Klaus, That as what was done (babying the affected car) on the Santa Fe. In the 1980s, we had a total failure of a roller bearing between Joliet and Romeo, on the Illinois Division. The bearing turned

At Corwith Yard (ATSF), Chicago we had a dedicated boxcar cleaning track gang until 1983. First the dunnage was removed, then the car was swept out and finally washed down with a portable power washer

I looked up South Georgia Ry. in the January, 1932 ORER . Before the addition of 1601, etc., the South Georgia only had three boxcars (5001-5003, 37’ 9-1/4” outside length) and five flats. The January

When I was asst. Road Master out of Topeka, we had a Van Camps facility in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the number one shipper in Lawrence. L Buell

Dennis Storzek: In the late 1980s we had a new customer on the Illinois Division that wanted rail access. So, they lined up an approved contractor to build the track up to the property line and we , t

The through truss bridge, at MP 36.4, in the photo spans the I and M canal old turning basin adjacent to the Des Plaines River. There are two main tracks that cross that bridge; our Bridge Dept. repai

On the Santa Fe, for a time, each road master had a Burro Crane that would remain on their territory all year. Very handy for unloading track materials or picking up scrap or laying turnouts. My Burro

Looks like MP ?5150, maybe. The other one looks like ?&P 4330 Buell

Rob, How are those NP Stock Cars coming along…?? LB

Really nice work.

Ed Bommer wrote that a gallon of water contains 16 pints. Not true, it contains 8 pints or 4 quarts. Also, a gallon of water weighs 8.32 lbs. (I used to work in the oil patch before I went to work for

Logistics Park – Chicago loads six auto racks at once unless they are articulated, then they load five articulated racks. This is the equivalent of about ten separated racks connected by bridge plates

In the early 1980’s we were still cleaning out boxcars at Chicago (Corwith Yard) on the Santa Fe. We had two dedicated cleanout tracks in what we call the Junction Yard just east of the Nerska Crossin

On the Santa Fe, we moved a lot of ballast and riprap in addition to dirt. Larry Buell

Holland also has portable flash butt electrical welders for fabrication of continuous welder rail from stick rail. Not sure when the portable welders were developed. L. A. Buell

21 posts in July and August of this year. Larry Buell

It was pretty common to see BN ore trains moving between Rice Yard in Denver and Pueblo in 1978 and 1979. The heavy ore and coal trains were hard on the rails, especially in curves, on a grade. This i

Dennis, et al, I don’t believe those were spelling errors. You are probably aware that Col. McCormick was interested in streamlining the spelling of works, hence “frate” for freight, i.e. spelling the

Sorry about the late reply; the Santa Fe used white sand in their locomotives, at least on the Eastern Lines, in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. It was very fine as though it came from a beach. Larr

I also have to agree with Gary. I ordered and received three Deep Rock tanks (1940+) and they are superb. Even coming USPS, they arrived within a week. Larry Buell