In a message dated 8/21/2008 2:09:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jcdworkingonthenp@... writes: At seven o'clock each morning the section foreman was...
I had forgotten about the Railroad Watches. I have have two of them. My watch is a 21 jewel Hamilton pocket watch and was given to me by my Dad and Mom...
I have posted to the TellTale 2 photos which show a "Employee's Watch Comparison Card", Form 645. This card was filled in by a Helena Jeweler, for P.J....
The time signal started at 3 minutes before noon eastern time -900AM here on the coast. There was a ten second pause before the minute and it skipped a click...
As I recall, we telegraphers on the Lake Superior Divn in the 50's were required to carry accurate timepieces, as my Hamilton was, but I don't believe we were...
... . ... Conductors, ... carry a ... watch ... to-date ... Actually, Ball Watch company had a wind up wrist watch which was approved even earlier. I think...
TELL TALE EXTRA: LOVE and KISSES, D. T. Sprau Seventh Floor, American Bank Building, 621 Southwest Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon, September 7, 1962. The...
... <whstlpnk@...> wrote: See below NP6V - I suspect "Bozarth" should be the "Beaux Arts" (Trio) returning from European Tour. Very famous piano / cello /...
Good Heavens! It's bad enough I had to type out all that stuff once, 45+ years ago. How long did it take Dr E-Ville to re-type it?? By the way you would...
Speaking as a train dispatcher who had to issue Track Car Lineups and deal with them on a daily basis, I hated them! They were a sword hanging over our heads,...
Group, l am trying to date a photo. l would like to know, how close to 1950 did the NP use the large square headlights say on the yard switchers. Carl in...
Well said Dave Les T ... From: dsprau@... <dsprau@...> To: NPTellTale@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:05 pm Subject: [NPTellTale] Lineups,...
... Dave - Thanks for revealing that "No Medals for the 5123 Crew" article is fiction, and a composite of events occurring on other roads. Agreed it was an...
The question sounds valid, but most of us probably know neither the question nor the answer. I assume that you are asking about the box headlights, such as...
An interesting guess, but I think it unlikely that either seasoned relay-telegrapher Sprau, or the traffic office clerk originating the message, would have...
D.T. "The BN Done Me Wrong" Sprau asks: "How long did it take Dr E-Ville to re-type it?" I dunno, a week to get through two days' worth perhaps? However, a lot...
All- When replying to a long post, please try and edit out any extraneous bits of the original message. It's just no damned fun to read a brief reply and then...
All- If anyone can put first names (or any names) to the following, please feel free to reply on or off list: * * * 1962 * * * Laurel, Montana (RN) [Laurel...
DH- I might agree except on both sides of the Columbia River just north of Portland, around Ridgefield WA there was a Bozarth family who were quite prominent...
JP3: The guy at Butte was "D'Orion Chew.' Why don't you see if you can find one of those many BN phone books I gave you, and dig out a 1971 or 72 one and look...
... Dave Sprau and Ed Berntsen, My appreciation and humble admiration to you both for clarifying Bozarth v Beaux Arts ! Agree - Single Occupancy in a...
This past Thursday 8-21-08 I drove from my home in Renton to Plains, MT on the first day of my trip to Montana. The report and photos can be found here: ...
Great pictures, Brian. Personally I get a kick out of seeing BNSF locos that carry numbers the same as NP steamers. You bagged two: 5110 - a Z6 challenger....
All- URL: http://www.cassgilbertsociety.org/architect/buildings/gnpd-yakima.html FYI JP3 Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and...
Just a quick note here. The Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul has had its facilities taken over by the convention activities here next week. The...
JP3, Thanks for the site on Mr. Gilbert. Had known of his work here in Helena, The Montana Club. There has always been speculation, and some conjecture, that...
