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Dreadnought ends? The hopper car in the center foreground appears to be a hopper with dreadnought ends!? , like a boxcar end, on one side. Do you have any other photos of this car? Regards Kutler

my own caboose wreck story Far less interesting and w/o pictures. Back in the day when I was a spare opr. and a rabid train nut, I used to ride around with crews after my shift. Operators always had a better relation with train crews than dispatchers, which is a story in itself. I knew the...

Re: the caboose wreck That's an amazing story. W/O wading through the details what was determined to be the cause of the wreck?

It's not that common around here any more. I asked a conductor once and he replied he felt it required a full crew to perform.

Years ago MR had a layout build by a guy who loved passenger trains. I think he built Boston Union Station or something like that and the associated passenger yards. It looked like a great layout for the size of room he had. I've only heard of one other guy since that time who wanted a...

More about PRR Thanks for the link but, sometimes the way the rules were written and the railroad operated were perceptively different. A few years back GW Lund wrote a little on the subject: My vote would go to the PRR as the precursor to DTC, their use of "block limit stations"(AKA...

Brakie: I won't disagree with you that things are certainly done differently these days. I can't defend why. Believe me dispatchers truly wish that it was the natural inclination for train crews to clear the main track in this circumstance instead of blocking it, ususally without notice; which...

I've been under a rock for a while, but have purchased a brass locomotive with a lenz decoder professionally installed. Lenz claims that the decoder may be operated in standard DC mode, but does not provide examples how to facilitate this. Does the receiver identify the current as DC and switch...

Some of Tony Koester's books published by Kalmbach are available for partial preview on the web, try this link: tony koester - Google Book Search

Nice Diagrams Gary: First up, you have to tell me how you made your diagrams, they would be great to illustrate points with. They don't look too hard..... Second. In this scenario: I think that in a typical situation the crew would leave their train on the main east of the siding, taking...

Electric Staff System The "Staff" in this context is short for Electric Staff Operating System. Hardware involved were two control boxes each containing metal staffs which would be released singularily through electrical interlocking when all staffs were accounted for. The concept almost...

PRR Manual Block Well I'll tell you what we thought about it and you can feel free to set me straight.(on this issue):twisted: First of all his interest is in the Sodus Point line in Pa and NY. He showed me a signal chart. It looked like the block stations used standard PRR position lights...

Brakie: I've got a friend interested in learning about Manual Block under PRR, do you have any insight?

You say Tomatoe I say Tomato Well Brakie I've been a Train dispatcher for 18 years. There is a world beyond Cleveland. I think we should agree to disagree on this subject, you're the moderator , if you say so, I guess it is....here. As an aside while researching this subject I came...

Newspeak Are you referring to CPR's term for a manifest freight. If so it's just another form of CPs newspeak. The first time I heard the term was in regard to asking crews to protect trains at away from home terminals. Crews are to be asked to protects either Fast Freights, Manifests or...

CP had a stockpen in operation in Midhurst near Barrie which petered out around 1988. Carloads by that time declined to less than 20, per year! I was riding a Southbound around 1979 with 3 or 4 Midhursts right behind the engines. IIRC a lot of CP's later stock business was western cattle sent...

Introduction Much has been said in recent years in operating a model railroad by timetable and train order T&TO. Multiple clinics have been held at NMRA conventions, and it's seemingly touted as one of the two 'cool' ways to run your railroad, the other being CtC. Most model railroaders have...

Cab Hops, running Light and local vernacular Cab Hops and Running light are both prototypical railroad terms. An example specifying the difference as follows: On some railways a speed restriction is placed on a single unit running light because they fail to shunt a track circuit going...

Hey Gary: Santa Fe is a popular paint scheme even in North Dakota, as attested by this Northern Plains x-ATSF Geep. I used to belong to a club which used car-cards. Great for yard switching as long a you had a shelf in front of you. Otherwise they were a pain. A 30 car train of car cards...

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