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19212
And speaking of trains out of the North Station how many remember "Candy Lou" Gelin? BB...
Bruce C Bowden
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Apr 1, 2007
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19213
Bruce, didn't he work out of the Armstrong Co.? I remember him well. Roger Subject: [BM_RR] Re: Here's one for the old timers And speaking of trains out of the...
Roger Robar
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Apr 1, 2007
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19214
FYI for the group, I've just listed a bunch of HO railroad stuff on Ebay under my username, c177guy: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZc177guy ...
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Apr 2, 2007
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19215
The candy and peanut hawker?? Careful Bruce, you are dating to many of us! Railfan97 Bruce C Bowden <bcbowden@...> wrote: And speaking of trains out of...
Ben Barrett
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Apr 2, 2007
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19216
Hi all: Have just listed on my website www.trainbooks.com (click on models) many HO cars and some locomotives for many New England roads and mid west RR's....
Kevin T. Farrell
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Apr 3, 2007
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19217
Does anyone know if the old B&M Talgo passenger equipment is still around? The last I heard, and this was years and years ago, the power units were at a mill...
Bob Metell
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Apr 3, 2007
5:41 pm
19218
Units are scrapped, two of the three coach sets are known scrapped. The rest? ... From: "Bob Metell" <Qo-nos05178@...> To: <BM_RR@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Scott J. Whitney
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Apr 3, 2007
7:38 pm
19219
as I speak at 1030AM Somerville Fire is in a Building at 3rd St at a Fire . A locomotive is on Fire ************************************** See what's free at...
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Apr 3, 2007
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19220
When the B&M finally became something else in 1983, were there any orders for new cars still on the books...If so, were they then painted into the something...
dbkvn
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Apr 4, 2007
1:38 am
19221
Many thanks for the info on the Talgo set. Bob On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:36:25 -0500 "Scott J. Whitney" ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bob Metell
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Apr 4, 2007
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19222
An ST employee told me that he saw the nose of one of the locomotives in a basement in Maine. ....Sean ... -- spmcinerney@... Southern New Hampshire ...
Sean McInerney
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Apr 4, 2007
11:26 am
19223
... No. Tim Gilbert...
Tim Gilbert
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Apr 4, 2007
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19224
Hi all... I just got done cleaning house in my collection and have put a crapload of photos on e-Bay. Anyone who's interested can find the complete list at: ...
Scott J. Whitney
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Apr 7, 2007
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19225
Would Dave Lamson please contact me off line. Thx Bob Warren...
Bob Warren
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Apr 7, 2007
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19227
Bob Warren <bmbobwarren@...> wrote: Would Dave Lamson please contact me off line. Thx Bob Warren ... Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail...
David Lamson
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Apr 7, 2007
8:31 pm
19228
I should know the answer to this question by now, but I obviously don't. What horns did the first B&M E7's have when they were delivered back in 1945? Were...
Jeff Rousseau
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Apr 10, 2007
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19229
I was looking over some old photos of the Lynn station area dated back in the photos. It appears at one time the Lynn Station was a 4 track station. Was the...
Bob Metell
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Apr 10, 2007
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19230
I was out in Roxbury, NH Sunday to do some poking around on my way home from Easter Diner in Keene. Wihout the foliage on the trees I feel I got a good sense...
Steve
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Apr 10, 2007
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19231
The "Flood" that killed the Keene Branch was a washout that occured on Jan 9, 1934, onehalf mile east of Hancock Station at Moose Brook. Employee timetables...
Joseph Romano
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Apr 10, 2007
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19232
I would like to know which railroad has rights to serve which industries in Everett and Chelsea. According to old maps, the B&M and B&A had parallel lines...
Malcolm Laughlin
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Apr 11, 2007
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19233
I was just reading the B&MRHS newsletter and Tim Gilbert's wonderful catalog of the "Company Ice Car" raised a question. What is a "Company Ice Car" and...
David P. Stickney
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Apr 12, 2007
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19234
... What is a "Company Ice Car" and service did they see? Generally a 36 foot wood reefer that was loaded with ice from an icehouse (either up-country in the...
Brian Jennison
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Apr 12, 2007
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19235
... Brian, The 36' cars you refer to were B&M's #40200-40900 series of Insulated Boxcars built by Laconia in the 1900's which were used in revenue service (vs....
Tim Gilbert
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Apr 12, 2007
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Brian Jennison wrote: "Generally a 36 foot wood reefer that was loaded with ice from an icehouse (either up-country in the pond ice harvesting days, or later, ...
Doug Drew
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Apr 13, 2007
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19237
... Doug, On the B&M, rail service to the natural ice harvesting business ceased around 1930 when mechanical refrigeration took over in the home and/or ...
Tim Gilbert
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Apr 13, 2007
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19238
Doug, I can remember very well when my folks had an ice cooled refrigerator in the late 1930's, say about 1938 or '39. I can remember the ice man would chip...
Roger Robar
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Apr 13, 2007
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19239
Information from an article I read indicated that wholesale cutting of ice, etc. ended in the 40's due to refrigerators, etc. Bob...
Bob Warren
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Apr 13, 2007
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19240
Was trying to figure out if the B&M made money on the Conn River Line to Berlin during the 60's to 80's...How and how much was paid to the B&M for moving...
dbkvn
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Apr 14, 2007
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19241
Posted by: "dbkvn" bandmfan1970@... dbkvn Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:21 pm (PST) Was trying to figure out if the B&M made money on the Conn River Line to Berlin...
Dwight Smith
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Apr 14, 2007
11:32 am
19242
... "Ice boxes" survived in some locations at least through WWII. Although I was born in 1940, I have a clear memory from a summer vacation on Cape Cod, in...
Irv Thomae
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