Will The best info I know of is in Wagners "The Colorado Road". There is a full roster of both roads. As I read it they did not assign classes to waycars. They did not buy Q designs but bought or bui
The boxcar #134070 is a class XM-23 built in 1918. As far as I can tell they were gone by 1956. It is a single sheath car(outside brace). I can't help with any of the rest. Ken Martin
Kosidj There are ICC accident reports on line at: http://Specialcollections.tasc.dot.gov/ however they are from 1911 on and so won't cover the period you are looking for. Ken Martin
This would be the one they were trying to give away a couple years ago, because of the work being done in the area. I heard it went to a museum in Kansas. In Bulletin 38 it says the turntable bridge
List I will be in the Atlanta/ Alpharetta Ga. area next week on business. Could anyone direct me to a good train shop in the area, or a club I could visit? TIA Ken Martin C&Sng
The C&S had a kids band in Como, Colo. While a picture of them has been used several times, in Sam Speas book "Going Railroading" he identifies all but one of the kids. Ken Martin
You probably wouldn't like to be in Old Sacramento, CA this weekend where they are holding a three day Dixieland Jazz Jubilee with dozens of bands from around the world. However is you do like banjo.
90000-90499 Class FM-7 built by AC&F in 1909 & 1910. Length over end sills 40'6" with steel fish-belly. There were 362 in 1940 and only 67 in 1945. Several years ago Red Caboose brought in some USRA
Very possible but I have no info on M/W conversions. The basic information came from 1930 folio book and the 1940 & 1945 quantities came from the official equiipment registers. Ken Martin
Randy Good Question, I don't know myself and hadn't even thought about it. There was another type of tower the Q had and that was the Ogle tower, I have a picture of an Ogle tower at Fairmont,Neb in
Thanks for the tip Bill. However I get them where they disguise the heading to make you look at them. a couple of examples: IMPORTANT (from) ACCONTING DEPT (bill consolidation) ACCOUNT DUE and the li
I don't know how far back they go but if you can find "Moody's" or "Poor's" manual of railroads for the year they would have the officers of the railroad. Maybe in a museum or large library. Ken Mart
I didn't guess I just picked two engines of different sizes that were common late. The next thing is to think about how many coal cars (gons) it takes to fill these towers. Ken