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21. Fox River Tales (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman <karl5631@a...>" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:40:44 -0600
Leo, It was Don (Rosy) Greer. They didn't just "clip" the medical facility, they stuck a big GN box car INTO the facility. There are (were) many high voltage power lines in the area and, while one po
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00061.html (6,571 bytes)

22. Yeagan Pit (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 16:37:40 -0600
Images of the Yeagan pit derailment have been posted in "PHOTOS". Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00067.html (6,032 bytes)

23. Drawbars. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:10:06 -0600
Pete got the definitions right and Jan selected the correct "medium". I uploaded a couple a pics of busted drawbars to the "Photos" section. No. 1 is the typical manner of failure of the rotary drawb
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00273.html (7,396 bytes)

24. IM no. 4. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:26:00 -0600
Look on "FILES" for a shot of IM no. 4. 0-4-0T no. 4 photographed next to the branch. I can't find the other shots of it but I'll keep lookin'. Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00274.html (5,999 bytes)

25. Yorkville. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:46:09 -0600
In a March 28 post Leo mentioned a wreck at Yorkville in which a boxcar "clipped" the Medical facility. The damage may go a bit beyond a "clip". The derailment happened on a Sunday when all businesse
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00275.html (6,207 bytes)

26. msg00278.html (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:04:54 -0600
Pardon the length of this but there's no short way to tell it. The "Mother" of all wrecks on the Branch happened one fine June morning in 1971. Seems like 11812 was just motorin' through town doin' i
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00278.html (9,890 bytes)

27. "Drawbar Tester". (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:34:35 -0600
<"Karl, I think "Gentle Ben" Darling qualifies as a drawbar tester. Bill, he wasn't the only one that posessed that "skill". Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00279.html (6,467 bytes)

28. Teddy Bear. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 07:36:20 -0600
Russ, That WAS a true story. By-the-way, do you know Teddy Bear? If so, would you find it too hard to believe that there are many, many more "Bear tales"?? Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00282.html (6,142 bytes)

29. "Old Break". (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:43:21 -0600
Bill, nothing against "Snuffy's" of course but, many years ago, while cruisin' down the ol' C&I, I overheard a conversation between a Brakeman and, I believe, Mr. Ross. The conversation was ocasioned
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00284.html (6,814 bytes)

30. Drawbars and Animosity. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:00:40 -0600
2 in 1. Russ, What was said on the radio, about how old the break was, was STUPID. I'll reply to Jan's query about alleged animosity at the end of this message. While I never got knuckles and drawbar
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00292.html (8,597 bytes)

31. msg00293.html (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:04:35 -0600
<As one who is last than objective, I thought hoggers were pretty hard to deal with! John, I'm hurt. Hoggers were ALWAYS easy to deal with, usually. Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00293.html (6,119 bytes)

32. msg00300.html (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:42:04 -0600
Russ made the following statement and it brought back a flood of fond memories. <Drawbars down...when a drawbar was broken as in "got a drawbar"..the whole ground...normally between require two One m
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00300.html (8,036 bytes)

33. Animosity II. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:37:37 -0600
Pete, <had "horsed her over" to go back from whence he came, the switchmen would give him a sign that he needed to go a bit more the direction he had been going...thus causing him to "horse her over"
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00310.html (6,683 bytes)

34. Slack Action. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 19:42:49 -0600
Russ, <and as I'm checking cars I notice that the slack is running in and out.> Did this fine example of person pretending to be an Engineer have a nickname? I worked the Congo a lot and there was a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00311.html (6,368 bytes)

35. Nicknames. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:04:10 -0600
Pete, I've listed some of my fav-o-rite nicknames and will provide some historical data on same after this message is posted. It'll kinda be like a "poll" without having to call it a poll. Rrraaallpp
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00313.html (6,498 bytes)

36. Re: Nicknames. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:11:20 -0600
Pete, I'll start and do a few at a time. Also, there's some listers that might want to help. I know they know SOME of those guys. Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00315.html (7,171 bytes)

37. Nicknames. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:29:24 -0600
Goon Belly: Not real sure except that it was an adaptation of a nickname applied to his father, many years before. Slick: Fast man with the ladies. Velvet: Re-nowned for his train handling skills. Wi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00316.html (6,487 bytes)

38. msg00318.html (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:38:11 -0600
Pete, <I think most of these will be going for STYLE POINTS> There's a couple or more of these guys that will DEFINATELY make the grade for style. Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00318.html (5,942 bytes)

39. Nicknames II. (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:28:22 -0600
<but it just seems like hogheads have more nicknames! Sorry Karl> Hey, think nothin' of it. Most of mine are Engine Drivers too. A couple more: Rigor Mortis High Water Scrap Iron Karl
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00320.html (6,087 bytes)

40. OT (score: 1)
Author: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 20:33:06 -0600
Leo, I'd like to take credit for enhancing your paycheck but it wasn't me at Rochelle that night. I'm trying to recall just who the Engineer was but, for the moment, his name escapes me. The only mai
/archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00335.html (6,907 bytes)


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