Ladies & Gentlemen: I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me where exactly in Homewood they are considering building the proposed railfan platform? ...
Some photos from the past few days for the snowbirds out there: 01/30/04 M33891 east of Scales Mound: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48658 M33891...
Groups: Saturday PM: At 12:15 the disp gave permission to someone to enter the siding, I assume this was the 338 coming in. The rest of the afternoon had a...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Dennis Daniels and I'm and ICG fan from North Mississippi. I've been on the Illinois Central Modelers...
... Welcome, We were one of the first groups. Brian saw the need for a separate modeling group while contributing to discussion on this list. We also have...
The platform will be located on the east side of the IC right of way, just south of the existing PACE bus transfer facility. Should make for great shots of SB...
Although the story below is 25 years old, I thought you might enjoy it. It is from the good old days when most all crew members carried a handgun in their bag....
Groups: At 09:00 (where I left off yesterday) the local was talking an lots of MOW. At 09:42 the disp said told the 'detector' that the 338 was by Portage at...
Hey Dennis. The Orange Era is about when I came into it as well. I have people in Booneville and Sledge and my Uncle used to be a HS principle in Corinth so...
Does anyone know the status of the proposed trains in Rockford? Bill -- William H. O'Hara, III - www.billohara.com KB1IUB = WA1NPO/W1MV/WC1EOC/K1USN RAILFAN =...
The City of New Orleans got to Champaign this morning and then performed an interesting maneuver after leaving the station. When he arrived in town he started...
IC 1033 is northbound approaching Aulon Junction crossing under Union Avenue on the Fulton Sub. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48756 GTW 6425...
M.J., I like your photos you posted. They bring back some good memories. I use to live in Memphis (Collierville) and worked for the BNSF. I miss the days of...
Bill, Do you have any relatives in the Starkville/West Point, MS area? I know some Hamblins up this way. It's nice to know of more IC fans down South. I would...
Hey Tracy, We've emailed before on the modelers board. I've put two and two together now. Al Goodman has mentioned you a number of times. I've known him for...
Groups: Left my notes at home. But a heads up: The 338 was still in Waterloo at 07:00 Wednesday morning. Yesterdays 338 meet the 337 at Burlington, IL about...
Thanks Dennis. Memphis is definitely a good spot to see a lot of train action. M.J. ... ===== M.J. Scanlon Memphis, TN My Photos at RailPictures.net ...
Hey Dennis, I've got lots of people up there. Contact me off list if interested @ icq101063@... so we won't bore the others. I've got an old HO Atlas...
I'm sitting here staring at an undecorated Bachmann doodlebug and wondering. . . . . . Did the IC ever roster any doodlebugs? Chuck Hinrichs Check'n the action...
The current issue of "DIESEL ERA" just arrived with a superb article by Cliff Downey on the variety of IC/ICG six axle locomotives. Included are shots of 6071...
Yes, but not very many. According to the book "Doodlebug Country" by Edmund Keilty, the IC had only a handful of traditional doodlebugs (including two McKeen...
Some of the 1930 ETT's that I have mention the use of "motorcars" on the service between Mattoon and Peoria. Does the "Doodlebug Country" mention where they...
I hardly ever see the IC here in the Omaha area any more, but today I saw two trains with IC power. The first was a BNSF train of 28 auto racks in Omaha,...
Hey there, I am in need of a track profile for the Kentucky Division for 1945. I have a 1965 profile, but I know there must have been changes in the twenty...
What I have on IC gas electrics is: # 113 & # 115 were McKeen made, 175 H.P., 71'-4" (between knuckle faces) units with a seating capacity of 82 people. These...
... wondering. . . . . . ... Hi Chuck, The IC's small roster of doodlebugs included: 111 Built 9-1907 by McKeen. Retired around 1925 112 Built 9-1910 by...
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