Hi Gang! I haven't been here for a while Everyone doing well? Any stories you want to read or any questions about railroading? Cnarlie
Can anyone provide me the RR name and loco type for BLW builders plate number 74402 built June 1949 Thank you in advance! Charlie
Please, please,please can someone,anyone please help me wiith a builders plate ID. It is a Baldwin-Westinghouse plate for serial or order number...
Can anyone tell me or give me a website where I might find locomotive number from the builders plate serial number? would need this info for...
I think my son-in-law took some pix. He is going to make me a DVD of the trip. I'll let you know when I have more info.
Well... I'm back. We had a great time on vacation. We spent 10 days on Kauai at a condo in Princeville. Haven't been there for YEARS and things...
Hello Gang, I am now on my annual Lenten Hiatus. i will be back sometime after Easter as we will be vacationing over Easter Holiday. Be good to...
I'm glad to see everyone is well. I have had some computer problems but I now have a new computer. Things were somewhat hectic for me with...
I havent been here for a while. Is everyone OK?
Hello All, Well it seems that this is the time for me to take my annual Lenten sabbatical. I hope to be with you again on April 3 or 4. In the...
Where was that GT shot taken? Charlie
I remember well that CN paint job having seen it often as I crossed under the GTW tracks in my 'hood to and from school.
That is an interesting tape, and that "J" hogger was right. WRONG engine # = incorrect orders. In these days of railroading by radio, a lot of...
To all the followers of "Storytime with Charlie" I wish a Blessed and Merry Christmas and a most Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
Good move especially considering that a job safety briefing is required before starting a job and whenever there are changes. You followed the...
Head butting was pretty much a daily occurrence. Usually low key but usually we would acquiesce to their demands or risk insubordination....
That I couldn't really say. I was in the Operating Department That would leave the Administrative, the Mechanical and the Track and Structures...
Trainmaster's duty assignments vary with the carriers but normally a Trainmaster is your first(lowest) level of management. They decide how many...
What I can say for sure is that when you are sitting in that righthand seat, you actually can "feel" the action of your train. You can sense if...
I think it was mostly by 'feel", but then again, never having run a steam locomotive, I cant say for sure. Charlie