN, NP, DM&IR and, finally, PC ore jimm; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-11/msg00299.html (8,801 bytes)
11. Time to Steam. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 15:59:26 -0600; The Union Pacific ran a test on a cold 4000 engine. They achieved operating steam pressure in approximately 40 minutes. The Union Pacific also mentioned that this was only a test and would be conside; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00006.html (7,479 bytes)
12. Radiators. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:50:49 -0600; On EMD units the temperature of the coolant is maintained by controlling the amount of outside air passing through the radiators. The method of controlling air flow employs an assembly of temperature; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00098.html (8,125 bytes)
13. Air Dumps and stuff. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:57:46 -0600; All the planning in the world went out the window when the dumping actually started. I'd always ask the guy in charge of dumping to NOT hit the dump levers on ALL the cars at the same time. Waste of; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00159.html (7,118 bytes)
14. Air Dumps. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:33:16 -0600; An interesting (to me anyway) event was recalled as I wrote about "shaking" air dumps to promote a more complete unloading of the contents. When the RR ran into LaSalle, IL. it followed the Vermillio; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-10/msg00161.html (9,196 bytes)
15. Hog Law. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:05:33 -0600; Now that the "what it is" seems to be covered, does anyone know how the term came to be applied to the Federal Hours of Service Act? Karl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00014.html (6,293 bytes)
16. 9988B. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 20:43:44 -0600; The 88b was possibly the only E unit that could get 2 DD'ers and a power car up to 100 mph. from a stop at Naperville to the J bridge. After MK finished with it, it was doing good to get to the J bri; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00068.html (6,118 bytes)
17. Shutting Down Diesel Engines. (score: 1): Author: "Karl L Rethwisch" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:14:54 -0700; Yes, the information was correct. If a prime mover had been shut down for more than an hour the person re-starting it was expected to open all cylinder test cocks and BAR the engine over a couple of; /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-03/msg00013.html (6,879 bytes)
18. RE: Brookfield Derailment. (score: 1): Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:25:55 -0600; Russ, Ya got me on that one. I've "heard" of a derailment or two at C Park and even seen a couple of 'em' How the drawbar on the west end of that waycar got cracked is a bit strange. Wonder if it lef; /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-04/msg00177.html (6,836 bytes)
19. Adventures on the Fox (score: 1): Author: "qrailroadman <karl5631@a...>" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:10:29 -0600; A while ago I was working the first trick hostler job at Aurora RH. While "relaxing" in the cab of an E unit a radio conversation between number 86 and Aurora Tower ensued. The Engineer, "Gentle" Ben; /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00048.html (8,485 bytes)
20. South Ottawa (score: 1): Author: "qrailroadman <karl5631@a...>" <karl5631@a...>; Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:19:17 -0600; There's been some recollections of So. Ottawa Hill lately. Anyone out there know and/or remember why the hill was just as bad for 86 as it was for 85? This could, possibly, be a lead-in to an "Izzy"; /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00050.html (6,236 bytes)

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