Per Collias, when a wreck or maintenance forced the Frisco to use the Barretts tunnels after the introduction of the 1500s, they had to doublehead...
Some diesels in the collection, but only steam on the layout *except* in ceremonial or special circumstances.
Glad to see you improving and in good spirits, Keith. Keep up the rehab. I will keep up praying for you.
Great to hear! Now praying for his quick and complete recovery.
Good News! Continued prayers for the success of the operation.
A brief comment on the review. The reviewer obviously doesn't understand that many of the details about which he complains are hardly permanent....
Prayers offered: may your New Year be blessed with better health!
If it's like most, the crews talk can be mercifully turned off. Oh, did I say I "loathe" crew talk?
Agreed with Andre. The calendar should not be your priority except insofor that it brings you some distraction and distance from these more...
Thanks for that! I'll have to shuffle the cars in my trains, then.
I have read--but I can't provide a citation at the moment--that stock cars, when part of mixed freights, were located next to the caboose, rather...
Hi, Andre! The I-44 spur in the upper right is the road to the gate at Ft. Leonard Wood. I don't know lat/long, but you should be able to find...
Yes, I know, which is why I quoted my earlier post noting the distinction. I thought I would put in the heads up for folks who appreciate and...
Pardon my self-quoting, but Grzyboskis's currently has two of the Sunshine special 2-packs on sale for @ $250 ea. Dratted responsibilities. . . .
Makes sense; thanks!
Beaver Creek still runs through there, crossing under both 63 and I44.
I wonder what they mean by "three deck"?
MS&T will have two kinds of records that might help. First of all, they retain student records for previous iterations (UMR & MSM). Second, the...
Crystal clear, Andre, and good info all around! I, too, have a passing interest in that era, and, though I have never taken the time to put all...
I do not have records of the motive power for the St. Louis, Salem, and Little Rock (which name, like that of the Frisco itself, was much more...
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