I can't confirm the information about Train 43, because I never saw the Silver
Charger northbound, but I remember seeing #44 many times in the early 60's at
Hannibal and north of Hannibal in the late afternoon, with Silver Charger
pulling either a baggage or RPO (I don't remember) and a heavyweight coach. By
this time, Train 44 originated at West Quincy.
Glen Haug
----- Original Message -----
From: Duncan Cameron
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:02 AM
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Silver Charger
Marshall,
The information I have is that, at different times between 1953 and 1963,
9908 was used to pull trains 43 & 44 (and then trains 1 & 44) up the west
side of the Mississippi. One of the BRHS calendars even included a
photograph made by Phil Weibler of 9908 pulling train 43 parked in front of
the Keokuk Union Depot. I believe that by 1960 these trains may have run
only as far as West Quincy, but I thought I might fudge that reality a
little to get a shovelnose onto the layout. If anyone can confirm or
challenge any of this, I'd be glad to hear.
Duncan Cameron
----- Original Message -----
From: "zephyr9903" <zephyr9903@iowatelecom.net>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Silver Charger
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:32:51 -0500, Duncan Cameron wrote
> > Have come across a model of Silver Charger plus three cars imported
> > by Hallmark and produced by KTM. Not sure how old it would be. Can
> > anyone comment on quality of this model re. detail and running
> characteristics?
> > Duncan Cameron
>
>
> What are you thinking, Duncan?????? (a couple of e-slaps to the face) . .
.
> 9908 never ran through Keokuk on a scheduled basis, as far as I know . . .
>
> But the Hallmark stuff was pretty tacky by modern standards. I had one of
> Bobbye's E-5s once, and the eitched "corrugated" sides were shallow
single-
> level etching, while the nose was a rather crude and badly-scaled plated
> brass casting. IIRC, the Gen'l Pershing was imported in the late '80s -
>
> Just for giggles & grins, the first HO shovel nose I'm aware of was
> manufactured by Sampson shortly after WW II. They had tooled up to
extrude
> aluminum Budd bodies from aluminum (a process later adopted by the
pre-Tyco
> Mantua), and offered a Budd baggage car with a cast-potmetal "shovelnose"
to
> make an approximate "Silver Charger" (although they didn't call it
> that) . . .
>
> Anyone else know an earlier HO shovel nose?
>
> Marshall Thayer
> Mt. Pleasant, IA
>
>
>
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