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From: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell)
Subject: Re: Cost of transit systems vs highways
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 05:10:36 GMT


In article <1992Aug14.153151.20912@Veritas.COM>, joshua@Veritas.COM (Joshua Levy) writes:
> 
> People want to to to homes, buisnesses, and public places, but mass transit
> can only go to train stations (or maybe bus stops, but busses are slower
> than cars, polute almost as much, and so on..)  Since trains can only go
> to train stations, which almost no one wants as their end point, a train
> based transportation system can never to were people want to go.

Gee, my car only goes to my garage, when I really wanted to go upstairs
into my bedroom.  I guess the car's completely useless.

Maybe what we need to do for folks like Joshua is to hire lots of
unemployed people to carry them around from place to place so they'd
never have to use their legs AT ALL.  Wouldn't that be ideal?

Sheesh...

-- 
Larry Campbell             The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton Street
campbell@redsox.bsw.com    Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (USA)
Xref: sparky rec.railroad:6757 rec.models.railroad:1675
From: v106qhlw@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Poster Child Against Meal Plan)
Newsgroups: rec.railroad
Subject: Bay Ridge Line and possibly other NYC lines.
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:26:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Anyone know anything concrete about LIRR's Bay Ridge Line?  I know that
it's a freight operation with a few small trains a day.  It's freight is
building materials, ash, packaging products and things of that nature.
It's ROW, I believe, is from the Fresh Pond Junction in Queens, around 
into Brooklyn, and to the waterfront in Bay Ridge where it turns over to 
the NY/NJ Crossharbor Railroad.  

The line seems like the perfect opportunity to create a true Brooklyn-
Queens Crosstown line, connecting the Brighton, Culver, and West End lines.
It could continue into Queens, hitting the Canarsie line first and then 
connecting with the Queens Blvd line with a little more ROW.  There is some
type of station at Roosevelt Avenue (oriented to the south, I believe) that
might serve as a terminal.

Comments?

Mark Foggin
University at Buffalo
Newsgroups: rec.railroad
From: CZ94 <CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: VIA's Chaleur (was Re: VIA's excellent...)
Organization: McGill University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:27:01 GMT

In article <14AUG92.11796982.0063@VM1.MCGILL.CA> CZ94 <CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> writes:
>
>VIA has been refurbishing much of its fleet, including conversion
>to HEP.  Most of the work has been done on the ex-CPR Budd stainless
>steel cars built for the Canadian in 1954-55.  I haven't travelled
>on any of the rebuilt cars, but I've walked through a train made
>up of them, and it seems that a very nice job has been done on them.
>
>A few days ago, I saw a Canadian Press wire service story which seemed
>to suggest that the Chaleur (Montreal-Gaspe) had been converted to
>the rebuilt cars.  I went to see yesterday's departure from Montreal,
>and it was a consist of old cars, so the conversion here is partial
>at best.
>
Further observation has shown that both un-rebuilt and rebuilt cars
are being used on this route.  Here are the consists for the two
latest runs of VIA train #16, the Chaleur, from Montreal to Gaspe.

Thursday, August 13  (steam-heated cars)
               6440 - F40PH-2 locomotive
              15459 - steam generator
               9628 - baggage car
               5585 - coach
               5449 - coach
                764 - cafe lounge
Chateau Maisonneuve - sleeping car
      Chateau Brule - sleeping car

Saturday, August 15  (HEP cars)
               6439 - F40PH-2 locomotive
               8608 - baggage car
               8115 - coach
               8102 - coach
          Annapolis - dining car
    Chateau Lasalle - sleeping car
    Chateau Lemoine - sleeping car

In the Thursday consist, all the cars except the Chateau sleepers
are blue painted ex-CN cars.  The Saturday consist is exclusively
stainless steel ex-CP cars.

The ex-CN coaches seat 76 and the ex-CP coaches only 60, so the
"new" cars should offer more leg room.

The Chateau series sleepers have 4 open sections, 8 roomettes,
3 bedrooms, and 1 drawing room.  In the rebuilt cars, a shower has
taken the place of one section.

