The heavyweight coaches I have are Branchline -- not a perfect match for the
real 6100s but a very nice kit and they meet my budget. The RPOs are a
combination of the Walthers 60' six window cars (very close to the CB&Q
cars) and Rivarossi three window cars which I'm upgrading with wire grab
irons etc. The streamlined coaches are Walthers. I also have a pair of
Walthers PS 6-6-4 Rock Island sleepers which were in use on the ZR by the
late fifties.
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben de Vries" <ben1.vries@planet.nl>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q heavy weight cars
> Duncan,
> What coaches and RPO's do you use, Branchline's or Walthers'?
> Ben de Vries, Holland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duncan Cameron" <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q heavy weight cars
>
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> > That's precisely how I'm using my heaveyweights. I've got two of the
> > coaches for trains 1 & 44 as well as a couple of RPOs (I think they were
> > RPOs rather than baggage cars). I've got another couple of RPOs and a
NKP
> > baggage car kit that will be part of the Zephyr Rocket. I still want to
> > pick up a diner or a lounge car to bring end up the end of the ZR but
> > haven't invested in one yet. I'll have as much green as stainless steel
> > on
> > my 1963 K-line.
> > Duncan Cameron
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <kohlj@bellsouth.net>
> > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q heavy weight cars
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> >> > The Q still
> >> > had lots of heavy weight cars in the '60s, how were they used in
egular
> >> > revenue service?
> >>
> >> On the K-line, heavyweight cars quite frequently showed up not only on
> >> the
> > Zephyr Rocket (usually baggage) but also on the daily St. Louis -
> > Burlington
> > local (coach & baggage). The latter used to be the old Mark Twain
Zephyr.
> > We're talking from mid-1950s until passenger service stopped on the
K-line
> > (mid-late 1960s). Occasionally a steam-boiler equipped GP9 or similar
> > pulled the daily, and sometimes a steam-boiler-equipped frieght
locomotive
> > even pulled the Zephyr Rocket!
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >> Jan Kohl
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