- 201. Re: [CBQ] Retro Bi-level Letter Boards? (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:34:33 -0800 (PST)
- Rumor has it a new boss down town had it done Metra is not happy Steve Yes, the lettering is new. For some reason not totally understood a few cars now sport the lettering. The story I've heard is th
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00060.html (12,777 bytes)
- 202. Re: [CBQ] Transload Facilities (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:19:33 -0800 (PST)
- As far as I can tell from the catalogs Barber Green made portable elevators while SA made permanent conveyors except those on the lake boats which were self-unloading Steve Is that where Barber-Green
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00105.html (12,357 bytes)
- 203. Re: [CBQ] Merry Christmas(an odd request....) (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:37:59 -0800 (PST)
- Planted by the ITC for tie replacement as well Osage Orange makes better fence posts Steve Archie, If my memory is correct Catalpa trees were marketed to farmers as a steady renewable source of fence
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00186.html (11,491 bytes)
- 204. Re: [CBQ] Help with dating BR blotter (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:54:14 -0800 (PST)
- Could it be an overnite ride to a midday game and then an overnite ride back to school for the away team This in an era of more school and less party Steve The thing I noticed from running back thrut
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00193.html (17,164 bytes)
- 205. Re: [CBQ] BNSF Rotary Plow in Hastings Nebraska (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:54:53 -0800 (PST)
- Dave A good reason we live in the south?? It has snowed here three time already this year. Twice in the last 7 days Steve Norm, The plows number is 972559 not 972558. Dave BN 972559 is supposedly nee
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-12/msg00227.html (11,874 bytes)
- 206. Re: [CBQ] Cutting out brakes? (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:48:26 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks Ryan Just 4 more working days after today I think the problem with the old Q Sub cars is they are not FRA crash worthy. Course built long before the FRA showed up and have lasted and are still
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00022.html (12,113 bytes)
- 207. Re: [CBQ] Gallery Cab Car Replacements (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:55:10 -0800 (PST)
- What about the car that was Wabashed by the Wabash Peeled the side right off SJH sjl asked, "If the cabs are being removed from the ex-Q cab cars, what are they using for cab cars these days?" The Me
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00030.html (12,032 bytes)
- 208. Re: [CBQ] Re: DD Cab Cars (was Cutting out brakes?) (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:10:41 -0800 (PST)
- Right Bill Trouble is they are not modern and Hi-Tech SJH Steve, I wonder if FRA and the folks currently running Metra realize that those cab cars were built for a million pound buff load as compared
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00038.html (11,669 bytes)
- 209. Re: [CBQ] Gallery Cab Car Replacements (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:46:26 -0800 (PST)
- Charlie I think the Budd cars ride better then the Bombardier cars also I sometimes ride the Trinity Railway Express to Dallas SJH But only for another 3 days Steve SteveIIRC the accident in question
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00043.html (13,441 bytes)
- 210. Re: [CBQ] Annual Meet, "Zephyr" & Collectibles (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:15:09 -0800 (PST)
- I have been hoping an attendee of the Annual meet in Rockford would post a report by now (I would have but missed the Business Mtg as was late setting up for swap meet plus skipped the trip to IRM a
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00052.html (13,483 bytes)
- 211. Re: [CBQ] Re: Commuter Consist Question (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:08:10 -0800 (PST)
- And "Sam John Henry" has officially left the building Steve Yes I have and still work with John Smith from time to time. He is one of those legendary conductors that the guys will be talking about fo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00082.html (12,506 bytes)
- 212. Re: [CBQ] Car 57 siding moves ahead quickly (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:00 -0800 (PST)
- That is the way wood cars were built if the mover did not have a problem just adding the siding and new window sills is not part of the structure only the skin not the bones. That is the difference b
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00083.html (12,201 bytes)
- 213. Re: [CBQ] RE: Railroad Freight Cars Moving on Their Own (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:31:30 -0800 (PST)
- That is what we use to use at the Sheep Yards to move the loads of Alfalfa Pellets in the elevator We use to have to respot the hopper bottoms over the pit. Once empty we could use the tractor to giv
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00136.html (13,148 bytes)
- 214. Re: [CBQ] New North Star trains (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:31:46 -0800 (PST)
- This same thing happens with most "new" systems. History is forgotten too fast and never looked at when something "new " it tried. There are some dispatchers who have worked with commuters also worki
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00144.html (10,932 bytes)
- 215. Re: [CBQ] Accident effects to crews (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:46:12 -0800 (PST)
- Leo I was working that nite also and Shoe called me after he got in. It was the only time I had ever heard Shoe shook up. He said the guy looked him right in the eye. One week I moved over on the Chi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00176.html (12,383 bytes)
- 216. Re: [CBQ] Train vs. Truck. (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:51:24 -0800 (PST)
- Same crossing Karl talks about almost caused a riot as the truck stop across the highway emptied out one time due to a train hitting a truck there and all the truck drivers wanting a piece of the cre
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00189.html (14,837 bytes)
- 217. Re: [CBQ] Re: Paint for F-units (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:30:49 -0800 (PST)
- Dave I got in at the end of the gray backs and they were pretty grungy by then(68-69) I used Hot Rod Primer Gray(which was more white then gray) and after decaling I used India Ink/Alcohol for a set
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-11/msg00206.html (11,681 bytes)
- 218. Re: [CBQ] Bidding (was Commuter Consist Question) (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:31:07 -0700 (PDT)
- Rupert and others It was part of having a Union Job with seniority list. First man hired was No. 1 and each man hired after took his place using hired on date or first day worked in the craft. ie Dis
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-10/msg00081.html (12,606 bytes)
- 219. Re: [CBQ] Bidding(was Suburban consist question) (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
- Rupert After working for over 20 years as a Train Dispatcher we were informed it was a management entry level position?? As a union DS I can only work 8 hours in 24 under the hours of service and let
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-10/msg00089.html (12,937 bytes)
- 220. Re: [CBQ] Re: Commuter Consist Question (score: 1)
- Author: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:56 -0700 (PDT)
- To open the doors on the original equipment there was a box like above the center of the doors with six buttons. Top and Bottom was open and shut. The Left was for all cars to the left. Center for th
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-10/msg00091.html (13,460 bytes)
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