Now, that's a foamer!!! sjl -- who will be shortly listening to the great foamer's 7th Symphony. Passengers will please refrain Is in the station. Baby, that means you! We encourage constipation Whil
The message on the lid of the toilet? sjl Rails) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ
I have noticed in the past that one of the cars on one of the two trains at that first meet in Glenwood Canyon was the Silver Hostel (there is, I believe, a picture in Zimmerman's book). I believe th
In Memoriam: The Aurora Branch RR -- 1849 to 2007? sjl TOM KOCH <tom.koch@adtran.com> wrote: Greetings Listers, I also am a member of the IlliniRail list and this came up this morning that was of int
The domed observation car would not be correct for the TCZ. On the TCZ, the dome was forward and the roof of the parlor section behind was at the same height as the rest of the flattop cars. For the
About the Con-Cor dome, I noticed that it was a TCZ coach as well. Bob Webber <rgz17@comcast.net> wrote: Well, none of the cars are "right". But for those of us who used the TCZ cars on the CZ for ye
As you can see below, an interesting discussion is occurring on the NYC-Railroad list about signal practices. What were the practices on the Q for block signals and interlocking signals in terms of t
I am looking for the late 1950's thru 1970. While I was riding trains before then (my first trip at 3 months of age on the DZ in 1949, that was when I remember a lot of my dome experience. sjl homanf
Glenn Appreciative sjl zephyr98072 <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote: A few days ago, Steven Levine asked in message 27375 about the types of signals used by the CB&Q. I will try to answer his question to th
Can you define intermediate vs. absolute signals? I believe I have some idea about what the terms mean, but would like clarification. sjl zephyr98072 <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote: A few days ago, Steven
Thanks. sjl GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote: Absolute signals are the signals typically at the entrance to a control point or interlocking, and they are identifiable by the absence of a number pl
What air horns were used on the Q E Units back in the 1960's? I have checked the five chime website (http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/) and several other websites and could not find specific mention
There is an excellent book by Richard Overton on the history of the C&S that is, in my opinion, a must read. Unfortunately my copy is packed away somewhere. When I was growing up, I went to Ellis Ele
The reason why Argo and Olympus did not have the Silver prefix was because they were built for the Nebraska Zephyr. Their nomenclature was kept consistent with that of the ex-9905 and 9906 Twin Zephy
When I took my first ride on the CZ, back in the early 50's, it was running a black Havelock baggage car. sjl As far as the Q F-3's go, they stayed together throughout most their service life. One re
What happened to the Nebraska Zephyr that it is requiring repairs? sjl Aeolus3@aol.com wrote: Sadly the only E-5 that was saved is Silver Pilot out at IRM. I understand the Nebraska Zephyr set has be
At least it was not as bad as it was in a wreck in 1947 when the train, running as the Twin Cities Zephyr, hit a truck with, I believe, a caterpillar on it, derailed, and crashed into a commuter stat
When I used to ride the Denver Zephyr in the mid 1960's, there was a young African-American dining car steward on many of my trips. I was glad to see that the race barrier had been broken for that po
I was still a toddler at the time, so dark green would have looked black to me. sjl When I took my first ride on the CZ, back in the early 50's, it was running a black Havelock baggage car. sjl As fa
Bob That is cool about the Aurora Shop. They apparently rebuilt the front half of the power car of the Pioneer Zephyr after a wreck with a steam engine so that, other than some added batten strips be