Hello! I just joined the group and wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction for my research. My great-grandfather, Frank A. Stanton was an...
Tamara, Best place to look might be the sundry Employee News sections of the B&M Employees Magazine - many copies available at the B&MRRHS Archives in Lowell...
Dear Tamara, At a time when hundreds of B&M enginemen were forced to retire, many, if not most, unwillingly, and furious at their union for selling them out,...
Welcome Tamara! I don't know much about your Great grandpa...but you might want to find a couple books to read to give an idea about what he did everyday. ...
Good afternoon, Does anyone have a copy of the June, 1985, issue of the B&M Bulletin to sell? If so, please contact me off-list. Thanks, Frank Ostlinger...
Is it possible that a CV switcher on duty at WRJ could have been used to push a CP Newport freight over the Wilder hump as part of its sideline? Kurt ... crew ...
... any ... In the 70s (I don't remember exactly when) the West End of the Hoosac tunnell caved in. We detoured for over three weeks as I recall. Bow Coal,...
last i knew she was with KCS in 2004. Now she is not on the roster and the new ACe's have the B&M GP38's roadnumbers 4012+ series. They up for sale? Alan Jr. ...
Hi all, If Buddy Winiarz, and Conrad Ekstrom are on this list would they please contact me. Or if you know these folks would you please pass this along. Thanks...
Located on the B&M Maineline in Pint Point is the former Snow's Cannery. The switch to the siding has been long torn up and it looks like it served the cannery...
Depends what TIME frame you are talking about,Ernie. I can recall,as late as the 70's,refrigerated cars would bring in some "raw materials",and Snow shipped...
... Possible, yes. Only likely (and legal) if the CV crew was qualified on the B&M north of WRJ yard limits. CV crews were likely to be qualified on B&M...
... That depends on what year you're talking. The yard limits got moved further out and I think that was just for the sake of the pushers. Originally they ...
Maybe Dwight Smith can shed some light on this. I do remember CV power switching in Westboro when I lived there as a very young boy on Railroad Ave. I recall...
I remember seeing CV's WRJ depot switcher hauling the B&M passenger power to/from Westboro for the "Ambassador" and "Bootlegger." If they worked that side of...
The track serving the warehouses north of the depot was always shown as B&M on all the track maps. They had to go onto CV property to access it. As for the...
Westboro: I don't have the details on how the switching assignments at White River Jct. were distributed between the B&M and CV. From my own personal...
Hi All: During 1960-1970 I was one of the B&M's freight traffic Department contacts with Snow Canning at Pine Point. As I recall, this was the only customer...
Greetings All, Dwight, do you recall the ownership (reporting marks) of the insulated cars used? Regards. Ben Perry Dwight Smith <geebud@...> wrote: Hi...
Dwight, were the businesses west of the joint WRJ freight house like the fuel dealer, Agway, etc. CV or B&M customers, or both? Also, were there any customers...
Chances are what I saw was a case of B&M crew using CV power to switch the feed store and shove cars down to the fuel storage tank at the end of the Westboro ...
Tom L remarked about his grandfather and uncle putting down torpedoes on the Fourth of July reminded me of what we'd do on third trick in the Boston yards. ...
Great stories Bob; lets hear more! ....................... Roger ... From: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BM_RR@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Warren Sent:...
I really appreciate all the comments and help regarding helpers and pushers at WRJ and Westboro. Today a CV switcher gave the 903 a shove on its way to...
... I know I'm nitpicking, but the train wouldn't become CP 903 until it reached Wells River. North of WRJ it would be BU1 or SU1 depending on the year...
OK, I'll nitpick a little more... On the B&M they added an 8 to the front of the number during the latter years of joint trains.... They trains were 8917 and...
Gee, Teach, pop quizzes are fun...especially these "open book" exercises...!!! 1) Worcester-Lowell Jct. (WN&P/Stony Brook, if we wanna split all-time hairs...)...
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