- 221. Fwd: [CBQ] A Human Side Topic-Chucking your Rights (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:13:37 EST
- Brad, Your on the right path. Lets get a little more detail on 1) and 4) needs to have a different twist as there was a risk far greater than less money. Also we need answers to the ones you left bla
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-01/msg00267.html (10,511 bytes)
- 222. [CBQ] Hinsdale (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:25:23 EST
- Went in and out on the dinky today to an appt "downtown". did the track that came off #1 main at West Hinsdale go all the east to a point opposite the Hinsdale depot at one time? Was there a frt hous
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-01/msg00268.html (9,613 bytes)
- 223. [CBQ] Disability Pension (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:48:50 EST
- Pete, The light bulb just went on ! was the term for someone going out on disability the same as it was for when a Condr had enough of a brkmn and in at least one case I was involved in,the engineer
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-01/msg00271.html (9,204 bytes)
- 224. [CBQ] Fwd: Disability Pension (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:51:12 EST
- Oops,there should be only (3) xxx's Leo **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 [Non-text portions of this messag
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-01/msg00273.html (9,053 bytes)
- 225. [CBQ] Hinsdale (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:58:50 EST
- Justin, What you refer to as "westbound" is main 1 What you call "eastbound" is main 3 2 is in the middle. The plant west of Hinsdale is named West Hinsdale. The plant east of Hinsdale is called High
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-01/msg00274.html (9,821 bytes)
- 226. [CBQ] A history of the CB &Q peavine (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:06:54 EST
- Bud can be reached at the following email address: _wcman8@yahoo.com_ (mailto:wcman8@yahoo.com) . The book is well done and I really enjoyed reading my copy. There are some very minor errors but in a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00038.html (10,824 bytes)
- 227. [CBQ] Clyde Yard (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:31:39 EST
- I would often watch "Smitty" rule from his desk in the 'D' yard office as I waited for a dinky back home after arriving at Cicero. Also sat w/Smitty several times at 'HY' while he made up the house 9
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00041.html (11,630 bytes)
- 228. Re: [CBQ] Re: A history of the CB &Q peavine (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:57:46 EST
- The History of the Peavine covers every section and branch from the day they were chartered into the BN era. Mostly black and whote but some color photos. All lot of maps and text provide the details
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00053.html (9,600 bytes)
- 229. [CBQ] Chicago Terminal was Clyde Yard (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:43:28 EST
- Jeff, I never worked in Cicero but spent a lot of time studying the assignment board that was in the Rdhse while waiting for power. I'm sure there are others who can provide far more detail but heres
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00066.html (10,772 bytes)
- 230. [CBQ] Clyde Yard (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:37:54 EST
- Jeff, Its been 30 plus years since I sat and looked at the board at Clyde Rdhse but I'm fairly certain that in the early 70s there were around 72 or 73 jobs/week in the entire Chicago terminal. I cou
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00074.html (11,674 bytes)
- 231. [CBQ] Clyde Yard (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:40:43 EST
- I will say the "transload center" is the old GW sugar plant at Congess Park. Seems to be almost as much activity now as back in the GW heydays. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00075.html (10,380 bytes)
- 232. [CBQ] Transload Facilities (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:20:38 EST
- Transload facilities seem in many ways to be replacing the way frieght for final delivery of products. 3 weeks ago I was in Birmingham and went through 2 facilities dedicated to transloading ethanol.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00080.html (10,972 bytes)
- 233. [CBQ] Bristol,IL station (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:10:15 EST
- Here's your chance to own and live in some real Q railroadiana ! The original 1853/54 Bristol,IL station is for sale. It was converted to a private residence by a Q employee in 1943 whos grandson is
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00086.html (9,709 bytes)
- 234. [CBQ] Barber-Greene (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:07:45 EST
- Barber Greene was the "break" spot on the Irish Mail. We'd pull over the main xing(Charles St?) with the engine and help ourselves to the employee cafeteria coffee. After a bit the loading foreman wo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00091.html (11,938 bytes)
- 235. [CBQ] Irish Mail (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:37:43 EST
- Jeff, We've discussed the question of the origin of the name Irish Mail here several times and dont have anything firm. I'm purely guessing that it has something to do with the area the line went thr
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00101.html (10,465 bytes)
- 236. [CBQ] Bristol Station (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:56:31 EST
- Lenny, Not sure if the KENDALL COUNTY RECORD has a web site but a good history of this original depot is in the article on pg 13 this week. Briefly using other research I've done and bits from this a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00102.html (10,267 bytes)
- 237. [CBQ] Bristol Station (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:16:00 EST
- Here's another interesting sidebar to the Bristol "depot" conversation. Originally the location now known as Bristol,IL was named Bristol Station. In those early days the town of Bristol was what tod
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00103.html (10,172 bytes)
- 238. [CBQ] Carter Blatchford Co (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:48:27 EST
- Just because none of us have asked a question about something thats been long gone for some time I'll throw one out. You'll need a RR map of Illinois dated prior to 1948 to answer. My 1928 issue of T
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00104.html (10,162 bytes)
- 239. [CBQ] Irish Mail (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:33:53 EST
- Ken, I'd like to talk to you about the CM&G and J sometime. About that story from your brother about the Irish Mail crew doing the Alley. I think something may have gotten lost in time. You are corre
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00107.html (10,585 bytes)
- 240. [CBQ] Irish Mail (score: 1)
- Author: qutlx1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:35:35 EST
- Jeff, Yes the "yard" area for the Alley was the original mainline before the elevation. If you're not a member of the BRHS get signed up as it sounds like you missed the issue on the elevation which
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00109.html (11,714 bytes)
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