In approx 1967 the Northern Pacific Ry. management wanted to run a test train of imported Japanese Intermodal freight from Seattle to the twin cities, so they...
Hey List, LAST CHANCE... I can still fit you in if your interested in giving a clinic at DCE. I still have 6 time slots left. Just contact me off list or...
You're lucky Dave, that you had the CCORs in effect on your Canadian lines (I still don't know how GN and BN managed to operate in Canada using the CCORs all...
This is a reminder that we now have a new list where you can upload files to. The site is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OPS-INDfiles/. If you have older...
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for Gon C&S 21543. http://www.westportterminal.de/blog/blog_08_Jun/08-06-02_IMG_4270_1200.jpg Maybe, the center sill is damaged. Would this car go behind the...
Very Nice Wolfgang. alot of work on that caboose too. I notice you uesed the offset couplers to acct. for the sway back. As far as where to place. I agree this...
Such a beautifully decrepit car with shiny coupler knuckle springs. I guess they had to put new complers on that gon for it to venture out on the rails. C. ......
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Jun 2, 2008 4:14 pm
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... That's one of the mistake you discover when you publish a picture. :-) After the dinner I will paint it. The line through the number is correct? That's all...
Wolfgang......Nice job on the car!!! I imagine it would be okay for the "cripple" to be handled in front of the caboose.... if the underfame was just bent, not...
Thanks for the real life account Dave S. The text below is excerpted from a special publication project I'm currently working on mostly written in the words of...
Correction: In 1897 the 4th only ran as far east as Ashley, Indiana. In 1907 the Ashley yards and engine facilites were consolidated at Montpelier, Ohio and...
I saw this car as I visited Wolfgang and I think, compared to what I have seen on the proto during my trips in the USA it does not look too bad to me. It is...
I'm used to seeing that type of car working between the scrap yard and the furnace. On the time it only makes it back to the scrap yard by 'special effort'...
Guys if this is not in keeping with the general theme of this list I apologize for the posting. For those of you who missed the NMRA's 2007 Detroit national ...
... Having read everything here, I'm not sure there is adequate information to answer your question beyond some suppositions. ... There's no information that...
... In ... OK I tried, but gave up. What 4th are you referring to (obviously in the context of your prior msg)?? The 4th District, fourth train, fourth...
Hey Paul, thank you for the excellent site, I enjoyed it very much. Jim G. Violante--- In Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups.com, "Paul V. ... I ... be ... the...
... annul it, ... unlike two ... extra. ... Giving this portion of my prior msg some add'l thought, perhaps there COULD be a legitimate reason for having two...
Sorry if I didn't make that clear. The Wabash used districts as a subset of their divisions. The 4th District (of the Detroit, Montpelier or Eastern Divison...
This is a little OT but kind of interesting... As many of you know, I live right against the tracks. (Old SP coast line) So I kinda get to trainwatch whether I...
Although the direct cause of the crash was First 60 failing to note the green signals on Third 95, as well as by Third 95 failing to whistle _.. green signals...
... There's nothing in the story about ANY train order combinations at all, let alone a dangerous or unsafe one. Moreover, combinations of train orders was...
Yes, what we have to go on may not be the whole story, but I hope you folks found it interesting. Thanks much for you input. When I first read through it I...
Thank you all for the information. Now we can operate with a touch of prototype feeling. :-) -- Wolfgang -- Westport Terminal RR We can switch it, day by day -...
... It isn't the whole story, that's a certainty. ... And your first inclination may very well be the right one -- 3/95 suppose to have the orders for 1/60 in...
Vic and List: Vic said, regarding my educated guesses as to what "may" have happened, "In this instance, hindsight is far from 20/20 IMO because we're missing...
... I have a question. What rules would have been in place at the time of the accident in 1897? Was there a "consolidated code" used by the railroads or did...
... The first CCOR issued in the 30's or 40's, Bruce. I don't have a copy of it, unfortunately. I've seen one from the 40's IIRC, but can't say if it was the...
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