One of the old Havelock shop boys told me once that they painted 10 box cars gold for that celebration. I believe if I remember correctly, all were painted in one day. Scott Arnold Lincoln NE
Can anyone tell me if the following book is a good reference for CB&Q steam? Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route, By Bernard G. Corbin and William F. Kerka. FIRST EDITION, Copyright 1960, Thank
I bet Mr. McKee has the best shot of helping find the info they need. I tried on my own to check on employment about both of my grandfathers who worked at the Havelock shops. I live here in Lincoln a
Gary, I had the same deal with my envelope, but the Bulletin was in good shape. I guess it was a machine that did it. Once before I received a bulletin that had the outside cover ruined, I requested
Dick, I know Life Like will fix it but why not return it to the store you bought it at and have them either switch you out or at least look at your locomotive. Maybe you bought this mail order and th
Hi All, I seem to be having a problem logging on to the BRHS website. Has the address changed from WWW.burlingtonroute.com? Thanks in advance, Scott Arnold
Help! The website seems to be down. Does anyone have any information on why? Is anyone else having this problem? I have tried with both my computers and have had no success. Thanks, Scott Arnold
Hi Dave, The problem was reported by someone else (sorry I can't remember who). And I tried to check the website and it failed to work on both of my computers. I tried the next day and had the same p
Hi All, I have lost the website which is producing the E-5 shells to fit on the HO scale Proto 2000 E-6's. Can anyone help me out? Thank you, Scott Arnold Lincoln NE
To Jerry Nolan and the Q gang, I have this book. I purchased it locally at an estate sale two years ago. I don't know how rare it is but I have never seen one like it before and would guess that it i
Russ, I think these were locomotives that were used just between 1955 and 1960 for excursions. I can't remember if the book states that but that is what the author was implying. Scott
One I have not seen mentioned is the Valley Ice House located down at 6th & J street in Lincoln. The side track has been removed but they are still producing ice their. Junk yards are another and als
I checked another Nebraska CB&Q depot book "Burlington Route Depot Life" by Carryl E. Hadcock with Alfred J.J. Holck but the Farewell NE depot is not listed. Scott Arnold Lincoln NE
Hi Listers, I have located a Nickel Plate CB&Q 2-10-4. It is quite a distance from my home so I will not be able to see it run. Can anyone help me out on what the quality of this production was by Ni
Chuck, There are several ways to bring back the economy. Buy stocks or mutual funds as I did today, buy new tires for the car (it's about time anyway), and to keep this related to this website, treat
After a hard day at work I like to think that my sanity can be restored with my favorite hobby which is modeling trains and catching up on my favorite railroad, which is CB&Q. Tonight I open my email