... Much earlier then one would suspect. Philladelphia had city gas about the time of the Civil War. A small town in northern Illinois (less then 1,000...
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atsf11@...
May 1, 2001 2:57 pm
I do not feel the whole signup process has been fair to everyone. Please do not blame on the St. Louis people as the process is out of their hands....
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Ted Schnepf
railsunl@...
May 1, 2001 4:46 pm
... Hi Aidrian, I assume this coke was mostly sold locally and would not be shipped out on rail? ... These tars were probably not refined on site, but sent off...
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rick@...
May 1, 2001 5:02 pm
Jon Lousy deal, isn't it? Several of us have pleaded over and over for months with Doug and Bill Jewett to come up with a more balanced method of registering...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
May 1, 2001 7:30 pm
Howard, this is getting interesting. Could coking be used as the 'primary' way to Derive ammonia? In other words would a business set up a coker with the main...
4175
tlpost@...
May 1, 2001 7:42 pm
Good afternoon, I am an O scale 2 rail modeler in Jax Fl. I am about mid way finished building an O scale layout in my garage and am looking for experienced ...
4176
PBowers
57era@...
May 1, 2001 9:26 pm
Ted, I think the tars solidified and they broke it up in chunks. If I'm right about this it could go out in box cars, hoppers or gondolas. I remember as a...
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PBowers
57era@...
May 1, 2001 9:33 pm
From http://www.zetatalk.com/energy/tengy11a.htm Coal Gasification Article by E. L. Clark. Coal gasification is a process for converting coal...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
May 1, 2001 9:53 pm
Aidrian, There are early tank cars lettered for 'Coal Tar' Like Koppers co. I think this is the product at this point, but like you, want to here more from...
4179
sierrarick@...
May 1, 2001 10:28 pm
Over the last few months many pleas had been made to the people organizing the signups to make the process more fair to everyone. All were ignored, or rejected...
4180
Doug Geiger
dgeiger@...
May 1, 2001 10:34 pm
Jon: I really didnt believe that it would take a whole month for California folks to get their DO newsletters. Is it always that late? Are other ...
4181
Dave Bayless
davebayl@...
May 1, 2001 10:42 pm
Hi Rick and Jon: I'll stand with you also since I still have not received my issue of the DO either. And there wasn't anyplace online where we could sign up...
4182
D S Bond
dsbond@...
May 1, 2001 11:19 pm
... From: Doug Geiger <dgeiger@...> To: Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com <Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, April 30, 2001 7:24...
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Jon Cure
jcure@...
May 1, 2001 11:23 pm
I would have to agree with Ricks comments to me, though I'm not as outright p---ed off. I certainly don't blame the St. Louis convention people, they really...
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Rich Weyand
weyand@...
May 1, 2001 11:56 pm
... I am sort of an outsider on this, as I don't operate at Nationals, but I have some input from some other highly competitive things I participate in. The...
4185
D S Bond
dsbond@...
May 2, 2001 12:23 am
... From: rick@... <rick@...> To: Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com <Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001...
4186
RRSafety@...
May 2, 2001 12:48 am
In a message dated 04/30/01 9:19:15 PM EST, milliron@... writes: << What is the general sequence of throttle/brake operation to start and stop a train?...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@...
May 2, 2001 12:51 am
... Jon, I would suspect that the liquid tar could have various fractions drawn off to form the basis of different products, coal tar creosote being one of the...
4188
Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@...
May 2, 2001 12:54 am
... Interesting. While the present day gas company in Chicago is People's Gas, (maybe People's Energy now) old paper work shows that the original name was the...
4189
Charlie Comstock
cec@...
May 2, 2001 1:35 am
If the "cutoff date" method is adapted then the list of available layouts and the "I wanna op on..." forms could be placed on the web as well as mailed. C. ......
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Seth Neumann
seth@...
May 2, 2001 2:23 am
I have asked Bill to consider offering "1st class mail" subscriptions to those of us who are postally challenged. (That way we won't go postal on the list...
4191
Jon Cure
jcure@...
May 2, 2001 2:44 am
Chris B. I think you really hit on something here Chris. Why not a 1st class mailing of the sign up sheet for Ops during the one national event. Maybe even ...
4192
Jon Cure
jcure@...
May 2, 2001 2:50 am
Btw Yahoo is no better than the US mail. I sent this, this morning, and it just posted to me at 4:30pm. Really helps to know your thoughts are in order (g) ...
4193
Douglas Harding
dharding@...
May 2, 2001 3:00 am
I am looking for a copy of list of guidelines or standards which has been developed for designers/owners of operating layouts. It is a list of elements that...
4194
Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
May 2, 2001 4:28 am
... This may have been mentioned by now as I am a bit behind on reading the posts, but this area has been beautifully modeled in N-scale by Bill Denton of...
4195
Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@...
May 2, 2001 4:29 am
... Chris, Sounds like you may have been close to the old Riverview amusement park. Now that would make a heck of a backdrop to a layout! Drove by there over...
4196
Dave Bayless
davebayl@...
May 2, 2001 5:13 am
As an experienced engineer of 23+ years, there hasn't been a train that I couldn't stop with a 10 lb brake application. However I should clarify that. This...
4197
rick@...
May 2, 2001 5:46 am
For the record: for those of you who think that I was too harsh in my previous message, I want to say that I, and at least one other person out here, tried for...
4198
Rich Weyand
weyand@...
May 2, 2001 6:04 am
... At least it's a *very*nice* train room. :-) Richard F. Weyand, President The Trade Secret Office, Inc. www.thetso.com 1-800-TSO-Shhh!...
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Scott Perry
scottgperry@...
May 2, 2001 6:18 am
For some reason the auto-add members function won't work with your email address... Try doing it through the front end...not sure if it is how I am using the ...
