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161. [CBQ] Re: Looked like the Fox River wayfreight (score: 1)
Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:01 -0600
Remember, we'd spend ALL DAY switchin' Ottawa Silica in 100 degree temps. with silica dust so thick ya couldn't see through it. As you choked down the dust and acquired a good dose of silicosis you'd
/archives/BRHSLIST/2012-01/msg00114.html (11,234 bytes)

162. [CBQ] Re: Surviving CB&Q Way Cars (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:44:57 -0800 (PST)
Hol, This waycar is set back off of Hy; 12, west of Tdad. It would be approx. 1 mi. before the turn-off to Jansen and is on the north side of the road. The view of the car is obscured by trees and fe
/archives/BRHSLIST/2012-01/msg00128.html (12,269 bytes)

163. [CBQ] Re: Surviving CB&Q Way Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:55:02 -0600
Larry, I'm not familiar with the Centerville car. A pic would go a long way in ID'ing. the car if you can find those shots. Karl -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http
/archives/BRHSLIST/2012-01/msg00129.html (12,087 bytes)

164. [CBQ] Re: Surviving CB&Q Way Cars (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:36:58 -0800 (PST)
The Centerville car is Ex. NP 1050/10050. Karl __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit
/archives/BRHSLIST/2012-01/msg00151.html (11,238 bytes)

165. [CBQ] Re: Fox River Branch Update-Yorkville,IL (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:18:16 -0800 (PST)
Derailments on the Branch are nothing new, that's fer sure !! Leo, I remember Fox, Yorkville, Yeagan, Oswego and a couple others. One of the more "colorful" derailments was in downtown Yorkville. "Ro
/archives/BRHSLIST/2012-01/msg00283.html (11,339 bytes)

166. [CBQ] Oil on the Q in WW II. (score: 1)
Author: <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: 01 Nov 2013 09:02:35 -0700
Many of the "old heads" I worked with in the early 60s talked about the unusually high numbers of RED signal violations as a result of handling the large numbers of WW II "unit" oil trains. As Pete m
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-11/msg00006.html (11,662 bytes)

167. [CBQ] Re: (unknown) (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:22:45 -0700 (PDT)
Has anyone reading or writing these little anecdotes of railroading ever used the age old "instructional" phrase "OK, go ahead and back em up" ?? Its a common but dichotomous statement indended to in
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-07/msg00094.html (11,644 bytes)

168. [CBQ] Re: Unknown (score: 1)
Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:55:01 -0600
Has anyone reading or writing these little anecdotes of railroading ever used the age old "instructional" phrase "OK, go ahead and back `em up" ?? It's a common but dichotomous statement indended to
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-07/msg00095.html (10,422 bytes)

169. [CBQ] Re: BN derailment at Downers Grove, IL (Belmont Ave) [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 06:44:51 -0700 (PDT)
[Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch included below] Plenty of Johnson outboards buried in the parkin' lot. "Shovel ready" !! qman Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch 1 of 1 Photo(s) Q Belmont-3.jpg Q Be
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00000.html (12,180 bytes)

170. [CBQ] Re: Passenger Train Detours Over the Q [3 Attachments] (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 19:25:07 -0700 (PDT)
[Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch included below] I was on #7 and #10 between CUSCo and Savanna and Savanna and CUSCo. 5'-45" on duty !! Those 40's were the SECOND worst ridin' engine I've EVER been
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00021.html (14,599 bytes)

171. [CBQ] Re: Passenger Train Detours Over the Q (score: 1)
Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:55:01 -0600
you've ever been on?> <Those 40's were the SECOND worst ridin' engine I've EVER been on> -- C&S 891 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 890, 892 and the rest of that ge junk rode BAD !!!! The 891 exceeded its closest
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00025.html (11,434 bytes)

172. [CBQ] Re: BN derailment at Downers Grove, IL (Belmont Ave) (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:38:13 -0700 (PDT)
T W Cox, Engr. and Ben (Red) Riebel, Con. Belmont incident. Karl __._,_.___ Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Ful
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00033.html (10,759 bytes)

173. [CBQ] Re: Water Cooled Journal Box Bearings (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:04:10 -0700 (PDT)
In the early 70's we brought a switch engine from Rock Falls to Earlville with a bad journal on R3. We "baby-sat" the thing all the way over the road and it ran hot the whole trip. At Earlville it wa
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00103.html (11,487 bytes)

174. [CBQ] Re: VO-1000 at CUS (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
9351 was a "regular" at 14th. St. That was nearly the ONLY location where that engine could be used on a regular basis without being shot at by "disturbed" trackside residents !! She was LOUD !!!! Ka
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00105.html (10,734 bytes)

175. [CBQ] Re: Water Cooled Journal Box Bearings (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:08:51 -0700 (PDT)
About a hunnert years ago (late 50's) a Snuffy set out a blazin' hotbox at Montgomery, across from the tower and west of Webster St. X'ing. I can only assume they pulled the burning packin' out, tied
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00116.html (11,741 bytes)

176. [CBQ] Re: Anatomy of a hot box (score: 1)
Author: "Karl" <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:55:02 -0600
Packin' and FIRE !! There was a gentleman, who is no longer with us, while brakin' on the Congo (Congress Park Tabulated Wayfreight) did as his "boss" instructed him to do at Cicero. "Get the stove g
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00135.html (11,681 bytes)

177. [CBQ] Re: Grandma & Grandpa at Milledgeville,IL (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:48:38 -0700 (PDT)
In the days of order string and Morning Zephyrs it was a common task to save all the order string ya grabbed cause ya never knew when something might need to be "fixed". Order string was also quite h
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00181.html (12,467 bytes)

178. [CBQ] Re: Grandma & Grandpa at Milledgeville,IL (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
A secondary usage for a lot of the papers that were collected from the dinky's was that of mattresses for the 12th. St. bunkroom. THAT was a really memorable experience to have gotten "your rest" in
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-04/msg00185.html (11,340 bytes)

179. [CBQ] Re: Oregon Signals [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:05:26 -0800 (PST)
[Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch included below] A view of the east end of Oregon as seen through the windshield of a GP20. This was 1971. Karl Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch 1 of 1 Photo(s) 31
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00019.html (12,263 bytes)

180. [CBQ] Re: Oregon Signals [2 Attachments] (score: 1)
Author: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 07:00:59 -0800 (PST)
[Attachment(s) from Karl Rethwisch included below] Bob, in this cropped 126 image the pot is visible just beyond the switch immediately in front of my engine. The white object is a stone bridge pier.
/archives/BRHSLIST/2013-01/msg00028.html (14,725 bytes)

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