DeggestyCarl, if you are referring to the start and stop of the outing for a drink, Appalachia is not
However, Appalachia does enter into the overall picture.
Johnny
Deggesty DeggestyCarl, if you are referring to the start and stop of the outing for a drink, Appalachia is not However, Appalachia does enter into the overall picture. Johnny
Is it Big Stone Gap? - a.s.
al-in-chgo Is it Big Stone Gap? - a.s.
Al, I don't know how I missed this last night, for I was up late with the computer.
Johnny, so I don't leave this site hanging, I'll post a new question: According to the book Leaders Count (2005), what RR executive was described as "[A] leader who brings to the railroad a greater understanding of the need for change than more traditional up-through-the-ranks executives might be expected to have."
So, who is this executive and what RR company are we talking about? - al
Is he a CEO / President / Chairman of the Board type, or another position ? (which would expand the possibilities greatly)
Paul_D_North_Jr Paul_D_North_Jr Is he a CEO / President / Chairman of the Board type, or another position ? (which would expand the possibilities greatly) He is described in company literature as "chairman, president and chief executive officer" and the company he works for is a large one. - a.s.
Paul_D_North_Jr Is he a CEO / President / Chairman of the Board type, or another position ? (which would expand the possibilities greatly)
He is described in company literature as "chairman, president and chief executive officer" and the company he works for is a large one. - a.s.
Kevin V. Schieffer,
Carl
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CShaveRRI suspect that we're referring to the Darling of Wall Street and Everybody Else (except for the railroaders who work under him), Mr. Harrison of the CN.
Bob, you need to think bigger. Also the individual in question is still in office.
Carl, great guess. It isn't Hunter Harrison but stay in that vein.....
from prior post: "Mr. Haverty?
al-in-chgo from prior posts: "First timer here. Kevin V. Schieffer, of the DM&E?" _________________ _________________ Bob, you need to think bigger. Also the individual in question is still in office.
spokyoneal-in-chgo from prior posts: "First timer here. Kevin V. Schieffer, of the DM&E?" _________________ _________________ Bob, you need to think bigger. Also the individual in question is still in office. The book is about BNSF so,Matthew K. Rose?
DING! DING! DING! It is indeed Matthew Rose, Bob.
You now have the honor of posting the next question.
Cheers! - a.s.
Al
I visited New Albany MS last month. While I was taking pics of the Mississippi Tennessee railroad, an old timer stopped to chat. He mentioned that "THE REBEL" used to pass through New Albany. Which two cities would have been served by that train. What year would that service been discontinued?
spokyone AlYou now have the honor of posting the next question. I not sure about my question. Here goes. I visited New Albany MS last month. While I was taking pics of the Mississippi Tennessee railroad, an old timer stopped to chat. He mentioned that "THE REBEL" used to pass through New Albany. Which two cities would have been served by that train. What year would that service been discontinued?
Is "MS" the Postal Service abbreviation for "Mississippi"?
The first Rebel ran between Jaxkson, TN and New Orleans on the GM&N RR. Later on after the road became the GM&O the Gulf Coast Rebel ran between St. Louis and Mobile. The Rebel was discontinued around 1959 give or take a year. I'm not sure of the exact year.
Mark
In my prior reply I failed to mention that New Albany was on the Jackson-New Orleans route of the original Rebel. IIRC that train was discontinued in the early 1950's while the Gulf Coast Rebel ran on until the late 1950's.
Mark: You have the route correct. I did not know the dates. Just a note about New Albany Mississippi, the police cars have "In God We Trust" written in big letters, along with the officer's name. Four people stopped to ask if we needed help. I sure wanted a pic of street running.Your turn Mark
Since Spokyone declared me winner of the last question I took the liberty of looking up the dates of operation of the Rebels. The Jackson - NO Rebel ran from 1935 to 1954 and the StlL- Mobile Gulf Coast Rebel ran from 1940 to 1958.
FYI Al-in-Chicago, Mike Haverty is the CEO of the Kansas City Southern.
The next question is about steam locomotives. A certain RR received ten 4-8-4's from Alco in 1942 and another ten in 1943. Crews promptly dubbed the first ten "Yellow Jackets" and the second ten "Stripes". On most RR's these engines would have been Northerns but the owning road deigned that label and instead adopted another name for this wheel arrangement. What RR owned these engines and what was the official name they gave to these 4-8-4's?
Hey, Carl, in case Mark is slow in responding to your answer, let me tell you that you are absolutely right in naming the NC&StL, and telling us that the the engines were "Dixies."
We are in Fredericton, N. B., having driven from Moncton after church today. About ten in inches of snow were predicted for the area, and the snow started after we went to bed last night.
We had a drawing room every night all the way from Vancouver to Moncton, but our travel schedule puts us into a sorry Renaissance bedroom for our trip back to Montreal tomorrow. The only difference between an ordinary bedroom and a deluxe bedroom in a Renaissance sleeper is that the deluxe has a shower. There is no shower room for all passengers in the Renaissance cars (each of the sleepers from the CP's Canadian, except the Park cars, has a shower room which is greatly superior to what Amtrak offers).
Back to the States Wednesday.
Best to you,
Now, if Mark had asked about the difference between a "Stripe" and a "yellowjacket"....
KCSfanThe next question is about steam locomotives. A certain RR received ten 4-8-4's from Alco in 1942 and another ten in 1943. Crews promptly dubbed the first ten "Yellow Jackets" and the second ten "Str
Mark, why didn't you make this difficult by asking about the difference between the "Yellow Jackets" and the "Stripes"?
Okay, I'll go for it: What is the difference between "Yellow Jackets" and "Stripes"?
As Johnny has already posted Carl correctly answered my question - the 4-8-4's were officially called Dixies by the NC&StL.
With regard to the difference between Yellow Jackets and Stripes pictures are worth a thousand words. Check this link. http://www.ncps-576.org/576/stripe.htm
KCSfan With regard to the difference between Yellow Jackets and Stripes pictures are worth a thousand words. Check this link. http://www.ncps-576.org/576/stripe.htm
Anyhow, let's see what Carl comes up with to tease us.
KCSfanCheck this link. http://www.ncps-576.org/576/stripe.htm Mark
Deggesty Anyhow, let's see what Carl comes up with to tease us. Johnny
Well, Johnny, in honor of your current trip oot and aboot:
In the early 1960s, my family took a trip into Canada. At a particular location, my dad took a priceless picture of me (I was a homely teenager then, so the shot will never see the light of day if I can help it). Anyway, it was of hundreds of people looking down over a railing. And here I was, looking in the opposite direction--away from the railing, and up.
So, where were we, and what was I looking at, eh?
Niagra Falls. You were in a barrel.
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