I'm curious about whether the replacement of the cafe lounge by a
dining car will result in better food service.  The cafe lounge cars
have a take-out area in the middle, with tables for eating at one
end (the cafe) and for drinking at the other (the lounge).  When I
took this train a year ago, the meals served from the take-out area
were pre-packaged and microwaved.  Lasagna, shepherd's pie and one
other choice were on the menu, but on the trip I took, only the lasagna
was available.  (That was on one leg of the trip.  On the other leg,
the microwave was broken, so there was no hot food at all.)

The diners have a kitchen at one end and 12 tables seating four
people each at the other.  I wonder if the food service on the Chaleur
will be at the same level as on the Canadian, Ocean, and Atlantic.
I also wonder if this car will be used as a lounge, since there is no
other lounge space in the new consist.

Tom Box
CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA
From: GUERINRE@VX.CIS.UMN.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARD AUCTION UPDATE:  Leetch RC lot still left...
Date: 21 Aug 92 03:49:40 GMT

AUCTION UPDATE:  August 20, 1992   (11:00 PM) 

Minimum bid increase of $1.00.  
Mail me at: guerinre@vx.acs.umn.edu for further auction rules...

Lot #1  10 NrMT 1989-1990 Topps Brian Leetch Rookie cards
---------------------------------------------------------
High Bid:  $62     High Bidder:  The BIG D  *****GOING ONCE*****

Lot #2 - High Bid:  $17   High Bidder:  Dale  *****SOLD*****
                                    
Lot #3 - High Bid:  $18   High Bidder:  sammy  *****SOLD*****
                                    
Thanks and good luck!
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: galuska@oz.asel.udel.edu (Scott Galuska)
Subject: STAMPS: 1954 Christmas seals
Organization: AI duPont Institute
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:04:38 GMT


My girlfriend has come across what looks like a full sheet of 1954 Christmas
seals in a box of old greeting cards.  The sheet has full gum on the back, 
although one of the corner stamps has its outside corner a bit nicked.

Can anyone out there tell me what the catalogue value for this would be?  
And, of course, if anyone is interested in purchasing said sheet, let me know.
-- 
Scott Galuska
Dept. of Computer & Info. Science        "There's no crying in baseball!"
Univ of Delaware
galuska@asel.udel.edu
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Distribution: world
Followup-To: 
From: will@kafka.SAIC.COM (Will Scarvie x6388)
Organization: 
Subject: Foreign coin reference book needed
Keywords: 
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:16:34 GMT

Greetings,

  My wife has recently discovered a small number of coins (maybe 30) that
were apparently collected by her great-grandfather on his journeys as a sail-
maker on a ship during the mid-late 1880s.  A large number of these coins
appear to be from various British colonies of the time, including Canada,
Ceylon, India and others.

  I'm looking for a book that will give her some of the history and background
on these coins, as well as giving her some indication of their value, if any.

  Also, a very few of these coins are from the late 1700's, including one
minted in 1776 in America for Britain :-)  Just holding that one is kind of
awe-inspiring.

  Anyway, if anyone can point me toward a good reference work on these kinds of
coins, I'd appreciate it.

  Thanks very much,

Will Scarvie
will@kafka.saic.com

DISCLAIMER:
The opinions expressed are entirely my own and should not be construed to 
represent those of my company.
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: stewart@healthy.uwaterloo.ca (Terry Stewart (Applied Health Sciences))
Subject: Re: <none>
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 13:41:42 GMT

In article <22AUG92.06411279.0077@VM1.MCGILL.CA> CCDB@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CCDB000) writes:
>Looking for Topps Reardon RC'S
>Not Interested unless in mint condition
>Cash or Trade depending on numbers
>This is to outside USA, Montreal Canada
>so will also be a question of postage
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This has never been much of a question at all.  
 
At first, I was tentative about shipping parcels between the US and
Canada.  But apart from one package that was dropped kicked by some
postie, I've never had a problem. 
 
Postage from the US to Canada is significantly cheaper than from
Canada to the US or even within Canada.  Get this, two *exactly*
equal packages mailed from Ontario:  one to California- $2.10 
the other to Nova Scotia - $3.20. Go figger. Packages that I've 
seen coming from the US are cheapest of all - even with exchange 
they are often less than half of what postage is up in Canada.
 
