I think that if you look under the BRHS website you can find two nice examples of "what if" power done by Dave Lotz I believe to celebrate the 150 year aniv. of the "Q". One is a modern EMD and the o
Thanks for your kind emails to Scott Frietsch about unsubscribing to the list. Scott had email but not web access so I signed him up for the list. I finally remembered Scott's password last night for
Roger Miller simply used Athearn U-boat chassis to repower his Oriental set. I believe they are a pretty good match right out of the box and the proper length for the shovelnose A and B. I'm not sure
Nickle Plate Products is the importer that brought in the various styles of Q Hudsons along with Sunset and Challenger Imports. Hallmark Models did not import Q Hudsons. Nickle Plate Products produce
I think this diner is the current White Palace Diner which sits on the N.E. corner of Canal and Roosevelt Rd. corner. What was that movie back in the '80s that we said had a scene in the Zephyr Grill
I firmly believe that the Q's steam engines, at least some of them, had red roofs prior to WWII. Recently Locomotive Quarterly profiled Q O5s. Even though they were all black and white photos several
Hi Rich and list, Sorry I didn't get the date on that Loco. Quarterly. I should add that the current issue has a feature on "Burlington Steam Motive Power" or something like that. They say that it is
Like Rich, I too enjoyed getting to see Milwaukee #261 this past weekend. Not too hard to pretend our '95 Taurus station wagon was really a '55 Nomad on US34 and #261 was really #5632! Hopefully BNSF
Interesting comments about Mr. Krebs and Frisco #1522 from John Lee. If Mr. Krebs did feel that way about the steam locomotive (wanting to cut it up on the spot) then I wonder why #1522 is scheduled
Kind of hard to put an O-5 in a enginehouse when it's only been built to store a C-16 2-8-0 that isn't longer than the #5629's tender. Nice museum in Golden but the O5 doesn't really go with their co
Someone may have already mentioned it but I believe the line ran south out of Monmouth to Roseville then to Swan Creek and Walnut Grove to Bushnell. Then you could go to Macomb. Mike Martin / Peoria
More on the "mystery of #5620" I received an informative email from Ron Burkhard after posting my initial request for info as to #5620's longevity. According to Ron's email the #5620 was used as a pa
Baking brass in a microwave? Won't that short out the oven? I suppose baking a plastic model in a microwave oven would work if you didn't have it powered up too much? Mike
Earlier this year someone (John Lee maybe) was asking for information on Francis, MO. Saturday morning I got a chance to walk around in the woods and get muddy exploring this area on the northeast si
I can't think of any problems you'll find with Katsumi made HO brass imported by Max Gray. Admittedly, compared to today's stuff they are brass dinosaurs but the quality is right up there with anythi
When I wrote that I thought about an O5 but didn't know for sure if Max had imported that in O scale or not. I haven't ever seen one before but I do know someone that has a US Hobbies version. Sure w