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I have added a somewhat more detailed revenue equipment listing as taken from my 1969/73 Freight Train Symbol Book (black cover, gold lettering)that gives the...
All this discussion of the Flying Yankee leads me to a question, perhaps a bit off topic for a B&M list. So, as we all know the F-Y went to Bangor. How was it...
Just a shot in the dark but it reminds alot of the LHR road crossing in Warwick NY. Todd K. Stearns ... From: Scott J. Whitney To: List VRS&Rutland ; List...
Very relevant question, George. From 1934 to 1956 MeC was joined with the B&M under a joint operating agreement (NOT a merger) to reduce overall operating...
... Note that the s/b trip to Boston was carded at 15 minutes longer than the n/b trip to Bangor despite having the same stops (or lack thereof). I wonder if...
... wrote:> I wonder if backing out of Bangor station and turning the unit ... fname=bang55se.jpg&state=ME> ... That makes sense. Wasn't there was a...
... Your comment rang a bell and I checked the archives. Back in Fall 2002 we discussed this very issue of having to back up the #6000, in that case vis-a-vis...
There was a valve at the obs end of the car known as the 'tit' but was the conductor's valve which whom ever was in the car during the back up movement used to...
Good thought, John. I'll check my MeC ETT's for about that time when I get back home on Friday. They're spotty, but I think I have at least one in the...
Hello, group -- I seek your aid. I'm helping a high-school group with a prokect which will evaluate the socio-economic effect of the railroad on small towns...
Well, that should count as two mysteries solved... ;-) Given that info plus the MeC posts it seems pretty clear the F.Y. backed out of BUS and turned at NMJ. ...
For Walker Transportation Collection contact: Richard W. Symmes, Curator/Co-Founder Walker Trans. Coll. Beverly Historical Society Beverly, MA 01915 Recorded...
... John, in the last day or two using Google I found one or two other 'sources' that indicated this was the normal way of doing things. However these other...
_____ From: On Behalf Of jshorvath10583 Subject: [BM_RR] Re: Yet another F-Y question On a related topic, I wonder if B&M ETTs mention how the #6000 was ...
... Thank you, Roger. Interesting that the distance between Bangor Union Station and Northern Maine Junction for the backup move there was very similar, about...
_____ From: On Behalf Of jshorvath10583 Subject: [BM_RR] Re: Yet another F-Y question This just made me think of something. Weren't MEC crews used between ...
As a notice to all group members; a file has been uploaded to my folder: Alan LePain's 2D-3D Images in the Files area of the BM_RR group. File Name: B&M Signal...
John wrote: There's a photo ca. 1980 in Ron Johnson's MEET THE MAINE CENTRAL of the Bucksport Extra entering the Penobscot River bridge after backing from...
Try http://www.walkertrans.org (not .com) However, a lot of the images on this site did not display when I looked at it. I don't know who "SouthRiver Sites,...
... That certainly appears to be an excellent description of it. Looking at diagram on p. 100 of Sweetland's "New England Rails - 1948-1968" it would appear...
Eastern Seabard Models Corporation now has N-scale etched car sides for the 6-4-6 sleeper cars. http://esmc.com/3110/Item3192.html You need to use one of the...
John, Based upon photos in the "ALCO's HH Series," by Diesel Era (Withers Publishing), the model appears to be a dead ringer for B&M 1101 as delivered on...
... Indeed B&M 1101 was essentially an HH660 (recalling that this designation exists only in the minds of railfans) which was Alco model class 404-DL-198. The...
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