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MDW8084_XM.jpg Here's a picture I took of one of the MD&W boxcars at Rigby somewhere in the early 80s. The car was new in 12-79 and still very clean. The photo is not sharp enough (I only had a fairly cheap camera) to enlarge to see the lettering about Rumford, I think it is the lettering above...

Around 35 years ago or thereabouts a lot of paper from Rumford travelled in Minnesota, Dakota and Western boxcars that were stencilled "When empty return to Rumford ME" which at first sight seemed rather odd. This was when Boise Cascade owned both a mill in Rumford and the MD&W. The bo...

There's a 4mm scale layout in the UK that has a home-made Solari indicator so that at exhibitions the spectators can see where the trains are supposed to have come from or be going to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDQcpUdeYbY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I saw it last ...

If that's the case, we're all hosed.

Sorry, I didn't mean to clog things up with repetition.

I apologise, it is wrong to mock a sin like that.

A three page thread all cobbled together with dreadful puns!

While I realize that this may not be entirely on-topic, given that anybody who is seeing the trains referenced here is experiencing hallucinatory issues, the timings may be of interest to some. Train 18 did not make many stops: flag stops at Newport Jct and Pittsfield, then Waterville (2 minutes for...

Article in BDN about restoring Passenger service to Bangor. What would the time table look like? Does anyone have an old schedule for Maine Central service? I am not sure how relevant historic practice would be in the context of any present-day revival of passenger service between Boston, Portland ...

From the RMC Facebook page: "It is with regret that Carstens Publicatons, Inc. will be closing permanently at close of business on Friday, August 22, 2014. Carstens Publications, Inc. has been a leading publisher of leading hobby magazines for over 50 years. Unfortunately the current economic c...

I spoke with Lynn Good at Carstens yesterday (8/20/14) and she stated that Carstens would continue to experience delays in printing and distributing Railroad Model Craftsman for the remainder of this year. She assured me that they are still in business. On the Model Railroad Hobbyist forum there is ...

I agree entirely with Sandyriverman's post re the Dryden accident and the Moshansky report. The report is an extremely detailed and actually quite readable account of all of the pieces that led to the accident. I really believe if it had been led to the regulatory bodies the report would have just b...

Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) 112 requires "a sufficient number of handbrakes" be applied to prevent a cut of cars or train from moving. Once the handbrakes have been set the rule requires you to try to move the cars (presumably using the available motive power) to determine whether...

Since your handle is "MissThe MEC", let's address the MEC stuff at RMNE, particularly the restored MEC low-side gon!! And one of the three MEC steel boxcars is also restored. MEC 557 (Alco RS-3) is slowly getting a paint job, started last season and will continue as resources permit in 20...

C'mon Mr Malone, this thread certainly is in the "dreaming" category (uhhh, see title). And speaking of dreaming, you think that people would be compelled to visit a museum that featured a bottom drop gon? A rusted, unrestored drop-bottom gondola? No. A restored, pristine drop-bottom gond...