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81. Re: [CBQ] Re: C&S Connor Branch (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:33:09 EST
A few years ago at a BRHS Meeting...possibly in Denver a man made a presentation on the Denver and New Orleans...it may be the guy who wrote the book. Possibly someone else has a recollection of this
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00011.html (9,599 bytes)

82. Re: [CBQ] Prati device (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 12:18:48 EST
Would this have been a forerunner of what came to be known in the 50's and 60's as a DF (Damage Free) car? The DF cars IIRC had several adjustable "bulkheads" within the car that could be moved longi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00019.html (10,527 bytes)

83. Re: [CBQ] RE: Telegraph Calls (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:15:47 EDT
Peter' I have a few Telegraph Calls from old employee TT's...If you want some specifics let me know and I'll see what I had. The old TT's had the calls printed, but as the use of telegraphs waned the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00129.html (9,384 bytes)

84. Re: [CBQ] Station Calls (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:07:41 EDT
Sam et al Telegraph calls: Milan Dispatcher.........DS...as you would expect Operator MI These from Robert Brown's book on the QO&KC. I've got his book on the other Iowa Branches...I'll see if I can
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00132.html (9,377 bytes)

85. Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 3050 (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:36:05 EDT
Sam I only have my own copy which I don't want to part with...I often wonder what has happened to the inventory (if there was one) of Brown's books...They had lots of good information and photos, alt
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00141.html (10,125 bytes)

86. Re: [CBQ] Tracks through Aurora Illinois (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:41:44 EDT
Someone with more knowledge than I can fill in the details, but a few years ago someone gave a presentation at a BRHS meeting on the construction of the elevation at Aurora...There may be a "Bulletin
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00153.html (9,816 bytes)

87. Re: [CBQ] Shopping (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:20:40 EST
Of course it's POTATOES...Now let's have the "Rest of the Story Leo" Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://g
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00026.html (9,902 bytes)

88. Re: [CBQ] Re: Shopping (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:28:26 EST
I beatya Jeff Pete [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/ <*> Your email settings: Ind
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00027.html (9,099 bytes)

89. Re: [CBQ] Retirement (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:17:13 EST
Leo et all..some comments about retirement... 1. It was my understanding..even in my railroading days (1956-78) that mandatory retirement for engineers was 70. Trainmen could, as Leo has mentioned, w
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00028.html (11,136 bytes)

90. Re: [CBQ] Track Assignments...now another means of communication (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 15:24:16 EST
This has nothing to do with the present topic of conversation, but some of the comments triggered another little thought with me. Anybody know what the WHANGDOODLE was and how it was used. Prizes wil
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00056.html (9,405 bytes)

91. Re: [CBQ] Hand Signs (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 23:12:28 EST
I vote with Richard Pete [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/ <*> Your email setting
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00080.html (9,715 bytes)

92. [CBQ] Hand Signs (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 23:35:40 EST
AS Leo sez one story or mention triggers another...Here's one I didn't know at the time and had to have it explained to me later Summer of 1958 I was working the Fairmont-Hildreth (NE) local. Being a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00081.html (12,139 bytes)

93. Re: [CBQ] Hand Signs (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:26:11 EST
Archie You got almost half of it... there were two signs given...he wanted me to do 2 things. Let's see if Leo, the "sign expert" can come up with the whole thing. Hint...The second sign has to do wi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00087.html (10,017 bytes)

94. Re: [CBQ] Hand Signs...what's the significance?? (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:35:15 EST
Good Job Leo...you got it. I'll explain what he wanted me to do and, for an additional prize..equal in value to the original award tell me the origin of the "scratching the ribs" sign which you, Leo,
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00100.html (10,365 bytes)

95. Re: [CBQ] Hand Signs (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:38:46 EST
Speaking of "railroading without a radio"...I recall reading in one of the old "True Tales" in RAILROAD MAGAZINE some old time switchman saying... "We would go out and work all night and never say a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00101.html (10,113 bytes)

96. Re: [CBQ] Hand Signs...what's the significance?? (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:45:16 EST
Well....Richard and Leo get to spit the prize winnings. Probably it won't enhance their retirement benefits to any significant degree. The waycar was, in the old days, referred to as "the crummy"..in
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00104.html (9,866 bytes)

97. Re: [CBQ] Irish Mails (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:29:36 EST
Leo You will find as you age your memory of things in the dim and distant past will grow sharper..You will be able to remember things that didn't even happen... Pete [Non-text portions of this messag
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00149.html (9,093 bytes)

98. [CBQ] Re: helpful information for the discerning raconteur (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:24:17 EST
You're welcome Leo...In the interest of full disclosure that's a paraphrase..perhaps even an exact quote of something Mark Twain is said to have remarked. Here's a little appendage I intended to incl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00162.html (9,428 bytes)

99. Re: [CBQ] Re: Track Assignments...now another means of communication (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:49:26 EST
Steve and Lenny...I had almost forgotten that I put up the post re another means of communication..ie THE WHANGDOODLE. Since no one had responded. I think you're right that there was a Whanger at Wat
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00173.html (11,423 bytes)

100. Re: [CBQ] ICE and its remedies (score: 1)
Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:06:06 EST
Verlin has got it right. The name of the "hose"...it was called THE SQUIRT HOSE....Subject to correction by those more acquainted with the exact details of how it worked, I believe it was connected t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00188.html (10,022 bytes)


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