Hi there, I'm a re-joined member having lost contact when I brought a new pc. Can any member advise of safe train watching locations in New England, preferably...
To all three groups: Two [or maybe more - couldn't get a good view as I was two blocks aray in a moving car] Guilford units went through Old Orchard Beach...
Most likely the cars were ST 100 and 101, which have been the only cars used on the GRS business train for the past few years. Power was likely MEC 516 and...
Hello everyone, I need some information about BM 76000-76538, 40ft PS-1 boxcars delivered in 1957. I'd like to model one of these cars after the roofwalk was...
... Probably about the same time that the #75000's lease expired with Equitable Assurance, and the surviving cars were "blue-dipped" & renumbered into the...
Has anyone here ever heard the term "rail coal" used? This is, apparently, in reference to a coal purported to be of better quality or grade based on some...
As a post script to my last post.... The photo shows the 494 sitting on Track 1A in the B&M yard. CV milepost 14 is to the right with their mainline in front...
My brother and I were lucky enough to see 494 go past the Westboro engine house on the local from Concord. We walking down the hill from Main St to Railroad...
No quibble with the location, but consider that the sedan in the left of the picture is sunk axle-deep and hung up on a grassy embankment, with a roughly 6 x 6...
... A diesel roster and a couple of small pictures of F-7s can be found on my Unofficial B&M site: http://jbvb.ex.com/rr/bmrr/b_and_m.html ... There have been...
Dear Scott, I'm posting this on the Yahoo List in case Roger or someone else can jump in with definitive information in regards to your mysterious early,...
... A difference of 0.32 miles. ... calls ... as ... A difference of .019 miles....... The plot thickens! In either case, the distance from the 'new' Wells...
Alden Dreyer <alden.javanet@r...> wrote: ...either Ryegate moved south to become East Ryegate or Wells River moved north. Or both. ... villages/population...
I find the photo that Scott's URL refers to very interesting. I have studied this photo over and over. I have come to the conclusion that something about it is...
No, that can't be it because it looks like an old postcard and the handwriting is correct. Also, islands have a nasty habit of appearing and disappearing...
Hi John, and welcome to the group. In the october issue of Model Railroader on page 97 there is an ad for Sunbird Train Mart (out of print books). They have in...
... Peter and Others, If one is looking to buy a book, perhaps the easiest & most complete site on the internet is http://www.bookfinder.com/ A simple search...
... appearing > and disappearing after floods..... ... I'm as puzzled as anyone else, but I do think the appearance of the bridge offers a clue as to the date....
Hi all, to the best of my knowledge, both the Jones Books on the B&M City and Shore and Forest River & Mountain are still available. I have them listed at ...
Hi Tim thanks for the heads up on the bookfinder site, now got it bookmarked. Cheers Peter ... complete ... using ... in ... the ... number of ... is ... ...
I was going to save this posting until we return from China next month, but since the subject is at hand, I'll list the books now. A respectable and longterm...
Lacking a definitive answer on this, I'll ask again... Can anyone here tell me what "Rail Coal" is/was? Why I ask is due to an advertisement from Marsch Coal...
... England, ... to ... action ... after ... Dave ... Hi Dave welcome back, The greatest train watching in New England for a favorable scenery/density matrix...
JAR, I would assume 'Rail Coal' was a slang word meaning; the same coal used by railroads could be used by home owners in their coal fired steam heating ...
... John Alan, I can only guess which would probably no better or worse than yours. I guess you stumped the group (and yourself). A search of Google for "rail...
Dear Dave, I tend to agree with Brian Solomon, Bob Buck and dozens of others, that Palmer, Massachusetts, has replaced East Deerfield as the single preferred...
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