Customs and duties are *not* a problem either. But you should:
 
   1.  send mail by US Post NOT by courier. For parcels over a
       certain value ($20 currently), a the courier must add a
       brokerage fee (minimum $32). 
   2.  Canadians must pay duty (about 2%) and GST (about 7%) on
       all parcels valued at over $20. I think gifts can be up
       to $40 but I'm not sure.  The duty is paid by the recipient
       so it would add no cost to the seller.
   3.  My friends usually mark the parcel as "PHOTOS DO NOT BEND"
       or "PRINTED MATTER" and Customs has not bothered with 
       the packages.   Neither of these is a lie :-)
   4.  The increased handling usually means that being careful 
       about packaging is a must.
 
I'm not suggesting that Canada is the 51st State of the Union
but it should *NOT* be a barrier to enjoying trading cards.
 
Terry../
From: yuantsai@owlnet.rice.edu (Frank Tsai-Yuan Chen)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Where is Albert Barajas?
Date: 17 Aug 1992 21:22:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Rice University

I am looking for Albert Barajas. He is one of the bidders in my auction last
month. If anyone know where I can get in contact with him, let me know.
 Thanks.  
                                                                       



Frank Chen
yuantsai@owlnet.rice.edu
From: GUERINRE@VX.CIS.UMN.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARD AUCTION UPDATE:  Leetch cards... (you know by now)  :)
Date: 22 Aug 92 06:43:59 GMT

AUCTION UPDATE:  August 21, 1992   (11:45 PM) 

Minimum bid increase of $1.00.  
Mail me at: guerinre@vx.acs.umn.edu for further auction rules...

Lot #1  10 NrMT 1989-1990 Topps Brian Leetch Rookie cards
---------------------------------------------------------
High Bid:  $65     High Bidder:  the BIG "D"  *****GOING ONCE*****

Lot #2 - High Bid:  $17   High Bidder:  Dale  *****SOLD*****
                                    
Lot #3 - High Bid:  $18   High Bidder:  sammy  *****SOLD*****
                                    
Thanks and good luck!
From: vipin@regina.cs.uregina.ca (vipin)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: CARDS: Good places to buy cards?
Date: 15 Aug 92 21:56:48 GMT
Reply-To: vipin@regina.cs.uregina.ca.uregina.ca (vipin)
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

In article <16842B950.MISEWD1@kentvm.kent.edu> MISEWD1@kentvm.kent.edu writes:
>Someone said something about saving $50 off of a case if they ordered a case
>of cards from someplace other than a dealer and that they could put up with
>the ka-ka, because they were saving $50.
> 
>Well, that's fine if you don't mind a risk of taking a loss after waiting
>3 months for the case and now the wax boxes are being dumped at shows for
>$5-$10 dollars a box, but you paid $20 a box and just got your case in.
> 
>So, it's a risk. You try to get stuff quick to sell at decent prices
>and sometimes it doesn't pay off.
> 
Actually there was no intent of selling. There was about 15 people in on
the cases (plus some of their friends).  We eventually got about 3 boxes
per person to use.  It was the length of time that we complained about.
In town a box could be had for about $50.  We got them for $30. To USE not
SELL!

Vip
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From: cahduns@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Henry Dunsmore)
Subject: STAMPS: UK Trading Partner
Originator: cahduns@atlas.cs.upei.ca
Organization: University of Prince Edward Island
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 11:29:39 GMT

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Long time stamp collector wants to find trading partner in UK.  If you have
used and/or mint GB, Ireland, Channel Islands, etc that you want to sell or
trade please contact me.

The rain in Spain falls mainly in PEI.

Please send mail to the following address:

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|||  dunsmore@upei.ca   |||||||||||   Full Margins/Lightly Canceled |||||
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Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: ben@csi.com (Ben Mendiola)
Subject: TEST!!!!
Organization: Comdisco Systems Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 01:59:58 GMT

this is a test.


Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: ram@smsc.sony.com (Ray Milkey)
Subject: STAMPS: The USPS' PNC bonanza
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 16:06:20 GMT


Are there any US Plate Number Coil (PNC) collectors out there who find
the variable rate coil stamp to have great potential for abuse?

