victor can you reach me off group with a web site i could reach you?? ... From: skunkskunk2001 To: wabashrailroadhistoricalsoc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Victor/All- You may be on to something with a little more sleuthing. Wabash used combinations of town names or syllables for its "controlled points". For...
I would really appreciate any help you gentlemen can offer in establishing the coal and water capacities of the following tenders: 1) I-2 "road" type 2) D-30 ...
Gary- Alvordton seems a reasonable guess. What was the second railroad here? I notice that there is a Franklin Jct. a few miles to the East of Alvordton. ...
Chris from Fort Wayne posted this at the Pennsywest group in reply to my same question about Wabash F units spotted on the Pennsy's GR&I at Wolcottville in the...
I am looking for some Wabash track plans that might lend themselves to a small HO railroad layout. The space I have available is a pretty small L-shaped area: ...
If you can get ahold of some topo maps of Lafayette, Indiana, I would think switching the National Homes and Alcoa plants and the brewery - or something like...
Chet: Perhaps this is proof of the two Wabash Trainmasters on the Pennsy. I think Columbus, Ohio is far enough off the Wabash beaten path to make certain that...
Now if we can get them to do some in Wabash ... Subject: Atlas E-News Flash 8< Welcome to the Atlas E-News Flash! 8< Atlas HO Train Master Locomotive (360º...
Greg, There was a lot of switching west of Vandeventer (St. Louis) UD line. It was double track to boot. There was us steel supply, a grain elevator, ...
Allen, I also thought of suggesting the Vandeventer area on the UD line as a good subject depending on the era of interest. Vandeventer also served the ...
I notice Broadway Limited is(has) bringing out a USRA heavy Mikado in Wabash livery. I didn't think that the Wabash had USRA heavy Mikado's so how close to...
Hello there: I was thinking that I had read an article in McGraw-Hill's magazine "Power" talking about the problems Washington Univ. was having with tramp...
Greg, Two areas come to mind that you might look at given the shape and size of the layout you'd like to build. Both Gibson City, IL and Forest, IL had small...
... ooppss, I had the WU Medical School in mind. A few years ago they were still getting coal by truck. -- ... Allen P Rueter Phone: 314/935-6429 email...
I think Lafayette, Indiana, got a previous mention as a good layout possibility. In addition to the aforementioned former Lafayette Belt Ry., with Alcoa, ...
On another topic ... If jackets with an embroidered diesel on the back were to become available, what would you prefer to buy, an E-8 or PA-1? (In as...
I would prefer a Steam Locomotive on mine, Thomas ... From: Peter Jobusch To: wabashrailroadhistoricalsoc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004...
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Another small area that would work into a small but active area is around the Decatur passenger station. Inaddition the to interchange track with the Illinois...
My vote would be for the Alco. I would rather see a 700 (class P), but since the templets for deisels are already are made, I would vote for the Alco PA. Jack...
I just looked through the archives to see what the status is of the proposed cabooses by Wright Track Models. I didn't see anything new of late. Are these...
Either diesel is fine with me, however, I would prefer the dome observation with the Blue Bird tailsign. Vince Andrzejewski [Non-text portions of this message...
Since you're talking about the BACK of the jacket, I think Vince has a neat idea about the back of the observation/dome with the Bluebird tailsign. Hal Kattau...
... I went to the website and sent them an email. I'll let you know what the response is when I get home tonight. (Maybe everyone else here interested in...
Picture the domed roundhouse with the internal turntable at the B&O Railroad Museum and know that the Wabash (probably the Toledo, Wabash & Western) had three...
... around the Decatur passenger station. Inaddition the to interchange track with the Illinois Centeral, there is the old freight house (2 tracks) and a...