- 1. [CBQ] Palace Stock cars....old railroad terminology (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:20:44 -0500 (EST)
- While having little or no interest in the stock car matter, per se, I'm always interested in noting the now archaic, but then common railroad teminology Example:...PLEASE. do such and such....REFERRI
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00099.html (13,783 bytes)
- 2. Re: [CBQ] Palace Stock cars....old railroad terminology (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:34:42 -0800 (PST)
- Pete To all cocerned: As a boy, I learned that old railroad language, hanging around the depot. I still use it today and every once in awhile, I'll have someone say, "Why did say it THAT way?". I gue
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00102.html (15,360 bytes)
- 3. Re: [CBQ] Palace Stock cars....old railroad terminology (score: 1)
- Author: John Sloan <sloanfamily123@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:40:34 -0500
- Pete To all cocerned: As a boy, I learned that old railroad language, hanging around the depot. I still use it today and every once in awhile, I'll have someone say, "Why did say it THAT way?". I
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00103.html (17,146 bytes)
- 4. Re: [CBQ] Palace Stock cars....old railroad terminology (score: 1)
- Author: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:26:55 -0500 (EST)
- John et al Here is another "distinctive" that has never been adequately explained..(at least to me)...It's the matter of referring to an engine as the 1 SPOT 5 SPOT etc...On the RPL&N our second loco
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00106.html (17,543 bytes)
- 5. Re: [CBQ] Palace Stock cars....old railroad terminology (score: 1)
- Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:30:34 -0800 (PST)
- On the MOP, all engines from 1 to 99 were called spot engines. Indeed, the class was called the "spot class" (actually the class went up to 127). They were classy looking, little consolidations and w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2012-12/msg00109.html (19,047 bytes)
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