The last couple of weeks, Metra North Central services trains have turned up
with recently rebuilt ex-CNW Pullman cars.  Most of the cars rebuilt in 1994
& '95 are 1967-1970 built, (7800's) including 5 ex-CRI&P cab cars. The
recently rebuilt cars (that I have seen) are: 7719, 7744, 7745, 7783, and
8719. Of course 8719 is an ex-CNW cab car, and you can barely see where the
cab window was. Incidentally F40PH 125 appeared repainted, even with new
number boards and cab a/c. This old 1977 built veteran has worked the Rock
Island, Milwaukee Road, and CNW lines during its career.
Sean

I just put the January version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server.

It includes several new items:
1.  New Chicago cable car lines page: the Chicago City Railway, the
first US cable car line outside of San Francisco.
2.  Excerpt from Frank Norris' novel "The Pit", describing Chicago
cable cars.
3.  Brief biographical articles on C B Holmes and Asa Hovey

Next month:
The North Chicago Street Railroad and an article on the effects of patent
trusts on cable railway development.

Happy New Year to all,
Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (new url alias)
http://www.geocities.com/cable_car_guy/cablecar.html

Hello
I was wondering if there is anyone who could take one or two
photos of a Metra locomotive - showing the headlights and beacons.
Thank you.
Steve

www.metrarail.com home page has loco pix. The ditch lights are hard to see as
they are partially covered by snow. Don't miss the red markers in the red
stripes. The light between the number boards is an oscellating light circular
pattern. Note the amber dome light on the roof. Hope that helps.
     -----Original Message-----
     From: S. King <kingls@...>
     To: chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>
     Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:04 PM
     Subject: [chicagotransit] photo of Metra lights


     From: "S. King" <kingls@...>

     Hello
     I was wondering if there is anyone who could take one or two
     photos of a Metra locomotive - showing the headlights and beacons.
     Thank you.
     Steve


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Thanks Edward.
What I need is the actual paper hardcopy.
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At 05:51 PM 1/9/00 -0600, EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY wrote:
>From: EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY <esirovy@...>
>
>www.metrarail.com home page has loco pix. The ditch lights are hard to see
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red stripes. The light between the number boards is an oscellating light
circular pattern. Note the amber dome light on the roof. Hope that helps.
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>    To: chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>
>    Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:04 PM
>    Subject: [chicagotransit] photo of Metra lights
>
>
>    From: "S. King" <kingls@...>
>
>    Hello
>    I was wondering if there is anyone who could take one or two
>    photos of a Metra locomotive - showing the headlights and beacons.
>    Thank you.
>    Steve
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     To: chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>;
chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>
     Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:29 PM
     Subject: Re: [chicagotransit] photo of Metra lights


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     Thanks Edward.
     What I need is the actual paper hardcopy.
     Steve


     At 05:51 PM 1/9/00 -0600, EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY wrote:
     >From: EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY <esirovy@...>
     >
     >www.metrarail.com home page has loco pix. The ditch lights are hard to see
     as they are partially covered by snow. Don't miss the red markers in the
     red stripes. The light between the number boards is an oscellating light
     circular pattern. Note the amber dome light on the roof. Hope that helps.
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     >    Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:04 PM
     >    Subject: [chicagotransit] photo of Metra lights
     >
     >
     >    From: "S. King" <kingls@...>
     >
     >    Hello
     >    I was wondering if there is anyone who could take one or two
     >    photos of a Metra locomotive - showing the headlights and beacons.
     >    Thank you.
     >    Steve
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Hi Edward
Unfortunately, that will not work for the application needed.
Thanks
Steve



At 06:45 PM 1/9/00 -0600, EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY wrote:
>From: EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY <esirovy@...>
>
>Can you print the page?
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>    From: S. King <kingls@...>
>    To: chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>;
chicagotransit@onelist.com <chicagotransit@onelist.com>
>    Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:29 PM
>    Subject: Re: [chicagotransit] photo of Metra lights
>
>
>    From: "S. King" <kingls@...>
>
>    Thanks Edward.
>    What I need is the actual paper hardcopy.
>    Steve
>
>

Joseph Testagrose has posted some very nice
photos of GM and Mack Old Look buses in News
Groups at -  alt.binaries.pictures.vehicles -

Most of these photos were taken back in 1970!

