Even though I'm.busier than a cat trying to cover it's crap on a tin roof, I took a look at my Peoria track map. My wife just caught me in the center of a pile...
Sam - Interesting stuff....thanks! Out of curiosity, do the canning factory, elevator and cement plant in Arlington generate much traffic nowadays? Arlington...
Fellows, While reading lately an interesting article about the Story city branch in the C&NW hist. soc. magazine, I couldn't help but wondering : How did they...
List, I have posted a portion of a map from a 1965 CNW track chart book that shows the tracks of all of the railroads on Peoria's south side. It includes the...
I'm sure the picture you have was taken off the Adams Street Viaduct looking north/northwest. The railroad bridge in the background would be the CNW bridge...
Roger, Thanks for the good info. It is starting to make more sense now. I am anxious to look at the 1965 Peoria Map that was posted. Appreciate all of your...
Bill, Lloyd, and list, I am very anxious to look at those 1965 Peoria Track Charts that were posted. However, my computer refuses to open the PDF file even...
Mike, For the past several days I have been having problems with yahoo groups being very slow to almost completely non-responsive. Anyway, I have made the PDF...
Thanks so much, Bill. I have been having the same trouble with Yahoo Groups regarding slowness. Thanks to your efforts, I was able to get both the smaller PDF...
Guys, I'm doing some renewed research on Ackley for modeling purposes. I've come to the conclusion that if I want to model Ackley or Hampton or somewhere along...
... John- This is something I'd inquired of previously. Wondering the when and where all of these were done. I did get some response on this. So that should be...
Jack- In the Ackley thread= ... Jack, or any of the M&St,L Agents, Operators, Telegraphers here- When delivering a form 19 order, knowing so many stations only...
John, I've been looking at the various pictures of Ackley I found trying to locate or time-frame the issues you raised, including the aerial 1960's photo you...
Jack, In the late Jim Sands collection, there is a neat B&W picture of Hopkins depot with such a three ligth target signal along with the M&stL logo on the...
Jack, Found an other one of Hopkins with a M&StL Mike steaming by a neat three ligths target :-) The "Can't & Never Will" plot has misfired <g> If Ackley was...
The three-color order board was installed at Ackley long before the CNW take-over. Somewhere in my files I have the date but doubt that I can find it very...
Looks as though I'm in error. Back in the old days (30's) the operators indicated a hand up "19" order by changing the board from red to green and back to red...
... Jack- I was talking this evening, with an old timer friend. Who worked the Soo and GN, (telegrapher/operator/agent), 1940's and later. He was in disbelief,...
"M&StL AFE 42-R-129, Oct 5, 1942, Install color light train order signal repl. mech train order board." This is the earliest one I recall. Other were...
... Gene- Was this AFE for Ackley? Or another station? Ken Secrest __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
I can't speak to the '40s, I was occupied with other things than railroads during that time. During the 20s and 30s, I've seen it done on such railroads as the...
Jack, Thanks for your input I find it a priviledge to have people on the list who share their reminiscences of the 40's, notwithstanding the 20's or 30's ! ...
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