- 41. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 08:35:57 -0600 (CST)
- I have never heard of this except in Texas. What information do you have that "most southern states" had such a requirement? Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00421.html (8,991 bytes)
- 42. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:42:55 -0600 (CST)
- All things are relative. This isn't railroad related (except I believe they came on the train) but I had an uncle--born in Kansas like the rest of his brother and sisters, including my mother--who ha
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00435.html (14,122 bytes)
- 43. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:50:26 -0600 (CST)
- We're sure wandering off the Burlington Route subject, but the Missouri Pacific had something like 20 Texas subsidiaries (not including the T&P), of which the I-GN was only one. Others included the N
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00436.html (10,307 bytes)
- 44. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:13:15 -0600 (CST)
- Why would they think it is a made-up name? It is well-documented; I believe there has even been a book about it. One of its most famous trains was the hot QLA which ran over the Frisco/QA&P to Floyda
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00438.html (12,905 bytes)
- 45. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 21:11:26 -0600 (CST)
- They actually had separate corporate existences and were shown in the corporate pages in the Official Guide, in the maps in the Official Guide, and usually in the individual timetables. The parent Mi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00445.html (10,402 bytes)
- 46. Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:22:22 -0600 (CST)
- And Oklahoma and Texas consider themselves the Southwest. Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00466.html (9,091 bytes)
- 47. Burlington in Oklahoma (Was: Lines South) (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:51:49 -0600 (CST)
- Something that's not well know is that the Burlington Route once had operations in Oklahoma. The question came up on regional lists and the answer surprised me (I am an Oklahoman). The Wichita Falls
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00468.html (8,893 bytes)
- 48. RE: [BRHSlist] Zephyr MIA (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:33:32 -0600 (CST)
- I tried http://www.brhs.org, which seemed a logical place to look but I got "Connection Refused." Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00496.html (7,748 bytes)
- 49. Re: [BRHSlist] BRHS address (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:39:28 -0600 (CST)
- Thanks for everyone who replied to my inquiry about how to join the BRHS. My membership application (and check) is in the mail. Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-03/msg00549.html (6,459 bytes)
- 50. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: HO scale Nickel Plate K-2 (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 14:23:05 -0600 (CST)
- Just as a matter of curiosity, are Canadian modelers less demanding that U.S. modelers? Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-02/msg00035.html (8,123 bytes)
- 51. Re: [BRHSlist] Fwd: Calendars (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:34:22 -0600 (CST)
- I read a story in the paper the other day that an audit of the Long Island City, N.Y., post office, showed that third class mail is five months behind at that location. Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-02/msg00186.html (7,181 bytes)
- 52. Re: [BRHSlist] a digression (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:59:37 -0600 (CST)
- You might want to join the SANTAFE list, where this is much on topic. 3460 was the only one of its class which was streamlined. I got to see it one time, in later years, at the Nowers, Oklahoma, engi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-02/msg00190.html (8,719 bytes)
- 53. Re: [BRHSlist] Weird Sighting (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:24:28 -0600 (CST)
- I believe the KCS, Tex-Mex and TFM are calling themselves the NAFTA Railway. Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-01/msg00007.html (7,142 bytes)
- 54. Re: [BRHSlist] Surviving Corporations (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:20:45 -0600 (CST)
- Think of the Rio Grande's acquisition of the Southern Pacific. Yes, that's what happened. Then the D&RGW, the surviving corporation, changed its name to Southern Pacific. Wes Leatherock wleath@s...
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-01/msg00118.html (7,430 bytes)
- 55. Re: [BRHSlist] The Murger (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:20:54 -0600 (CST)
- It was not a hostile takeover. It was widely reported at the time that the BN board and stockholders wanted the ATSF specifically to get Rob Krebs, the ATSF chairman and CEO and his management team.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-01/msg00329.html (7,692 bytes)
- 56. Re: [BRHSlist] Lease unit's (score: 1)
- Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:17:52 -0600 (CST)
- Railroads often have trains where the power runs through without an engine changes. Or they may be paying back horsepower hours (when one road's locomotives get used more than the other on runthrough
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-01/msg00331.html (7,521 bytes)
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