Hello fellow members, I have just learned about a B&M video new to me: Tape BM-1 "Boston and Maine" DVD BM-1 "Boston and Maine" 57 Minutes, B&W/Color,...
Hi everyone, Excuse the "newbie" question, but, how much work would be needed to detail Athearn's "new" B&M RS-3? This is the one that is, I'm guessing, the ...
I have the video on DVD. While I bought it primarily for the Alouette segment, I enjoyed the rest of the footage also. The Alouette film is a cab view showing...
Greg, The Athearn/Roundhouse RS3 is in MHO 100% improvement over the old RH model. The painting is superb and accurate. You can add additional detail to your ...
Looking to find photos of this bridge...It is the auto bridge just, on the Lisbon side; north of the turn past the old roundhouse...Are you still with...
I'm working on an essay on the milk transport business. I wonder if anyone can direct me to sources or tell me their own analysis of why the railroad's lost...
Kevin in Denver. Do you mean the auto 'dry bridge' over the tracks that went down to the new yard in Woodsville? I'm a little confused with your question. ...
... Dwight Smith and others have direct experience, but I can answer from a RR operations PoV: Milk was labor-intensive, and had to be handled to a fairly...
There is a postcard of the bridge that was produced many years ago. I have seen it from time to time on eBay but do not have one of my own. JAR ... From:...
I can not say why the B&M lost some of the milk business, except that the truckers got a free ride on the interstates, but it certainly lost the Eagle Bridge...
... As others have already said, reliability was a major issue for the milk companies. One of the first milk shippers to give up on the B&M, some time in the...
When I worked on the B&M operating plan in 1968, there were still milk cars picked up on the head end by one of the Boston trains somewhere near Bennington....
There was one way it could have worked - 24 hour equipment turns with a dedicated train. Not so way out as it might seem. When I was working in the Traffic...
Hi Irv, I must say you did a fine job capsulizing the end of WB and the railroads. I don't think I could have done a better job myself. However it is fair to...
Evening, Got a very sad message from Bob's wife today, informing me that Bob passed away in his sleep at the nursing home in Keene this morning. With all the...
If anyone's interested, I've recently added more B&M photos, as well as some more MEC and other New England roads. More to follow, so check back now and then....
Although it is not strictly 'B&M business' for this group, I believe that members will be sad to learn that Robert (Bob) Nimke passed away earlier today in...
I took photos this afternoon of the Brattleboro coal facility that was part of recent discussion and posted them in the photos section of this group's home...
Actually, this is the idea that was forming in my head - one turn over 24 hours (loaded to Boston in the day, empty back at night). Maybe using milk...
Hi Chris, While others have commented on decreasing train frequency and the increase in interstate highways as contributing to the demise of milk traffic; do...
Good points, Steve. I would like to pick up on the sanitation one a bit further using Hood for a comparison. Once the milk was delivered to the city plant, the...
Hello All: Down here on the former PRR mainline from Buffalo and the line from Erie, Pa. the Pennsy had a dedicated milk train that came through Lock Haven,...
All there is about milk in my 1968 reportis: - MB-6 pick up milk at Eagle Bridge 7:00 am, arrive Boston 4:00 am. - Yard 9 job programmed for 30 minutes...
Ben, Were the cars being used by the White brates Steel cars, like the IM HO models? Also, what cars would have been in use around 1948 and did they also...
"James Fellows" <jamesfellows@...> wrote: Were the cars being used by the White brates Steel cars, like the IM HO models? Also, what cars would have been in...
John, Thanks for the info. It should be an easy model to build with the Walther's kit. Jim ... From: jshorvath10583 To: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
"James Fellows" <jamesfellows@...> wrote: It should be an easy model to build with the Walther's kit. ... result of several errors (actually mold economies)...
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