Arrived in Baltimore Md 11/1/00. What I would pay for faster delivery!! I think I figured out the problem with the mailing envelopes being mutilated during transit. It's obvious. This issue of the Bu
Bill & list; It's not so much that it's a naughty word, so much as it has been an undiscussed/covered neat small class one railroad that the Q interchanged with in my part of the country. Maybe the a
Ray; Remotored the ones I got when they came out. As I recall -- been a while since they came out -- the motor was essentially the same motor, and available from NPP, but had the brush springs as int
Leo; Without digging it out I seem to recall that the Bulletin on stock cars had a track chart for the area showing most of the packing plants & trackage in the area. Nolen
I may wrong but I think you will find it was part of the Rock Island Southern interurban line, not Beardstown main line. Both terminate in Galesburg. Beardstown line was put together from remains of
John, Max Gray's stuff was built by KTM in Japan who then built for Westside after Max's death. Stuff has the reputation of being solidly-built, good-runners. Typifies what good Japanese brass locomo
To solve the confusion on which F unit to get: Stewart, Life Like, Intermountain, and Athearn Genisis all make smooth running F units in different phases and nicely done (read pick your favorite shad
Scott; Nickel Plate Products and LMB CB&Q 2-10-4's were both built by 'KMT" (Kumata) of Japan. LMB brought in 310 pcs between 1964-67. These models were built with Worthington feedwater heaters and s
Duncan; Yes, they are brass. Around $300.00 ea US. Available in 2 styles: CW-6 & CW-7 factory painted with 4 road numbers in each style. You might want to check out LaBelle Woodworking's kit version.
And if you cut off bout 18" or so of the smokebox you can re-apply it to one of Oriental's 2-8-2's thereby making the B-1a a bituminous coal burner and the O-1a a lignite burner. Nolen Null
Scott; The Challenger version will probably have every little detail that was on the prototype. Compare their version of the S-4 to the Sunset version. Biggest difference is probably going to be that
Hi Steve & All; In going over the list of turntable sizes you put on the BRHS list I couldn't help noticing Clinton listed under the Galesburg Div. This would, to me, appear to be in error. Last I kn
Ed; Clinton, IA? Who'da thunk they had enough railroad for a turntable? Guess that leaves the highlight of Canton IL being the undiscussable topic (TP&W?)!! Thanks. Nolen
Scott; The K-2's have a good mechanism. The trouble with them is that originally they were equipped with an open frame motor that did NOT have a tension spring accross the top of the brush holders. N