Paul: Here is a quick answer. A Division was managed by the Superintendent. Under that person were Trainmasters, Asst. TM, Roadmasters, Div. Engineer (Civil Type), Road Foremen of Engines, etc. A TM
Rich: I hope the question was rhetorical............ :-) Tossing it out to the BRHSlist may cause a rush of posts in support of my wife...... I, too, have painted cars in the Empire Builder scheme.
BRHSlisters: In response to a question on the Passenger Car List, I developed the following replies. I hope you don't mind the length....... Ed DeRouin Second Post:
Wes and Hubert: Thanks for that detail and the feed back. The RPO route was St. Louis to St. Paul. A single car operated in its entirety. Both roads contributed RPOs to the train. In Chicago, moving
Leo: thanks for the comment. Presently, I am digging into two subject for the BB. One, the story of the Chicago Division - things like Hawthorne Yd, Western Ave., the Lumber Street District, the Coa
Leo: The Q purchased 100 GSC cars in 1967, classed as LP-5, and numbered 95200-95299. A photo and a bit more information can be found on p.95 of Mike Spoor's Color Guide. Ed DeRouin
Al and Others: Based upon my observations and experience, I can state that as far as I know, the Q and Milw did not interchange at Steward Jct. Also, the Q did not have trackage rights on the Milw fr
John and Others: Walthers did not have any postwar Budd car samples at the show. They did have the next release of Amtrak highliners, if you are interested. Since the Budd line has been introduced, I
Larry: This train has not been made in plastic. However, Kato has announced N scale pre war and post war Budd cars of Q heritage. Their HO scale office car is a test for the HO market. As I said in m
Doug: Don't take out the Zona saw just yet. What you saw at the show is the tip of the iceberg. I suggest that we be patient. Only so many cars can be made and sold at a time. As we have seen with th
Jack: I have not seen a response yet, so I will toss out a couple of thoughts based upon my interpretation of doodlebug history from photos and other resources. That means, I do not specifically know
Bill and Others: Thanks for looking and noticing. That layout is history, but Number two is rising and will include an autumnal scene with golden corn. As to the first field, start with green indoor/
BRHSlisters: Do you know if the CB&Q used a train order signal anywhere on the system that is similar to the Sanborn signal used mostly by the C&NW? If not, the entire signal, what about the semaphor
John and Others: In addition to Aurora, locomotive wheels were also changed at the Zephyr Pit (14th Street, Chicago) into the Amtrak era. I don't trust my memory anymore, so I must state this with so
Brad: I participated along with another BRHS member in a focus group last year. Its purpose was to evaluate train simulator software in development. We met for ninety minutes and replied to a series