- 1. [CBQ] Zephyr Returns Home (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:55:00 -0600
- Well, THIS is certainly on topic: http://www.irm.org/gallery/album143/aas The Goddesses are finally back home after being repaired at Avalon, and should be in service this year as usual. Don't miss i
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-12/msg00111.html (9,902 bytes)
- 2. [CBQ] Sandwich Diner (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:18:48 -0600
- The diner at Sandwich, Ill. is built around the body of CB&Q car 4438. Can anyone identify its builder and date? I haven't been able to find a roster for early wooden passenger cars. The current owne
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00130.html (9,945 bytes)
- 3. [CBQ] Re: Sandwich Diner (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:10:16 -0600
- foot 4439, Pullman in Passenger Car (converted to with a Everybody: Thanks for the info! A 1904 chair car is much more believable. I'll have to find a copy of the Glick book. I'm not sure what sort o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00134.html (10,876 bytes)
- 4. [CBQ] Re: Banana Messengers (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:01:05 -0600
- That would make a great trivia question: What do these three careers have in common: Clergymen, circus clowns, and banana messengers? :) -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-08/msg00055.html (10,921 bytes)
- 5. [CBQ] Burlington RPO In Action (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:27:59 -0600
- Here are some photos of Burlington RPO #1923 in action a couple of weeks ago. The videos are even better, but I'm still working on getting the huge files uploaded. Visit Hicks Car Works! http://hicks
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-07/msg00033.html (9,918 bytes)
- 6. [CBQ] CB&Q Locomotives (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:54:23 -0600
- This picture was taken TODAY, not 50 years ago: http://www.irm.org/gallery/Diesel-Days-2009/aar And they'll be on view tomorrow as well. Congratulations to Jeff and everyone else who made this possib
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-07/msg00088.html (10,290 bytes)
- 7. [CBQ] 4-6-0 #637 (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:46:49 -0600
- I've posted some pictures I took of the 637: http://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2008/04/steam-page.html#CBQ637 I tried taking some shots of the valve gear, but they didn't work out very well. I guess
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00074.html (9,841 bytes)
- 8. [CBQ] Macomb Switcher (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:39:56 -0600
- Would anybody like to speculate on what type of locomotive would have been used as the Macomb (IL) switcher c. 1915? At that time the Q was interchanging with a local shortline, the Macomb Industry a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00118.html (10,415 bytes)
- 9. [CBQ] Re: Macomb Switcher (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:15:27 -0600
- Funny you should ask. My son Frank went to Western Illinois at Macomb, and while there he did the research for a small book he wrote about the MI&L, published by the WIU Press, entitled "The Little R
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00122.html (11,095 bytes)
- 10. [CBQ] Re: Macomb Switcher (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:29:30 -0600
- It was published by the WIU press, and they hold the copyright. So we cannot reprint it ourselves. All we can do is beg them for another run, I think. -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00128.html (10,918 bytes)
- 11. [CBQ] Re: Intimidation Factor (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:36:13 -0600
- I'd also like to thank all those who are posting stories from the old days, even when they're kind of frightening. This is valuable history being presented here. Please keep it coming! Visit Hicks Ca
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-02/msg00070.html (11,627 bytes)
- 12. [CBQ] Baggage Car at Eola (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:17:10 -0600
- Does anyone know the history behind the old baggage car which is now stored just north of the main at Eola? I didn't even know it was there until a couple of days ago. I could post pictures of it if
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00169.html (9,929 bytes)
- 13. [CBQ] Re: Baggage Car at Eola (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:53:59 -0600
- OK. Here's the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/photos/album/535932585/pic/list I didn't look at the trucks too closely, maybe sometime when it's not quite so cold! Thanks for the info. Randal
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00177.html (10,425 bytes)
- 14. [CBQ] Re: Baggage Car at Eola (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:17:03 -0600
- Yes, it's obviously been heavily rebuilt and is missing several vital components, such as couplers and brakes. Sorry, I was afraid it would turn out to be foreign! -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00181.html (10,336 bytes)
- 15. [CBQ] Re: Baggage Car at Eola (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Hicks" <randallhicks@wideopenwest.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:33:51 -0600
- in the artsy-crafty antiquie shopping center. somebody didn't want to hack and carve the end contours. I don't recall if there was more from there. I believe you're right! I just checked on livemaps,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00185.html (10,954 bytes)
- 16. Re: [CBQ] 9903 Disposition (score: 1)
- Author: "randallhicks@wideopenwest.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 2015 06:19:37 -0800
- Here are some detailed pictures of the Mark Twain Zephyr from July 2014. I doubt that anything has happened since then. http://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2014/07/mark-twain-zephyr.html Randall __._,_
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00097.html (12,712 bytes)
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