Amen! I took my Stewart F7 A-B pair to the Tuesday ops session tonite. There was NO operating, just folks taking turns running the F7s around and gaping at...
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Charles Tapper
chastap@xxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 9:18 am
I'd like to see some articles on major chunks of the project. Lots of bits and pieces--updates if you will--will show up in trains of thought anyway. You often...
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Dave Bayless
davebayless@xxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 10:27 am
Jon and Others: I should comment on the part about locals not having schedules. The locals are regular call jobs or as Dave Husman put it, "Show up jobs". I...
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Dave Bayless
davebayless@xxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 10:48 am
Jon and Others on the L&N RR at Ashland: I do not know when crews started hostling their own power for their trains. I know that the SP was doing it when I...
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Dave Bayless
davebayless@xxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 10:59 am
Rodger: I have seen this and it resembled a soaked phone book rolled up. Like a roll of paper towels with the ink run all the way through. The conductors ...
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Carsten Möller
C.Moeller@xxxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 9:24 am
Hallo, its time to update my little collection of railroad orientated websites maintained by LDSIG members. Have a look at...
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Mitzel, Dan
dan.mitzel@...
Dec 1, 1999 12:40 pm
... I would second Barry's motion on this. I don't know how many of you remember Prototype Modeler magazine from the '80s. They had a regular feature titled ...
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Chris Webster
cwebster@xxxxxxx.xxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 12:45 pm
... I respectfully suggest that you go to the Atlas web site and post a query there. You're much more likely to receive a reliable response there than...
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HMcFree@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 12:59 pm
Scott, You may want to send Carsten a note and havehim list your web site. henry In a message dated 12/1/99 6:57:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, C.Moeller@......
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 1:51 pm
I would agree with Chris on this......but, what I think I heard was they were discontinuing 'brass' railed track; which I think only came in 100; not code 100...
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dhusman
dhusman@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 3:58 pm
... town, ... ================== Another Campbells Soup plant was in Camden, NJ, right across the river from Philadelphia. Here's a route between the two : ...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 1:59 pm
Hopefully TOny's first article will be in the Sig Newsletter. That would sure make Byron Happy (along with some of us) (g) JonC.............SP Inyo Sub. Mojave...
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Railliar@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 2:11 pm
In a message dated 11/30/99 10:31:54 PM Mountain Standard Time, nedrland@... writes: << Do events like these put in doubt the efficacy of all the...
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Joebrann@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 2:12 pm
When a vendor lists a particular engine as being "undecorated" am I correct in assuming that this means it is not painted in any particular RR-s colors but...
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Railliar@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 2:18 pm
Joe, Undecorated can also mean raw, such as the plastic shell that comes out of the mold. eric...
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Burk, Larry
LBurk@xxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 2:19 pm
When I was working the locals in Ft Lauderdale and West Palm, we went on duty every night at the same time, 11:30PM six nights a week. The other local was...
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Bobspf@xxx.xxx
Dec 1, 1999 2:26 pm
In a message dated 12/1/1999 8:13:47 AM Central Standard Time, Joebrann@... writes: << When a vendor lists a particular engine as being "undecorated" am I ...
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Terry Harrison
terryharr@xxxxxxxxx.x...
Dec 1, 1999 4:36 pm
From Terry Harrison Dave Husman reply on car routing to Campbell plants. Dave, What route would you have if car left Malinta, Oh. on NKP and went to B&O then...
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David B. Barrow, Jr.
dbbjr@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:06 pm
My main choice in staging is to arrange it so I can walk up to it comfortably and see it there before me. Also, I prefer single level layouts so that...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 5:20 pm
David, how would you feel about having the staging 'leads' on the visable part of the layout; so you can see to control the switches. But have the trains...
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Jerry Britton
jerry@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 6:08 pm
Greetings from the PRR's Eastern Region... Thanks to all on both the PRR-talk and LDSIG lists who responded to my questions about brands of HO scale track. The...
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Bill Kirchmeyer
ccands@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 6:44 pm
David, I agree with staging you can walk up to. On my CC&S, there are four staging yards and only one is hidden. The layout is a double deck point to point...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 7:52 pm
Bill ... Which staging yard do you consider to be hidden. I was at the session on Sunday before the national in July and i felt that alll staging was open. ...
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Michael Stimac
romeo@xxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:16 pm
... One of my historic model railroader books, from circa 1950, advocates just this approach to providing sound that moves along with the loco! Rather than...
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Michael Stimac
romeo@xxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:16 pm
... Hey, "several" ldsig members CAN'T be wrong!!! n'est-ce pas? ... With all the talk of the operators carrying signals and number- boards on their headgear,...
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Michael Stimac
romeo@xxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:17 pm
... Well, I couldn't swear to it, but I believe that the Campbell's Soup (yum yum) Plant in Camden was supplied exclusively from tomato growers in nearby...
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J Anthony Koester
jkoester@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:37 pm
My main interest is in seeing actual interpretations of prototype scenes, LDE's if you would. -- Barry P. _________________ I agree with your thinking. My goal...
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Bill Kirchmeyer
ccands@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:46 pm
John, Most operators never notice it but there is a six track staging yard under the main yard at Champaign. It represents my connection with the B&O and comes...
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J Anthony Koester
jkoester@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 1, 1999 7:47 pm
... ________________________ Thanks for everyone's kind sentiments. I suspect the impact of "not having the AM to kick around any more" will hit me one of...
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John DePauw
johnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Dec 1, 1999 8:42 pm
Bill I did notice that yard because I ran the B&O train into Champaign yard. I don't feel that this yard qualifies as hidden staging. Sorry John DePauw ... ...
