Paul, Charlie and Others: Let's separate mail from express. They are not the same. Mail is anything moved via the Post Office. Express is moved by, in the post WWII era, the Railway Express Agency. S
To All: Glen Haug and I have been talking about this subject for well over a year. Glen is doing a wonderful job of ferreting data and organizing it in a very useful way. Steve Holding has shared his
John: The meet is scheduled for the weekend of September 22, 2001 in Paducah, KY. I know that date because I won't be there; I'll be walking my daughter down the aisle. I believe any scheduled meet
Denny: Immediately east of the Western Ave. platforms was a cant. bridge that spanned the three tracks. The foundation was located between tracks 2 & 3. So tracks 1 & 2 were north of the base and 3
Wes: Also with all due respect, the three track cant. bridge at Western Ave. had one support and stuck out both ways. Gee, if it goes both ways, does it become a Bi-cant bridge????? Ed DeRouin
BNSF continues to serve Aurora, but not at the station fronting Broadway west of the viaduct. The Aurora Transportation Center was built on the west end of the shops' property. Suburban trains depar
The local news stated it was a rough coupling and, if I recall, about twelve people were claimed to be injured, none seriously. The talking heads did not state which train was involved. It was anoth
Brian: Today's Chicago Tribune reported that a mail car was bumped into the standing Lake Shoe Limited injurying twelve including five employees. That type of event rarely occurred during the CB&Q e
Listers: Several comments have been posted about the subject cars. As a result, I will copy a reply to a question forwarded to me earlier today. Before I do that, I want to point out one thing. Becau
Bob: Thanks for reading the caption and noticing the oversight. Somehow, that detail flew past me as I was putting the calendar together...... What was I thinking? Ed DeRouin
Drale: As I understand, and that leaves plenty of room for interpretation, the generally accepted distinction between diesel locomotive generations is a function of technology and utilization, and n
This is really a trite point, but follow-on sections is not the proper term to use when discussing the operation of more than one consist using the same schedule on the same day. The term is section,
Pete and BRHSlisters: I strongly suspect that the occasion you listened to on the tapes was the ceremony at Chicago Union Station immediately following the first ever arrival of 9900 from the east. F
Glen and Listers: I have received the following information from two members of the Passenger Car List. Additional replies will be forwarded. Ed DeRouin
Rupert: I believe that I read your posts, and I received this one via BRHSlist, so I don't think you did some thing in error. Perhaps, somehow, the internet did not function well that day? Perhaps w