Bill Welch wrote: A couple of years ago I tried to use my iPad for giving talks, and as Bill mentions, the connection to projectors is quite variable. Sometimes I also could not get the iPad to

With C&OHS most presentations are made with the hotel's projectors. Therefore we put all PPT's on one "nerds" PC the day before and dry-run the PPT's with the projector. We have folks still working

I am hoping there may be people here that have experience using Apple’s iPad that will comment on the questions I have. The Apple Laptop I have used for years for my annual RPM Freight Car

Al, the Q waycar trucks in Ed’s photos are the standard Q waycar trucks. I think I remember they were classed #7 by the Q. They had an oak plank at the top, and they had solid bearings. Crews liked

Al most CBQ wood cabooses road on wood beam trucks, that looked very similar to passenger car trucks. Some were later fitted with Allied trucks. The later steel cabooses road on more traditional cast

This caboose had high speed trucks? Would that allow for higher mixed-train speeds? Al kresse

The CB&Q had a limited number of side door cabooses ( waycars) but one of the side door cars was assigned to Fort Madison for many decades for branch line service. Ed Rethwisch,

Considering I can find no Iowa statute that specifically mentions side doors, I'm beginning to think the "ban" was self imposed by the IC, either in response to union pressure or because they had to

I believe the Side Door Ban on the IC cabooses in Iowa was an old Union rule which was due to a safety concern that a crew member could fall out of the open door. I think this was changed in the

The IC did run side door cabooses in Iowa. But I understand, when they did use them in Iowa, the side doors were required to be bolted or welded shut so they could not be opened. The IC cabooses had

Did they want to force separate drover cars for the farmers? Were there more bunk spaces? Al Kresse

This doesn't explain why the IC built different cabooses to operate in Iowa. I'm not an attorney but in my career as a police officer I read and interpreted statutes all the time and by my

Hi Bob Unfortunately your question does not have a concise answer. CN purchased 3,185 of the steel 8-hatch reefers in 14 batches from 1940 to 1958. There were many visual differences so to get an

Dave, I have one #1700 undecorated "standard style" 50' PD car. Contact me off-list if you want this: sarahsan_AT_embarqmail.com. Yours Aye, Garth

Thanks folks for all the info on branchline kits. I was looking for a couple undec standard 50ft plug dr cars not GARX versions. I think BL made two different types?, for a kit bash starting point.

The Funaro & Camerlengo kit of the CN type built into a very satisfying model although I am not sure if mine may have been issued as an RPI kit. It had Dreadnaught ends. Bill Welch

I notice the site has cut the information after the "@" so here it is: atlasrr.com Bill Welch

Brian, to the extent this will help you here is the email address for the person at Alas I have found to be helpful: Steve Millenbach—smillenbach@.... I think his role is Customer Relations and he

The 1911 law must have been amended or annulled at some point, because the converted boxcars had neither end platform or cupola, and they operated in Iowa based upon photographic evidence. This thread