Hi All, I came across this little gem of a safety movie put out in the 1930s by Chevrolet. It is on You Tube. It is almost all trains with some great video...
... In the same way you will get all your railway questions answered. When the child is a bit older you will find train crews gladly answer kid's questions ...
Paul I have added two photos to the Misc Photo album in the Groups Photo section. These photos show Iowa Central Steam Shovels working a Sand and Gravel ...
The Western Pacific did something similar at Radum in the 80s: Hoppers would be spotted parallel to the Kaiser Sand and Gravel operation and front end loaders...
You might take a look at the photos taken by Larry Goss of the operations on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. I'd give you the link, but my work computer...
On the "Cat Canyon" we refer to this job as a "sweeper" Occasionally if the sidings seem to be a bit over stuffed..(IE maybe a crew didn't read the siding...
Thanks Andy, That was delightful. Bill S. ... From: "Andrew Keeney" <hunter48820@...> To: <Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August...
... ======================= On many roads a "sweeper" refers to a train that gathers up grain releases from small elevators and builds a solid train of grain. ...
Someone on this list recently recommended the book Ten Turtles to Tucumcari as a source about the Railway Express Agency. What a delighful book,. I sure know a...
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I thought a "sweeper" was a track cleaning train... {:->) C. ... Charlie Comstock trains@... http://www.bcsjrr.com...
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Reminder from the Calendar of Ry-ops-industrialSIG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ry-ops-industrialSIG/cal operating session (scheduled 1st Tues.) Tuesday...
Thank you, Doug, for the photos, and all who've been responding. Lots of good info coming in. Right now I've got two options on where I can put this sand...
Hi All, I've posted several photos of the passenger terminal area which includes and REA facility (no building yet) and multiple tracks, an engine servicing...
Your railroad is coming along very well, Andy, Your station trackwork looks great. When can we come to operate it? So long, Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive...
My understanding is that the term "sweeper" referred to a local freight that picked up cars at the end of the day that were not assigned to other trains. Sort...
Sorry to come into this subject late .... been hiking in the OP of Washington .... on the Sierra Central, everyone knows that the stock car moves are high...
Hi Lou, On the Santa Fe, sweepers performed at least a couple of different roles. Some collected loaded cars from grain elevators along their route, and others...
Wow, great station! Of course I'm a bit biased being from Indy :) There is guy in my club who has a model of I.U.S. in N-Scale, if I show him your photo, do...
... You shoud read it. Definitely a good primer on the subject. ... I'm a bit late on the subject but I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of some new...
On my railroad, there is an interchange between two railroads (the P&A and a Shortline RR <name to be determined at a later date>) where blocks of cars are...
I have several videos of steam era railroads running caboose first. To this day I see the "Sagus Local" running "Caboose First". Running Caboose First is very...
I am sure most of you know of one of the late Bill Jewett's pet projects was to create a database of prototype industries. A lot of people spent a lot of time...
Ken, I work for CSX. Nearly every day we shove our train several miles from the yard to our work location. There's no runaround available, but even if there...
Hi Bryan, I can't take credit for the station. It was built by Danny Aleska (from Indianapolis, now deceased) and was part of the HO layout at the actual...
... P&A and a ... of cars ... =========================== Actually the problem is double what you have suggested. How are you going to deliver the interchange...
Hi All, This group for some reason, is off the air quite a few times when I try to enter it. Doesn't seem to be happening with any of the other groups that...
