Hi guys, On my layout, I was setting up the procedures for a regularly scheduled extra (daily) coming off a lightly used branch line onto the double main line...
One thing to remember is that an "advance" section of a passenger train pretty much HAS to be a regularly scheduled train. Passengers show up 15-30 minutes...
... the NYC in the mid-fifties?? A rectangle with the words stop? More like a highway stop sign? What colour do you think it was? ... Red painted board,...
45233
Ry-ops-industrialSIG@...
Oct 1, 2007 1:33 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Ry-ops-industrialSIG group. File :...
For those who want an idea of what the new OPSIG logo looks like (it has already been on the DO cover) I have uploaded a B&W file in the FILES section on this...
Thanks Bruce that helps, couldn't tell at all from the photos. Didn't know if was on the periodical. Hope you guys will save me some, as I can't order for...
All, Having an offlist discussion with someone about a dispatching program I'm playing with working out and a question came up.My penpal said one thing and I'm...
... activities (loading passengers, changing engines, or whatever). What time/times are recorded in the DS sheet - Arrivial? Departure? Both? ... Either...
45238
Jim Duncan
jdbandman@...
Oct 1, 2007 6:07 pm
You would record the arrival time when OS'd inbound. You would record departure time with you received the departure OS from the operator. Now, that being...
Does anyone have any industry/operational data on glass sand quarries? I'm specifically looking for data on the Pennsylvania Glass Sand operation in Mapleton,...
I can't help with WW2 era shipments but foundry sand used in casting was received at a local plant in boxcars in the early to mid sixties. Our local glass...
45242
Jim Duncan
jdbandman@...
Oct 2, 2007 4:05 am
ProTrak Weekend 4.5 is FIVE WEEKS AWAY!!! The railroad is operational all the way from St. Louis to Lincoln WITH some functioning CTC after completion of Phase...
... possible ... not be ... so they ... train. ... would ... would ... they ... there is ... there were ... to the ... on. Then ... A man convinced against...
... From: "Bob Knoll" <FriendlySP@...> ... OK. On every railroad I have been associated with the SOP is to give the orders/warrants/bulletins to the...
Hi folks I discovered today that the phone number on the OPSIG website only works in the USA. Here is the phone number for folks ordering from outside the...
... Actually Bob, my second reply isn't better. The first one was. In order to not be "convinced against his will" there has to be a dialog. An exchange....
I plan to be cremated and have my ashes loaded into hoppers and run around the layout as a final session:-) Bill Kirchmeyer And knowing you Bill, train will...
... Likewise Fuller's Earth and Mr. Fuller. OhByTheWay, I don't mean the brush guy. -- "At least that's what I remember with a bad night's sleep and not much...
I use Bragdon's Powders. Has anybody actually seen Bragdon? Dave H. Yeah. If you want a crusty old gray look, use a touch of Kirchmeyer. <LOL> Terry...
Questions to those that have worked with more scheduled trains (hello Mark and Vic, over). Was it dwell, work events or some other train event (a meet or ...
Hi folks, There is a company in PA, Blommer Chocolate, that uses cocoa beans 9as most chocolate companies would). Anyone know how cocoa beans are shipped? Is...
Why Not? Avard Fuller was a well-known Hartford, Conn., model railroader. He was even featured in a centerspread in Saturday Evening Post magazine. He might...
... 9as ... Yes. Depends on the era. Earlier they were shipped bagged in boxcars. Then later in covered hoppers. The trick was developing a lineg for the...
Hi folks Just received my Dispatchers Office in the mail today and noticed that the dues for Canadians are going up because of USPS increases. Thanks to the...
I think the highway stop sign change from yellow to red in 1954 according to http://signalfan.freeservers.com/road%20signs/stopsign.htm Doug Harding ...
Blommer has a plant just west of the elevated tracks curving into the Chicago & Northwester station and north of the MILW / Panhandle tracks at grade. The...
