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Super small BR herald decal/Q ballast

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Subject: Super small BR herald decal/Q ballast
From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@h...>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:34:10 -0500
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Anyone have source of a BR herald suitable for use on door of an N scale truck cab being detailed for Q MoW use? Have slides of the protos & would guessestimate they were no more than 12" x 10" & perhaps smaller. Thanks, Gerald Edgar


Re: Ballast - In the late 70's or very early 80's C&NW provided BN some of their famous 'pink ladies' ballast from the Rock Springs, WI quarry as in turn C&NW was getting BN ballast from Sheridan I believe for use in Wyoming area. The idea was both RR's saved lengthy MoW ballast ship- ments. (kind of like balancing loco mileage at the time). Thus some ex-Q track got VERY unorthodox ballast! Ultimately C&NW bought a score or more of ex-Q 'war emergency' steel/wood ballast hoppers (ex- beet sugar service) and used them for a few months on 4R projects out of the Kansas City area. Still carried CB&Q rptg marks but only lasted a few months as were in very poor shape from lack of maintenance.

Thanks, Gerald Edgar



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