I model all three in HO, but no layout at present. Chuck Happel "That we are smarter than algae is a given. Whether we are wiser remains an open question." ...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Sep 26, 2008 5:10 am
The photos were appreciated. Your work is appreciated. I am looking forward to visiting the links. John in Tucson...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Sep 28, 2008 9:38 pm
Given the last few messages and interest in modeling the CA&E, your faithful moderator is naming October "Modeling Month". Everyone who models is encouraged to...
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Ed Halstead
chicagoutopia
Sep 29, 2008 1:06 pm
Photos of my models can be seen in print in the following: 48/ft. O Scale News No.178 October 2005, pages 29 - 34. First & Fastest Spring 2005, Insull's...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Oct 12, 2008 2:24 pm
Does anyone have any idea what color(s) the CA&E intermodal truck trailers might have been painted in ? These are the TOFC trailers, similar to what the North...
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Alan Fishel
alanfishel
Oct 13, 2008 5:46 pm
... From: Edward B. Havens Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:44 AM Subject: South Elgin, Ill. - pumpkin trolley rides a weekend success Trolley museums count...
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glen brewer
gbrewer
Nov 2, 2008 11:19 pm
I understand that the Ovaltine smokestack, long an icon of Villa Park is no more. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicagos_Ovaltine_Smokestack_Comes_\ ...
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Randall Hicks
rhicks308
Nov 3, 2008 6:11 pm
Everything you wanted to know about canvas roofs but were afraid to ask is now covered, I hope, in a new feature I put together with the help of Bob Kutella,...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Nov 3, 2008 6:56 pm
Quite some time back, some magazine (I beleive it to have been Trains) published a really nice color photo of CA&E #316 operating on the Fox River Trolley line...
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thosleaton
Nov 4, 2008 5:36 am
Any RDC service on the Illinois Central would have been news to me. Tom...
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Larry M
minnman55421...
Nov 4, 2008 6:07 am
Amtrak ran a three car RDC trainset for the "Blackhawk". They used those tracks. After a while the RDC's were replaced with standard cars which meant just...
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tom leaton
thosleaton
Nov 4, 2008 5:52 pm
Thanks, Larry. I would thus imagine that such a cover photo would thus date from the early 1970's. ... ...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Nov 4, 2008 11:02 pm
Larry, Thanks for the help thus far,, in the far back corners of my mind I thought it might be an Amtrak Blackhawk, but just wasn't sure. The photo was not a...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Nov 6, 2008 8:53 pm
3 out of the 4 photos posted under Crystal Valley were recently purchased as slides. Can any of my fellow mwmbers identify the location of one or more? John...
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JD
wuhwuzdat
Nov 6, 2008 9:20 pm
Slide"489"; appears to have been taken over the south train sheds of Union Station, photographer facing south by south east on Canal st, looking towards Van...
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Nov 6, 2008 9:44 pm
1 down and 3 to go  Thanks ... Re: [thegreatthirdrail] Need Photo Locations 1 down and 3 to go Thanks ... On 11/6/08 2:20 PM, "JD" <wuhwuzdat@...>...
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George Foelschow
gfoelschow
Nov 7, 2008 7:20 pm
... purchased as slides. Can any ... The first slide was taken of an eastbound train at Dunham Road on the Elgin branch. The station at that site was "St....
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John Almond
crystalvalle...
Nov 7, 2008 7:30 pm
Thanks  two down with two to go !!! ... Re: [thegreatthirdrail] Re: Need Photo Locations Thanks two down with two to go !!! ... purchased as slides. Can any ...
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Larry M
minnman55421...
Nov 8, 2008 3:00 am
John, I have almost every "Trains" issue from 1949 to the present. Could you give me the month and year of the photo in question? I would love to see it...
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gauge18rr
Nov 8, 2008 7:42 am
Does anyone know when the Pullman in Maine last operated? I was pleasantly surprised that the car was in excellent condition, when I visited there years ago....
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George Foelschow
gfoelschow
Nov 9, 2008 1:50 am
... pleasantly surprised that ... ago. To my knowledge, it has ... place. Thanks for any ... which was getting new ... Seashore Trolley Museum has CA&E car...
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Larry M
minnman55421...
Nov 9, 2008 2:08 am
For a full roster go to http://www.trolleymuseum.org/.  I was there towards the end of September of this year. One of the problems is that buildings are...
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RayCosyn
rpcosyn
Nov 9, 2008 2:26 am
From pictures that I have seen in recent journals, 434 has been painstakenly restored. I have not ridden it but from the pictures it literally glows in the...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Nov 9, 2008 4:08 pm
Larry, You might have a better chance of supplying the answer than me. I have no idea what issue it is, although I'm fairly certain it has to be somewhere in...
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thegreatthirdrail
thegreatthir...
Nov 9, 2008 4:19 pm
Assuming we're talking about a CA&E Pullman, the only one left is the 409 in the Lake Shore Electric/Trolleyville collection in Cleveland. From the photos...
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RayCosyn
rpcosyn
Nov 10, 2008 1:55 am
I believe the reason the poles were removed was to accomidate pantographs which are to be used on the Clevland rapid transit system. ... From:...
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trolleybob
Nov 11, 2008 1:42 am
Let me respond to all the things brought up here. First, all of the heavy interurban cars had their trolley poles removed prior to moving, largely in part due...
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trolleybob
Nov 11, 2008 2:03 am
Things have been going on concerning the collection. CA&E 36 has had its motors rebuilt. Currently, funds are being raised for the continued work on this...
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Randall Hicks
rhicks308
Nov 11, 2008 4:45 am
... What wiring is being replaced, and why? How about contactors and resistors? Are you saving the old parts? Who's doing the work?...
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trolleybob
Nov 11, 2008 11:26 pm
As far as I know, everything is being saved. The work is being done by Lake Shore Electric volunteers, when they can do it. As for why things are being...
