 | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Cale Leiphart
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| | | (...) The Penn Central car is a transfer caboose. Here is a Wikipedia page with a description about half way down. (URL) I'm not sure about the other. It's most likely some type of Maintenance of way equipment. What type I don't know. (URL) Cale (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) At this point I am forced to admit that nearly everything I know about trains comes from "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and "The Little Red Caboose," with additional blanks filled in by Thomas the Tank Engine. I wouldn't even have known (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Cale Leiphart
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| | | | | (...) No problem and I'm glad I could help. I was going through some old issues of Model Railroader the other week looking for some inspiration and came across a model of a Southern Pacific transfer caboose. I thought it looked neat so added it to (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Well, confession is good for the soul, but I'm curious as to what exactly you have learned from these sources, Dave! Some possiblities from "I've Been Working On The Railroad": "I've been working on the railroad, all the live-long day" (a job (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Well, I've always suspected that it's a sort of mnemonic code, like "Ring a Ring of Roses" or "The Pied Piper of Hamlin." As for the "working without pay" bit, I fear that many of the bottom-rung "employees" did exactly that, alas. (...) Of (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) I'd heard that "Ring a Ring of Roses" referred to the markings produced by bubonic plague :-) (...) The original books were based firmly on various railways in the UK (my daughter was ecstatic when we visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1991 and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —Tim David
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| | | | (...) Exactly. Who now knows that Annie and Clarabel are bogie coaches? Tim (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads —John Neal
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| | | | (...) This reminds me of the modeling dilemma I faced when I first started building Thomas characters in LEGO-- do I model the prototype upon which the character was based, or do I try and faithfully model the character itself? I ended up deciding (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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