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81. Re: [CBQ] Run through motive power (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 09:37:03 -0700; I have a couple of photos of CB&Q run thru power on the Penn Central (former PRR) at Cincinnati Ohio in the late 1960s. So I assume PC power also ran thru onto the CB&Q. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Group; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-05/msg00078.html (10,779 bytes)
82. Re: [CBQ] Run through motive power - FTs (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 08:48:05 -0700; Despite what the caption (filename) of the 4th photo says, that is NOT the "horseshoe curve" on Crawford hill. The photo is about 1 mile west of the horseshoe curve which is behind the peaked hill ne; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-05/msg00112.html (12,043 bytes)
83. Re: [CBQ] Switch Stand Placement (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:47:43 -0700; Diverging route side in Wyoming and western Nebraska and probably elsewhere. Except at crossovers between 2 tracks then they were straight side to keep the switch stands outside the 2 tracks instead; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-05/msg00158.html (9,522 bytes)
84. Re: [CBQ] Deadwood SD DSW1 question (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 14:07:30 -0700; There is a lot of misconception about the Edgemont to Deadwood line and its branches. The steepest grades on the mainline (Edgemont to Deadwood) are 3.0%. There are no 4% as often stated. The Keyston; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-05/msg00186.html (11,010 bytes)
85. Re: [CBQ] Deadwood SD DSW1 question (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 14:34:24 -0700; I do not remember what the SW-1 weighed but a good guess might be 105 tons (210,000 lbs). Assuming it could get a 20% adhesion factor that would be 42,000 lbs of traction. Gravity force on a 3% grade; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-05/msg00187.html (10,235 bytes)
86. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q 5631 O5-A Northern--Urgent-- (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:09:18 -0700; The $150,000 'seed money' was defeated by a City Council vote 2 for 5 against. https://sheridanmedia.com/news/110398/train-park-relocation-derailed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You recei; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-07/msg00078.html (10,384 bytes)
87. Re: [CBQ] BN/CB&Q renumbering/patched units (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:27:32 -0800; Not exactly what yo are asking for but from the merger into the mid 1970s there was some overlap of unit numbers with 2 or more of the former RRs having units with the same number. This is a problem; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-11/msg00058.html (10,430 bytes)
88. Re: [CBQ] Hand Sign clinic 12/16 (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:50:34 -0800; Old head CB&Q switch conductor to switch engineer after the engineer forgot to move the reverser 3 times in a short period of time, knocking the pulled pin down each time. 1. He points to his eye, me; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-12/msg00050.html (9,928 bytes)
89. Re: [CBQ] Hand Sign clinic 12/16 (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:18:53 -0800; I have done a heck of a lot of Dutch Drops in my 41 years. Mostly on the Penn Central but also some on the BN and BNSF (where it was against the rules). The difference between a (straight) Drop and a; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-12/msg00120.html (14,147 bytes)
90. Re: [CBQ] Hand Sign clinic 12/16 (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:31:16 -0800; I did not want to muddy the waters in my previous explanation but, yes, you are correct that the terminology varies from RR to RR & from location to location. It should be noted that if the track gra; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-12/msg00123.html (11,987 bytes)
91. Re: [CBQ] C & I Diagram (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:36:02 -0800; If you look closely at the diagram the small bottom 'lights' that _on_ the signal pole are actually square fixed signs to indicate this is a Permissive signal. The small bottom lights that are _offse; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-12/msg00136.html (10,773 bytes)
92. Re: [CBQ] C & I Diagram (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:36:02 -0800; [Edited Message Follows] If you look closely at the diagram the small bottom 'lights' that are mounted _on_ the signal pole are actually square fixed signs to indicate this is a Permissive signal. Th; /archives/BRHSLIST/2022-12/msg00137.html (10,581 bytes)
93. Re: [CBQ] BURLINGTON TRAIN ORDER FORM 19 (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:29:00 -0700; Don't forget that freight trains with a helper engine also got 3 copies of the train orders and clearance form. One for the train engineer, one for the conductor, and one for the helper engineer. -=-; /archives/BRHSLIST/2023-10/msg00047.html (13,937 bytes)
94. Re: [CBQ] E-unit headlight questions. (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:20:09 -0800; Attached is CCOR rulebook pertaining to 'Mars" lights... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#66080): https://groups.io/g/CBQ/mess; /archives/BRHSLIST/2023-12/msg00062.html (12,828 bytes)
95. Re: [CBQ] Adventureland/General Custer (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:56:55 -0800; Don't know about Seattle but at least regionally trains #42-43 were know as the "Crow Agency Zephyr" account it ran through Crow Agency Montana, the site of the "Custer "Massacre".. Ha ha. -=-=-=-=-=; /archives/BRHSLIST/2024-02/msg00087.html (11,481 bytes)
96. Re: [CBQ] 1960s red+black MU diesel lashups (score: 1): Author: "Winton" <runextra@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:56:16 -0700; Keep in mind that locomotives GP/SD9 and earlier had different dynamic brake systems and different multiple unit air brake systems than those on GP20s and later models. In other words the two groups; /archives/BRHSLIST/2024-08/msg00096.html (13,930 bytes)

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