Tim Gilbert wrote: *********** If the engine is switching, the head end should be reserved for cars to be set at sidings and team tracks. Accordingly, it might...
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BillJewett@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:48 pm
Does anyone know if RB/DQC in Pittsburgh is still active? I need one more of their excellent photo backdrops (cityscape A, anybody have an extra?). They ...
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tim gilbert
tgilbert@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:16 pm
John, ... Another way to put it is that there were three options which any consignee had to make when ordering goods to be carried by rail: - Express, LCL and...
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tim gilbert
tgilbert@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:41 pm
Jim ... Evidently, the GN thought that the risk of claims filed for damage inside the waycar were less than some other consideration. Do you have any ideas or...
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dehusman@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:00 pm
... have ... ======================= While in the train, the roughest ride was on the rear (crack the whip action) if the train was of any length at all. Also...
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Randy Smith
randoo@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:20 pm
A very interesting post, Kurt. Thanks for sharing the info. I'm originally from southern Indiana and limestone and 'gyp rock' was a valuable resource in that...
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PBowers
57era@...
Aug 1, 2001 8:05 pm
... third method ... Baggage car shipments of goods other than passenger baggage were actually express shipments hence most cars (on CN and CP and others) were...
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PBowers
57era@...
Aug 1, 2001 8:07 pm
... CN placed the LCL/mdse car behind the loco. Putting it back next to the van/caboose would require a double stop at a station and potentially hold up other...
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aikizenmonkey@...
Aug 1, 2001 10:01 pm
What, if any rail shipments would be going on in relationship to a nuclear power plant? Thanks, Nikolai...
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Bill Hobbs
bhobbs@...
Aug 1, 2001 10:53 pm
Tim Gilbert, Thanks for your history lesson: it was good useful information. In a followup email, Roger T wondered if anyone had read the RMC article on LCL ...
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Bill Hobbs
bhobbs@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:04 pm
To all, I never really understood why the Operations SIG and the Layout Design SIG thought they really had separate ways to go. The questions of operations...
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spf4001@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:27 pm
I am not sure what goes on in support of day to day operations, but I recently met someone who is a Civil Engineer and railfan. The current project he is...
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Charlie Tapper
chastap@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:32 pm
Probably pressure vessels, generators, turbines, electrical equipment...good stuff for high/wides. Charlie Tapper...
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Dennis Storzek
dstorzek@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:53 pm
... And also hold up the unloading of the LCL if the train had a meet and couldn't pull the LCL car up to the depot without fouling said switch. ... Anyway,...
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rlavoise@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:15 am
... Larry, The "TOOL" is used to clean out and deburr the inside of the journals on the truck. This allows for the wheelset to roll more freely. Every car on...
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Mike Davison
davison@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:45 am
Your question is quite reasonable and is one that has been asked by many. However, this is one of those issues on which we will never reach consensus so I, as...
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john
rgshon3@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:45 am
I have a friend who is selling his CVP products RailCommand system from his old layout. He is in N scale and the recievers are just a little too big to fit...
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PWhite0512@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:37 am
... Yeah, man, I'm with you. Peter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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aikizenmonkey@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:46 am
Could you perhaps expand on the ofteness of such shipments? And, pardon my lack of knowledge, but what are "high/wides"? Are they abnormally wide and/or high...
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aikizenmonkey@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:48 am
Speaking for myself (and hopefully for others), could you find out a little more information from your friend? If nothing else, it could make for some very...
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tim gilbert
tgilbert@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:52 am
Jim, ... I have been waiting for a inquiry about Freight Forwarders ever since the LCL thread began. As far as the railroads were concerned, Freight Forwarding...
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tim gilbert
tgilbert@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:05 am
Waycars were placed generally as the head end for the various reasons I learned on the lists today. Thanks to all for keeping me on the straight and narrow. ...
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PBowers
57era@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:20 am
Speaking as the owner of the "ops-ind" list, many of those on the Layout Design SIG list felt that the combination of Industry and operations discussion was a...
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fwj@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:56 am
--There was a picture of one of these cars posted at Trainorders.com several months ago. Perhaps you can do search when you get there.They apparently are a...
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bobspf@...
Aug 2, 2001 5:25 am
In a message dated 8/1/01 9:53:51 PM Central Daylight Time, tgilbert@... writes: << Agreed that Freight Forwarding was another loading option by a ...
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donovansart16@...
Aug 2, 2001 8:47 am
Prototype railroads have names for all of their tracks, but I see through the information I have that most often (and definately on my prototype) they name...
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railliar@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:16 pm
In a message dated 8/1/01 10:21:57 PM Central Daylight Time, 57era@... ... I can't fault that, however, when the lists were combined, a membership in one...
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Mike Pendergrass
mpend@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:19 pm
You've got it Nikolai, a High/Wide is a loaded car that is dimensonally too high or too wide for anything but specialized transportation, i.e. Schnabel Car, ...
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Mike Pendergrass
mpend@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:21 pm
Also, Nikolai, These High/Wides usually travel in special trains. Mike Pendergrass...
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dehusman@...
Aug 2, 2001 1:06 pm
A nuke plant would make a lousy customer for a model railroad. Except for the construction period (when they get one or two shipments a month) a nuke would be...
