This information, from Dorin, seems to make the most sense to me. I grew up in Hannibal. My brother and I both loved trains, and in the mid-late 50's my parents would frequently take us downtown to w
Need a photo for a submitted BRHS article that is complete and hopefully will be publsihed down the road. Need a photo showing the afternoon newspapers being loaded or unloaded(kicked off) on/from a
When I looked at this photo of Boxcar 21329 at Fairview Avenue, my attention was immediately drawn to the color of the trucks on all of the commuter cars. Compared to the silver trucks under E8 9976,
Rich: I will try to find out if there is a Tengwall diagram for this bridge. If so, it will give some detail. It may be after New Year's. Glen Haug To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: rgortowski@aol.com Da
Rich: No. The alignment charts show them as 132'. There are 2 - 132' trusses, and 4 - 66'-8" deck plate girders. The bridge is symmetrical with 2 girder spans on the east end, then the 2 truss spans,
Michael: There is a double 6' x 6' concrete box at MP 77.83. It is located 50' or less west of where the Milwaukee switch was. I don't know what the 19 is for, possibly a construction date with the l
Michael: I asked the Milwaukee list about the Milwaukee Milepost at Steward Jct., on the off chance that the 19.?? might be a Milwaukee number. Doesn't look like it, as the Milwaukee mileposts for th
I received the following additional information from Bob Gilly on the Milwaukee list. The information is in quotes below, which indicates that the culvert was built in 1911. "The Ladd Line milw milep
Since your question was between Chicago and Denver, I assumed that Denver to Colorado Springs was off the table. I also did not consider Pacific Jct to Council Bluffs. Between Oreapolis and Bellevue,
Bill: The old cantilever (two track cantilever at MP 204.99) only had signals for the two east-west mains. The K-Line along side had ground mount signals as I recall. There was a searchlight approach
It looks to me like the westerly new cantilever in these photos for eastbound trains is for three tracks (the eastbound or main 2, the westbound or main 1, and the Burlington east yard lead). The eas
Electric train staff was in use between Block 107 (between Hagener and Arenzville) and Concord from about 1912 to 1929, and the block instrument at Block 107 was equipped with a pusher staff attachme
Maps of the area around Union Station don't all agree with each other when describing distances, but the most accurate ones (in my opinion) show MP 0 to be almost precisely the north line of West Ada
At the BRHS meet, Phil Weibler showed a photograph of a board beside the track, and asked if anyone knew what it was. I think it may have been a station flag. Old employee timetables show that the tw
Tom: I tried to contact you off list, but the message came back undeliverable. Glen Haug If anyone is interested in any of the Walthers HO Flexi-Vans I have a friend who can get them for me for $26 e
Gerald: I seldom rode #10, but rode #1 probably 10 times in the late 60's (as late as Thanksgiving 1969) from either Galesburg or Burlington to Lincoln, or between Lincoln and Denver. I also had an e
The interior color of the dome portion of at least one of these CB&Q Vista-Dome Observation Parlor cars was a light shade of pink (reference a photo on page 143 of 'Burlington's Zephyrs' by Karl Zimm
Pete and others: A short portion of the original KC&O at Fairmont that crossed the Q mainline (about 1,100 of straight track running north and south between the wyes) was removed in 1905. The track b
I posted a similar message on the Railway Signaling group, but got no response. I am trying to determine the date that the 3 track signal bridge was constructed that was a few hundred feet east of th
Rich: I don't have a copy of the book so I don't know what the 1990 photographs show. Q alignment charts from the early 1950's and the mid-60's both show a bridge containing three 16' concrete trestl