_____ From: On Behalf Of dbkvn Subject: Groveton/Berlin freight During the 1960's-1970's what would be an "average train in and or out of these locales (# of...
I have gone through my sources and come up with the following list of Freight Train names. 1920 FTSB The PAN HANDLE Switcher...
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Roundels of a Train Order Signal I have been trying to determine the 6.50 diameter roundel type as "originally" used in the B&M's train order signal. Based on...
My previous posting seems to have been misplaced but here's the complete story. From Boston and Maine Railroad Employees' Magazine Vol. 18, August 1949, Number...
Alan, I'm not sure I could answer your question with authority. I did put a photo in the Files section under the title "Order Board". It shows the order board...
Alan, The order board mast head on the Lisbon, NH station is original. The roundels are flat. I repaired the whole signal and made new blades using B&M ...
Hi Ben, Thanks for the reply. Having been corrected by a former signal maintainer that the glass is called a roundel and not a lens led me to note what is the...
Hi Alan, When I worked for Corning many years ago in the plant that made railroad signal lenses, that is what they were known as. The type of design we made...
I am trying to find out a little history about the Chicopee Falls, Mass. branch of the B&M. Does anyone know when the last train (Guilford?) ran down the...
FYI... I'm passing this on to the group so that it gets archived... ... To: Undisclosed-Recipient@... Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 5:32:26 PM Subject: Fw:...
The Ben Moore Paint job is not authentic.........I used that paint for the East Kingston depot because it was the closest to the colors of the vinyl coated...
If you have any information about the 5400 series covered hopper to include diagrams, blueprints,pictures ,and other railroads that purchased this type of...
To Dave Lamson, Jon Miner and List: I concur mostly with the information Jon passed on to this list. The Lisbon, NH Station Restoration is in the final phase....
I was looking at some photos of B&M steam engines going thru tunnel. I know the B&M built the blower on top of the tunnel. Before the blower was built and the...
... They are controlled from the machine at Billerica. Just giant electric blowers with a relay remote control. I would imagine that in the thrilling days of...
The story of ventilating the Hoosac Tunnel dates back to the 1840's and continues on today. When the Tunnel was opened for service in 1876, it was believed...
Thanks for the info on the Tunnel Blowers. Bob On Mon, 5 May 2008 22:04:23 -0400 "Scott J. Whitney" ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi everyone, Thanks for confirming that the originals roundels were in fact "flat". I'm sure there are those interested in being able to obtain these flat...
This from the Railway Age Newswire: Vermont Railway reopens Hoosick Falls connection [] The Vermont rail system is again connecting with Pan Am Railways trains...
Greetings Everyone! Some of you knew this was coming but most of you are hearing this for the first time. In my continuing effort to distribute my collection...
In the March issue of Railmodel Journal, there is an article to convert the "Johnny Lightning" truck into one of these hi-rail charactors...Looking for...
Group: I'm posting this here as these cars were certainly seen on the B&M, at least as through cars between Boston and Montreal on the overnight "New...
Folks, While looking for some information on the Berlin, NH area, I came across a map on a Grand Trunk website, which showed, among other things such as the...
The stub of the wye once connected to one of the area logging roads if i recall correctly. SJW ... From: "J Douglas Fisher" <jdouglasfisher@...> To:...
... FWIW, the document you found on-line was apparently scanned from a portion of a folded insert that accompanied one of Nimke's books on the Conn River...
I am interested in modeling Bellows Falls and the Cheshire Branch, Denison. I am always interested in seeing what other come up with as far as track plans....
C Francis Belcher's Logging Railroads of the White Mountains confirms the earlier posts that it was the Success Pond Railroad, operated by the Blanchard &...
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