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I was flippin'-through one of my favorite railroad books the other day on the Chicago Great Western. It had some photos of the big Oelwein Yard and some of the pictures showed the loudspeakers mounted on posts between the yard tracks that the yardmaster used to communicate with the switch crews. Did other railroads use this approach to yard communications? I don't recall seeing loudspeakers in yard photos taken before the use of radios. I'd have to believe this wasn't terribly efficient
I don't know much about Roadrailer service, but I have read that one of the advantages is weight. Pulling trailers with the Roadrailer equipment draws considerable less weight than TOFC, and thereby would save on fuel and locomotive operation.
[quote user="Los Angeles Rams Guy"] It's really good to see Governor Culver doing so much for promoting rail passenger service in my home state of Iowa. My only thing is that any new service from Chicago to (possibly) Omaha should be on the UP's "Overland Route" mainline. The costs invovlved with getting the IAIS (former RI) mainline back in shape again for 79 mph service would be staggering. With the Overland Route mainline, you get a mainline that is pretty much ready
I wonder who owns the rights to the "Braniff" name (spelling?). I'd like to see the livery the locomotives would carry if that name got resurrected!
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[quote user="cp456"] The 1970's "Rock Blue" would be my choice for this RI Heritage Locomotive. [/quote] I'll second that motion - I love the ROCK blue scheme the best. But I'd bet they'll go with the bright red & yellow with the speed-lettering.
I just finished, " Go Down Together - The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde ". It was almost as hard to put down as, " Public Enemies ". And for the railroad tie-in, Henry Methvin, who turned-out to be Clyde's Judas in the ambush killing of the pair in Louisianna, got bombed on April 19, 1948, passed-out on some railroad tracks and got bisected by an SP passenger train. That had to hurt. I also liked how Blanche Barrow (later remarried) complained about the Warren Beatty
[quote user="ButchKnouse"] I thought Methvin's FATHER turned them in. [/quote] It was a conspiracy between Henry and his father. Henry's father initiated the deal to get Henry pardoned in Texas (that is, before Henry took part in the slayings of two Texas motorcycle cops and which he got away with because they pinned his part in it on Bonnie). But Henry was in on the whole plot and he intentionally slipped-away from B&C at a restaurant so they'd come looking for him the
[quote user="henry6"] Tested the program today. Went to Nicholson, PA today to witness the passage of Steamtown steam excursion across the CP/DH (orignial Delware, Lackawanna and Western RR) Tunkhannock Viaduct. And I think it worked out pretty well. No body from Homeland Security showed up so apparently no one complained. About 30 lined a country road between several cornfields north of the bridge with cars, cameras, video and sound recording, and tripods; another couple dozen had gathered
Interesting. Now you say you (will?) call 911 for people who think they're "above the law", implying they would need to be actually breaking some law. You didn't say that before. You just said if people go out in a big group you'd hope we all get arrested. I said it before and I'll say it again: Calm down . I see no reason for this kind of hysterical rant just because you may have had some trouble with trespassers before. So you argued with a few yahoos trespassing on RR