Ray, If memory serves when the motors were delivered from EMD they carried no "A,B,C, or D" suffixes. These were added later. In Corbin's book "Burlington in Transition" ABBA Set of F3's # 132 carry
I have looked the books and slides that I have and the wondows in the Baggage Cars and RPO's appears to be clear. Also the first of the Stainless Equipment to use tinted glass is the 1947 Twin City Z
List All of the O5's originally burned coal. A number of the O5's were switched to oil I believe after WW 2... thus becoming an O5B. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Dave, When I go to Yahoo all I get is a mailbox full of more and more spam..... I am a BRHS Member..... See ya next weekend! Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
TLC has many fine books under their belt. There is one thing.... don't be alarmed if the book isn't ready when TLC says it will be...... many times their books are later than the release date. [Non-t
The point is... why should I, read this as I, have to change all my settings so I won't get all the spam crap that Yahoo sends out? This is why I will not do a profile on Yahoo. I get enough spam on
My hat's off to Larry and Bob..... you guys put on a great meet! It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. Along with a great dinner and show..... next meet I hope to win something at t
Yes... The "Silver" prefix started with the first Denver Zephyr. All the stainless steel equipment built after that carried the Silver prefix with two exceptions, the baggage cars Argo and Olympus. T
Roundup..... that Business Car had to ride smoooooth. A heavy weight business covered in stainless Steel! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I picked up my copy tonight..... I haven't really had a chance to go through it but I have skimmed it..... good book! The only thing I can see that I would have liked changed was so many of the photo
Well the one thing with the FT's and the F 2's........ you don't have to worry about the "passenger pilot" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
If we are talking one of the Shoreham Cars...... Run down to an Auto Paint Store and buy a product called "The Pealer" this will strip off that coating without hurting the nickle under neath. Let me
The new car is also very close to the NYC Budd Coaches and it also looks very similar to the Pennsy Coaches (My guess they were used in SAL Florida Service). Again Walther's has come up with a winner
That would be great to see Walthers come out with the Burlington Budd Gallery Cars. They already have the roof! <G> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]