Calendar showed up today. Nicely folded by the USPS. Maybe we should print the "do not fold" on the envelope in either bigger type. Calendar looks good. The Sterling book also looks to be pretty good
According to the "Red Book" (Mike Spoor's Color Guide to CB&Q etc.) There were eight cars with gold paint (look on page 47) he shows only one number 61417. Athearn ran the series twice. Once with the
There seems to be a lot of two-cent tossing so I guess I'll do mine. I belong to several other organizations, all of them volunteer, and the when disgruntlement begins the first thing that the Execut
Good pictures of the 4449 dressed up for BNSF are at: www.photosbystevenjbrown.com/steam/4449/bnsfeas/nitelite.html or go to "steamlocomotive.com" go to section on Northerns then scroll down to the 4
The new depot bulletin looks great. While pictures of engines and trains, and railroad operations are great to read the occasional trip of the beaten path so to speak is just as interesting. Nice job
As everyone prepares for Ft. Worth we need to remedy one thing from last year's meet. Mr. John Smith who the conductor for our MTZ asked for some pictures of train in all its decorated? glory. To dat
Duncan, different lots, different manufacturers, and even weather conditions can affect the paint colors. So while there may be only one color of gray that the Q used there can be variations on it. I
Lately, were the three put out by Challenger, the 4000, the 4001, and I think the 3007. All are quite excellent models and carry a quite hefty price tag (anywhere from $1300 to $1500 depending where
My mistake it was Nickle Plate that did the Hudsons. Challenger has been talking about the O-3 for a couple of years now, however orders are being taken for O-5's at around $1400 each.
The 454 in that particular book is a FW&D Class E-4A2 mike. If you look in the FW&D book by S.A. Goen there are several pictures of it. It looks to be pretty much a USRA spec engine with some resembl
In the Coalfields issue of the "Bulletin" it wa mentioned how the Q would use boxcars for hauling coal. Which boxcars were primarily used for this and when wold this practice have been abolished?
If you're still interested go to "steamlocomotive.com". Double click on the Chicago Steam heading. When you get the new screen pull down to the story of the 4963 and in the first sentence Richard Jen