Peace,

=====
Peter McLaughlin
       We have just added Community Transit of Everett Washington and Pierce
Transit of Tacoma Washington to TMX - Transit & Music Express
http://welcome.to/tmx . Look for updates soon in the above mentioned new
sections!!!

Also, More photos are being added to TMX in the British Columbia section!!
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Take a look at some of the pictures that I have posted at:
<A
HREF="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Station/1963/SGashindex.html">
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Station/1963/SGashindex.html</A>
If thats not enough, I can go through my files and send you a copy of a
picture. Are you specifically looking for past or present F40C's, F40PH's, or
F40PHM's?
Sean Gash
Commuter train nut

More Chicago Transit Authority "Old Look" photos
on alt.binaries.pictures.vehicles ..  Including
some VERY nice shots of some Brill Trolley
Coaches!!   These recent pics were posted on
January 10/2000 so if you want to see them, you
better do so before the end of January 12/2000. I
am not exsactly sure how long these postings stay
on the News Groups. :-)

Peace,

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       We have just added Community Transit of Everett Washington and Pierce
Transit of Tacoma Washington to TMX - Transit & Music Express
http://welcome.to/tmx . Look for updates soon in the above mentioned new
sections!!!

Also, More photos are being added to TMX in the British Columbia section!!
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[This message contained attachments]

CTA #3091 which is posted on the News Groups at
Alt.bineries.pictures.vehicles was originally a
Flxible New Look "Fishbowl"??  Correct me if I am
wrong please!

Also, what year was it originally before its
rebuild?  If some of you can't access this photo,
please e-mail me and I will send you a copy of
it.

Peace,

=====
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       We have just added Community Transit of Everett Washington and Pierce
Transit of Tacoma Washington to TMX - Transit & Music Express
http://welcome.to/tmx . Look for updates soon in the above mentioned new
sections!!!

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OK, sorry for the mutiple postings on this
subject, but it seems that the forwarded ones did
not work, So here it is again!  Thanks everyone!

> A WHOLE bunch more CTA pics of Marmon's have
> been
> posted on the News Groups again!! At
> Alt.bineries.pictures.vehicles  9600's into the
> 9700's

> Peace,

=====
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       We have just added Community Transit of Everett Washington and Pierce
Transit of Tacoma Washington to TMX - Transit & Music Express
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--- Ken Baker <tmx218@...> wrote:
> Hey everyone!
>
> Just added Seattle to TMX, so far has the AM
> General Diesels, AM General
> Trollies, and the GM T8H5305's.  More soon to
> come!
>
> Ken Baker
>

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       We have just added Community Transit of Everett Washington and Pierce
Transit of Tacoma Washington to TMX - Transit & Music Express
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I just put the February version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:
http://www.geocities.com/cable_car_guy/cablecar.html

It includes several new items:
1. New on the Chicago cable car lines page: the North Chicago Street
Railroad.
2. On the Miscellany page, an article about the effects of the Patent Trust
on the cable railway industry.
3. On the Who page, a brief biographical article on the widely hated C T
Yerkes.  Yerkes owned two of Chicago’s cable railway operating companies and
built a good bit of the el system.
4. On the San Francisco/Omnibus Railroad page, a postcard of a former
Omnibus cable car that was the first passenger car of the Milly Valley and
Mount Tamalpais Railway.  The postcard also shows the line's first
locomotive, a Shay.
5. On the Other Cities/Melbourne page, a bit about the modern Portland,
Victoria tourist cable tram.  It’s not really cable driven.
6. I moved my thanks and links section to a separate page and added many
more links, including San Francisco and Chicago history sections.

Next month:The West Chicago Street Railroad and a brief article on the
Chicago Tunnel Company’s railroad.

Regards,
Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (new url alias)
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I'm looking to see the Cta's newest "Ravenston" trip from Howard to the Loop
and back. I heard it was run 512, but what time does it leave Howard?
Sean

The ridiculous run 512 leaves Howard St. at 8:15.

