... There is still a place in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., that will make shoes your size in their patterns while you wait. And Red Wing shoes and Minnetonka ...
3063
Alex or Dick Huff
dsrc512@...
Mar 1, 2001 6:31 pm
Wolverine World Wide (hush puppies, Wolverine Boots) in Rockford, MI shipped in raw pig skin in mechanical reefers until the late '70's when the business went...
3064
Ian Wilson/Mary-Jo Ro...
iwilson@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:25 pm
Our March Topic of the Month has been posted at www.canadianbranchline.com. It features a discussion of typical local passenger trains on the CNR during the...
3065
Roger T & Heather B
rogertra@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:39 pm
... Over Palmerston), accompanied by some preview photos. Just to let you know that I have the book "Steam at Allandale". I'd strongly recommend it to anyone...
3066
Bill Bigler
wbigler@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:20 pm
Greetings from your neighbor - a Yank to the south in Big Flats NY USA. Thanks for posting the URL for the Canadian Branch Line website. I heard Ian give a...
3067
Jeff Aley - GCD PE
jaley@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:16 pm
... You guys aren't trying hard enough. A quick trip to http://www.google.com and a search for "GCOR" led me to http://www.bnsf-ttc.com/bnsftime/index.html ,...
3068
Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:57 pm
... Eric, When you get this survey tabulated, could you share it on the list with us? Thanks, Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA BRHS, La Salle & Bureau County...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:20 pm
... What the gentleman wanted to know, Jeff, is could a copy of the national labor agreement work rules be found on the web, like the GCOR can. Guess some...
3070
David Husman
dehusman@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:45 am
... ================ Thanks, but the person was looking for labor agreements, not an operating rule book. Dave H....
3071
railliar@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:23 am
In a message dated 3/1/01 3:57:58 PM Mountain Standard Time, kozys@... writes: << share it on the list with us >> I promised to author a piece on it...
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Jeff Aley - GCD PE
jaley@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:50 am
... http://www.google.com ... a ... Oh. Mea Culpa. Shoulda looked first, leapt second. Yummm - shoe leather! -Jeff -- Jeff Aley, Development Engineer...
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Dave Bayless
davebayl@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:08 am
Dennis and Others: Heck, I don't even have the National Labor Agreement. Don't even have a copy of our local agreements and I have to work under them every...
3074
RRSafety@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:26 am
In a message dated 03/02/01 2:08:34 AM EST, davebayl@... writes: << train >> I remember the days as a Trainmaster on Conrail during the very beginnings...
3075
Bill Hobbs
bhobbs@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:32 pm
Ian, Thanks for the info on Steam over Palmerston. Since I saw an article in RMC a few years ago on the line, I've thought it would make a very interesting...
3076
j.bruce@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:00 pm
AW-RIGHHHTT!!! Dave Bayless's story is just the kind of thing I was hoping to get information on in my earlier post, but his reply and several others suggest...
3077
flange42@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:05 pm
Check out these pictures of a MP local switching one of the salt mines I think in Louisiana. This guy was an engineer for the MoP. He's making everyone guess...
3078
David Husman
dehusman@...
Mar 2, 2001 10:03 pm
... think in Louisiana. This guy was an engineer for the MoP. He's making everyone guess where these photos were taken at. Neat modeling potential. ... ...
3079
David Husman
dehusman@...
Mar 2, 2001 10:03 pm
... =============== Time out. All the symbols you gave in your lists of trains began or ended with ZN which implies, using typical RR naming conventions, that...
3080
Dave Bayless
davebayl@...
Mar 3, 2001 12:58 am
Dan and Others: Thanks for the kind words. Your post about a local made me recall a job I used to work called the Saugus Local. It ran out of Gemco, (on the...
3081
j.bruce@...
Mar 3, 2001 1:15 am
On the issue of what the crews do on my layout -- I don't know! I assume what the little men do is not the same as what the guys with the controllers do (and...
3082
Russ
Radagast@...
Mar 3, 2001 3:58 am
Well you don't understand..... Poor John works for Technical Support Services of Ernst & Young LLP. These people believed the "Good Times Virus" warning...
3083
David Husman
dehusman@...
Mar 3, 2001 4:50 am
... =================== Well then you will only improve your operation. 8-) ... ==================== If the trains terminate, then the cars stay and the power...
3084
Howie Whiting
htwdhw@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:50 am
... From: "Paul Deis" <curlyp@...> To: <Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:34 PM Subject: [Ops-Ind] Taking on...
3085
friendlysp@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:57 am
In a message dated 03/02/2001 6:00:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time, davebayl@... writes: << You see, we always claimed 12 hours o matter how long it...
3086
RRSafety@...
Mar 3, 2001 8:05 am
In a message dated 03/03/01 1:58:53 AM EST, friendlysp@... writes: << You guys really got screwed by the Hours of Service. In my day, when you could work...
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Dave Bayless
davebayl@...
Mar 3, 2001 8:45 am
Bob: It is interesting to note that all the local switchers in the LA Basin area, (hub?) are not "flat" rated. That is one price for working the job up to 12 ...
3088
j.bruce@...
Mar 3, 2001 4:27 pm
Regarding Dave H's points on terminating trains and what happens to their cars, it suddenly hit me what the area of confusion is, and I'm not sure what can be...
3089
David Jaquay
djaquay@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:01 pm
Thanks for this and many of your other posts. As someone else said, your posts are NEVER too long. But now I'm curious as to just how you and your fellow...
3090
David Jaquay
djaquay@...
Mar 3, 2001 6:16 pm
... That's something that boggles my non-RR-employee mind. Not too far back, one of the big roads was offering a set start-time, to alleviate fatigue, and the...
