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161. [CBQ] Friction bearing to roller bearing truck conversion (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:56:16 EST; Tom, The item your question on friction to roller bearing truck upgrade addresses were officially called "converted sideframes". They were outlawed in 1994 or 1995 by the AAR Field Manual of Intercha; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00254.html (9,881 bytes)
162. [CBQ] Runaway W/Cs (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:33:15 EST; We were talking about runaways a couple weeks back. Here are two true early BN cases of runaway w/cs. Honest Pete just like the stove one !. One fine day I'm in an eastbound w/c w/W.L. Shoener making; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00258.html (11,268 bytes)
163. [CBQ] 1967 Blizzard (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:53:18 EST; Here's a factual incident from the 1967 blizzard. Bill Wohl (my great uncle in law) was 58 at the time and working as an extra collector on suburban from Aurora. He lived at least 7 miles from the de; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00270.html (10,000 bytes)
164. [CBQ] Streator-Character of the Man (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:45:57 EST; Talking about Uncle Bill brought another story to mind. Bill once told me this story and it stayed with me all these years. He hired out in 1943 (during the height of WWII). At the time his last name; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00271.html (10,189 bytes)
165. [CBQ] Ornage Hoppers (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:07:32 EST; Jerry, Please refer to BB #35 pg 143 for a photo of one of the 1949 hoppers painted orange. Leo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on th; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00275.html (8,699 bytes)
166. [CBQ] 1967 Blizzard (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:00:09 EST; If a 1949 or 1967 or '78/'79 or '79/'80 blizzard hit today Metra probably would do OK as there's been a major improvement in switch heaters since those days. The Achilles heal is always the switches; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00286.html (9,485 bytes)
167. [CBQ] Letter of Reference (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:59:06 EST; Pete, I'll offer a guess as to how a TM could tell that a glowing letter of reference really wasn't what it appeared to be; by looking for a symbol of some sort tucked into the signature or elsewhere; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00308.html (9,416 bytes)
168. [CBQ] Silk Trains/Berry Special (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:06:19 EST; The thread about silk trains (of course) brought back some memories and stories but I need RJ,Karl,Steve,et al to carry this one furhter than I can. Many engineers I worked with when talking about "t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00309.html (9,811 bytes)
169. [CBQ] Silk Trains/Berry Specials (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:17:30 EST; There were many,many fast engineers. What set someone apart was speed and skill to keep a train together,smooth ride, correct spottting and keeping everyone safe.Of course personality was a big part; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00324.html (9,435 bytes)
170. [CBQ] Shopping (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:21:19 EST; Shopping is a national pasttime and also a necessity of life. Working on the RR made shopping a little easier as it was often easy to secure lifes needs right at the source. For example General Mills; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00325.html (9,756 bytes)
171. [CBQ] Shopping (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:36:59 EST; Archie, Your story is indeed sweeter than mine. But as expected it brought to mind another. Scrap moved in gons(not near as often today). One of the sidelines many yard and road crews had was making; /archives/BRHSLIST/2007-01/msg00333.html (10,757 bytes)
172. [CBQ] Seasonal Info. (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 20:45:48 EST; I forgot to mention the "feeder" stock fall rush in my prior email. Even into the 70s we were spotting "feeders" from Colorado,Montana etc in fall and almost into winter at the stock yards still in s; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00017.html (9,520 bytes)
173. [CBQ] Downers Grove (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:55:48 EST; Downers Grove yard was a suburban service terminal from the time it moved from Riverside until Sept 1952(IIRC). I just went by it today and there are still two of the long tracks left but everything; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00063.html (10,620 bytes)
174. [CBQ] Shortened Ladders and removed roof walks (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:39 EST; As in all things mechanical on RR cars it is the AAR that sets the rules as to changes in standards,not the individual RRs. If my memory is correct it was either 1967 or 1969 that the AAR committee o; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00122.html (10,082 bytes)
175. [CBQ] Mars Light Operating Procedures (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:29:37 EST; Two points on ordinary everyday use of the Mars lights. 1) The engineers on the Mails between Eola and West Chicago,at least thru the 70s, preferred the GP7s with working Mars lights as they really g; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00140.html (11,887 bytes)
176. Fwd: [CBQ] Savanna Yard photos (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:24:54 EST; Tom, Most likely the reason Savanna roundhouse photos are hard to find is because it was not readily accessible. It was tucked up against the swampy area between Q and Milw yards more or less mid poi; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00155.html (9,802 bytes)
177. [CBQ] Section trucks (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:23:21 EDT; My memory is that Q section and other non op dept trucks were dark green from the mid 60s until merger. The Q herald was on the door. The parking lot at the Aurora,IL depot on Sundays was crowded wit; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-10/msg00015.html (10,060 bytes)
178. [CBQ] Shop Train (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:30:13 EDT; Petes comment about the checkers brought something to mind. The Q not only used "buses",vans to transport operating dept crews but at some locations had trains to move folks in the non ops depts. In; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-10/msg00016.html (10,061 bytes)
179. [CBQ] Chicago visit-RR sites (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:00:38 EDT; During the Chicago visit be sure to: At Union Station- go to track 2/4 and look down the stairwell into the entrance to the underground part of CUS. While you cant enter,its still neat to see a part; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-10/msg00198.html (14,398 bytes)
180. [CBQ] Seasonal Info. (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:19:12 EDT; Here in Northern Illinois the corn/bean harvest start and completion depend on when the crop was planted in the spring and weather in the fall. A general start is late Sept for a few fields that were; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-10/msg00218.html (10,461 bytes)

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