Originally posted by Murphy Siding Virlon: Were you one of the P.E. employees involved? Or just a fan of theP.E? I hired out just after the consolidation date and worked the P.E. for 10 1/2 years before transferring to San Luis Obispo CA. where I retired after 40 years......P.E. had the best jobs around in those days and amongst the highest paid also. When I hired out we made $22.08 for 8 hours (100 miles). On the SP they were making around $19.00 or so for the 8 hours. Virlon Reply Edit tree68 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Northern New York 25,008 posts Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:11 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH Here's to the professionals on this forum, thanks for putting up with us and expanding our knowledge. Italics mine, but the real railroaders do deserve a hearty vote of thanks for patiently helping us see the error of our idealistic ways when appropriate. And, as someone else pointed out, for telling us how hard it really is while making it look so easy... Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it... Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:05 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 I learned about Terraserver, and now I'm addicted. Really? Have you used Google's map/ariel photography service as well? I noticed that SOME of their ariels are more up to date than terraservers. (for example the Wabash bridge over the mississippi) Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:20 PM Virlon: Were you one of the P.E. employees involved? Or just a fan of theP.E? BNSF railfan: Does the Boone subdivision extend to Blaire? Or does it turn south into Omaha? nanimo73: I've been addicted to Terraserver for years! My brother was an aerial photoghrapher and knew I had an interest in maps and geography . One day he E-mailed and said he had found a website I might enjoy. He was correct!! A lot of the images come through EROS data center, near where I live. blhanel: The Hanel lumber company is not familiar to me, but I'll check around. I doubt you'll find an actual board with the name on it though. Most mill marks are a jumble of codes and numbers now. It's almost as if they want to hide their names. Ironically, most plaster their names all over the wrapper on the unit of lumber. Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:38 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Virlon: What is the P.E ? And where do I get a ticket? The P.E. is the Pacific Electric Railway. It was an interurban in the Los Ageles area for years and years. Back in the early 1900s the P.E. had a horrendous accident (for that time period) and could not pay off all of the claims associated with the incident, so the S.P. stepped in and took care of the claims for the company and basicly took it over. The seniority of the train and engine emplyees was merged on March 31,1965 and the date was set back to March 31,1964 much to the dismay of 81 people that had hired out between those dates on the P.E. as prior right men and were now SP and not entitled to the agreements that covered the P.E. folks. So, in short, "save your ticket.... the P.E. will rise again " was a joking slogan amongst the men that were involved at the time, hoping that our beloved RR would somehow resurrect. There is still areas of the L.A. basin today that are referred to as the merged territory. The P.E. also had one heck of a freight operation. If you do a search on google I believe you may find quite a bit of info on the Pacific Electric. Virlon save your ticket....the P.E. will rise again. Reply Edit CSSHEGEWISCH Member sinceMarch 2016 From: Burbank IL (near Clearing) 13,540 posts Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:36 AM In addition to what I said earlier, I have come to appeciate the professionals (Ed, MWH, the Mudchicken, among others) on this forum who really know and enjoy their work and are more than happy to share what they know with the rest of us who enjoy watching their work. Here's to the professionals on this forum, thanks for putting up with us and expanding our knowledge. The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:29 AM ...that you can bid on your very own slightly (but not gently) used AMTRAK locomotive on E-bay.... ...that Mark Hemphill has been taken away by hostile aliens to plan the use of shackle cars in a foreign country. (Come home, Mark. CSX needs you, man! Really... just read the last issue of TRAINS.) ...that being a professional railroader is a lot harder than it seems.. but that most of them make it look sooooo easy. ....that it's OK to bellow "Look at the choo choo!" to one's grandchildren... even though the train is headed up by diesels. Erik Reply Edit Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:37 AM Yes! So she can get the little SW10 switcher home! [^] And no, I won't tell her! She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Hugh Jampton Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Southern Region now, UK 820 posts Posted by Hugh Jampton on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:26 AM What to get Mookie for Christmas... A reversing handle (but don't tell her,, I'd like it to be a surprise) Generally a lurker by natureBe AlertThe world needs more lerts.It's the 3rd rail that makes the difference. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:23 AM The UP is done for now installing concrete tie on the Boone sub. They have all tied up at Carrol,iowa until the first week of Sept. Have a nice day. Allan. Reply Edit nanaimo73 Member sinceApril 2005 From: Nanaimo BC Canada 4,117 posts Posted by nanaimo73 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:33 AM I learned that there are Norwegians in South Dakota. And I'd like to meet one if I was 2,000 miles closer.