Bob, Thanks for entering all these way bills, I have done wheel reports for other RRs, it's a big job. I thought I would add my two cents, where you had a few...
I know the majority of Wabash auto traffic was Ford, but after reading the flyers from Sunshine, and digging thru the Bob's Black Rock waybills, I'm wondering...
To All, If anyone would lile a scan of the Moberly Division Seniority Roster from the 1956 Railway Employees Time Book, let me know. The engineers #1 date at...
It appears that August 16th there will be a tour of the Monrovia(Ia) Depot Museum as part of the Southern Appalachia Railway's (Wabash C425 Alco) sponsored...
Group, I found a link to the railfan event in Iowa on 8-16 that Mr. Mead refers to: http://www.techscribes.com/sarm/Appanoose%20County%20RR.htm We rode the...
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I think this is fairly common, I've seen wheel reports where both originate on the NP, but split at M/StP over the CBQ, CNW, Milw all going to the same place. ...
I've been meaning to make some spread sheets of Bob Bowes waybills, so look in the files section, one for cars that looked like they moved over the 4th...
... Allan, Thank you for taking the time and the effort to provide the interesting information on the spreadsheets. Also a thank you to Bob Bowes who...
Chet, I noticed one car out of Forrest in the lists, any idea how traffic from there moved to Detroit and east? up to Chicago then east, or down to Decatur...
Victor, I don't know Bob Bowes, other than he posted 300+ waybills for the Buffalo Division, at St. Thomas, over half of them are Ford Traffic Detroit > Black...
Chet, it was one of the misc. ones June 30/54 UP 192233 Destination-Buffalo NY Consignee-Co Op Glf Mills Route-TPW FORREST WAB Shipper-Hubinger Co Waybilled...
All, The Monticello Railway Museum is in need of our help to save the Wabash Business Car No. 6. This project has been kept somewhat under wraps, until they...
I remember reading in these messages that Wabash M of W cars were painted yellow. Three questions: Can anyone please advise me which yellow colour available to...
Hi Anatol, Color is a hard thing to define because most paint began to fade when it was placed into service. Reefer Yellow would probably a good choice. You...
Some time ago there were rumors that the historical society in Moberly MO was going to produce a video or DVD of the local TV coverage of the final passenger...
Anatol: My photos of MOfW cars (old steel and wood passenger cars) before the purchase of the troop cars are B&W but I can assure you that they are not painted...
Hi Group, I just got a bookcase from a friend. It appears to be made of old Wabash RR packing crates. On the bottom it says Wabash RR Decatur. Would anyone...
A suggestion you might go to your local library and see if they have a book titled something like "What Wood is this" I have a copy in my personal collection...
Thanks for your suggestion Lee. Upon closer inspection, the bookcase is made of really thick plywood. I think it might have actually belonged in the Wabash RR...
Well ... I've been bitten by the ride-on bug and have a kit for a GP-9 that is going to show up some time in the next month or so ... Naturally, this is going...
... favorite ... squiorreled ... fuzzy ... detail. ... Pete- I have blueprint copies of the original EMD Painting and Lettering Diagrams for the WABASH GP7, as...
This brought to mind an amusement park train that was run for the kiddies (me being one of them) in Decatur's Fairview Park back in the 50s. It was painted in...
Hello Kirk Reynolds & Everybody! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parktrains/ A search for Fairview has 8 hits, but none seemed to say Decatur. It is a good place...
Kirk Reynolds wrote: This brought to mind an amusement park train that was run for the kiddies (me being one of them) in Decatur's Fairview Park back in the ...
Ditto, Kirk, you're not hallucinating just remembering. For a short time there was a similar ride-on train at the airport. I think the loco was a 'steam...
Yes, I remember the train in Decatur's Fairview park, a?Wabash?E unit in miniature. Although I can't remember it's color scheme?there was another one in Chap's...
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