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Re: reefers heading west

waxhawbill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:22:40 GMT

Ben, The RR paid the car owner so many pennies per mile loaded or empty. Plus the empty move was free. Loading a reefer meant freight revenue for the RR to

January Calendar photo

waxhawbill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:22:39 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the view of the Madison Depot (MA tower) looking East rather than West? WJPowers #1991

Re: Clover Leaf Yard Consolidation/Abandonments

Jeff & Cindy Turner — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:02:40 GMT

Coffeen to Sorento still sees unit coal trains from out west coming off the BNSF connection. We should be back down there driving steel piling on the west

Re: reefers heading west

nkpfan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:29:00 GMT

... too. ... This was a very normal procedure for lumber and many perishables. The loaded car would be billed to a false destination, and then the sales rep

Re: Clover Leaf Yard Consolidation/Abandonments

nkpfan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:00:44 GMT

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:11:25 -0000, "edkyle99" ... were ... at ... The west (Madison) end was in operation until the St. Louis line was

Clover Leaf Yard Consolidation/Abandonments

edkyle99 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:21:17 GMT

I'm wondering when the Clover Leaf yards at Madison, IL and Toledo, OH were abandoned. Did N&W consolidate yard operations with former Wabash yards at either

Re: reefers heading west

George Greene — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:11:26 GMT

Ben: There probably wasn't anything in it for PFE other than getting their car back, but the originating road got paid for the load. As long as they had to

Re: reefers heading west

smtimko@... — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:14:35 GMT

In a message dated 1/5/2010 11:07:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dinwitty@... writes: read somewhere, some cars like lumber loads ran a railroad

Re: reefers heading west

Lynn Willer — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:07:49 GMT

I read somewhere, some cars like lumber loads ran a railroad continuously till a buyer was found then it was routed to the buyer wherever it was. It didnt sit

Re: RPO Info

bennettplanck — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:18:00 GMT

... My grandfather was also worked for the Railway Mail Service during the same era! Can you recall some of the names on this Pitts Pitts? No Junction means

Re: reefers heading west

bennettplanck — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:08:08 GMT

... NKP at Findlay, OH Cooper Tire & Rubber loaded mty PFE reefers with tires head for Califoria, routed NKP East St.Louis TRRA,SLSF, SP. Never did understand

Re: Nickel Plate no. 767 photos and/or Timken/NKP ads

Lynn Willer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:23:27 GMT

I was thinking about virtualizing this accident in model form in HO in telling the 765/767 story, even building some walthers models and getting some wabash

Re: Nickel Plate no. 767 photos and/or Timken/NKP ads

Kelly Lynch — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:10 GMT

Don't spoil the ending, Lynn! ;) My dad worked for one of the Fort Wayne newspapers for many years and managed to secure copies of the articles and original

Re: NKP S2 and S3 Roller Bearings

Lynn Willer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:02:06 GMT

The trailing truck did not when it left Lima. PM 1225 has a friction bearing on its lead truck. I think its a good idea to get the tender roller bearing'ed,

NKP S2 and S3 Roller Bearings

Doug Kisala — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:19:26 GMT

Hello list, I was intrigued by the planned conversion of 765's tender to roller bearing journals. The more places 765 can go, the better from my perspective