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From DOB, here's the view the other way at the Summer Street Collector's Booth... Looking at this photo, the only place I can remember a turnstyle like the one pictured was at the old Sullivan Sq. Station. JoeD Sullivan wouldn't have signs directing passengers to R/T cars for Cambridge/Dorchester, ...

What happens if a train isn't in a station? Or a flood? It seems they won't be training for any accident (as opposed to deliberate) beyond a fire. The bus, streetcar, and r/t car are permanently installed at their location. they don't move nor is this section of the Broadway Tunnel equipped to inte...

Nice job ! You did everything right - kept the camera in one position, minimum of glass reflections, etc. giving the viewer the impression that their nose was pressed up to the door glass ! In fact, I went way back to 1965 as a kiddo at the Worlds Fair taking the 7 back and forth on the Fair's shutt...

I agree with you. My estimate would be 1890-1910. It seems to me that south of 1890, you get the real Victorian scrolls and twirls. This one has the arrowheads and turrets so it's still @ 19 th Century but a little modified. Note that my estimate my be skewed in that it could be older if it came fro...

Keep in mind that information has it that a brand, spanking new Winton sits still in it's original crating down at the B&O Railroad Museum currently used as a display. To my knowledge, negotiations with the museum to use this engine never took place. For all the Winton's supposed failings, I hav...

Notifications of posts via email are still out, Greg. That's a handy shortcut.

When I first rode the line in the mid-1960s it was assigned a group of the ex-Dallas doubled ended PCCs with the motorman's seat at one end removed. Ironic in that the same authority that bought them used from Dallas had bought them in 1958-9 @ five years previously, primarily for the fact that the...

Well, yes and yes, going by the question. There were a few fan trips that duo'd up a set of refurbished PCC's, I believe, and I am aware of a common "lash-up" between Type 4's and Center Entrance Trailers for a while. By and large, cars have been solo though. http://i203.photobucket.com/al...

It wouldn't impact braking distance much, you are greasing the flange of the wheel only not the tread which still sits completely ontop of the rail. You realize that a flange on a streetcar is roughly 3/8 of an inch in height, right ? Is your grease laser guided because any grease that I have ever ...

OK, it looks like we're at a stalemate. And I thought that the answer to this last question was the easiest ! It's answer is...that it was/is commonly referred to as the CITIES AND TOWNS logo !!! It was replaced by the "egg" (or "goose egg"). The cities and towns had a costly fea...

The ones currently on the High Speed Line are all steel. If they are "Guards", more than likely they would be steel. If you look at the page from my Ohio Brass catalog, brass was also offered, but suggested only for heavily fouled installations such as extreme salt water spray or steam lo...

Hmm...for my money, I would say that grease would definitely have an effect on braking distance. Why wouldn't it ? The very action of braking is caused by friction as a force. You remove some of the friction, you change the quotient for the braking equation. If anything, perhaps go to what was used ...

That's it Josh, they are guards ! Unfortunately, Papa didn't tell me. (He is after all a rolling stone !) I reviewed his answer and it is on the Google find but it never was offered as an answer that I can see- not even highlighted (for which I would have given him the points). Joe - 50 SP - 40 Kev ...

Those serve as barriers, insulators, and mounting brackets for the overhead. You are correct, Dom that they indeed do not carry power, in fact, they are probably wooden. The devices in this quiz are metal and are energized. They come in steel and brass in ten foot lengths, and are used primarily at ...

Yesiree - Joe nailed Question 9 ! Nicely done, Joe !!! You now take the lead at 50 !!! And for # 8 ? That will leave the lonely # 6 by itself, opening up the last guess for the win !! Yay !!! If no one gets the last question, the win goes to highest scorer. Joe - 50 SP - 40 Kev - 20 Domenic - 20 Urb...