The 5th Annual Tuckahoe Transportation Festival will be held on 9/24. 2 flyers are attached. 1 for the festival itself and one requesting vintage cars (if you have one or know someone who does). See a

All: PRR was well known for tailoring its diesel orders designed to fulfill a specific operations necessity. The Alco RS3 with steam generator plus dynamic brake was one of them. Pennsy took delivery

https://youtu.be/hU3rOPU8mfg The Erie is alive and well. You may care to take this tour of their AC tower at Marion, Ohio. Russ

I’m sure someone posted this before, but worth seeing again. Have a great weekend, Lou M. https://youtu.be/G6qbg2xA7g4 Sent from Mail for Windows

Below is the link to a PRSL video that Harry Henning shared this morning on his Face Book page. PRSL 1947 to 58 - YouTube

All: Personally I never paid much attention to truck nomenclature. Noting in car rosters the wide variety of different types of trucks, I now can see why. I thought some of you might like to have this

Folks, I'll be honest with you. There were lots of times I wondered why I forwent a cushy office job like my college classmates were ostensibly enjoying and took a job on the railroad with all its war

All: To view this one in the proper context you gotta remember (?) that in 1963 99% of rail fans didn't care a wit about diesels. The fan organizations (NRHS/R&LHS/etc) collected dues, orchestrated "l

Some miscellaneous Chicago random subjects. Thank you one and all for your complimentary comments to my posts on these pages. So far I haven't received any unsubscribe requests. Next up we will get in

Guys; These next few issues of KC Extra will focus on odds and ends I saw during my 1963 sojourn at Chicago. The Lima photo below will serve as a setup for the borrowed parts story previously posted.

Tonight we shift the spotlight back onto Canton Shop. Conrail used it as a MOW supply point and ultimately razed the building. The building was converted in 1964 shortly after I transferred out and re

Please pardon the interruption. I've been having difficulty getting emails through to the list and am trying something different. Best, Dave S. Naples, FL

After receiving comments to yesterday's discussion of polishing ahem, "the fleet" at Chicago I am moved to serve up 2 more slides of our handiwork. For reference I will re-issue yesterday's to save on

See attachment for full story, please. WDV

Folks: When I first moved into Chicago in April 1963 a guy named Maury Cleboldt was in the process of running periodic steam fantrips out of CUS over the CB&Q. I felt a little embarrassed at how our s

Hilarious! What a great punchline: “Sure pal. I HATE that son-of-a-bitch. Always glad to see it out of service.” Brad Phillips From: Bill Volkmer <1artwheeler@...> Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 2:08 PM

Friends: Attached are three slides discussing one of my favorite subjects (Diversity of Equipment. I also was of the opinion that the only reason Pennsy never bought locos from Lionel was because the

These are what I have for that time period.

Hi Guys: Just some additional comments on PRSL hacks. Most of the PRSL N5'S really fit the description of "CRUMMIES". As Don Lee inferred they were PRR castoffs. Guys would do the best they could with

Well, now that I figured out how to find pictures from actual Google photo albums after God knows how many years, here's a little collection of various and sundry hacks that could be found on CA 299..