The brass buttons give it away as a Fire Department uniform hat. My department referred to these as "Bell" Hats, although I have no factual reason...
Great story. Boris
Yo Chet: Great video. The club's scenery is fantastic, and I got a charge out of the easter eggs". Boris
Colonel: Looks like a fun line to operate. I have to go back to the OP and read over all 29 pages next weekend. Boris
Tugs are awesome critters. I had the pleasure of crossing the Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek, VA to Cape Charles, VA in the early 70s under the...
Believe you're right. NS, being a financially strong property with "happy" shareholders was able to fend off the corporate raiders. CSX, with...
Sort of reminds me of Pre Conrail days, when the Reading appeared to run rings around the Penn Central. They did everything better. After the...
As I sad before, there are inherent risks when one outsources, as well as potential awards. OTOH, there are not many folks who could actually live...
There is a downside to off shore sourcing...hopefully not as bad as the last time they found themselves on the outside looking in. They were just...
NS has always been a lean property with a low operating ratio. The only times in memory that they had operating issues was the immediate aftermath...
One of the often cited reasons for the failure of the Northeastern Railroads in the 1970s was the redundant capacity brought about by the loss of...
FWIW, yesterday, CSX announced record quarterly earnngs, and a "record" operation ratio somewhere around 58.6. Today the stock closed at $69 /...
My opinion is that BLI imports the better product. Both use proprietary DCC systems, but BLI has better detail and appearance. Both have had...
Nice photo, remember working with a couple of Conrailers, that started on the LV Tugs.
Watching the change at CSX, is reminiscent of the X plan envisioned by Conrail, back in the 90s... The nature of railroad freight business is...
Nice layout. Hope to see more in the future.
Most pre ww2 buildings were spaced for a standard 39' boxcar door spacing. 40 cars were still more common into the early 1970s, and it was...
Sort of similar but more green than PRR green. Resembles Penn Central repaints done in PRR shops. Perlman wasn't interested in aesthetics, just...
The very first Railroad Model Craftsman, I purchased, February 1962, or so, contained an article by Chuck Yungkurth. I think it was about the...
Walthers, has many possible passenger cars for 1976 era Amtrak. The Amfleet coaches were just coming on line, and many trains were still steam...
