Thanks Stephan I should have remembered that. As a WM fan, that bit of info has turned up before. CJ Riley --- On Thu, 3/5/09, sparachuk <sparachuk@...> wrote CJ: Possibly self-guarding frogs

While I'm sorry for you Andrew, It does please me that not the only dummie. CJ Riley

While most of us have been cut by catching sharp things tht are falling toward our laps, only the truly foolish among us have caught a falling, plugged in soldering iron. Mother nature has decreed, in

Thanks for the help, guys. My interest in older railroading kept me from thinking about these. CJ Riley

I thought of that, but how common were they back then? CJ Riley

Thanks, good thought. Since my interests predate most hump yards, that never occurred to me. CJ

Group, While studying truck weathering in several color photos, I realized for the first time, the wheel rims (as different from the treads) were also polished as if the were rubbing on something. I h

North Bay is south from some parts of Quebec! CJ Riley

North Bay is west from Quebec. CJ Riley --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wroteBob That's an interesting interpretation of "general direction" of the Santa Fe... I suppose a s

Are we going back to the coal tar discussion? CJ Riley

Thanks Mal, for confirming what I long suspected. Having lived in Pittsburgh for many years, The smell of leaking coke furnaces is very familiar to me. CJ Riley

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, spsalso <Edwardsutorik@...> wro It's interesting that the "hotbeds" of chlorine production are Tacoma and Niagara Falls. I'm figuring it's the electricity (Tacoma and Bonnevil

For any of you in the Seattle area, the NMRA division has this in their video library. I have a copy and highly recommend it. Lots of freight cars in the back ground. CJ Riley

I think you'll find that the requirement for membership voting was done away with a while back (by membership vote), leaving technical changes in the hands of those who have (perhaps) appropriate know

"What's with this gratuitous sneer at weather in the Northwest??? " I don't know what you mean, Mike. I have lived here long enough that I haven't worn a raincoat in several years. I did put my down v