The description "ridiculous" has piqued my curiosity! What is this animal? Is it
an Evanston Express that turns into a Ravenswood on the return trip? An E.E.
that goes the opposite way around the Loop? Is it a newer Ravenswood train mixed
in with the older E.E. cars? Does this have something to do with the news that
the CTA is adding more rush-hour trains to five lines?

I saw this on the CTA's web site:
"On the Brown Line, where morning rush period trains are especially crowded
south of Belmont, an extra Brown Line train will enter service at Belmont at
8:17 a.m. for a trip to the Loop. After circling the outer Loop, this same train
will leave the Merchandise Mart station northbound at 8:47 a.m. as a Purple Line
Express to Linden."

While I'm asking questions, when did the E.E. trains start talking? The other
night, I hopped on an E.E. from the Mart to Wellington and was surprised to hear
the stops announced by a pre-recorded voice. I've seen this before on other
systems, but not the CTA. How does this work? Are the announcements triggered by
some kind of sensors on the track? Was this done to make less work for motormen,
or because the traditional intercom system is unintelligible due to distortion
and feedback? Do all E.E.'s have this now, or was I just lucky the other night?
Are there plans to add this system to all CTA lines? The clarity was good, but
it seemed a little too antiseptic. The individual voices announcing stops add to
the character of the L.

Sorry for all the questions. Feel free to refer me to another source for this
information. Is there a publication I can subscribe to for the latest
information about the CTA?

--Dave Johnsen

Hello,
I currently have over 4,000 original slides of railroad and other
transportation-related subjects for sale.  There are many of buses and
rapid transit, with a heavy concentration in the Chicago area.  All are
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are almost 20 years old.
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From what I know, this one runs as an Evanston Express, but operates around
the Loop like a Ravenswood; counterclockwise. Thats all...just goes straight
south at Tower 18.
Sean

Since 512 is a swing, does it also run this way when it makes the 16:50
southbound out of Linden?
Sean

Have 5 Whole buses. Not running, various conditions and problems.6v71 detroit
diesel, allison v730 (4sp) auto. transmission.Please email me 4 more info.Must
sell soon. Make offers.
Manufactured by GM Canada in 1981 (month unknown)
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I just put the March version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:
http://www.geocities.com/cable_car_guy/cablecar.html

It includes several new items:
1. New on the Chicago cable car lines page: the West Chicago Street
Railroad.  The third and last company to build lines in Chicago.
2. In the Chicago Miscellany section, a brief article about the Chicago
Tunnel Company Railroad.  It's mostly a plug for Phil O'Keefe's excellent
site about this unusual eletric railway.
3.  On the Seattle page, lots more detail about each line and more pictures.
4. On the Who page, a brief biographical article about J M Thompson (no
relation), an engineer who designed and built almost all of the lines in the
Pacific Northwest and the Second Street line in Los Angeles.  If anyone
knows what the "J" stood for, I'd be very grateful.
5. More links on my Thanks/Links page.

Next month: Cable Car Kitsch, a new page about the junk that people
(including me) collect.

I wanted to thank the people who have responded favorably to the articles
about cable railways in Chicago.  This will be the last note I copy to the
chicagohistory and chicagotransit lists unless I come up with something big
in the future.  Thanks to the members of those lists for their patience.

On an unrelated note, I finally had a chance to ride behind Little Puffer,
the 1904 steam locomotive that returned to the SF Zoo after being rudely
removed in 1978.  It was a great trip.  The Golden Gate Railway Museum
volunteers did a beautiful job restoring the engine and the cars.  The new
route is scenic, but very curvy.

Regards,
Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (new url alias)
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EMERGENCY Notice

My name is________________  and I am with a group
called Missourians for Rail Passenger Service.  We are
working to put an issue on the Nov. 2000 ballot in
Missouri.  We are talking about a one tenth of one
percent fuel tax which is supposed to generate about
3.8 million dollars a year for the development of a
statewide plan for Rail Passenger Service which could
include Springfield to St. Louis and Kansas City.

