For sale 1 copy of Wabash Oct. 25,1959 public system passenger time table. This 15 page TT is in flawless mint condition. Blue, red, and white cover has...
The June 1960 issue of The Banner had the following two items of interest: "President Pevler has announced that effective June 1, the traffic departments of...
Thanks Randy. I beleive the ones at Bement were double track versions weren't they? I.E., even if they only had one signal mast they were over two tracks. One...
Like to see a show on how the West was won... by TRAINS? Our fair city St Louis is having an exhibit through September on just that subject. It is located at...
By all means visit the Barringer Library and plan to stay awhile. As a young trainman who would lay over in St Louis between runs, I spent countless hours...
Group, What color lenses would be on the front marker lights of a Wabash steam engine? Bob Gibson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
The lense color depends on the class of the train and if it is the first or second section of the same train number. Green - regularly scheduled freight and...
Right from Trains Magazine Published: Monday, May 01, 2006 Classification signals - colored flags by day, lights by night - were once used throughout North...
... Regular scheduled trains, passenger or freight, displayed no signals unless there was one or more sections of the schedule following. Each section would...
Forgive the commercial intrusion. One mint, unpainted Hallmark P-1 4-6-4. There is virtually no evidence of wear on the drivers and very little tarnish on the...
Are there extant Wabash employee timetables from 1871 to 1876 - in particular, covering the line from Decatur to Pekin Illinois? I have been doing research on...
In the July 20, 1959 issue of Railway Age, there is a short note that says: Wabash - Ordered 100 70-ton covered hopper cars from Greenville Steel Car for...
... Gary, That was the 30400 - 30499 series cars. They were 29'-3" IL and 2002 cu ft capacity. They had eight 2'-6" dia. hatches and A-3 trucks with Timken...
Hi: I was wondering if anyone might have some leads on where I might find the decals for an old HO scale Hobbyline model of a Baldwin Lima-Hamilton BERKSHIRE...
At least once, the Wabash ferry operations across the Detroit River were disrupted by a strike, and Wabash trains were rerouted through the Detroit River...
The 2010 Iowa Meet is being moved from Albia to Boone. Myself and Dana Grefe have decided to do this, based on lack of communication from some folks I've tried...
I went through Huntington, Indiana last Sunday on my way to eastern Ohio. To my surprise the Wabash passenger station was still standing and occupied by a...
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I have just completed a new booklet from my Railroad Notebook Series of looseleaf and staple bound books and booklets about various railroads dealing with the...
Did the Wabash Railroad ever interchange passengers with the Erie at Huntington, Indiana or was that interchange freight only and the passengers interchanged...
I would assume that some passengers would want to change trains at Huntington. The Wabash ran from Detroit to St. Louis. The Erie ran from New Jersey to...
Hi Bob I did have a few photos showing the early stages of the restoration project. Darned if I can find them now. It sounds like the local historians...
The Official Guide says the stations were one mile apart but that was a short walk 50 years ago. Can you imagine telling someone to walk a mile lugging a...
This may seem like an easy one for some, but can someone tell me the difference between a 4-8-2 light mountain and a heavy? Did the Wabash have both? I would...
Dan, I think what you are referring to are the USRA locomotive designs from just after the end of WWI.? Sometime back I copied the information below from a...
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