- 81. [CBQ] NE-1, NE-2, NE-4, NE-7, NE-8 or NE9 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:14:03 -0500
- I have three Walthers 932-7560 four window wood cabooses that resemble the photos I've seen of NE-1, NE-2, NE-4, NE-7, NE-8 and NE-9 way cars. Are there any external spotting features to differentiat
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00104.html (11,684 bytes)
- 82. RE: [CBQ] Re: Speeder Shed. (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:53:26 -0500
- Thanks for the drawing and the reminder about Evergreen Novelty siding. Drop lap siding is also referred to as Dutch lap, at least that's what the contractor that did my house called it. Drop lap sid
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-07/msg00139.html (12,915 bytes)
- 83. RE: [CBQ] Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:59:41 -0500
- Could Paster (Pastor) be the minister officiating the funeral? Spelling was sometimes 'different' in the 1800s. Nelson List, I am digging out a form issued from 1899 No 854 that had to be filled out
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00030.html (20,617 bytes)
- 84. RE: [CBQ] Re: Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 11:12:56 -0500
- The reason I thought it was the minister (pastor) was that remains were sent to the church where the funeral was to be held in towns without mortuaries. The pastor would have to be identified, so the
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00034.html (16,291 bytes)
- 85. RE: [CBQ] Re: Shipping human remains by rail (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:53:11 -0500
- Mea culpa. Thanks, Doug, for the enlightenment. Nelson Paster means a sticker or labled "pasted" on to something, ie the coffin or shipping box in this situation. No doubt the term comes from days be
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-06/msg00059.html (12,114 bytes)
- 86. [CBQ] Heavyweights after 1948 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 15:08:59 -0500
- Did the Q retain Pullman car names when they relettered heavyweights from Pullman to Burlington? The books I have access to list both car names and car numbers, but were both names and numbers used o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00003.html (11,148 bytes)
- 87. RE: [CBQ] Heavyweights after 1948 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:04:13 -0500
- Hol, Thanks for the information. Is there a list anywhere of the Pullman cars that weren't relettered? Also, is there a list of Pullman car names that were relettered that cross-indexes the Pullman n
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00006.html (13,671 bytes)
- 88. RE: [CBQ] Heavyweights after 1948 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:15:44 -0500
- The only relettered car I've found a photo of is Omaha Club relettered with Ak-Sar-Ben on the letterboard and Omaha Club on the side in the center. Walthers 'generic' Burlington heavyweight cars have
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00007.html (13,605 bytes)
- 89. RE: [CBQ] Heavyweights after 1948 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:57:00 -0500
- I'm pretty sure the car I found lettered Ak-Sar-Ben was a photo taken after 1948 but I don't remember the exact date or where I saw it (I think it may have been in BB#42 in the postwar Exposition fly
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00009.html (15,713 bytes)
- 90. RE: RE: [CBQ] Heavyweights after 1948 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 21:27:12 -0500
- Hol, I have all of Bill's books, but the photo album cuts of in the late 1930s, and I've had trouble finding photos of heavyweights in the late 1940s and early 1950s. BB#42 has been the best source,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00017.html (17,558 bytes)
- 91. RE: [CBQ] Doodlebug diagram books? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 10:23:35 -0500
- Eric, The best collection of doodlebug drawings I've found is contained in Corbin's book, The Burlington in Transition. This book was reprinted recently, and it's available from Mile Post 206 Publish
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00076.html (12,791 bytes)
- 92. RE: [CBQ] interurban single car from burlington 1950's (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 16:43:11 -0500
- Burlington and Galesburg, and train 110/109 ran between Burlington and Quincy. Both trains ran daily except Sunday and both trains were assigned motor cars. Train 7/78 ran between Burlington and Blo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00089.html (12,462 bytes)
- 93. RE: [CBQ] interurban single car from burlington 1950's (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 22:31:41 -0500
- Steve, Where the photos dated? 9841 and 9845 are listed in the St. Joe Division in 1954. 9731 and 9849 were assigned to the Hannibal Division in 1954. I don't see 9843 on the 1954 assignment list. I'
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00092.html (13,565 bytes)
- 94. RE: [CBQ] interurban single car from burlington 1950's (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 08:06:14 -0500
- I'd start with the BB and Zephyr QA indices compiled by Rupert. They're in the file section for download. Other sources are the motor car chapter in The Burlington in Transition by Corbin, and motor
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00094.html (14,320 bytes)
- 95. RE: [CBQ] interurban single car from burlington 1950's (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 08:47:25 -0500
- Thanks for the research, Steve. Now all I need to do is check Corbin, Holck and the BB index. The problem with the color books is that 1940s coverage is spotty due to the cost of color film back then
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00096.html (15,882 bytes)
- 96. [CBQ] Motor Cars at Burlington circa 1950 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:11:29 -0500
- Here is the result of my motor car research to supplement the information Steve sent earlier. Motor Car Photographs Holck, Volume 1 p. 47 9772 in Peoria, IL RPO, baggage p. 47 9844 in West Frankfort,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-05/msg00097.html (11,658 bytes)
- 97. [CBQ] Brine Tank Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:22:23 -0500
- Group, I posted this question on to the PCL, but have gotten no useful response yet so I'm trying again here among the Q faithful. I just finished building the Branchline 14 section kits for New Omah
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00000.html (9,920 bytes)
- 98. RE: [CBQ] Re: Brine Tank Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 14:37:50 -0500
- Jerry et al., As I understand the function of the brine tanks, they were by the A/C system during station stops in hot climates (like Arizona) when the cars were stopped, hence the mechanical drive c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00004.html (11,718 bytes)
- 99. [CBQ] Paint Colors - Again (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:23:36 -0500
- In the 2-93, No 28 issue of The Zyphyr, page 13, Q93-11, someone asked for the paint mixture for CB&Q Pullman Green. They also wanted to know if the roof, trucks, and underbody were Pullman Green or
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00080.html (11,458 bytes)
- 100. RE: [CBQ] Paint Colors - Again (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@mchsi.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:03:55 -0500
- Hi Rupert, It was nice to here from you again. Thanks for sending the scan. Yes, I've checked the color chips published in The Zephyr and other references, and there isn't much agreement on which hob
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-04/msg00087.html (13,500 bytes)
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