- 161. Tanks (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:30:16 EDT
- Rich, While I'm sure tank trucks are regulated by the D.O.T. the combined regs of D.O.T.,A.A.R.,R.S.P.A.,F.R.A. are to say the list demanding. A typical general service tank(111a100w1) has the tank s
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00095.html (6,647 bytes)
- 162. Tanks/Compton (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 22:31:21 EDT
- Karl, Nobody asked about tanks insides so like an investigation I didn't see a need to volunteer. But once it became clear there was some misinterpretation then I had to set the record straight. I do
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00109.html (6,231 bytes)
- 163. Lost Cars (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 22:35:58 EDT
- They're at it again. Presently UTC has at least 2 lost cars one on the NS was last spotted in joint service territory in New Jersey in Sept. The other is currently AWOL somewhere in Louisiana on the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00110.html (6,388 bytes)
- 164. Lost Cars (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:02:00 EDT
- Russ,Per the interchange rules as listed in the field manual any car in interchange service must have an AEI tag and if not the carrier is authorized to install and bill the owners $72.00 and they do
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00125.html (7,051 bytes)
- 165. Oral Histories (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:15:56 EDT
- Here are the snippets from tonight's conversation w/E.S.Fick on the dinkie(Elmer has 45 years senility) and originally started in GT and then moved to where the steady work was(Aurora). While looking
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00128.html (7,110 bytes)
- 166. St. Procopiuos siding (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 21:24:41 EDT
- While I'm sure it just an oversight due to timing of copying trk diagrams I want to let members know that there's an omission at Lisle. East of town off trk 3 about where the overhead bridge is today
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00130.html (6,594 bytes)
- 167. St. Procopiuos siding (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:38:10 EDT
- Sorry I mistyped and didn't catch it. The St. Procopious siding was WEST of Lisle and the switch was on the east end of the siding. It was where the track becomes tangent after coming out of the curv
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00138.html (6,546 bytes)
- 168. Oral Histories (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:45:45 EDT
- Sorry, I try not to, but sometimes forget that not everyone knows the RR shorthand. GUT was the telegraph symbol for Galesburg. It's just too easy to slip back into using them when the lingo starts f
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00139.html (6,214 bytes)
- 169. Telegraph Symbols (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:03:09 EDT
- Ok I'LL try again w/o spell check. HY=Cicero,GT=Cicero. Leo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00140.html (6,030 bytes)
- 170. Telegraph Symbols (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:20:54 EDT
- Marshall,yup.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00144.html (5,960 bytes)
- 171. Handbrakes (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:45:44 EDT
- The worst performing hand brakes were the old end sill mounted ones on tanks and flats where the catch was on the frame and as you turned the wheel the catch would slip between the teeth of a gear at
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00145.html (7,892 bytes)
- 172. Oiler (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:55:43 EDT
- You've probably heard the term car oiler(I read this week in Railway age that Hunter Harrison got his start in the business as one on the Frisco). Train crews on locals routinely carried jugs of jour
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00146.html (6,392 bytes)
- 173. JUGS (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:28:02 EDT
- Gary, One jug for oil and one for other purposes between the switch stand ties would lead me to think you are referring to the Fox River, hey? Leo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00157.html (5,760 bytes)
- 174. Industry Name (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:39:53 EDT
- What was the name of the company at the West end of Mendota that was served off the Branch just after it left the main and what did they make? Was the name (Conkey) and the product some type of aggre
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00158.html (6,161 bytes)
- 175. Shoener (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:23:44 EDT
- John, Your friend must have been Willard who was a friend to many of us both on the job,off and as modelers as was his father Paul. Yes many of us knew Paul and Bill. Paul's ashes (as I recall are di
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00169.html (6,291 bytes)
- 176. Storage track (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:32:46 EDT
- Not a historical point but today the railroad business is in a downturn (regardless of what the trade press say) and the car owners/owner shippers are looking for parking lots for idle equipment UTC
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00170.html (6,064 bytes)
- 177. Not Perfect (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:02:23 EDT
- Up to now my stories tell of the foibles of others. Just to maintain my humility I'll tell one where I wasn't perfect. We were on #364 headed into Chana after cleaning all the sand out of Oregon,IL.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00171.html (7,766 bytes)
- 178. Shoeners (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:04:11 EDT
- John, there is another Paul Shoener.He is Willard and Pauls jrs cousin. He was Avpo of U.P. and tried to help me get on the U.P. about 1987 or so. I apologize for my confusing the 2 Pauls.And yes I h
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00178.html (6,310 bytes)
- 179. Storage track (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:08:48 EDT
- Karl, let me know as it's getting to the point of "any port in a storm". Would you believe six or 10 months ago I suggested the venerable Sv yards and my boss said "that place floods,no thanks". If m
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00179.html (6,110 bytes)
- 180. Hand Signs (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:12:29 EDT
- Well,the editor of UTLX lines(Union Tanks company newsletter) went and placed a blurb about the ucoming spring meet and the hand sign clinic in our latest edition and now I'm getting all these calls
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-04/msg00180.html (5,936 bytes)
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