Gerald, Fantastic find! If you took a photo of the Leonore depot, could you please post for us? I also had the pork tenderloin lunch at Smitty's with Bob W, Larry, Steve, & Bob H a couple of hours be
Yes, this is a great BRHS calendar. On the back, the young photographer in the black & white photo looks to me like John Szwajkart. He has published books (Trainwatcher's Guides to Chicago, St. Louis
Hi Phil, Is this one of Mike Abernethy's Zephyr car trips on Amtrak? Is there a website? Where can we find more info? I picked up a pamphlet fom Mike at Rockford Fall Meet but could not find it once
Hi Steve, Thanks for informing us. I went to irm.org and saw the photo on their 2010 schedule. What a great photo withe NZ, #3007, SD24, & switcher all together! How did you get your copy of the cale
FYI. At the September BRHS Meet in Rockford, IL, I bought a 2010 calendar from the Galesburg Railroad Museum representatives. I think that it is an 18 month calendar and has several CB&Q & ATSF photo
FYI. At my local hobby shop yesterday, I bought the following magazines: Passenger Train Annual 2009 (White River Productions): This has a close-up photo of the receding CZ on the cover out west to i
Has anyone obtained Morning Sun Books' recent "Trackside Around Pueblo 1955-1970" by Jim Boyd? How many pages and photos does it have on C&S and/or FW&D? Are both steam and diesel locomotives represe
Hi Bob: Thanks for sharing this article on Princeton's depot. My folks were visiting on Thanksgiving weekend. I copied the pages from Richard C. Overton's 1965 CB&Q History book about Darious Miller
Leo: I do not know anything about "CC Lawless & Sons" in Camp Point, IL. However, I did grow up in Mt. Sterling, IL, which is a few miles east on US-24. There was a lawyer in town whose name was on h
Hi Jerry: Thanks for the heads-up on the LaCrosse article in Classic Tains. I picked up a copy and enjoyed it and the article on Copley Park & CB&Q #4000. The articles stated that the Q also had the
Thanks to John J, John M, & Steve for your responses. Page 88 of "CB&Q in Color Vol 1" and page 33 of "CB&Q in Color Vol 4" have photos of the Beardstown depot. It appears to be a modern red brick st
Hi Steve: How are you? Are you planning to attend the Galesburg Meet? Dad & I are. Larry Brown probably won't due to other commitments. Bob Weber is still figuring out if he can. The restored Viola d
Are there any commercially available DVDs of the Nebraska Zephyr's 09/22/2012 & 09/23/2012 round trip excursions from Chicago Union Station to Quincy IL ? I was unble to ride it or see it trackside.
Hi Ray: Here is the info on the Train Festival 2011 DVDs from the DVDs' packaging. I stumbled onto these in the fall of 2011 by searching "Train Festival 2011" on Ebay. [I am not associated in any wa
Hi Greg: Thanks for the response. I will be on the lookout for this DVD from SkyTop Productions at future train shows and on Ebay. I wonder if the fact that IRM's NZ Sep-2012 excursion announcment in
Here is a quick summary of the various responses to this post. Thanks to the many individuals who responded with information. This group includes Gerald, Matt Carlson, Joe LeMeay, Paul Houston, Tom B
Hi Bob: No, I have not converted any out-of-the-box O-gauge Lionel Hudsons to a 4-6-2 or to C&S. I do have 3rd Rail's CB&Q #3007. Are you refering to the Lionel CB&Q #4000 4-6-4 that wa in a freight
Hi Larry: Wow, what a fantastic bunch of photos. You have enough photos there for Morning Sun Books to publish a "Trackside _____ with Larry Sallee" book, probably a few volumes to span all the years
I recently heard a brief mention of a phenomenon called "The Shakes" associated with railfanning. Something about the "KC Shakes", "St louis Shakes", maybe even the "Shattuc Shakes". More locationas
Pete & Bill: Here is another modern application of a stylus. When paying by cheack at many stores, we get to sign our names on an electronic pad with a stylus (wired into the device)so that our check