http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/ Santa Fe - All The Way! Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:05:27 GMT michael bishop http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18303 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18303 With all the talk about ATSF cabooses I will submit a question asked awhile back but with no answers. The following URL is of a ATSF caboose that had a safty Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:59:53 GMT locgg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18302 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18302 Bob and the group. When I started in 1958 from Temple to Lometa was a good ride.Leaving Kempner through Lampasas up Revision hill there was no slack as those Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:44:57 GMT locgg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18301 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18301 Larry I think it is identical to the 1771. However the cabooses all had subtle changes. Gordon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:19:16 GMT bob burton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18300 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18300 Contractors finishing up the Coleman Cutoff in 1911 were supposed to go to the Lampasas line and reduce grades. It does not appear that they did. If they did Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:26 GMT Steve Sandifer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18299 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18299 I hope Gordon models the 1771 now that the kit is available. ... J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Dr., Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:01:48 GMT grizzletoad1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18298 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18298 Gordon, Love that story. That line sounded a lot like the lower end of ConRail's River Line, where I first ran trains. Southbound trains encountered a series Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:45:13 GMT lebtrains@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18297 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18297 In a message dated 1/5/2010 2:15:56 P.M. Central Standard Time, locgg@... writes: John Moore and the group. In 1958 when I hired out Temple had 12 -2200 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:38:10 GMT JohnM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18296 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18296 Gordon Thank you for sharing your first hand experiences. Did you ever run across the caboose wig-wag signals mounted on the cupola? I have never been able to Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:15:53 GMT locgg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18295 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18295 John Moore and the group. In 1958 when I hired out Temple had 12 -2200 series cabooses with rubber(that is what we called them) drawbars. Temple usually had Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:36:04 GMT Phil Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18294 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18294 Out of business now, but there is someone in Vermont that owns the rights to it. There is some buzz about it on the net..... here's the link for some talk of Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:02:49 GMT Jon Miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18293 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18293 The 4th Q issue has a picture, on the cover, of a brick building with a TruAde beverage sign. I have never heard of this brand and am curious. I have been in Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:05:56 GMT redwood_chopper http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18292 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18292 Based on experience, only those older steam locomotives put on display were not given a major going over (except for a paint job) by Santa Fe forces before Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:48:33 GMT Sandie Olson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18291 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18291 Waynoka 2010 Collectors Calendar Honors 100 Years for Santa Fe Depot, Harvey House It was 100 years ago, in 1909, that Waynoka witnessed the construction and Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:00:02 GMT JohnM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18290 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18290 Well I guess this is just another case of being out in front of my headlights - The correct series is 2001 to 2200 not 2100. The feature which identifies this Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:27:50 GMT Richard Stern http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18289 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATSF/message/18289 A few weeks ago I asked a question about antennas on cabooses, now I'd like to ask about radio antennas on locomotives in the 1950 time period: - Were