Jeff: West Burlington was/is locomotives only. No passenger equipment maintained there. BiLevels were used on Excursions all the time. Also used on holiday weekends in regular service for the college
Scott: Still not a complete list. My Father rode a fan trip around 1939-1940 that used a R5A. If I ever find the rest of my stuff I'll come up with a number. Russ
Leo: The turntable and roundhouse were where the city water tank is. That should be just West of the oil track. I don't think there was anything where Hines is. In reality that track was a switchback
Bill: That has been done. Just below the turntable is a little symbol with a line. That points to where the water crane was. I think that the track that went into Hines originally was the one at the
John: The red was just like the PC switch. Automatic when train went in emergency. If memory serves me right, most of the time the oscillating light was not used on the East End. Out in the country i
If the thing we are talking about is the adobe looking walls with the fake or real ceiling joists coming through the exterior walls there are a couple examples in "Frisco Power" by Joe Collias. Sprin
Brad: Are you really sure about #24's. That is new technology that I don't really think was available at that time. I know that the crossovers at Sullivan are #20 because I have ordered Frogs and Poi
Brad: Last night I looked. Congress Park, Highlands, West Hinsdale, Fairview, Downers, Lisle, Naperville are all #20's. As we knew East Eola is #15's. When they rebuilt the plant at West Eola they le
Bob: A short response to a long and informative post from Mr Campbell: Stretch braking is back now in certain specific areas. They are hoping it will do something towards preventing the constant air
Glen: Very good report. This all makes sense to me and I see no conflict with any track chart I've ever seen. At Winona Jct. the track chart does show a equilateral and that was probably what was ins
Dave And The Group: I have worked for the CB&Q/BN/BNSF for 34 years. My current work environment is probably the most restrictive I have ever worked in. I said nothing that I would not expect to hear