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Paul,
You and a lot of other people for Zephyr Tower! Rumor has it TomSchneid from NKP Car is looking at bringing out a kit for these "betterment" 8-3-1 cars. The biggest challenges are the "turtle" roof and the skirting.
Rich
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From: risrwy <risrwy@msn.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 11:28 pm Subject: [CBQ] Re: Sleeping Car Poplar Branch/Flat et, al. Rich,
Thank you very much. That is what I needed. Since I am modeling September 1959, I do want to be as accurate as I can be. PULLMAN it is then. Now if I can figure a way for Zephyr Tower to be added to the mix.......Paul Buhrkre. --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, rgortowski@... wrote: > > > Paul, search the archives for Hol Wagner's discussion of the Burlington's heavyweight sleeper lettering protocol. In a nutshell, as long as the sleeper was in Pullman > lease (being operated by Pullman as a sleeper for the Q) the Q used "PULLMAN" on the letterboard - not "BURLINGTON." In your case, because the sleeper was painted in the improved shadow-stripe scheme, you would want "PULLMAN" in the black Zephyr-style lettering with the car name below in the same style. Champ made these decals and I think some of the Micro Scale sets have this available, as well. > > If you have access to Bill Glick's Burlington Passenger Car Photo Album - page 122 shows Poplar Flat in 1962 - obviously after it was removed from Pullman lease. The "PULLMAN" has been painted out, and the CB&Q and car number has replaced the name - which the Q did after removing a car from Pullman lease. The car still retains the shadow striping, though. > > Rich G > > -----Original Message----- > From: risrwy <risrwy@...> > To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 8:27 am > Subject: [CBQ] Re: Sleeping Car Poplar Branch/Flat et, al. > > > > > > Duncan: > > From my CRI&P passenger book, "In May, 1956, the Zephyr-Rocket's sleepers were upgraded to a pair of Rock Island 6-6-4 cats, ***. Burlington, meanwhile, furnished a pair of 6-section, 6-double bedroom modernized heavy-weights named Poplar Branch and Poplar Flat. To privide a better match with the rest of the equipment, the CB&Q cars were painted silver with "shadow-like" accents." > > This reference is what throws my decalling into a tizzy. Pullman is out of business but the "Q" still has these heavyweights in service. So do we decal with PULLMAN or BURLINGTON in the letterboard and Poplar Branch/Flat on the side? > > Model Railroading gets to be so much fun! > > Paul Buhrke > > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@> wrote: > > > > Paul, I'll be interested to hear the answer. MY information is that these cars were on the ZR roughly May 1956 to April 1958. Is that consistent with what you know? > > Duncan Cameron > > > __._,_.___
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