WE realize this will not totally fund a statewide plan
but our MAIN GOAL IS TO SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE OF
MISSOURI WANT A STATE WIDE RAIL PLAN and if they do
the Governor and the Legislature will help find
Federal and other funding.

We have 8 out of 10 people signing the petition and we
have a number of volunteers helping but we need to pay
some of these people to stand on the street corner.
Remember no issue has been put on the statewide ballot
without raising money and paying petitioners.

We are a grass roots group and we are asking for
$5.00, $10.00, $50.00 and $100.00 contributions to the
campaign.  Checks should be made out to Missourians
for Rail Passenger Service 101 S. Rice #16 Nixa MO
65714.  Thank you for your time---goodbye.

Anyone making calls will get one third of what they
raise before May 7, 2000.  You are a sub contractor
and all check names and amounts will be turned in on
reports to the Missouri Ethics Commission as a public
record of who supported the effort.  Callers are to
keep a log of who they called and when.  Thank you.

Remember TRUE GRASS ROOTS GROUPS THAT ARE NOT FUNDED
BY BIG MONEY INTEREST HAVE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE
PEOPLE FOR SUPPORT.

Please make at least 20 copies of this form---20
copies of the Secretary of State Form---and 20 copies
of the petition and pass on.  Please make sure you
have the petition notarized before you mail it back
along with the Secretary of State Form which must be
mailed to us at:  Missourians for Rail Passenger
Service 101 S. Rice #16 Nixa MO 65714.

Since we do not have big money supporting us and since
we are a €  '   '€  ³Real Grass Roots Group€  '   '€  ´ we are being
BLACKED
OUT BY THE MEDIA, which of course knows what is best
for the Citizens.

So please flood this flyer in St. Louis, Kansas City,
Springfield and all over the state.

FLYER   Authorized by Missourians for Rail Passenger
Service 101 S. Rice #16 Nixa MO 65714  417-724-2330
THANKS FOR HELPING DEMOCRACY

Paid for by Missourians for Rail Passenger Service,
Steven L. Reed Treasurer

                                                       10 April 2000

Mr. Robert W. Plaster
Dr. M. Graham Clark
Mr. John Q. Hammons
Mr. Spike White
Mr. Artie Ayers
Mr. Peter Herschand
Mr. Howard Claybough
Mr. Sam F. Hamra
Mr. John L. Morris
Mr. Lee Iacocca


Dear Gentleman:

I am writing to see if you may have any interest in
helping to get an issue on the Missouri ballot.  This
issue if passed by the voters could be a big help to
Missouri.  It would be placed in the State
Constitution that we are going to develop a state plan
for Rail Passenger Service in Missouri.

I have had the chance to meet many of you and
appreciate the efforts you have made to help the4
area.  As you know I started working to promote Rail
Passenger Service from Springfield to Branson and to
St. Louis and Kansas City. I started while a student
at School of the Ozarks in 1989.  I still have that
letter from K.C. Packard of U.P. saying he would pass
the word along.
]
I am sure that my 11 year effort of promoting this
project and the whole area of southwest Missouri
actually helped attract attention and even helped some
of your businesses in the process.  Now again I am
working on something that could really benefit your
businesses.  The time is rip with high speed rail
between Chicago and St. Louis scheduled to start in
less than two years and Officials in Oklahoma and
Texas saying they want it to come on through AND TIE
THE MIDWEST TOGETHER IT IS MORE LIKELYTHAN EVER TO
HAPPEN NOW.

WE realize this will not totally fund a statewide plan
but our MAIN GOAL IS TO SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE OF
MISSOURI WANT A STATE WIDE RAIL PLAN and if they do
the Governor and the Legislature will help find
Federal and other funding.

We have 8 out of 10 people signing the petition and we
have a number of volunteers helping but we need to pay
some of these people to stand on the street corner.
Remember no issue has been put on the statewide ballot
without raising money and paying petitioners.

We are a grass roots group and we are asking for
$5.00, $10.00, $50.00 and $100.00 contributions to the
campaign.  Checks should be made out to Missourians
for Rail Passenger Service 101 S. Rice #16 Nixa MO
65714.  Thank you for your time.

If you need additional information please call
417-724-2330.

