- 41. RE: [CBQ] Proto by Walters CB & Q. SW1200 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 08:32:09 -0500
- I just installed the couplers in my SW9/1200 and while the box is tight, mine slipped in without force. The trick is to assemble the coupler in the box first, snap the cover on, then slide it through
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-04/msg00021.html (15,467 bytes)
- 42. RE: [CBQ] C&S #900 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:55:10 -0500
- Rubbing alcohol is usually 35% isopropanol, but you can also buy 70% and 91% isopropanol at drug stores. The higher the strength, the more paint stripping functionality for acrylic paint. The best th
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-04/msg00026.html (11,603 bytes)
- 43. RE: [CBQ] CBD's on line (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:03:30 -0600
- The CBCs can also be downloaded inside the US. While searching the library for railroad publications, I found this one that may be of interest. http://www.archive.org/details/mailbyrailstoryo00long N
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-02/msg00203.html (11,455 bytes)
- 44. RE: [CBQ] Zephyr Rocket (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:34:44 -0600
- Lenny, It would be helpful to know the years you worked in Burlington so we would know when the power wasn't changed. Did you work for Burlington or RI? Do you mean the RI power ran through to St. Lo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-01/msg00066.html (12,041 bytes)
- 45. [CBQ] Burlington-RI-Milwaukee Interchange in Washington, IA? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:04:09 -0600
- While perusing Sanborn maps of Washington, IA, I noted that neither leg of the wye connected to the RI tracks. This was a revelation, since Burlington Bulletin #30 states on page 48 that "Here, the B
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-01/msg00111.html (11,904 bytes)
- 46. RE: [CBQ] Burlington-RI-Milwaukee Interchange in Washington, IA? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:14:07 -0600
- Thanks, Dave. I don't have BB#30 or Rails to a County Seat, just some photocopied pages from library copies. I keep hoping BRHS will reissue BB#30 on CD-ROM soon. I'd like to have BB#25 on stock cars
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2010-01/msg00116.html (15,843 bytes)
- 47. [CBQ] QSI Winton 201 Sound Decoder (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:43:22 -0600
- QSI has issued two versions of the Winton sounds for the Con Cor Zephyr, one with a Wabco E1 and one with a Wabco E2 horn. Logic would suggest the E1 was used on 9900 in 1934 and E2 would have been u
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00077.html (10,045 bytes)
- 48. RE: [CBQ] Re: QSI Winton 201 Sound Decoder (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:52:29 -0600
- Doctor Anspach: Apparently QSI located the last surviving operational Winton 201 on a fire boat on the East Coast. You can read about it at: http://www.qsisolutions.com/news/10/winton-motor-112510.ht
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00082.html (15,772 bytes)
- 49. RE: [CBQ] Re:Winton Engines [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:57:44 -0600
- [Attachment(s) from Nelson Moyer included below] Denny's work prompted me to dig a little further into the Winton 201 and 248, and I have attached a document with drawings and photographs that prove
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00090.html (13,236 bytes)
- 50. [CBQ] Q Reweigh Marks (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:54:59 -0600
- A table of reweigh marks was posted to the STMFC list that includes three Q marks of unknown location. These marks are DB, FRN, and SE. I looked at the system map in an effort to guess where these lo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00095.html (10,321 bytes)
- 51. RE: [CBQ] CB&Q Waycar Assignments (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:08:15 -0600
- Randy Danniel has announced the book, The Burlington Waycars, purportedly being released soon by Milepost 206 Press. I don't know if the book will include a table of assignments, but maybe one of the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00212.html (12,692 bytes)
- 52. RE: [CBQ] Winton Engines (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:13:01 -0600
- Thanks for the link, Ken. The article is excellent, however, the pictures didn't download on my computer, and I'm wondering if others had that problem. Nelson --Original Message-- From: CBQ@yahoogrou
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00244.html (13,357 bytes)
- 53. RE: [CBQ] Waycar Assignments (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:15:24 -0600
- Thanks for the link, Dave. I have bound copies of Q Rules and Rates of Pay for Yardmen and Switchtenders, Rules and Rates of Pay for Locomotive Firemen, Hostlers, and Outside Hostler Helpers, and Rul
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-12/msg00250.html (20,301 bytes)
- 54. [CBQ] GP-7 and SD-7 Air Horns (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:43:48 -0500
- I just finished rereading BB#47 and everything else I have on Q GP-7s and SD-7s, and I can't find anything about what horns were used. The prime mover for both was the EMD 567B without dynamic brakes
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00021.html (10,984 bytes)
- 55. RE: [CBQ] GP-7 and SD-7 Air Horns (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:14:56 -0600
- Dave, Thanks for the horn links. They're a great resource. Nelson For information on the Leslie A-200 and some sample sound bytes - check out this web site: http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/a200.html
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00055.html (13,384 bytes)
- 56. RE: [CBQ] Accuracy of P2k "blackbird" grey? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:36:51 -0600
- John, I just bought an old P2K GP-7 and SD-7 at an estate sale, and yes, the GP-7 is too dark and the SD-7 is too light. The new P2K SW9/1200 is too dark and has a bluish hue. Walthers seems to chang
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00079.html (11,931 bytes)
- 57. RE: [CBQ] Re: New Mini Metals Bus (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:04:22 -0600
- Bill, What is the model year of the bus? That would be helpful in knowing if it fits within a layout era. Nelson Hello Group I have just added some photos from Burlington brochures of the real busses
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00087.html (11,294 bytes)
- 58. RE: [CBQ] Mark Twain Zephyr (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:10:01 -0600
- I looked through several Zephyr books last night, and the best I can find so far is that the conversion date for twin headlights was probably between 1944 and 1952. That's quite a range, but I'm hopi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00088.html (12,862 bytes)
- 59. RE: [CBQ] Zephyr headlights (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 17:10:11 -0600
- Here are some other picture references: Pioneer Zephyr with twin headlight in 1954 (20th anniversary photo, Diesels West, p. 69) Sam Houston Zephyr with single headlight in March 1948 (Everywhere Wes
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00097.html (13,814 bytes)
- 60. [CBQ] More on Mark Twain Zephyr Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 21:09:47 -0600
- I went through the rest of my books looking at before and after photos for Mars lights, and here are the results: Pioneer Zephyr (9900) with single headlight in 1944 (Burlington's Zephyrs, p. 41) Pio
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00103.html (13,526 bytes)
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