- 81. Power Cars (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:31:00 EDT
- All this discussion of the Overland suburban cars (especially the 2 power cars w/baggage sections) brought a question to mind. I doubt it is(was) recorded anywhere but does anyone know when the last
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00039.html (6,342 bytes)
- 82. Switch Tender (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:35:38 EDT
- Happened to look over at 14th st tonight and noticed the switch tender lining a 'backup" into the station. Does anybody know if the job at the east end of the A,B and C yd leads was one position that
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00040.html (5,968 bytes)
- 83. newspapers on the Dinkies (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:48:14 EDT
- Thanks for the info but one small correction is warranted. That absolutely wasn't the Conductor throwing off those newspaper bundles. The Con would not humble himself to perform baggagemen/brakeman m
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00047.html (6,202 bytes)
- 84. 14th St Switch Tenders (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:12:19 EDT
- Thanks Gary I had forgotten about the Zephyr Pit switch tender. I do however remember very well riding the ladder on the E units back to the pit on the weekends. Every once in a while on the night jo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00067.html (6,103 bytes)
- 85. Newspapers on the Dinkies (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:17:13 EDT
- Thanks for the memories from a former "brother." I didn't start working dinkies until '74 as prior to that there was plenty of frt work to keep one working 7 days a week. About that time a recession
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00068.html (6,217 bytes)
- 86. New building (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:24:03 EDT
- Anyone know what that new building going in on the site of the former Downers Rdhse leads is going to be? Leo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00069.html (6,005 bytes)
- 87. New X/O's (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:35:59 EDT
- The new crossovers at Lisle are progressing nicely. If anyone is interested get your photos of the Downers Plant soon, as from what I read(BNSF memo) once the new Lisle plant is completed, the Downer
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00070.html (5,969 bytes)
- 88. New Building (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:49:49 EDT
- Bob, I always thought the hines lumber bldg was built on the site of the rdhse. I defer to your expert knowledge of the site. What then was located at what is now the Hines Lumber Bldg and the area w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00092.html (6,279 bytes)
- 89. Lisle PLant (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:53:47 EDT
- The new x/o's are going in west of the depot at approx the over head bridge. I don't know what will happen to the former tower. Leo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00093.html (5,822 bytes)
- 90. Downers Grove/Lisle Plants (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:13:08 EDT
- Just for the record here is the BNSF internal info from the "safety Brief" of 5/22/00. I quote"fairview style crossover installation should be completed and in service by late summer west of the pres
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00113.html (6,475 bytes)
- 91. Gabby (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:32:14 EDT
- Bob,Has "big gabby" and "little gabby" right. Leo P.S. Little Gabby is still w/us and resides just down the road from Fred Shaws widow in Oswego. He was on the dinky one morning about a year ago. I t
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00155.html (6,062 bytes)
- 92. Max Wissel (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:36:23 EDT
- In addition to his skill on the dynamic Max was well know for his "smoothness" when switching cars. It might have come from spending so many hours on a John Deere. I do distinctly recall the aftermat
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00156.html (6,335 bytes)
- 93. CUS (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:46:06 EDT
- Well, its been a long time but tonight there was a sideswipe or what could also be called a cornering between 2 trains in CUS. The 3:55 dinky from Aurora to CUS was coming into the trainshed headed f
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00157.html (6,677 bytes)
- 94. Uniform frt rates (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:59:42 EDT
- As info for anyone interested in photographing older smaller private (x marked cars). The lessors will keep cars in their fleets as long as repairs don't become uneconomical (this type of review/deci
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00158.html (6,696 bytes)
- 95. Brass Bell (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:17:57 EDT
- I have inherited a Q brass engine bell (Bill Wohl was my uncle in law,Karl and Bob will remember him and his quirks). He secured the bell sometime in the 50's from the fellow running engine dismantli
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00159.html (6,647 bytes)
- 96. BrassBell (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:55:56 EDT
- Thanks for ideas on how to return the shine to the bell.The Naval Jelly sounds interesting(i.e. a lot less elbow grease). Yes, Same Bill Wohl who swam in Lake Michigan everyday of the year regardless
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00174.html (6,648 bytes)
- 97. CUS (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:03:09 EDT
- Bob,Kevin Felker was one brkmn as I talked to him shortly after the collision. Don't know who the other crew members were.IT"S an understatement to say things were a little chaotic about that time. A
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00175.html (5,992 bytes)
- 98. Max Wissel (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:12:40 EDT
- ok its 2 against one but I swear "Gail the whale" told me it was Max who he gave the special cookies to and didn't Max work 4:00 clocks for several years while George worked Mendota and the wayfreigh
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00176.html (6,407 bytes)
- 99. Max Wissel (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:20:46 EDT
- Gary and Bob are right, it hit me last night about 10pm! The faces came back it was Max who worked the w/f's and C&I, and George who worked Eola and ate lunches. Worked w/both many times. It must be
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00195.html (6,346 bytes)
- 100. Metra ontime Performance (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@a...
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:34:44 EDT
- Lets see the typical suburban run is something under 50 minutes. So if we are ontime w/in ten minutes of schedule that's a 20% curve. Wow, what student wouldn't like that grading curve?! I've been ri
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2000-07/msg00221.html (6,358 bytes)
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