- 41. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:34:50 -0500
- Hard nosed Yankee (Boston) management..... necessity (frugal cash flow) was the mother of invention and it became an integral part of the Q Corporate Culture. The Q was one of the leading R&D railroa
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00031.html (9,958 bytes)
- 42. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:55:23 -0500
- No, but I do have two copies of the "Menk the Fink" buttons.....a treasured keepsake. In retrospect, his biggest sin was allowing a corporate culture that would foster the NP guys loading up baggage
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00063.html (11,910 bytes)
- 43. Re: [BRHSlist] E-5's (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:14:02 -0500
- MarshallAre you working on the E-5 drawings for publication or privately for an importer? I have a friend in Italy who is doing N Scale etchings for passenger cars (primarily on a hobby basis for him
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00123.html (7,300 bytes)
- 44. Re: [BRHSlist] E-5's (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:43:18 -0500
- MarshallI know Randy Gordon-Gilmore, having worked with him and Dick Billings in making the Pioneer Zephyr kit in N Scale happen.... he has many other projects ahead of the E5s and would be tickled t
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00125.html (9,542 bytes)
- 45. Re: [BRHSlist] E-5 (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:01:07 -0500
- BrianThanks, but I will have to get digital photos anyway to do definitive drawings..... and I can get the dimensions at that time. Probably will go during the week when the unit is likely not to be
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00163.html (7,964 bytes)
- 46. Re: [BRHSlist] heavyweight passenger cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:07:32 -0500
- The IHC cars are the new Chinese copies and extensions of the line. They are regretfully all screwed up with none of the details matching from car to car - belt rail location, window heights, door pr
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00188.html (8,536 bytes)
- 47. Re: [BRHSlist] heavyweight passenger cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:04:23 -0500
- The Spectrum Pullman is accurate but a strange rebuilt car, used mostly on the Florida trains (L&N had most of them IIRC). The rest of the cars are very nice models of PRR prototypes. The Branchline
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00190.html (11,115 bytes)
- 48. Re: [BRHSlist] heavyweight passenger cars (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:32:02 -0500
- MarshallThe only thing I "knows" is saves your money is a safe bet. With the pace of new items being released it is inevitable that somebody will get around to doing Heavyweights properly within the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-09/msg00192.html (8,547 bytes)
- 49. Re: Help with ID (score: 1)
- Author: "ncbqguy" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:10:18 -0600
- Please excuse the late reply and/or multiple posting; my internet connection was down for two days and Yahoo!!! blocked sending me any traffic since last weekend. The station is Congress Park. The wr
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00124.html (7,481 bytes)
- 50. Re: [BRHSlist] Fwd: Railway Classics Commercial Post (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:30:15 -0500
- JohnGreat news!!! We N Scalers really appreciate all the attention!!! (wry laughter followed by muffled wimpering) Seriously, for those that haven't seen the Rocket cars, the pressed corrugations are
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00132.html (10,003 bytes)
- 51. Re: [BRHSlist] Fwd: Q Connection Commercial Post (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:34:08 -0500
- JohnNow these are some you can do in N Scale!!! Charlie PS- I am attaching a couple of works in progress- IMHO the windows on the 4 window car were too low on the sides... this version is the long sh
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00133.html (6,793 bytes)
- 52. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Help with ID at Congress Park (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:49:40 -0500
- GlenI don't remeber how I picked it up, but the PO Box for the Historical Society is listed as History Book Committee, PO Box 65, Brookfield, IL 60513. You might also try calling the Brookfield Publi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00145.html (7,796 bytes)
- 53. Re: [BRHSlist] Speaking of Ballast (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:01:05 -0500
- I seem to remember in the Lines East Corporate History by W.W. Baldwin there was an isolated chunk of railroad called the Chicago, Burlington & Hammond (or something like that). It was a yard in eith
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00176.html (6,783 bytes)
- 54. Re: [BRHSlist] Existing Zephyrs Update (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:43:47 -0500
- Speaking of the 9908, has anyone ever come across any documentation as to why the unit had a fabricated A-1-A Blomberg truck? Was it indeed the prototype for all E unit cast trucks and the Q, being c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00183.html (7,323 bytes)
- 55. Re: [BRHSlist] CB& Q In Color Volumn 4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:28:59 -0500
- He has not only done it again, it is the best volume yet..... Charlie one will be very pleased with it, I am.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-08/msg00267.html (7,488 bytes)
- 56. Re: [BRHSlist] Budd car skirting (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 10:05:58 -0500
- I have never tried it but someone once suggested making a mold of a plain section of skirting, remove any trim around the truck cutout, and position the mold so it bridges the opening. Cast the skirt
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00008.html (7,403 bytes)
- 57. Re: [BRHSlist] F2A Truck Centers (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 11:09:18 -0500
- F2s were in essence preproduction F3 phase I units with some FT internal components. The pilot on the Q units looks more like an FT pilot than later versions of the FT, but I haven't done a study on
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00024.html (8,702 bytes)
- 58. Re: [BRHSlist] (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 14:48:17 -0500
- I have the impression that the bulk of autos came out the side doors rather than the ends, which required a siding with a ramp or platform on the end....and shuffling of cars to unload them. The doub
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00048.html (9,372 bytes)
- 59. Re: [BRHSlist] EMC 511& 512 (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 09:11:26 -0500
- A project, not on the front burner at the moment, is to find out more about the early EMC box cabs.... At the Steator meet I saw a book that outlined the Santa Fe units 1A and 1B....they had differen
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-05/msg00095.html (8,069 bytes)
- 60. Re: [BRHSlist] Broadway Limited (score: 1)
- Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:01:58 -0600
- Don't worry....Q units will have Q numbers.....artwork is going to be started shortly. Charlie Vlk Railroad Model Resources
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-04/msg00002.html (7,408 bytes)
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