A little background for those unfamiliar with PNC's (since we have so
much stamp traffic here).  Since 1981, all US coil stamps have had a
plate number printed on some stamps in the lower center of the design.
These numbers are printed once per printing sleeve, so on some issues
there is one number every 24 stamps, on others it is once every 48 or
52, depending on the printing techniques used to print the stamps.
Collecting strips of 3 or 5 stamps with the numbered one in the middle
and collecting used singles with a plate number has become a lively
specialty with collectors of modern US stamps.  Some of the numbers
are much rarer than others, and certain issues are extremely rare and
fetch big $$$ (like plate #6 of the 18c flag issue, which goes for
thousands of US dollars for a PNC 5.)

My problem with the new variable rate coil (or meter as somebody
(Steve Anderson?) pointed out earlier) is that instant rarities can be
created by people with the money to create them.  If I go to one of
the post offices that has the dispensing machine and start printing
out Express Mail rate stamps (what is it these days, $9.35?) and keep
it up until the plate number comes out, I now have a pretty rare
stamp.  I would guess that most collectors will buy this issue (if at
all) from the Philatelic Sales Division as preprinted with a 29c
denomination.  

Now for me, I consider this a meter and probably won't buy any of
them.  But some PNC collectors are really fanatical about owning every
number of every issue.  If Scott lists this thing, these people may
wind up paying big bucks to dealers for these silly rarities created
by the Post Office.

Does anyone else find this abusive?  I guess the Post Office has
better things to do than worry about collectors (like sponsoring the
Olympics) but it seems that they could have easily just left the
number off of this issue to get away from this problem.

Ray Milkey
Sony Microsystems Company
651 River Oaks Parkway
San Jose, CA 95134
ram@smsc.sony.com
-- 
Ray Milkey
Sony Microsystems Company
651 River Oaks Parkway
San Jose, CA 95134
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: pwilson@admin.acadiau.ca (PETER WILSON)
Subject: CARDS:  Upper Deck Denny's Holos
Organization: Acadia University
Distribution: global
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:03:01 GMT

Just wondering if anybody with extra UD Denny's holograms is willing to 
trade them for other cards?  I have lots of extra baseball cards to 
trade (i.e. '91 Upper Deck, '92 Upper Deck, '91 Fleer, and limited numbers 
of '92 Stadium Club Series II, '92 Donruss Series I and II, and '92 Fleer 
Ultra Series I and II).  If anyone is interested, send me a list of the 
extra holos you have available to trade, as well as any wantlists you want 
filled (and I'll see what I can come up with).  You can send e-mail to 
pwilson@admin.acadiau.ca

Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance,

Peter
======================================================================
Peter J. Wilson                   Internet: <pwilson@admin.acadiau.ca>
Serials Department - Vaughan Memorial Library
Acadia University                
Wolfville, NS                    
CANADA                                Telephone: (902)542-2201 ext.443
B0P 1X0                               FAX:       (902)542-2138
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From: hacksaw@cellar.org (Hacksaw)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: FOR SALE: Beercan Collection
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:27:05 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

When I was younger I, like many other little kids, collected beercans. I had 
one of the better "kid-collections" in the area. The hobby wore out a number 
of years ago, and I haven't done anything with the collection since.
 
So... you guessed it. I'm selling my collection. It's taking up alot of room 
that I don't have. I'm not sure of the value, and I'm not about to start 
looking up can names in books. If I get a reasonable offer, chances are I'll 
jump at it. 
 
The collection, in general, is in average condition. I doubt you'll find any 
mint-condition cans or ones that are really sought after. There are many 
unusual cans as well as some from beer companies that are no longer in 
business. 
 
If you're a collector or just want some _empty_(sorry!) cans, drop me a line 
and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.
 
PS - A friend of mine used his collection as a "wallpaper" for the
bar he has in his basement. He put up shelves and has the cans going around 
the room. It looks really nice. So, if you're just into doing something like 
that, that's fine too.
 
Cheers!

------
hacksaw@cellar.org (Hacksaw)
The Cellar BBS - (215) 654-9184
From: yin@spidey.EBay.Sun.COM (Yinpo Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: ST:TNG Holograms
Date: 19 Aug 1992 01:39:41 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: yin@spidey.EBay.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: spidey.ebay.sun.com

I sell the ST:TNG holograms for $10.00 each or $36 for the set + shipping.  Send
me mail if anyone is interested.

