A quick review for those of you who are not on the annual purchase list (Randy normally has a small handful of extras so don't delay).
As usual, this is THE railroad calendar to have for any generic RR fans & more so for Burlington enthusiasts. Randy's sources are varied and deep and his photo repro, esp. older Kodachrome and any duotone (think the "Waycar" book) are unexcelled. As always what I like is the detail around the subject matter than assists period modeling. Ex: the cover photo is C&S 3' #641 is right out of a Walther's catalog given the seemingly painted 'backdrop', "Woodland Scenics" weed-like foreground and the brown oxide Q cov'd hoppers in the consist behind a D&RGW coal hopper (those Q hoppers were a ltd run model a dozen yrs ago or so). This year's cal is 11 color & 2 duotone - all from the late Joseph Douda. Among them: "50's Mail train @ West-mont, 2 blackbird GP-7 led trains @ Downer's with #243 and a mixed? (ex-Kitchen Car behind a GP); motorcars @ Lincoln; C&S s.g. mixed in "54; pre-bi-level E-8 dinky @ W. Hinsdale (1st time I've ever seen a suburban pic with a line of the Agt's laundry hanging from the depot!); 6 car steam wrecker train in WY; Whitcomb center cab in Newark, IL; a Prairie led frt @ Wever, IA; a classic bright white FTAB/F2 set leading a string of wood reefers & box cars; C&S steam yard work in Denver (classic FW&D company service tank car being switched) and a steam-led C&S snow train in WY (consist included 2 loaded gons for ballast plus a boarding car, tank car & 2 waycars & a 6 unit consist of F's, Geeps & UP power leading a freight out of Chicago in "61. So "50 & 60's, steam & early diesel, Lines West & East & enough peripheral stuff to please the detail hounds. Tks again Randy for helping older Q fans/emps to 'remember' & younger ones to see it as it was. Gerald