http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/ The Great Third Rail Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:56:17 GMT Mark Contractor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1906 on ebay, $2.95 plus $2.75 shipping, not what I call cheap. Willing to buy a group lot or make  a package deal... thanks, new guy Mark toot toot Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:54:28 GMT Mark Contractor http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1905 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1905 Hi, Carl, thanks for the info, yes, please send me the list.... thanks, new guy Mark E toot toot ________________________________ From: Carl Lantz Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:28:02 GMT Charles Happel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1904 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1904 It might also make sense to check E-Bay, magazines generally go relatively cheap. Chuck Happel "The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:30:24 GMT Carl Lantz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1903 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1903 Mark: The Strahorn Library of IRM has a book sale going on now as advertised in "First and Fastest". I can send you the list if you are interested. We also Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:19:23 GMT tommietraction http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1902 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1902 New guy asks, " Does anyone have an old trolley, interurban or traction hobby magazines they want to sell?" Maybe old books, too. Happy New Year, My name is Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:26 GMT rhicks308 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1901 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1901 Everything went well, and the 36 and 319 are now stored safely at IRM. Visit Hicks Car Works! http://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36:21 GMT motormansteve@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1900 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1900 I took photos of all the cars when they were stored on #6 track under the terminal in Cleveland a couple of weeks ago. The window was broken at that time. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:26:57 GMT Joe Stupar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1899 The 319 had a broken window when it left Cleveland. Generally the cars look like they did when I last saw them in Cleveland, only dirtier and on highway wheels Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:50:00 GMT thegreatthirdrail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1898 IRM has a couple early photos posted on their site. The cars look about the way you'd expect them to having traveled in the weather they have, but look pretty Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:40 GMT twtrains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1897 Well, at least there are good photos? Tom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsQxIwpC40k Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:17:15 GMT thegreatthirdrail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1896 Per Randy's blog, 36 and 319 are "home" at IRM, quite a quick trip from Cleveland. According to the blog, the cars were scheduled to arrive today (Tues) and Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:21:52 GMT RayCosyn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1895 Thanks for the timely input. I have been waiting for a week for some sign of life out of Cleveland. The 450s are finally headed west and the IRM. I only hope Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:09:09 GMT motormansteve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1894 On Saturday 12-26-09 at 11:50am, Chicago, Aurora and Elgin interurbans #460, 409, and 451 were observed leaving the Tower City Station of RTA headed east on Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:56:54 GMT xy47402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1893 Happy Holidays to all CA&E fans, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. I hope it's electrifying!" xy47402 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:36:28 GMT Larry M http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreatthirdrail/message/1892 I hope they can make it before that storm hits.  So far Minnesota is expecting a lot of snow but south it could also be a mix of snow and ice or all ice.