Although they have been available several weeks (& nearly sold out now due to
most going to past customers), the 2011 Burlington wall calendar from Milepost
206 is another winner. Unique this yr is the chance to 'review' it in entirety
at the website but wait till you hold it in your hands (all 11" x 17" on glossy
stock).
There's the usual balance of old & new, Lines E & W and the usual 13 months
with 6 color, 4 'duotone' and 3 b/w photos with 2 of the color pics repeated on
the front/back covers. Highlights are the pic of an early FtW&D Geep with 3
different waycars, an Erie shovel riding rails mounted on a flat car as it
unloads ballast, an old Q steam loco with a CW (coach/waycar) 'hop' and a
crossing scene with a vintage auto & crossbuck for era modelers. Photographers
include Harold Ziehr, our own Phil Weibler and others plus old photos from
collections. The latter includes a small town 'yard' scene published last year
in a Q book but now in a larger format & better reproduction full of so much
detail it looks like one of those contrived Fine Scale Miniature scenes. A
'mystery' pic is the CZ Silver Solarium in LaCrosse, WI in early 1970.
There are photos and there are photos: Phil Weibler's view of Quincy include
the old depot 'tower' expertly framed by rolling stock, a color view of a
post-WWII depot has a colorful gas-electric and the view from the rear of the
"mixed" on the Washington, IA branch shows it handling an old coach AND a
Troop Kitchen aka Q Express car (which has been the subject of a lot of posts
recently). Probably the best compliment I can give this calendar series is one
never sees a used one for sale on eBay or at meets.
Those of you who have ever purchased this calendar product undoubtedly have the
2011; those that have not, there's but a few left: $12.95 + $3 postage to
MP206, Box 543, W. Burlington, IA 52655-0543.
Gerald
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