Bill - Check photo bottom of page 45 of Corbin's "Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route". Look familiar to what you saw? I think that quarry closed (to rail traffic anyway) about the time they bu
I think "Cully" Cullenbine (Aurora yardmaster) spent most of his time making up switch lists in the local "gin mill" on north Broadway. Darn near backed an E-unit over him while hostling at Aurora on
Ted - The area Russ was referring to was originally double track ABS; it should have been replaced in kind in order to avoid the bottlenecks single track CTC causes. I spent the summer of 1965 at Eas
In my opinion, all three of the Aurora yard jobs were preferred over the yard jobs at Eola (to the exclusion of the overtime industry jobs like the Armour, Lyon Metal and Nabisco). My first pay trip
Grant Rumple, who was a yardmaster at Eola was previously a motorman on the CA&E. Heard second-hand, from switch foreman/conductor Wade Gorman, that he was the motorman on the new St. Louis cars (# 4
Try Rails Unlimited in Elgin, IL 1-847-5353; he might have a copy. Also, Raritan Bay Hobbies RBHOBBIES@a... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Right off the top of my head, he was the engineer on the train that rear-ended a stopped passenger train in Naperville, IL April 25, 1946. I believe he was in his early 70's at the time of the accide
My guess is Brookfield; that building still exists in a park on the north side of the tracks between Brookfield and Hollywood and the station sign reads "Grossdale". My guess on the engine type is ei
Unofficial BNSF finding is that DW on 1270 "ran" the signal and is being withheld from service, as we all know the refrain from the signal department - "the signals functioned as intended". No correl
Leo - The next time the Main Line dispatcher routes # 3 from M# 1 to M# 2 at Montgomery, I'll be whippin' along at restricted speed for 3 miles and I'll see if I can read the initials and number for
Leo - The Caterpillar tank car has the number 11813 on it. This number was on the frame; can't tell if there are initials on it, while moving at 80 MPH. My guess is UTLX; try it and see if you come u
Same car, same side (left) that Don Rathbun shot 10/5/99 in Waverly, NE. BRHS > files > images. Don Metzler was "back east" to visit BRHS member Joe Louderback before Joe passed away 3/27 as you have