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1. Re: [BRHSlist] Q NW1Switchers (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:25:50 -0600
horsepower standard That's what the NW2 was - 12-cyl. 567 @ 1000hp. The NW1 was simply a 201-engined NW with "some wiring changes" . . . The big changes between the Winton and 567 switchers were the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00035.html (8,065 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] Change of e-mail (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:38:47 -0600
Glad to be back in contact, Dan - My computer fried again, so I'm now sitting on a new Gateway - also switched to a cable server. The new address is zephyr@k... I'm finally underway on your units (yo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00042.html (7,094 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] Q NW1Switchers (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:48:33 -0600
Winton was *not* an outside supplier. IIRC, it was acquired in 1930. Their straight 8 marine diesel was then evolved (under the famed Charles Kettering - "All we did was to build the diesel the way i
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00043.html (8,441 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] Forwarded Posts re: Psgr Train Operations (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:08:41 -0600
I was familiar with Burlington IA during the late forties and fifties, and almost every day, one would see a silver modernized turtle-roofed RI RPO sitting on the siding next to Grier's Restaurant (i
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00096.html (8,070 bytes)

5. Re: [BRHSlist] The Guarantee (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 15:16:30 -0600
The crews at Burlington, IA bid like crazy for the Burlington-Washington run . . . it was four days a week for a round trip of about 102 miles. That's 64 hours' pay for a 32 hour (or less) work week.
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00242.html (7,188 bytes)

6. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Aerotrain? (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 15:22:30 -0600
train CRI&P eventually got all three Aerotrain sets (numbered 1-3) and used them in commuter service (the Peoria ["Jet"] Rocket being re-equipped with standard lightweights). All three were offered t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00243.html (7,731 bytes)

7. Re: [BRHSlist] Question Re Chicago Union Station (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:06:44 -0600
Even in smaller towns. All "Union Station" meant was that the building served more than one railroad. The station in Burlington, IA was known as a "Union Station" because it served the CB&Q and Rock
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00246.html (8,907 bytes)

8. Re: [BRHSlist] Shop Goat 302 (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 07:04:52 -0600
said in would I can't help thinking it was a typo - 1953 vs 1935 . . . Division? I wouldn't *know* - but shop engine 312 assigned to West Burlington made two trips a day to Burlington to pick up & dr
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-12/msg00254.html (8,188 bytes)

9. Re: [BRHSlist] passenger car plans, numbers etc. (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:35:30 -0600
Duncan - Contact me off-list with your specific needs. I should have most or all of the info you require. In the meantime, your freight rosters interest me - Swap time? Marshall (note new e-mail addy
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00026.html (7,700 bytes)

10. Re: [BRHSlist] Bo's again (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:52:12 -0600
To give you a start, go to: http://www.symbols.com/index/wordindex-h.html - and scroll down to "hobo signs" - 3 entries with a half-dozen signs. I recall hearing as a kid that the skull and crossbone
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00027.html (7,612 bytes)

11. Re: [BRHSlist] Bulletin Philosophy (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:17:26 -0600
Sorry, Paul - but this gets difficult for me, too - how would the society do that . . . . a referendum of the membership on subject matter? A (pardon the expression during an election year) "Scientif
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00041.html (9,731 bytes)

12. Re: [BRHSlist] passenger cars (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:05:51 -0600
The '51 pages would be very useful, thanks . . . Snailmail is : Marshall Thayer 6500 Kansas Avenue #33 Kansas City, KS 66111 RPO 1931 was a heavyweight 70' baggage-mail combine. AHM's "1920s RPO" is
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00046.html (12,212 bytes)

13. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Passenger Cars (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 15:21:11 -0600
Until we see it, who can tell . . . but the modernized 10-3s that were assigned to the Zephyr Rocket for 12-15 years ("Cedar Rapids" and "Minneapolis") were rebuilt from 10-1-2s . . . which might be
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00055.html (8,403 bytes)

14. Re: [BRHSlist] Bulletin Philosophy - A Message from your President (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 15:24:28 -0600
Go to www.burlingtonroute.com , fill out the application form, print it & mail your check <grin> - Marshall Thayer
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00056.html (7,225 bytes)

15. Reprints? (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 15:34:09 -0600
This is addressed to BRHS board members, I guess - What is the decision process re: Bulletin reprints? I would love to be able to get copies of the derrick, bus line and office car issures . . . any
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00057.html (6,322 bytes)

16. Re: [BRHSlist] Doodlebugs/Gas Electrics (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:42:49 -0600
Oh, Larry! You're making life difficult! All but one of the Q's EMC cars were baggage-equipped - some with passenger and/or mail compartments (the other was pure passenger, and didn't last long). The
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00135.html (9,311 bytes)

17. Re: [BRHSlist] Doodlebugs/Gas Electrics (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:48:44 -0600
I gotta quit doing stuff by memory - 9767 *was* the silver EMC car - 9844 stuck in my mind because it was the longest Q doodlebug <duh> - Marshall
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00136.html (7,562 bytes)

18. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Q "Gray" backs (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:06:31 -0600
using the term back in the early 60s when they were still being used. Many years ago, I worked with the son of one-time WB Shop Superintendent Wm. C. Horst - Bill jr's understanding was that the nick
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-11/msg00151.html (7,584 bytes)

19. Re: [BRHSlist] Challenger MTZ (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:20:37 -0500
thinking about a problem I have running my Challenger Mark Twain Zephyr. Actually, when it runs it is great - smooth at all speeds, especially very slow, although a bit noisy, but I can live with tha
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00192.html (8,370 bytes)

20. Re: [BRHSlist] Where have the Hobo's Gone?? (score: 1)
Author: "M. Thayer" <zephyr@k...>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:10:11 -0500
fact that allot of people didn't believe that My Stepfather gave the KING OF THE HOBO'S a ride over the Gateway bridge in Clinton IA to Fulton IL one year in the late 70's. of him, Sorry I don't have
/archives/BRHSLIST/2000-10/msg00194.html (8,989 bytes)

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