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101. Re: [CBQ] Atlas announces U30C Phase II...in Q colors! (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:49:11 -0600; PaulYou are correct...there were no CB&Q U30Cs..... but there were four C&S U30Cs! 890 - 893 4 U30C GE 06/68 - 07/68 Charlie Vlk -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-03/msg00050.html (9,101 bytes)
102. Re: [CBQ] Silver Maple (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:22:10 -0600; Seems to me that I've read that the open sections were "popular" (yeah, I'd rather ride in an Open Section than a Roomette!!) because the US Government would only voucher for an Upper Berth, no upgra; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-03/msg00132.html (8,512 bytes)
103. Re: [CBQ] CB&N depot pics needed (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:18:29 -0600; GeraldRobert C. Brown's volume CB&Q Depots and Towers Illinois and Wisconsin has pictures for: Cassville Bagley Charme Lynxville Genoa Trempealeau Pepin Maiden Rock If you don't have the book I can s; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-03/msg00187.html (10,155 bytes)
104. Re: [CBQ] new 4-6-4 offer (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 08:44:05 -0600; The Walthers 60' Burlington cars showed up at DesPlaines Hobbies day before yesterday. The 60' RPO, if no spot on, is REALLY close to the CB&Q car. The Baggage and Combine are bogus but the Q did hav; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00055.html (10,413 bytes)
105. Re: [CBQ] troop sleepers in mail service? (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:37:06 -0600; LyleThey would have been in mail storage service..... there were no RPO conversions (the cars would not meet the postal regulations) and there was no shortage of RPO cars after WWII as far as I know.; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00064.html (10,803 bytes)
106. Re: [CBQ] Con Cor N-scale 2-10-2 (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:23:55 -0600; RogerThe CB&Q had 10 Class M-3 USRA Heavy 2-10-2s numbered 6300-6309 built 1919 by Brooks (Alco). They were leased to the C&S for most of their service life. There is a very good chance that ConCor i; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00075.html (8,672 bytes)
107. Re: [CBQ] commuter ? (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:36:18 -0600; Many dinkies made a conditional stop at the coach yards to pickup employees..... does that qualify? IIRC before the line elevation there was a station in the vicinity of 14th Street.... and there was; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00107.html (11,344 bytes)
108. Re: [CBQ] A Plethora of Pullmans (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:43:46 -0600; RichIIRC the correct term (used by railfans....I've never seen any CB&Q documents refering to a name for the typeface) for the Commuter Service / SSS / Modernized Silver car lettering is "Ribbon Styl; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00156.html (10,179 bytes)
109. Re: [CBQ] A Plethora of Pullmans (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:06:31 -0600; RichThanks...keep us posted on your research!! Charlie .....the ACL use of the Q heavyweight diner did come up, which seems to partially substantiate this story. I will try to get some more informati; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00175.html (9,385 bytes)
110. Re: [CBQ] Re: A Plethora of Pullmans (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:56:03 -0600; Perhaps Hol Wagner could shed some light on this subject.... It is interesting that the first individual Budd coaches went to the C&S and FW&D rather than the parent CB&Q... and that the Texas Zephyr; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00185.html (15,926 bytes)
111. Re: [CBQ] Budd Sleepers on the Q ( was Re: A Plethora of Pullmans) (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:44:53 -0600; StephenI don't disagree with your statements... but it came to me that the Q didn't have (???) Budd Sleepers for "Pool" service...they were purpose built for the 1949 (CZ) 1952 (CZ,ARZ,KCZ) and 1956; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00192.html (10,548 bytes)
112. Re: [CBQ] Re: Chi-Chi A Monkey's Tale (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:19:02 -0600; Thanks for the explanation..... I was trying to figure out how a cat that was living today could be photographed in the cab of a CB&Q 2-6-2..... I was only wrong on two counts (Chi-Chi is a monkey an; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00239.html (13,781 bytes)
113. Re: [CBQ] Walther's Santa Fe "Pine" 10-6 (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:31:07 -0600; ...or, if you are in N Scale, you can use the Kato 10-6s, one which comes decorated for California Zephyr (Silver Crag) and one as a pool car (Silver Prarie). The ConCor cars are models of the origin; /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-01/msg00041.html (8,801 bytes)
114. Re: [CBQ] Re: Q E5-B Unit (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 15:56:26 -0600; The E5B units did not have tapers in their roofline. RI E3s, TAs, and DL109s had this feature to match up with their low-profile equipment. Q units didn't need it because the power cars transitioned; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00018.html (9,463 bytes)
115. Re: [CBQ] 16 Section/Coach question (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:00:36 -0600; AFAIK all the 16 section sleepers retained their as-built exterior appearance including lettering. Since "Pullman" did not appear on the cars there was no reason to change anything except the car num; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00071.html (10,617 bytes)
116. Re: [CBQ] Re: 16 Section/Coach question (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:15:18 -0600; DennyThe conversion wasn't beyond the capabilities of any railroad's passenger car shops.... I don't know exactly what was involved but AFAIK it was all interior work.... replacing the open sections; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00075.html (10,242 bytes)
117. Re: [CBQ] Transfer cars (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:27:27 -0600; RupertThose cars would have been in use before the advent of mass merchandisers.... A typical small town pattern would combine a furniture showroom with a funeral parlor business. The extra door woul; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00106.html (11,620 bytes)
118. Re: [CBQ] Transfer cars (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:39:41 -0600; RupertI don't think they would have been used in "specials"..... This is all speculation on my part, but I think they were just provided to the furniture manufactures who loaded them up with goods go; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00112.html (10,256 bytes)
119. Re: [CBQ] Request for information on DA-5 Heavyweight Diner (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:09:16 -0600; Burlington steel dining cars are even more interesting than anyone thought!!!! It seems the CB&Q had a long-term relationship with the Florida roads and leased diners to them going back to the early; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-12/msg00164.html (13,215 bytes)
120. Re: [CBQ] NYC/PC "Pool Power" (score: 1): Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:28:39 -0600; RussProbably an urban legend, but in the mid-sixties I heard that a yardmaster at Cicero made a game of "collecting" foreign road cabooses, waycars, cabins, hacks, and vans. To do this he would arran; /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00003.html (10,401 bytes)

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