Does anybody know where I can find these???

UPTRAIN

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From: Independence, MO
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:30 PM

Mookie: Crawl under your car after the steering and suspention componets have been lubed and smell....there's about how journel grease smells....although I haven't smelled it in 25 years [:D].

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kenneo

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From: Upper Left Coast
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Posted by kenneo on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:26 PM

And the smell of that can change by what's causing the "hotness". On some old movies of trains, when all they had were the friction bearings the heat from the brakes when the train descended a grade would oil the oil right out of the journal anddown onto the wheel where the brakeshoes would set it on fire. Quite a site comming down, say, Donner, Cajon or Sherman.

Eric

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rrnut282

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From: MP CF161.6 NS's New Castle District in NE Indiana
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Posted by rrnut282 on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:36 AM

Mookie
I'm not too sure about journal grease, but I do know the journal oil we use on all our friction bearing equipment does have a disdinct smell to it, just like lube oil and diesel have distinctive odors from gas. Journal oil is somewhat pleasant until it gets hot.

Mike (2-8-2)

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tree68

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From: Northern New York
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:28 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear

Oh, and Larry how much snow do you have up there now? 3'+?

LC

About 6" in my yard, half of that from the last two days. Go about 15 miles south and you'll find that 3'. I'm j u s t north of the lake effect area. [8D]

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:11 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by UPTRAIN

hmmmmmm........I'll be on the lookout for one.

Intrigued Mookie here - Does journal grease really have a smell?
Good, bad or indifferent? Or just a statement?

Mook

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UPTRAIN

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Posted by UPTRAIN on Monday, January 12, 2004 7:39 PM

hmmmmmm........I'll be on the lookout for one.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:29 PM

Oh, and Larry how much snow do you have up there now? 3'+?

LC

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:28 PM

Many such websites have been taken down due to security concerns and rightly so.

LC

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tree68

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From: Northern New York
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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:39 PM

Nowadays, the terms "freight train" and "schedule" are pretty much mutually exclusive. Most RRs do have a regular slate of trains that they run, at around the same time each day/week, but you don't want to set your clock by them. Too many variables factor in.

Try The Bull Sheet - all about CSX.

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JeremyB

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From: Canada
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Does anybody know where I can find these???

Posted by JeremyB on Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:49 AM

Hi guys

Does anybody have a website that I can find schedules of freight trains for any major railroad.

Jeremy

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