Re: [CBQ] Modeling CB&Q Ballast on the C&I

["qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Tom,

The entire west end of Savanna yard was still cinders well into the 70s. The east end of the yard was that mix that showed up in every yard when cinders, and every commodity hauled got mixed together over the decades. It was can best be described as a fine dirt. Probably the two biggest components were engine sand and cinders mixed with coal,coke,gravel,and everything else that could fall off or spill out of car.. Which ever end of a yard that saw the bulk,of the switching turned to this fine dirt like substance.

Leo Phillipp

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On Nov 9, 2014, at 8:11 PM, "thommack@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Now that winter has arrived I have time to get back to my long forsaken layout. I would like to start ballasting both my main line and Savanna yard. I have track charts listing ballast but am more interested in finding out what any Q modelers might suggest as a good match for ballast on the C&I. My layout starts at Oregon and ends at Savanna. So I would like to know what brand and color other C&I modelers have used for their main lines and also for yards, especially Savanna.

I hope this starts some good serious modeling conversations!

Tom Mack

Cincinnati, OH

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