- 41. Re: Dinky (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:34:11 -0800
- As a child and young adult in the 40's and '50s, the Burlington's suburban service was coin of the realm in my daily life. Never did I ever hear of these trains or services referred to as "dinkies",
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00051.html (7,096 bytes)
- 42. Re: Standard Gauge, and Suspicions Confirmed (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:58:00 -0800
- Re: the origins of 4' 81/2" standard gauge: There are more "urban legends" on this subject abounding than Carter has pills. However, all have some basic elements, however narrow, that have some groun
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00092.html (10,159 bytes)
- 43. Re: F3's on the American Royal (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:21:20 -0800
- Was this a matter of better utilization of F3 power off of the arriving CZ (much like the CZ sleepers routinely going back out on the Ak-Sar-Ben)? Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00266.html (6,637 bytes)
- 44. Re: O5 Mars light (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:45:22 -0800
- I have a working Mars light on my PFM CB&Q O5, and on casual observation, the casting seems to be identical to that also supplied by Cal Scale (Bowser). Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-02/msg00422.html (6,477 bytes)
- 45. Re: Waycar Saved (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 10:14:58 -0800
- Hubert at SilvrDome@a... inquires What has happened to the heavyweight coach? To my knowledge this car (ATSF) is still there, and is still also for sale- or perhaps even "gift" to the right person or
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-01/msg00004.html (7,107 bytes)
- 46. Re: Prewar Budd Trucks (score: 1)
- Author: "docdenny34" <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:28:58 -0600
- Charlie Vik inquires about prewar Budd trucks. Although I cannot be specific as to specifications and numbering, probably the most interesting and unusual truck that Budd supplied to the Burlington w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-01/msg00253.html (7,896 bytes)
- 47. Re: Richard Overton and worn nickeled tires. (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:19:59 -0800
- Richard Overton, author of several highly regarded books on CB&Q history is generally considered among his professional and academic colleagues nationally to comfortably reside in the pantheon of the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2002-01/msg00282.html (7,490 bytes)
- 48. Signal bridge colors (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:32:05 -0800
- Although I was raised adjacent to several Burlington signal bridges, I actually have no childhood memory that they were painted in a "boxcar red", or some sort of iron oxide- so I have had to presume
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-03/msg00083.html (6,623 bytes)
- 49. Depot signage (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:06:25 -0800
- What were the standard CBQ depot signage colors circa 1950? Although it seems that later most signs were black on white, it looks from some photos that it may have been gold on black. The specific de
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-02/msg00118.html (7,170 bytes)
- 50. Re: simulating stainless steel (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:34:10 -0800
- At the recent Prototype Modeler's Meet in Cocoa Beach, FL, Andy Sperandeo demonstrated to what I judged to be a pretty well convinced and sophisticated audience what he had found to be the best metho
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-02/msg00225.html (7,277 bytes)
- 51. Re: CB&Q F units (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:35:24 -0800
- The Milwaukee Road did the very same. The rationale that I have heard is that the smoother "scoop" contours of the passenger pilot, and the coupler cover made it far more difficult to "snag" whatever
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-02/msg00327.html (8,153 bytes)
- 52. Re: Savanna "Crossing Gates" (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:28:07 -0800
- Very interesting installation. Which railroad (CB&Q vs. CMStP&P) was "senior", i.e. who actually built, owned and staffed the interlocking itself? Denny -- Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00009.html (7,092 bytes)
- 53. Re:Alclad II Stainless Steel (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:39:09 -0800
- Andy Sperandeo just gave a new slide clinic on passenger cars at the recent Cocoa Beach, FL prototype meeting, and in it he enthusiastically endorsed the Alclad/gloss black solution to the on-going s
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00253.html (7,442 bytes)
- 54. Re:Alclad II Stainless Steel (score: 1)
- Author: "docdenny34 <danspach@m...>" <danspach@m...>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:50:59 -0600
- I neglected to note a very important point in this issue: the finished product HAS to be sealed because the Alclad does not react well to routine handling. Andy uses Floquil Crystal Cote in this rega
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00254.html (7,198 bytes)
- 55. Re: Vacuum Plating (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:07:50 -0800
- The comments that "chrome" is for the most part too bright for "stainless steel" is pretty much right on. In this regard (although not perfect), "nickel" is a better finish. My question: can nickel b
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00297.html (6,718 bytes)
- 56. Re: Drover's Cars (score: 1)
- Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@m...>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:01:37 -0800
- I believe that the Grange Acts of ?1911 codified the right of cattlemen/farmers to accompany their livestock to market. This was at a time when "markets" were highly centralized (Chicago, Omaha, Kans
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2003-01/msg00403.html (8,965 bytes)
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