I have heard the term "Kansas City Waycars" applied to these WWII temporary cars..... Apparently the Santa Fe did similar conversions, also used in KC; maybe the Frisco too. Charlie
A "Burlington Band" would be fun to hear....as long as you keep Banjos out.... we had a Banjo player across from our NTRAK set up at a show for a weekend.... and no matter how much you like Bluegrass
Why would MicroScale bother to offer half the decals it does?? Many of them drive kitbashing and new releases. If they stuck to only accurate models to put decals on the releases would be few and far
And if we can ever get Randy Gordon-Gilmore off dead center, we will have an Aeolus 4001 that is of the quality level of his Pioneer Zephyr masters for the FineNScale kit!!! Charlie [Non-text portion
I was straightening out my drawing file drawer cabinet last week and found that I have copies of a Sanborn Fire Insurance map that shows the Riverside Commuter Yard, the original station building, an
The depot you describe is most likely the one on the Sanborn Map.....the dimensions and description match. The one that I mentioned being on the Riverside plat was before it and in a different locati
I haven't scoped out the construction details of the Red Caboose car yet, but it is not a Red Caboose copy of their HO car..... the tooling was started by Bob Beyers before he sold the Precision Mast
Thanks Denny for earlier memories than I have of the area. I think the traces of the tracks in the Forest Preserve may have been buried under the ROW of 1st Avenue.... and the balloon loop of the con
HaroldYou are probably correct. Sanborn, not being the CB&Q, would not have any interest in accuracy of the tracks beyond their orientation to buildings for insurance purposes (can a car derail and h
There is a Monograph on the early days of the H&St.J. If I remember I will check on it at home and see if there is any mention of a Gentry in the paper. Charlie
I absolutely agree with the kudos for a great meet. Only downside was holding the roundtable clinic on the sales floor. Over half the audience gave up because you could not hear over the din of peopl
Since Nolan Null of LifeLike is both a member of BRHS and an Q nut, I would not rush out to buy the first batch... note that the fine print on the model specs notes a number of tender and other detai
DaveI would like some clarification..... If I (or Nolan) or any other Manufacturer wants to send an informational post (Shipped HO Business Cars today, for example....no we won't see them until July,
I should not have used the "freight" and "passenger" designation, although it is common. The FTs had the open or creased pilot, as did the F-2s which were built to break up the FT ABBA sets into FT A
.....better know as the Abraham Lincoln Freedom Train.... an XM-32 with red, white and blue stripes. One of the tinplate companies just did the car in O gauge. Far as can be determined, the Q was the
I know the Burlington experimented with steam "motor" powered passenger cars in that time period. It may be that one was actually in the service you describe. The Twin Cities was the scene of much ex