Missouri Pacific Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 26 Oct 2019 12:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 My latest excursion to the east side https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-latest-excursion-to-the-east-side/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-latest-excursion-to-the-east-side https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-latest-excursion-to-the-east-side/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:21:38 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1603 Yesterday, after a long day and a long week, Gatermann called me up and asked if I wanted to go to the east side.

So we met up before lunch and paid a visit to one of the east side's finer establishments, and I brought my camera. Sometimes the things you see over there are pretty dirty, but this time we saw real beauty, and I brought back a picture... from the Kansas City Southern railyard.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-latest-excursion-to-the-east-side/feed/ 1 1603 The suburb where Hornbeck and Ownby were found https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-suburb-where-hornbeck-and-ownby-were-found/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-suburb-where-hornbeck-and-ownby-were-found Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:43:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1596 St. Louis is in the national news again because of the bizarre case of missing children Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby, who were found in the Kirkwood apartment of Michael J. Devlin.

Kirkwood.

Kirkwood?

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]]> 1596 Running Marx and Lionel trains together https://dfarq.homeip.net/running-marx-and-lionel-trains-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-marx-and-lionel-trains-together Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:08:34 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1243 Someone asked (not me specifically) whether it's possible or desirable to run Marx and Lionel trains as part of the same layout, what the caveats are, and how to do it.

It seems to be a pretty dark secret. The answer is, yes it's possible, and yes, it might very well be desirable, but it's possible to run into some pitfalls.

Let's talk about it.

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]]> 1243 Operate incompatible rolling stock together with conversion cars https://dfarq.homeip.net/operate-incompatible-rolling-stock-together-with-conversion-cars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operate-incompatible-rolling-stock-together-with-conversion-cars https://dfarq.homeip.net/operate-incompatible-rolling-stock-together-with-conversion-cars/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:58:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=9 In the early 1950s, Lionel had two different standards for the couplers on its train cars. "Serious" sets used its knuckle couplers. Entry-level, or "Scout" sets, used one-piece couplers that came to be known as "Scout" couplers. My Dad had cars with both types of couplers in his collection.

Once I got Dad's set running, I found a Marx car on eBay that I absolutely had to have--an operating Missouri Pacific cattle car. Marx used its own couplers. So how to get both types of Dad's cars, plus my new Marx car operating together on the same train?

Enter the conversion car.

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