Hi, the actual status is: - 2 narrow gauge locos returned overhauled from Moghalpura works - a set of passenger coaches has been overhauled as well - line is...
Peter Patt
garratt@...
Sep 10, 1998 11:35 am
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Hi, new to the list I don't know whether it has been posted here already but the longest steam run possible now (not talking about BR 40 years ago or German...
Peter Patt
garratt@...
Sep 10, 1998 11:35 am
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Hello, I found an interesting brochure about this. Well... it is written in german... i.e. it may be of no use for ... some of us... Anyway: Eisenbahn Kurier...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Sep 10, 1998 9:07 am
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Hello, Looks like the "Findmail" machine at http://www.findmail.com/ (the company that is technically hosting the list) now changes to a new "eGroups" machine,...
Philippe Quiot
tog@...
Sep 10, 1998 8:20 am
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Hello, Current business at INTERLOK is as follows: + a BR52 8xxx (i.e. a Reko. ex-DR Lok) has been transferred from Germany for full overhaul (HU =...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Sep 6, 1998 10:41 am
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As I stated in a previous post, I wrote Eddie Edmundson as Philippe suggested to try to find out the latest on the Donna Christina Railway in Brazil. Eddie...
Hugh Odom
whodom@...
Sep 4, 1998 1:41 am
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The best technical work..as far as it goes..is the Beyer Peacock book of which I posted the review a few days ago. Durrant is regarded as a standard work for...
Iain A Fraser
iain@...
Sep 2, 1998 6:13 pm
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... Garratt Locomotives of the World David & Charles, London 1981 This book was also translated in german by Wolfgang Stoffels : Garratt-Lokomotiven der Welt ...
Jean-Pierre Hofer
hofer@...
Sep 2, 1998 4:24 pm
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Philippe: In the U.S. during WWII, there was understandably a desire to discredit everything remotely Japanese, after their attack on Pearl Harbor. Someone ...
Hugh Odom
whodom@...
Sep 1, 1998 10:06 am
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Hello, I found this page (on CALS Chesapeake & Allegheny Live Steamers WEB site) where they state, about 282 steam Loks, that, although they are usually called...
Philippe Quiot (TOG D...
pqt@...
Sep 1, 1998 7:50 am
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Hello, Looks like CHESAPEAKE & ALLEGHENY STEAM PRESERVATION SOCIETY has contributed this set of rules for boilers that apply to model boilers in Maryland. ...
Philippe Quiot (TOG D...
pqt@...
Sep 1, 1998 7:50 am
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Hi.. Ive cleared this with Phillipe..enclosed is a brief review of a new book just released which may be of interest to list members.. Regards Iain Aerolite...
Iain A Fraser
iain@...
Aug 31, 1998 10:12 pm
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Gentlemen: Thanks for the information on Eddie Edmunson; I have just written him to tell him about the "steam_tech" list and request information on the Donna ...
Hugh Odom
whodom@...
Aug 30, 1998 7:16 pm
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I was looking through Hugh Odom's nicely done website, "The Ultimate Steam Page". In there, I noticed that he mentioned that steam locomotive production was...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 30, 1998 7:05 pm
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A.E. Durrant wrote a series of books on articulated locomotives: one on Garretts, one on Mallets, etc. My local public library had a copy of "The Mallet...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 30, 1998 6:44 pm
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Hi.... Phillipe....I am in touch with David Wardale who I think did some work down there.....I am due to speak to him again soon about his book and will see if...
Iain A Fraser
iain@...
Aug 30, 1998 6:30 pm
14
Hello, A) There were papers on this in "Locomotives International", a magazine edited by Donald Binns in UK, a fan of South-America railways. I have the...
Philippe QUIOT
pqt@...
Aug 30, 1998 6:16 pm
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Hello, Received this mail 2 weeks ago... Ideas ? Bye ... Subject: Mallets and Garretts Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 22:46:25 -0700 From: Kim Thompson...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Aug 30, 1998 5:13 pm
12
Thanks for the update from James on the Donna Christina. Sorry to hear it is not enjoying the heavy steam traffic it enjoyed only a few years ago. I know Ing....
Hugh Odom
whodom@...
Aug 28, 1998 12:39 am
11
Hello, Just found this URL... http://chaski.com/wwwboards/live_steam/ If the "Live Steam" guys have drawings for 7" gauge steam locomotives, maybe we can...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Aug 27, 1998 4:39 pm
10
Forwarded from THE INDIAN RAILWAY LIST I will send a mail to THE INDIAN RAILWAY LIST explaining that there is a new list about "steam" and messages to THE...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Aug 27, 1998 4:39 pm
9
CRJ 105 (Spring 1996) states that steam is being used for shunting only. CRJ 101 (Spring 1995) states that steam is being used for the Capivari Power Station...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 27, 1998 4:23 am
8
Looks like there are information about steam at these addresses... -- =================================================================== TOG Devt. S.A....
Philippe Quiot (TOG D...
pqt@...
Aug 26, 1998 5:49 pm
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Any information for this gentleman ? -- =================================================================== TOG Devt. S.A. "IXpert"...
Philippe Quiot (TOG D...
pqt@...
Aug 26, 1998 5:49 pm
6
Has anyone heard anything from the Donna Christina railway in Brazil recently? This was a coal-hauling meter gauge line that operated US-built 2-10-4's until...
Hugh Odom
whodom@...
Aug 26, 1998 10:51 am
5
The following was originally posted to the RAILSPOT mailing list: I found this on the RAILFAN Magazine website. Thought it might answer some questions that...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 25, 1998 11:31 pm
4
The following was orginally posted to the RAILSPOT mailing list: The following is the official Age of Steam Railroad Museum press release regarding events...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 25, 1998 11:29 pm
3
Hello, ... Yes of course... It looks like many messages to railroad-oriented lists or postings to railroad-oriented newsgroups just generate no interesting...
Philippe QUIOT
tog@...
Aug 25, 1998 12:10 pm
2
Are survivor's lists an accepted topic for discussion on this list? If so, I would like to discuss lists of the following: * Hedjaz Railway survivors. Rob...
James D. Hefner
james1@...
Aug 24, 1998 10:58 pm
1
This list intends to be a starting point for the exchange of information about steam locomotives, from the technical point of view: this technology is...