Here is a little info. Friendship Trains were developed following world war II to enable farm families beginning in the midwest to share farming commodities with communities in Europe and Asia. It wa
Don't you mean Roseville? Bob Hi everyone: The new Model Railroading has a small cartoon about the operator at Bushnell Illinois just south of Galesburg and a small wreck at Rossville. Check it out a
Scott Struik has created a set for Auran's TrainZ (TRS2004) that has an E5 engine set 9911A (Silver Pilot) and 9911B (Silver Mate) and are marked Burlington Route. The set also include 11 cars (5 of
The Auran site is at http://www.auran.com/TRS2004/ The TrainZ program is $50 but their download station has 1000's of free files of scenery, rolling stock, locos, tools, etc. At the top of the home p
My only experience is on the CB&Q Beardstown division which only used hand held forks. The only 'stand' I remember seeing was at Shattuc, Il. The interlock tower there was run by the B&O and the depo
Also, with carbon on both sides all copies were very legible. If you've every tried making 5 copies using regular single-sided carbon paper you know that the writing on the 5th copy could be very dim
John, Boy, when you say 'my time' I really start to feel old :^) How is railroading done today. Telegraphers/operators no longer exist? Just a dispatcher with a radio to talk to the Engineer or do th
John, I only remember ore trains heading for Litchfield from Concord. When you say they went to Granite City via East Alton, do you mean via the Beardstown - St. Louis Sub-division? I don't remember
John, In the 1950's the tower operator at Christopher, IL controlled the crossing signal (I think it was for E Washington St.) with a simple knife switch. Bob Mike In the old days, i.e. years ago, so
Paul, NE shows up on both of my favorite map sites (www.mapblast.com and www.mapquest.com). If you zoom in on the Mapquest site you'll see the railroad tracks and you'll note that it still labels the
My vote goes for #21 ("Colorado" 2-10-4s) Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexm
Right. The moving magnetic field creates a current in the windings which is applied to the resistor bank where it is dissapated as heat. The lower the resistance the greater the current flow the more
Here you go. http://dotlibrary1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads Bob I know the subject has been covered sometime back, but does anyone have the web address for findi
I was trying to show the direct link but for some reason it screws up. Click on this http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/ then click on the 4th link, ICC investigation reports .... I tried the li
Yeah. I tried the link in my original post and got the same result, i.e., Minnesota Teachers Union. What is weird is the URL address that shows when you click on the RR link is the address that is in
I googled 'sanborn maps' and got this web page http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/snb-intr.html which lists some libraries that were offered copies of duplicate maps and atlases. You might try some of
As a relief agent/operator in the 1950's, I worked almost every CB&Q office on the Beardstown division. The standard typewriter was an ancient all caps Underwood machine used for waybills, freight bi
Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BRHSlist/ and click on the Leave Group link that is in the Membership column on the right. -- Original Message -- From: vroman69@aol.com To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.c
I have MSTS and the 'other' train simulator 'Trainz' from Auran. MSTS is a train simulator whose strong point is simulating running trains. However, it is a real bear to create new rolling stock, sce
Paul, Are you talking about the switcher shown at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BRHSlist/ in the Photos section, TrainZ folder pictures labeled switch and slag? ...[snip]... operation and even concep