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41. Re: [CBQ] Official Correspondence (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:33:07 -0500
Bill - Your sentiments are most welcome. I, too, really enjoy the reminisces and first person accounts that occasionally appear, particularly from those who spent their careers in train service as c
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00429.html (40,593 bytes)

42. Re: [CBQ] Interpreting a track chart bridge callout? (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:51:41 -0500
I beleive Sp. = steel piling Those are the spans of the trestle. There was one thru truss 132' long -- On Sun, 1/27/13, STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00445.html (15,897 bytes)

43. Re: [CBQ] Interpreting a track chart bridge callout? (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:27:50 -0500
Randy: It appears you are referring to Bridge 0.91 over Salt Creek on the Prague (Schuyler) branch. The length shown on my records is 406 feet. According to the alignment chart, it consists of a 132
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00457.html (16,032 bytes)

44. Re: [CBQ] Official Correspondence (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:40:47 -0500
Pete - It's all a little amazing to me how quickly my fussee has elicited promises of a roaring fire of Q stories and reminiscences. I've received several other Emails off-line on this subject and a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00458.html (23,467 bytes)

45. Re: [CBQ] Official Correspondence and Roy Brauner (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:39:42 -0500
Bill: You mentioned Roy Brauner, who was very well-respected as an expert in track maintenance (so was Lamphier, but he was from the NP). I heard a story once that when Roy was a youngster, his Dad
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00468.html (15,935 bytes)

46. Re: [CBQ] Pheasant painted on the Rock Falls Waycar (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 13:44:04 -0500
Well, Doug I find it hard to believe you didn't hear this one when on the property but here we go. I told this story at my presentation at the BRHS 2014 meet in Rock Island as a prelude to the main
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-11/msg00080.html (14,808 bytes)

47. Re: [CBQ] Diesel operation (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:40:25 -0500
I admit I am not the most knowledgable about diesel operation on mainline trains. In mainline usage how many "motors" were typically used on a train? What got me thinking is I recently got two of th
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-11/msg00206.html (13,846 bytes)

48. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 6118 (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:40:47 -0500
What the heck...somebody talkin' about me in front of my back?...Lol. Yep, conversations with Mike were always good for separating out theoretical railroading from the real thing. Larry Sallee __._,
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-11/msg00223.html (13,543 bytes)

49. Re: [CBQ] Re: Stock Movements (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 10:55:39 -0400
Hi Chris, I would have been in the fall or early winter of 1977, account I went firing in Feb. 1978, and I don't recall that there was snow on the ground. BNMike __._,_.___ Posted by: William Jackso
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-09/msg00039.html (13,926 bytes)

50. [CBQ] Re: Burlington Adlake Lantern Globes (score: 1)
Author: "macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 25 Sep 2014 14:34:22 -0700
Very nice, have not seen too many of the amber ones. However I have a engineering drawing of the old CB&Q Wooden section tool box that shows the placement of these lanterns in a standard tool house.
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-09/msg00128.html (14,024 bytes)

51. Re: [CBQ] Burlington Adlake Lantern Globes (score: 1)
Author: "macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 26 Sep 2014 08:14:22 -0700
Assume you are talking about the amber lantern only. A bit before my time but probably some type speed restriction. Might be 10 or walking speed. __._,_.___ Posted by: macon249@yahoo.com Visit Your G
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-09/msg00134.html (13,918 bytes)

52. Re: [CBQ] Re: Student Trips (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 14:50:22 -0400
Hi, Mike hope the retirement is going good. The foot latch has got about everyone at one time or another. Most of those was taken off, as you know with CTC electric lock. That was the way, with most
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-05/msg00106.html (14,158 bytes)

53. Re: [CBQ] Re: Student Trips (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 15:43:00 -0400
They was supposed to have a yellow handle, but you know how that goes. WHJ Sent from my iPad
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-05/msg00114.html (14,115 bytes)

54. Re: [CBQ] Re: Chatts (score: 1)
Author: "William Jackson macon249@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 21:05:23 -0400
Mike, think you are talking about Scoreo, may not be spelled right. Sherwyco, also sent out chips and fines, which was real good stuff. Depends on the time period, when I was out their, we got rock f
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-05/msg00143.html (10,928 bytes)

55. Re: [CBQ] What could these crates be? (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:28:46 -0400
This thread is making me go bananas. Ha ! Sent from my iPad
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-03/msg00257.html (14,147 bytes)

56. Re: [CBQ] BN 972544 (A Q conversion?) (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 22:20:53 -0500
All- I came across a photo of BN 972544 on the Web. This looks like an auxiliary water tank to wedge plow conversion. It appears as though it is still assigned to BNSF's Twin Cities Division. Does a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-02/msg00048.html (12,762 bytes)

57. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 5767 (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:56:54 -0500
Re: Track oiling [1 Attachment] 1a Re: Track oiling [1 Attachment] 1b Re: Track oiling [2 Attachments] 1c Re: Track oiling [2 Attachments] 1d Re: Track oiling "Douglas Harding" hardingdouglas "John D
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-01/msg00104.html (43,794 bytes)

58. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 5767 (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:59:44 -0500
Re: Track oiling [1 Attachment] 1a Re: Track oiling [1 Attachment] 1b Re: Track oiling [2 Attachments] 1c Re: Track oiling [2 Attachments] 1d Re: Track oiling "Douglas Harding" hardingdouglas "John D
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-01/msg00109.html (46,533 bytes)

59. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 5767 (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:36:12 -0500
We were still calling them motors two days before Thanksgiving when I stopped working. "Waycars" used to make the Santa Fe guys nuts too LOL BNMike __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-01/msg00120.html (14,640 bytes)

60. Re: [CBQ] Oiling track (score: 1)
Author: William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:05:29 -0500
Hello, I the early days cited,"oiling track" could be for three or four reasons: 1. weed control 2. dust control. Especially with gravel ballast. A fast moving passenger train would leave a large du
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-01/msg00124.html (15,943 bytes)

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