I went looking for Dads notes about the Salem Branch and found these - there may be more....probably about 1964. [ATTACH]
Looking for a nice clear picture of a "typical" Frisco installation. Also trying to understand why they were needed? Frisco Tender Safety Chain...
My experiences are with mining excavators - but...... The generators (and GE mill motors) have much in common with the locomotives. Of interest is...
Dad came home with a story - dunno all of the details at this late date - but while he was environmental engineer, they had a big derailment of...
The drawings and plans for the Chrysler Plant loadout made many appearances on our kitchen table. Pop was still working in engineering at the...
My dad was Trainmaster in Kansas when I was in high school. One of the earlier photos in this thread shows a feature of the town that I remember...
No problem with oil spills at Marion - saved using other preservatives I suppose. If a block was damaged or removed - maintenance would show up...
Many old school machine shops and heavy mechanical works had wooden block floors. Four by four and six by six square blocks - end grain up -...
As a little kid - my dad worked as a surveyor for the Frisco and we lived for a while in Amory. Welcome aboard!
Caterpillar and Komatsu have competed "eyeball to eyeball" all around the world. Komatsu tried to get a leg up on the battle for mining machine...
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