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1. [CBQ] Fall Color (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 01:34:12 +0000; I was going to reply earlier but waited until others had answered. A number of years ago my wife and I drove from Minneapolis to St. Louis in mid to late October. The tree color was mostly gone at ho; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-11/msg00016.html (10,108 bytes)
2. [CBQ] E and F designations (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:47:45 +0000; Something that I have always wondered is the E and F letters. It seem that F units were usually used for freight service and the E units were ususally for passenger service. So what does the E stand; /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-02/msg00019.html (9,905 bytes)
3. [CBQ] New North Star trains (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:03:39 +0000; Group- Lots of "fuss" here in Twin Cities regarding the start-up of the North Star heavy rail trains on the BNSF tracks. It is almost like the wheel has been reinvented! Will someone give me the year; /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00143.html (9,928 bytes)
4. RE: [CBQ] Re: New North Star trains (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:49 +0000; Doug and others: Thanks for the date. So with all of the fuss here in the Twin Cities, we are only 154 years behind Chicago! This may be disputed because of the excellent streetcar system that we onc; /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00162.html (11,541 bytes)
5. [CBQ] Packing House Products (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:59:41 +0000; I worked at the Armour packing house in So. St. Paul in 1952. Leo gave a good list but I would add the following both good and less than good products: dog food, bull testicles (frozen), natural casi; /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-03/msg00215.html (10,168 bytes)
6. [CBQ] Collision in The Courts (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:26:44 +0000; List- I know that this is not a CB&Q item but it is about BNSF, the courts and also other RR Co's. The lead story in today's Minneapolis StarTribune is headlined: COLLISION IN THE COURTS. The second; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-12/msg00063.html (10,203 bytes)
7. RE: [CBQ] Re: various types of Morse code (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:09:09 +0000; Gerald and all- In the Army (ASA) in Korea, we intercepted the Chinese who used international morse code. They did have some 2 & 3-letter groups that had special meaning that we learned. In relation; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-12/msg00203.html (21,578 bytes)
8. RE: [CBQ] OT - bald eagles (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:22:31 +0000; Group- If anyone likes Bald Eagles and is railfanning in the upper Mississippi valley, be sure to take time to stop in Wabasha, MN, and visit the National Eagle Center. On the waterfront. They have 4; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-12/msg00297.html (11,569 bytes)
9. RE: [CBQ] Re: FW: Morse Code: A Lost Language (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:28:12 +0000; There are two slightly different Morse Codes. In 1953, I attended an Army School and learned what they told us was International Morse Code. I remember seeing a chart that showed the difference betwe; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-11/msg00183.html (15,220 bytes)
10. [CBQ] Football Specials (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 02:12:50 +0000; In Regard to taking the train to sports events, Here in the Minneapolis area, the Hiawatha Light Rail line is used heavily from the south and southeast suburbs for transit from free parking lots to T; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-10/msg00006.html (10,463 bytes)
11. [CBQ] Mail Cars (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:48:22 +0000; List- A friend wants to know what was the name or names of the "thing" that held the mail sack that the MailCar picked-up on the fly. Also what did they call the "hook" on the MailCar? Thanks. Bob So; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-10/msg00155.html (9,785 bytes)
12. RE: [CBQ] Winona, MN - Watkins Plant (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:27:05 +0000; Gerald- Since Watkins is still very much in business, have you tried to contact them? Bob Sorensen Anyone have snapshots or know of a publication with photos of CB&Q's spur into the Watkins plant and; /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-08/msg00312.html (12,230 bytes)
13. Re: [CBQ] Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:35:04 -0500 (EST); __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use Unsubscr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00220.html (13,802 bytes)
14. Re: [CBQ] Layouts or Q Related Stuff Around Minneapolis (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:21:42 -0400 (EDT); Tom- I will second what Cy wrote. Contact Dave at mzz64@yahoo.com He probably knows of others who model the Q. Bob -- Original Message -- From: Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-09/msg00011.html (11,975 bytes)
15. Re: [CBQ] Re: Meaning of PHP in Operating Data Sheets book (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:09:23 -0400 (EDT); Good Addition Doug. I can add more: In the early 1950's I worked in the engine room at the Armour Packing Plant in South St. Paul. They made lots of dry cured sausage, some for export, lots of canned; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00109.html (13,831 bytes)
16. RE: [CBQ] Re: Meaning of PHP in Operating Data Sheets book (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:31:06 -0400 (EDT); Noel: We got the small cans of C rations while I was in code school at Fort Devens, MA. The cooks/KP's opened the cans and dumped the stuff into large pans for heating. The rumor was that what we wer; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00114.html (15,827 bytes)
17. RE: [CBQ] Re: Brine Tank Question (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 19:09:22 -0400 (EDT); All- Water solutions of both sodium chloride and calcium chloride were used in refrigeration systems starting, I believe, in the early 1900 years. The brine was cooled by a refrigerant, often anhydro; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00006.html (14,162 bytes)
18. RE: [CBQ] Re: Minot, ND Hump Yard (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:15:00 -0600; Chuck- I worked at a Malting Company in Minneapolis in the mid 60's. What was sent to the Grain Exchange was samples taken in the holding yards. Lots of the barley cars were held at a yard in Dilwort; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00091.html (12,453 bytes)
19. RE: [CBQ] Re: Minot, ND Hump Yard (score: 1): Author: ROBERT K SORENSEN <rksmes@q.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:15:42 -0600; Chuck- I worked at a Malting Company in Minneapolis in the mid 60's. What was sent to the Grain Exchange was samples taken in the holding yards. Lots of the barley cars were held at a yard in Dilwort; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-03/msg00092.html (12,447 bytes)
20. Re: Fwd: [CBQ] Fwd: [BRHSlist] Yard Track Numbering System Question (score: 1): Author: rksmes@q.com; Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:51:34 -0400 (EDT); List- I believe that the answer regarding the "gas company track" that went to an electric generating plant is that the plant first made gas. Coal was heated to create gas for many years and the spen; /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-08/msg00048.html (15,059 bytes)

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