It would be ashamed if the car was scrapped... at least the trucks should be saved for some museum.... but the carbody is in better shape and more complete than some I've seen.... I hope the RR Museu
Verlin is correct.... it is a powered boxcar (at least it would be if it still had its side sheathing and ends!!!). The gondolas are not the sort that could in-service have their sides removed.... ev
GeraldIn the 1864 Annual Report is there any mention of the grade between (what became) Congress Park and La Grange? I've always wondered what that part of the railroad looked like before the arrival
Isn't removal of lettering on Q Budd Cars a no-brainer???? 1. The lettering is on a separate panel (on the BLI cars, the car name, car ownership plates are actually removable and BLI tooled several s
DaveMark Runyan will be there too (he has done some Industrial Design work for Digitrax). He and I will be driving to Detroit Thursday... see you at the show!!! Charlie For those of you who might be
Per a face to face discussion at the National Train Show this weekend wih fellow Q Modeler and Walthers Life-Like employee Nolan Null has caught the error and notified the people who can correct with
One, I can't see where Randall makes the mistake of adding the "Silver" prefix to Argo and Olympus ... both pages in my book for 906 and 907 refer to them correctly. He does, however, add that the Si
PeteThanks. I knew I saw it somewhere!!! Charlie I'm not Loren, but the Silver Treasure, as I understand it was built especially for the Silver Streak Zephyr which often used the Non boiler equipped
It never registered with me that Randall was the compiler of "From Zephyr to Amtrak"....it looks like a Wayner book and when I think of Randall I think of the Railroad Passenger Car series including
Irritating doesn't even begin to describe the pop-ups..... they make viewing the website impossible!!! Thank you, Bill Gates, for making this #U$O# possible. Charlie Vlk of Dallas, TX? http://www.tra
"From Zephyr to Amtrak" is worth adding to your CB&Q library but the information is available from other sources, but maybe not in the same format and together. It does not have Lot Numbers or Plan N
BobAs usual, you provide the final answers to the question. Thanks! Apparently, though, the tanks proved to be unecessary, troublesome (as they did on the NP with freezing of the connecting line comm
IIRC it wasn't a collision as such.... the train was stopped on a spring switch and reversed direction, jacknifing the set at an articulated joint and the damage was caused between units with one of
IIRC the Bulletin on the E Units had the drawing for the application of grabirons on the nose. The long grab above the toe rail will have to be custom built as I don't think anyone makes that part in
Ralph "Grip" didn't originate as a railroad term, but today's usage is probably limited to it....how many people even use the term valise anymore!!!! Webster defines it as grip n. 9. (prob. <or after
True but not entirely accurate.... the fill-in equipment did include ex-C&NW cars but they were (by that time) BN cars from GN, NP and CB&Q. All three roads got ex-400 coaches from the C&NW and the c
Guess I'm going to have to break down and buy a LokSound decoder to put in my N Scale Pioneer Zephyr now that I picked up the fourth car and you've made the correct sounds!!! Thanks, Charlie Today I
BobI think too many "old-timers" in the Hobby are missing what is going on with RTR. Many are deciding it is worth it and are using the time that would otherwise be used to work through a pile of kit
GeraldNice shot of the models with my artwork on them!!!! Charlie Vlk Despite the Cheaper, Better & Quicker being a fallen flag for 37 years, 1 of the 6 photos at the Walther's catalog website featur
I don't recall if the art mentioned was CB&Q or just styled after similar art done in the 1930s. It may be copyrighted. If anyone is contemplating doing N Scale (or any scale, for that matter) waycar