John and group, I am more than willing to post those pictures for you, but it will be a while before I can scan them and post them. Family funeral coming up...
I guess now that I think about it, you may be correct in saying that the loop was originally used to turn passenger trains. Never knew WHICH passenger trains...
Greetings All; Back in the 60's when I was a spare Agent for the New Haven RR covered various stations that had Purina customers. Most shipments were received...
For some reason, this group is displaying on my PC with very small type. Something has changed and I can't figure out what or how to correct it. All my other...
I might have missed it in previous posts, but what was the time frame for your description? Norm Larkin ... From: "Dave & Wanda Poor" <dwhstj@...> To:...
Nice photos of some CP stuff. Norm Larkin ... From: DONALD CASSLER To: Norm Larkin Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: FW: A visit to Cote St.Luc...
I received an e-mail from Con-Cor advising that the B&M ex-PRR mP54 project "combine and coach" package due November 2009 has slipped to some time in January...
Problem solved. I went to VIEW on the top menu for my browser (Mozilla Firefox) and discovered that when you zoom in or out on a site, it keeps the setting...
Gary, you've spotted what I believe is an unusual combination in P-4 characteristics. Only the P-4a's (#3710-3714) came with top shrouds and all were built...
ok, I'll bite. What is the "anticipated" price. I just paid $1700 for my new B&M R-1c Overland is doing B&M Pacific's that will be somewhere around $1900. How...
... Now, that's interesting! There must have been quite a volume of cars needing to be turned to invest in a balloon track; otherwise, couldn't they have...
PC, ... Quick answer: no. However, I do remember the details of the interior of the Wakefield (Upper) Station. The ticket window was located midway along...
Walter, check out the previous posts on this subject and you'll get your answers. "Now, that's interesting! There must have been quite a volume of cars needing...
... Also, don't forget that the turntable was technically not CP property, it was StJ&LC. Back when B&M owned the mainline they also owned the StJ&LC and used...
John Hutchins, P.O. Box 595, Littleton, MA 01460-0595 ... As for CPR - B&M trains, the only trains operating in my days were 904 South, 917 North, 82 (Turn...
Brian: What is an "off-scale?" Yesterday, I went to a local show which had railroads in N (1:160), HO (1:87), S (1:64), O (1:48) in 2-rail (which I use) and...
Greetings All; I can remember when the MEC had a big block for the CPR, the CPR would run an extra from St. J to Newport. Ben Perry Drive like A railroad...
Hi John, 300+ was a "normal" in the day......When 904 would depart Newport by the end of the week, like on a Friday, 250-300 cars and 7 units would haul south....
In 1953 at least the Newport-WRJ through freights were: northbound (B&M/CP) ... BU-1/901 SU-1/903 JU-1/915 southbound (CP/B&M) ... 902/UB-2 904/UJ-2 906/UJ-4 ...
Hi Dave, Since you've identified CPED/EDCP it appears you're talking mid-70's although I believe somebody on this group once noted that run-through CPR power...
The very last of the passenger trains I recall here in St. J were tribal faced Buddliners. I wasn't a railfan then, so I never took pictures. I can't even...
... The CP local freight, which operated Newport-Woodsville, was #50 southbound and operated as an extra northbound. This practice of scheduling (TT-wise) a...
Hi there, On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Janet & Randy Brown < ... FWIW - the live steamer outside was 7.25" gauge. Once you get south and/or west of PA, the...
In regard to passenger trains on that balloon track. Wasn't there a time at which the summer trains went through from Montreal to Portland via CP/MEC ? I'll...
Yes, the original MAINE COAST SPECIAL was a CPR train which I'm guessing was combined with a B&M train out of Sherbrooke at Newport. It then ran south via...
... The original Purina mill was second or third hand ownership, located north of the yard on the single track main in a congested area just south of the...
Mike: I wasn't sure if the gauge change was geographically uniform, or a matter of personal (club) preference. Thanks for the insight. As to the B&M in On3 --...
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