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Nostalgia & History > Remember the WAG?Date: 11/21/06 13:51 Remember the WAG? Author: wabash2800 Former Espee covered wagons and large GE center cabs built for Ford on a very decrepit weedy right-of-way in New York state and Pennsylvania. And there was the single sheath wooden box cars bought up for per diem money--something shortlines could make more money on than serving customers.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/allegany/RailroadsAlleg/WAG-Railroad/WAG%20-%20LEWIS/WAG-LEWISBOOK.htm Nifty photos. I once heard that the WAG railroaders thought the corporate logo looked like an unrolled condom. <G> Date: 11/21/06 14:54 Re: Remember the WAG? Author: UPNW2-1083 Great book I've got a first edition copy in mint condition. I got luck, many years ago I had a water pipe leak in my basement and ruined quite a few of my books, but this was one that was spared. Love those ex-SP F-units and the way they mimicked the SP bloody nose.-BMT
For you guys that know I live in So. California, yes there are houses here that have basements. I had an old house (built in 1925) in Alhambra that did have a basement.-BMT Date: 11/22/06 02:24 Re: Remember the WAG? Author: topper wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I once heard that the WAG > railroaders thought the corporate logo looked like > an unrolled condom. And would fit in nicely with A&M's logo. Date: 11/22/06 05:09 Re: Remember the WAG? Author: wabash2800 topper Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > wabash2800 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I once heard that the WAG > > railroaders thought the corporate logo looked > like > > an unrolled condom. > > And would fit in nicely with A&M's logo. What's the A&M? Date: 11/22/06 07:32 Can you imagine... Author: wabash2800 ...running along at a very slow speed on light rail and grass covered right-of-way with the locos and cars rocking back and forth out in the middle of nowhere? Would it make you proud to work on a railroad like that? Even Penn Central wasn't quite that bad.
Date: 11/22/06 10:46 the book Author: wabash2800 I just won a copy of that book on ebay. I hope I didn't outbid anyone here. <G>
Date: 11/22/06 12:43 Re: the book Author: RD10747 I believe that the Wellesville,Addison and Galletin, was once part of the B&O..but I don't want to stretch it!!!...
Date: 11/22/06 13:19 Re: the book Author: wabash2800 Agt-Highland Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I believe that the Wellesville,Addison and > Galletin, was once part of the B&O..but I don't > want to stretch it!!!... It is my understading that the WAG as a shortline picked up B&O trackage in the 50's and later some NYC trackage. Date: 11/22/06 13:56 Re: Remember the WAG? Author: topper wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What's the A&M? Arkansas & Missouri. Date: 11/22/06 17:45 Re: Remember the WAG? Author: n6nvr UPNW2-1083 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Great book I've got a first edition copy in mint > condition. I got luck, many years ago I had a > water pipe leak in my basement and ruined quite a > few of my books, but this was one that was spared. > Love those ex-SP F-units and the way they mimicked > the SP bloody nose.-BMT > > For you guys that know I live in So. California, > yes there are houses here that have basements. I > had an old house (built in 1925) in Alhambra that > did have a basement.-BMT Our place in South Pasadena had a basement, but it wasn't much more than a place to put the water heater and furnace and some storage space. Most of the bigger multi-story homes built before WWII had at least rudimentary basements. I know of several in SoPas that had real basements. |