- 41. Re: [CBQ] Re: GHQ O-4 detail kit and prototype questions (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:23:29 -0700
- ?!?! I was totally unaware of that group until you posted, Lee! Thank you for mentioning it. Best regards, Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________ ProtoTrain
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00134.html (11,721 bytes)
- 42. [CBQ] Re: ZEPHYR set (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:45:42 -0700
- The Saudi railway network is not that extensive. According to the Saudi Railways Organization webpage, the line goes from Dammam to Hafouf, then a Hafouf-Hardh-Riyadh-Hafouf triangle. Last night I di
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00207.html (11,815 bytes)
- 43. Re: [CBQ] Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:29:52 -0700
- More specifically, the location of the cursor. For example, the Dammam railway station building is at 26d24m36s North and 50d07m35s East. You can zero in on a specific car since the coordinates go to
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00213.html (12,528 bytes)
- 44. [CBQ] Re: Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:44:50 -0700
- Larry, I think I see your "round-end" car at 26d25m12.34s N, 50d08m27.98s E on the southern edge of the container facility. Is that what you were talking about? Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00214.html (12,111 bytes)
- 45. [CBQ] Re: Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:05:21 -0700
- As a comparison, "Silver Charger" is at 38d34m17.87s N / 90d27m45.41s W. "Silver View" dome-obs is at 38d40m45.88s N / 90d08m37.04s W. Quality of images seems about the same as the ad Dammam area. Ra
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00215.html (12,406 bytes)
- 46. [CBQ] Re: Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 16:54:54 -0700
- They're not just "near", they're basically "downtown by the waterfront"! I think you're onto something, Larry. I had discounted all those cars because they didn't look lighter than all the obviously
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00224.html (13,264 bytes)
- 47. [CBQ] Re: Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 02:43:40 -0700
- That is true, Ralph. But Digital Globe has an image taken on January 28 of this year: http://browse.digitalglobe.com/imagefinder/showBrowseMetadata?buffer=1.0&cat alogId=10100100091CE400 I've emailed
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00235.html (13,151 bytes)
- 48. [CBQ] Re: Location of Zephyrs in Saudi Arabia (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:24 -0700
- The way it came through, you need to take out all the spaces and put it in a continuous string on one line. I tried putting it in tinyurl.com but it gave me the error message "A URL was not entered,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-05/msg00239.html (11,081 bytes)
- 49. [CBQ] Re: BNSF's CB&Q Heritage loco (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:47:38 -0700
- Thanks for the smile, lyon. You actually had me going for a minute or so. What's the G for? Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________ ProtoTrains // =
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00008.html (11,792 bytes)
- 50. [CBQ] Anyone in/near Alliance NE? Photo request (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:27:41 -0700
- Hi all, If you're in or near Alliance NE and don't have an aversion to photographing railroad equipment, I desire some specific pictures of K-4 Please contact me offlist for details. Thank you, Randy
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00143.html (10,618 bytes)
- 51. [CBQ] Re: Burlington Railroad Bridge (more) (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:12:16 -0700
- LOL, that probably is related to "Between 1992 and 2001, the bridge was struck 92 times." Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________ ProtoTrains // =
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00233.html (11,581 bytes)
- 52. Re: [CBQ] Re: Burlington Railroad Bridge (more) (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:48:33 -0700
- I'm assuming that the 300' is the horizontal gap, Cy. Even the Golden Gate Bridge out here on the Left Coast only has 220' clearance above mean high water, and aircraft carriers can pass beneath it (
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00235.html (11,346 bytes)
- 53. [CBQ] Train/car bridges? was Re: Burlington Railroad Bridge (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:37:19 -0700
- Speaking of bridges, did the Q have any bridges shared with auto traffic? The SP (now UP) has a swing bridge in Sacramento that has double track on the lower deck and automobile roadway on the upper
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00239.html (12,230 bytes)
- 54. [CBQ] Re: Train/car bridges? (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:13:23 -0700
- Tom, Ken, Pete, Duncan, thank you for your replies. On my way back to Burlington (where I flew in) after the Fall Meet I drove over the Fort Madison-Niota bridge but I figured it was Santa Fe, based
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00253.html (13,389 bytes)
- 55. [CBQ] Re: Train/car bridges? (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:16:27 -0700
- After I crossed the bridge last September I spent some time watching trains (freights with BNSF and UP engines) coming and going across it. It seems a pretty busy route! Best regards, Randy -- Randy
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-04/msg00291.html (13,059 bytes)
- 56. [CBQ] OT location was Re: Prati device (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:52:09 -0800
- Asti is indeed in Sonoma County, but is actually in Alexander Valley, a good 50 miles north of Sonoma. Best regards, Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-02/msg00129.html (11,435 bytes)
- 57. [CBQ] Re: Commercial Post: Con-Cor Announces Twin-headlight Pioneer Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:53:42 -0800
- When I did my PZ timeline (http://www.prototrains.com/pioneer/pioneer.html) I had determined based on the dated photos that were available to me that the truck shrouds disappeared sometime between Oc
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00051.html (11,851 bytes)
- 58. [CBQ] 9900 consist changes (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:57:03 -0800
- Philip, do you know when car 500 was removed? In October 1949 it was still in 9900's consist. Thanks, Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________ ProtoTrains
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00061.html (11,450 bytes)
- 59. Re: [CBQ] 9900 consist changes (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:58:59 -0800
- I'll answer my own question. Zenon Hanson's "Zephyr 9900 at Fifty" in Passenger Train Journal said that car 500 was removed and stored "April-October 1950" during shop work. So with Philip's informat
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00062.html (11,619 bytes)
- 60. Re: [CBQ] 9900 consist changes (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyr9900@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:02:08 -0800
- As far as I know, car 500 was in 9900's consist only (when it was not in storage) since it was introduced in June 1938. A few years ago lawyer Ron Lorenzini Jr. bought 9903 and car 500, and I know I'
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2009-01/msg00064.html (10,382 bytes)
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