My schedule for November suddenly filled up this morning, with seven physical therapy appointments (I still need to schedule one more, but we have to see what Thanksgiving plans bring for our family).I'm still working on a 640-car block of gondolas that the UP got a few months ago. ...
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee 229; the 50'express motor was built by Cincinnati CarCompany in 1922 for package and express service. In the 1930-40s, it was one of the motors used to pull the NSL Ferry Truck trains (the first trailer-on-flat-car, TOFC, service in the US). The li...
I suspect what drove me to look all this all up was the sight of the BNSF freight train going through downtown Arvada shown above. But it might be appropriate now to mention the rights-of-way used by Denver's other three commuter lines. The B line's history paralleled that of the Col...
They used to have a day of meetings and seminars, but they now schedule the seminars during the evenings. It did free up a day, that my wife and I used to take the Hiawatha to Chicago. We also had part of the annual meeting day free to take a tour on the HOP and downtown ...
She drove to school each day, and it quickly became a boring, predictable activity, not exciting at all, which is what I wanted. It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. Reply up831 Member sinceJanuary 2010 From: Currently in Chicago area 830 posts Posted by up831 ...
Locale: New York City, New York via Baltimore, Maryland to Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri Reporting marks: B&O Dates of operation: 1830 - 1963 Track gauge: 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the...