We need some new idea's and that is why actions are
underway to possibly put the development of a
"Technology Park" on the ballot in Springfield and
possibly on the statewide ballot.. We have over 1,000
of the 1,700 signatures needed to get on the ballot.
This is a very positive issue that we need to have a
public debate on.    Technology parks called
€  '   '€  ³INCUBATORS€  '   '€  ´ are when educational groups which
help
set them up cross with job creation---job training
etc.   A Technology Park could be so important, it
could help with job training and creating jobs of the
future; while doing research and development.
Medical, Environmental, Electronics, and
Communications---are some of the areas
companies are involved in.  This could benefit people
of all ages.
There are around 200 of these parks either existing or
being developed
worldwide---Georgia, Minnesota, Texas, the one in
North Carolina is supposed to
be a good job-goldmine---which generates money for all
people in the economy. Springfield leads the way in
job creation.  Cities like: Ozark, Nixa, Willard,
Ash Grove, Republic, Billings and other do not have
the staff, time, or money to
create jobs.  A few web site examples of technology
parks include---each is ready
to log onto:  A.  http://www.wrtechpark.com/      B.
http://www.mhpcc.edu/otherpages/mrtp/mrtp.html  C.
www.lihti.org    D.  http://davistech.com    E.
www.sci-tech.org.uk
F.  www.swedepark.se/     G.  www.astp.co.uk    H.
http://www.bemidjitech.com


Sincerely,


Steven L. Reed  101 S.Rice #16  Nixa, MO65714
417-724-2330  stevenlloydreed@...

Sincerely,


Steven L. Reed

Steven L. Reed
101 S. Rice #16
Nixa, MO 65714

P.S.  Could you please leave the enclosed petitions
out at your businesses?

Anyone wanting to help with technology parks can mail
checks to:  Missourians for Technlogy Parks.

Here is a link from the All-Aboard list on MAGLEV.

Its very well done and DOCUMENTS every thing I always suspected.
Its well worth while taking the time to read all the way through.



    http://home.t-online.de/home/rsdhanstein/rh_2eng.htm

Very interesting. No money in the initial leglislation but might be an
interesting start.

   http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/al/20-al3.htm

DUPAGE RAILROAD SAFETY COUNCIL

BI-ANNUAL SAFETY CONFERENCE - PREVENTING TRAGEDY ON THE TRACKS

McDonalds Hamburger University
south of 22nd St on Jorie Blvd - Oak Brook Illinois

Friday, April 28, 2000 - 8:30am to 4:30pm

Coming off Illinois' worst year for railroad fatalities, the DuPage Railroad
Safety Council's bi-annual safety conference promises to be the most
important railroad safety summit to date. the one-day event is intended to
find logical solutions to a major public safety problem in Illinois.
Railroad crossing safety and the whistle blowing controversy are just two of
the timely and newsworthy subjects that will be discussed by industry
leaders and prominent federal state and local officials.

Patti Smith of the Federal Railroad Administration will speak about federal
whistle blowing guidelines, which are the subject of four public hearings
this week. In addition, Gerri Hall, president of Operation Lifesaver Inc.,
will be making a presentation on railroad crossing safety. There will also
be a forum on achieving a moratorium on the construction of future
highway/railroad grade crossings.

U.S. Representative Judy Biggert, State Representative Patti Bellock and
State Senator Kirk Dillard will present legislative updates. DuPage County
Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom will receive a "future Generations"
award. Former State Senator Beverly Fawell will also be receiving a
"lifetime achievement award".

FOR MORE INFORMATION: contact Dr. Lanny F. Wilson, Chairman of the DuPage
Railroad Safety Council at (630) 920-9200 or visit the website at
www.drsc.org

More info on the DuPage RR Crossing Safety Summit

   http://www.drsc.org/summit_news.htm

Hello everyone! Could someone send me a few links
for websites that have photos of CTA and other
Chicago area transit systems?

Thanks in advance,

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Peter McLaughlin....  New section with Transit bus photos from Regina
Saskatchewan Canada along with a page of Winnipeg Transit too!  Check it out at
http://members.xoom.com/tmx218/ Also watch for New Bus of The Month Photos for
the month of April

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