Jeff,
Would love to see the photos. Thanks -deke
--- jeffsauer1957 <jeffsauer1957@y...> wrote:
> David,
>
> Aproximately a year or so ago, a good number of the
> whalebelly fleet
> were here in Garretson and Sioux Falls, South Dakota
> - on the BNSF
> Corson sub. There is a private shop called Midwest
> Rail Repair on
> the line and they have been doing work for a lot of
> smaller roads
> and also have landed some BNSF, CP, UP, & DM&E work
> too!
>
> Out of the blue the whalebelly's began showing up.
> Frankly, I was
> stunned!!! I don't recall who they were being
> re-stencilled from and
> to, but coming in, their BN markings (in a couple of
> different BN
> paint schemes) was very apparent.
>
> I may have shot 2 whole rolls total, over a couple
> of weeks time,
> including one Saturday morning climbing all over a
> couple of them,
> while no-one was around (Shsh - don't tell anyone).
> I did get quite
> a few detail shots.
>
> The only problem is, these car's were really beat up
> and weathered
> to the max. While the BN paint was able to be seen,
> the cars had a
> good 20 years of grime and dust and cement and rust
> on top of it.
>
> Going out, they had all of their appendedges
> repaired and were all
> painted pristine. They looked like brand new cars!
> Amazing...
>
> The rumor was that the cars were being refurbished
> for Betonnite
> (sp) service in Western SD. and Wyoming on the DM&E,
> but owned by a
> private source.
>
> If you (or the group) are interested, I can go dig
> the pix out and
> post 'em.
>
> Jeff Sauer
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "David Lotz"
> <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> > Robert,
> >
> > Straight from the "horses" mouth - Railway
> Classics has expressed
> an
> > interest in doing these and is currently getting
> an estimate for
> > construction. Hopefully I'll hear soon if the
> estimate is such
> that they
> > will agree to do these. If they don't then Q
> Connection will
> proceed to try
> > to do cast resin hybrid kits.
> >
> > David Lotz
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gfandwrr" <gfandwrr@y...>
> > To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:08 PM
> > Subject: [BRHSlist] Whale Belly Cars
> >
> >
> > > Some time ago there was some comments about Dave
> Lotz getting a
> model
> > > of these cars done. There ware some very recent
> comments on the
> ACL
> > > site about these but wasn't sure what the
> progress was. Anybody
> know?
> > > Robert Nelson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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