[:)] I learned that Canadians, Aussies and Brits are well behaved on American forums. I learned about Terraserver, and now I'm addicted. I learned that there are lots of PRR fans, and almost no NYC fans.[:(] Dale Reply mloik Member sinceJanuary 2002 437 posts Posted by mloik on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:01 AM It's amazing that you can learn so much about so many things associated with railroading from so many people, almost all of whom you will likely never meet in person...and yet they are as friendly and helpful as your family members and best friends. Reply blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:49 PM Hey, was just looking at your profile- tell me, have you ever heard of the Hanel Lumber Company? Used to be out in Hood River, Oregon. Not sure if they were distant relatives, but I'd sure like to get ahold of a piece of that lumber with their stamp on it. Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. Reply Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:44 PM blhanel: I frequent a lot of car racing forums. On a lot of them, saying "your mother wears army boots" would be one of the nicer things said.[:O] Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply blhanel Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Cedar Rapids, IA 4,213 posts Posted by blhanel on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:36 PM Murphy Siding: one thing I've learned on this forum is that, in spite of the nitpicking that goes on at times, it's still magnitudes better than the first forum I became of member of (only because my son frequented the site, and it will remain nameless). On that site, there are no forbidden words, and flame wars there make disagreements here look like a minor puff of smoke. I am very happy to have this site as one of my startup tabs on Firefox. Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net. Reply espeefoamer Member sinceNovember 2003 From: West Coast 4,122 posts Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:34 PM That Matt likes french fries[:)]. Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool. Reply Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:24 PM Virlon: What is the P.E ? And where do I get a ticket? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:00 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie That I didn't/don't know squat about railroading, but there are a lot of nice people out there that are willing to help! Now that is a GREAT attitude !!!! Virlon save your ticket.....the P.E. will rise again. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:55 PM Help me out guys. I look forward to coming here and reading. Like all of you, I would love nothing better than finding lots of interesting things to read about, and to share in the conversation. Each and every one of you have interesting things to say. The trouble is, most don't. What disapoints me though, is that so many threads die, because they devolve into petty little snips between parties that pick at each other. At some point, nearly everyone of us had done that. I have. I know that, when I've been called on it, I've tried to man up to it and apologize. I know that I've backtracked 3 or 4 times over something I said to Futuremodal alone. I don't want to read about nitpicking. I want to read about railroads-PLEASE. Junctionfan & BNSFrailfan: would you both consider removing or editing your nasty posts? Just put in a [:)] instead, and we'll know that you want to talk railroading too. What do you think? Thanks[:)] Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:53 PM ...is that some people STILL care about grammar and punctuation. son of a! The one thing I have learned on this forum is that some people still care about punctuation and grammar. Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:16 PM There are a lot of British railfans. They only seem to come at night though![:O] Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:50 PM That "WE ARE NOT ALONE"...as railfans anyway! Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:32 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon That it's okay to have mental illness and access to a computer Ol Dan. Always comes through with the right answer at the right time! m Reply Edit Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:50 PM One of our forum members is building his own personal railroad museum.[:)] Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply SALfan Member sinceApril 2002 From: Northern Florida 1,429 posts Posted by SALfan on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:36 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon That it's okay to have mental illness and access to a computer Thank God!! I'm not the only one.[:D] Reply 123 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH Here's to the professionals on this forum, thanks for putting up with us and expanding our knowledge.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 I learned about Terraserver, and now I'm addicted.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Virlon: What is the P.E ? And where do I get a ticket?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie That I didn't/don't know squat about railroading, but there are a lot of nice people out there that are willing to help!
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon That it's okay to have mental illness and access to a computer
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