List, I have a blueprint (b&w) out of Gt. roundhouse for Q switchers #9350-9379 showing placement of numbers and lettering, dated 10-14-43. Also shown is a paint list. If anyone is interested, contac
Greetings, My thoughts on the lettering blueprint was to ask for a stamp and then I would mail off copies I already have on hand. Never gave it much of a thought but I'd probably find it far easier t
Tom, Thanks for the turntable list. Do you know if Kewannee had a table? I heard stories of a small roundhouse there but can find scant info on this. There had always been a story circulating that th
Ed, If memory serves me right , there was also a plan to elevate the Q tracks from Belmont? to Chicago with new depots. The set of plans were dated 1947 or 49 and now reside in the special collection
Here's another story that maybe someone could shed some light on. While building the right of way in the 1860's, the swamp at Highlands was quite an ordeal. There has circulated a story about losing
Greetings, When the smokebox was opened on 3006 here in the burg, we found the Q left a huge pile of ash sitting under the stack. This had direct acess to rain and the elements. The wet ash has a cor
Greetings List, We are looking for odd and obscure photos of early Q Galesburg, pre-1881 for a research project. The quest is a photo and or information on Galesburg's 1st station house located next
Greetings, I made a few phone calls to retired engineers (E. Ottumwa) and most couldn't remember who ran the excursion that was used for Mobile Fidelity's recording. Glen Pepmeyer did think that Ed F
Dave, Ken and list, `That stretch of track east of Connett was a four mile stretch of wood trestle that held some kind of record for the longest trestle. It's still intact imbeded in the fill of the
Lenny and list, I have some film footage of the '65 flood, but not of anything railroad. I've always wanted to see a picture of the high water there at Connett. I do have photos ( not slides) of the
Greetings, I just talked with J.F. Schmid, a retired engineer in Aurora. He remembers the way a locomotive was dedicated to cleaning out flange ways with steam at Aurora was to connect a hose or pipi
Ed and all, Some of the secret of the smoth Bi-level ride was of course the trucks. A close examination of the trucks will show "CB&Q specs." in raised letters if I remember correctly. We always seem
Ed, Thanks for the info on Frank Krummel, for the life of me I couldn't remember how to spell his name. I knew him as a child and many years later worked with him when he was General Car Foreman in C
Karl, There's one more color to consider......gold. On Sept. 5, 1924, the Q announced that passengers on the CB&Q east of Denver would be riding on a roadbed of gold. The 400 miles would be ballasted