Yes, I have that problem with my copy of the Expo Flyer book, too. When I look through it, I let it lie flat on a table and turn the pages individually. It started the first night I got the book. Jim
The Wisconsin 40 et 8 boxcar was restored and in a semi-protected (canopy roof over it) situation at Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, Wisc. Because it did not meet the Goals and Objective
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Mr. Keil: The Class 01a Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive was used in general freight service, and of course achieved its greatest fame with the 4960, the fan trip engine of the late fifties and early sixties.
The blame is all mine. Carelessness is slide captioning comes back to bite me after 45 years. It is Somonauk! Good eagle-eye catch there, Bob. Sorry 'bout that, Ed. Jim [Non-text portions of this mes
Gerald: Was it "America's Distinctive Trains"? Jim Neubauer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Rent DVDs from home. Over 14,500 titles. Free Shippin
Soo Line dining lounge car 2017 now at Mid-Continent Railway Museum had/has a mechanical airconditioning unit, but an ice hatch on the roof above the bar. It served both a kitchen refrigerator and wa
Ed, you are correct on the car delivery sequence of the 1951 Mid-Century Empire Builder. I rode the maiden trip of that train out to Savanna on the first Sunday of June, 1951. The domes didn't arrive
Ed, the domeless 1947 Empire Builder's equipment became the Western Star when the Mid-Century Empire Builder was introduced. The 1951 Builder had the "G-bar-N" Ranch car, the coach diner-lounge, for
Hi Bob: On the CNW a loaded train of dead freight, such as a coal train, was called that: a coal train heading for Black River Falls (BRF) for example was called "Barf Coal." When the train was empti
Denise: If you know your birth location, the county records there would provide a copy of your birth certificate, with your parents' names appearing thereon. [Non-text portions of this message have b
Hitchcock's North by Northwest, with Eva Marie Saint and Gary Cooper. The other was The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille... Nubes [Non-text portions of this message have been remo
That should be Cary Grant, and not Gary Cooper in North by Northwest. Nubes. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Rent DVDs from home. Over 14,500 tit
On my railroad it was called "going to beans," with the permission of the dispatcher, the crew's lunchtime. Nubes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~-->
IIRC, Zephyr 9902 was the name given to the Chicago to Quincy, Ill., service in the mid to late 1940's--early 1950's. It was called that because it was the second train, the "twin" in the Twin Zephyr
Sorry for the typo. It should read Pioneer Zephyr 9900, Twin Zephyrs 9901 and 9902, Mark Twain Zephyr 9903. The 9901 was burned up in a fire in Texas, and 9902 ran to Quincy, among other uses after i
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You are right about if it's a train in a movie it has to be a steamer. In the movie Witness for the Prosecution there's a station scene. You don't actually see the train the star got off of, but the
DPJ is correct. Effner, Ill., was the Pennsylvania connection at the east end of the TP&W. Lomax, Ill., was the ATSF connection at the west end. Nubes [Non-text portions of this message have been rem
Marshall: The Minnekahda Club was the lounge/drawing room/compartment/bedroom car used as waiting space and carried next to the diner on the Blackhawk. It carried the train name on the letterboard. I