Yinpo

	Yinpo.wong@ebay.sun.com

Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau)
Subject: BASKETBALL CARD AUCTION (continued..Lot 8)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:26:28 GMT

Hi...

another lot for sale 

						Min. Bid	Cur. Bid.

LOT 8: Olypmics Basketball Stuff		$30.00
	-Skbyox Olympics set (1-110)
	-NBA Hoops Olympic dream Team players
		-cards #575 - #588j of 1991-92 Hoops set
	-Trading Card Previews "Collector's Edition" Olympic Preview
		-a whole issue devoted to the Olympic Dream Team and
		Men's Olympic Basketball

thanks.
happy bidding
good luck (for both of us)
ben
From: tna@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Matthew L. Wells)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: NON-SPORT CARDS:  Buying and Selling
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:09:51 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center




 
 
  WANTED TO BUY:
  ==============
 
OLIVIA Holograms: 2
 
Hilebrandt Holograms: 6
 
 
 
  SELLING:
  ========
 
Boris II (complete sets): 2 sets  no holograms
  Boris II (commons): If interested send me your numbers
 
 
Olivia (complete sets): 1 sets  no holograms
  Olivia (commons): If interested send me your numbers
 
 
TSR AD&D Complete Factory Set 1991: 1 box
 
 
 
 
  If you have any of the cards I want to Buy please send what you have
  and the price you want for them.
 
  If you are wanting to buy any of the cards/sets I'm selling please
  send E-mail for want you want and I'll give you the price I want for 
  them.
 
 
 
  Please send all REPLYS to:
 
  tna@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
 
 
   Thanks, Matt
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: STAMPS: The USPS' PNC bonanza
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:29:16 GMT
Reply-To: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In rec.collecting, dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee) writes:
In rec.collecting, ram@smsc.sony.com (Ray Milkey) writes:
.>Are there any US Plate Number Coil (PNC) collectors out there who find
.>the variable rate coil stamp to have great potential for abuse?
...etc..
.>My problem with the new variable rate coil (or meter as somebody
.>(Steve Anderson?) pointed out earlier) is that instant rarities can be
.>created by people with the money to create them.  If I go to one of
.>the post offices that has the dispensing machine and start printing
.>out Express Mail rate stamps (what is it these days, $9.35?) and keep
.>it up until the plate number comes out, I now have a pretty rare
.>stamp.  I would guess that most collectors will buy this issue (if at
.>all) from the Philatelic Sales Division as preprinted with a 29c
.>denomination.
>...etc.

>I do not believe that the new variable rate stamp and the dispensing
>machine will print a plate number.. It is my understanding that the
>system does not have a plate numnber.  An excellent article appeared
>very recently in Linn's regarding this stamp.

>I understand that the coil of stamps are preprinted before insertion
>into the dispensing machine and only the denomination is imprinted upon
>purchase and that the printing processing did not have plate numbers..


The earlier Linn's article I referred to was based upon a USPS news
release.. It seems that the current issue of Linn's has retracted that
story and now claims that there will indeed be plate numbers on that
stamp!!!

.
.
.
.
..
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: OSG0003@UNLVM.UNL.EDU
Subject: Cards: 1991 Leaf
Organization: University of Nebraska
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 15:29:09 CST

FYI
 
On a recent visit to the local Sam's (Wal-Mart wharehouse), I found
2 cases of what appears to be 1991 Leaf sets (1-528) that somebody
apparently put together. They were selling the set for about $48.00
 
They also had 2 cases of the 1991 Gold Leaf Rookies (1-26) which was
selling for about $47.00 per set.
 
Both sets appear to be HC, but they have a professional looking label.
The label does not have any of the Leaf or Donruss logos other than
the title of the set.
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: eddie@acpy01.att.com (Eddie Adamko (CXNIXPT1))
Subject: CARDS: Babe Ruth Conlon's collection
Organization: AT&T IMS - Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:53:02 GMT


Hi Everyone,

	I'm looking for a BOX of the Babe Ruth Conlon collection.
If anyone can get a hold of a box, I would appreciate it.

Thanks Eddie



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