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361. Re: [CBQ] Re: Q F3 Lettering (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:19:15 -0500
My sources show (for F7 167A) the 1" lettering centered under the BURLINGTON on the side to be: 167-A Engine 16 567B Charlie Vlk Railroad Model Resources [Non-text portions of this message have been
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-04/msg00206.html (9,947 bytes)

362. Re: [CBQ] Q Steam Engine (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:06:04 -0500
How about the 637 before it was put on display in Aurora? Charlie Vlk Recently a memory from childhood popped into my head. I am at Eola Rdhse. and my brother and I are climbing all over and into the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-04/msg00220.html (10,990 bytes)

363. Re: Fwd: [CBQ] Q Steam Engine (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:10:13 -0500
I was on the Westbound Platform at Brookfield when the 6315/5632 fantrip came through town at speed. In retrospect, I am really happy the eccentric on the right side didn't let go until it did becaus
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-04/msg00223.html (10,366 bytes)

364. Re: [CBQ] Re: Pioneer Zephyr 9900 Chime(s) (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:06:10 -0600
Maybe Randy Gordon-Gillmore or Bill Schultz can weigh in here, but IIRC the Pioneer Zephyr had several different horns/locations during its long service on the Burlington so the sound of the horn wil
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00053.html (11,276 bytes)

365. Re: [CBQ] Re: Pioneer Zephyr 9900 Chime(s) (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:37:32 -0600
HalWhen you come up with wavefiles for the Winton, Bell and Horn that you are satisfied with can you post links to them? I haven't installed a LokSound decoder in mine yet but plan to and would appre
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00065.html (12,623 bytes)

366. Re: [CBQ] help with photo locations (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:37:06 -0600
ListeesI received my copy of Bill Glick's new photo album which complements his Burlington Route Passenger Drawings and Roster books.... and all I can say is WOW!!!! It is going to take a lot of even
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00106.html (10,145 bytes)

367. Re: [CBQ] Congress Park Station (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:25:05 -0600
RoryYou ask some interesting questions. 1) West Grossdale Station (the original name) was built c.1884 (don't recall the exact date but it and East Grossdale (Hollywood, aka Zoo Stop) were platted ab
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00115.html (13,094 bytes)

368. Re: [CBQ] Congress Park Station (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:14:48 -0600
JohnI didn't say they HAD, I said PROJECTED. The current ROW is the only route that was built. There was another railroad that was projected but never built diagonally through the Brookfield area (be
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00121.html (12,262 bytes)

369. Re: [CBQ] Re: Congress Park Station (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:29:03 -0600
RorySaw it. The view is after the first track elevation. There are views of it as built in Brookfield Illinois A History which I believe you can still get from the Brookfield Historical Society, alth
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00122.html (10,598 bytes)

370. Re: [CBQ] Re: Congress Park Station (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:30:51 -0600
RoryYes, the station was moved to where the Village Hall used to be across Salt Creek from Kiwanis Park. Looks pretty good and there is (was last time I visited) a nice model of the original station
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00123.html (10,489 bytes)

371. Re: [CBQ] Precision Craft F-3 Sale (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:35:43 -0600
The PCM CZ F3s are Phase IIa ("Chicken Wire") units. The F2 is outwardly identical to a Phase I F3, The CB&Q F2s were purchased to allow breaking up the four unit FT ABBA sets into FTAB F2A three uni
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-03/msg00171.html (11,372 bytes)

372. Re: [CBQ] Slag Ballast (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:59:21 -0600
IRRC the slag ballast had a little rust color in it due to residulals of iron in it. The color varied quite a bit from stone to stone as well.... a single color won't do for it. Dave Lotz sells (sold
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00089.html (10,661 bytes)

373. [CBQ] Possible Laser Cut Windows for BLI CZ Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:11:32 -0600
John Hitzeman from AMB wants to borrow a set of the BLI CZ cars to measure. The tolerances on this sort of work are such that the only way to get satisfactory results is for him to measure each openi
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00092.html (10,231 bytes)

374. Re: [CBQ] Hinckley (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:12:12 -0600
"Dinky" is the CB&Q term for Chicago area commuter trains as well. I also heard the C&NW term "Scoot" extended to their shop train that went from Clinton, IA to Fulton, IL for the workers.... from a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00132.html (10,048 bytes)

375. Re: [CBQ] West Chicago Lesson (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 13:42:56 -0600
Weren't the trains going up to West Chicago called the "Irish Mail"? Seems to me I've heard that term used in reference to locals working out of Aurora/Eola or am I missremembering something? And jus
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00133.html (12,720 bytes)

376. Re: [CBQ] Irish Mails (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:11:51 -0600
LeoThanks for the bit of history.... and for all the extremely interesting posts you've been making!!!!! Your writing style is great and the stories even better!!!! Thanks for the memories.... Charli
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00140.html (15,901 bytes)

377. Re: [CBQ] "Slag" ballast, (cont'd) (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:40:21 -0600
DennySomebody who is a geologist or works in the steel industry can give a authorative answer, but you are probably correct. My impression that there was rust color in the slag ballast was most likel
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00171.html (10,824 bytes)

378. Re: [CBQ] ICE (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:11:04 -0600
How about the clinker bar? Charlie Vlk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00185.html (9,757 bytes)

379. Re: [CBQ] Passing of Edward "Smitty"/"Red" Smith (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:54:25 -0600
GeraldMy condolences to you and your family. Could you tell the story of the "buried" foreign road cabooses? I've heard tell of someone "collecting" cabooses from transfers at Clyde but never who or
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00215.html (10,078 bytes)

380. Re: [CBQ] Building the Silver Charger in HO. (score: 1)
Author: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:17:45 -0600
It doesn't take a very big leap of imagination to be able to do this project in other scales. O Scale has E-6 units and Budd Corrugated cars in Scale O, O Lionel and O-27. S Scale has Budd Cars (all
/archives/BRHSLIST/2007-02/msg00267.html (10,360 bytes)

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