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1. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: Thomas Kaufman <elmer53@y...>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
railroads speaking of directions, they are speaking in "timetable direction", and not "geographic direction". Take for example the BNSF mainline from Galesburg to Chicago. Obviously if you are headin
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00170.html (9,508 bytes)

2. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: "TheVLBG" <TheVLBG@s...>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:20:46 -0500
Tom: That is only partially true in the present. Lines that are obviously North/South do use those directions. One example is Denver to Pueblo. TheVLBG railroads speaking of directions, they are spea
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00177.html (9,060 bytes)

3. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: VERLIN WHITE <railroad61542@y...>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:15:54 -0700 (PDT)
headed west had the right way over trains headed east. same way. Those head north had the right of way over the ones head south. The trains headed north cared cotton, sugar and tobaco along with othe
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00178.html (10,452 bytes)

4. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: Ken martin <kmartin@c...>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:06:03 -0700
Another could be the Illinois Central. On the SP (suffering pathetic) now assorbed by UP (uncle pete) since corporate headquarters were in San Fransisco everything headed toward SF was headed west an
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00179.html (7,644 bytes)

5. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: John Mitchell <cbqrr47@y...>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:48:30 -0700 (PDT)
On the Beardstown sub between WV and Metroplis, the tracks run east but the TT direction is away from Chicago, so its west. It really gets confusing when you find out the "east" switch at Cook is at
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00182.html (11,852 bytes)

6. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:03:28 -0500 (CDT)
The ex-Santa Fe from Newton south to Oklahoma, Fort Worth, Houston and Galveston clearly north-south, but the timetable direction is still east-west. Interesting enough, when the GC&SF still issued t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00262.html (7,952 bytes)

7. Re: [BRHSlist] Railroad North? (score: 1)
Author: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:06:42 -0500 (CDT)
Couldn't tell you about that far back, but on most lines eastward and northward trains were superior to westward and southward trains. But there were many exceptions. And on certain subdivision there
/archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00263.html (7,770 bytes)


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