- 1. Re: [BRHSlist] C&S STEAM ENGINES (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:15:52 -0700
- friend. of for Gene, You are probably looking at what was known as "Russia Iron". For over 50 years, ending around 1900, chemically pickled sheet iron was used for boiler jacketing on many engines.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00035.html (8,545 bytes)
- 2. For E or F crew - (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:23:20 -0700
- I need help from members with cab experience in Q Es or Fs. I am finally finishing my E-5 kitbash from the P2K E-6 (and before I get all sorts of questions, yes - it will eventually be an article in
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00036.html (7,297 bytes)
- 3. Re: [BRHSlist] For E or F crew - (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:55:43 -0700
- Tom said (in part): I used the diagram in the E issue of BB, which shows the third seat to the right and slightly forward of the fireman's seat. There seems to be enough room, so I think I'll leave i
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00038.html (7,086 bytes)
- 4. Re: [BRHSlist] For E or F crew - (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:18:53 -0700
- Thank you all for your help! This is a great list!!!! Marshall
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00049.html (6,821 bytes)
- 5. Re: [BRHSlist] Excursion Gons (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:12:16 -0700
- information and Paint? library and I don't have the car number, but the gon used on 4960's last run (July 17, 1966) was a 50' composite mill gon in mineral red. The rear had a stencilled pice of whi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00053.html (6,842 bytes)
- 6. Re: [BRHSlist] new to list (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:10:35 -0700
- Malcolm - Are you trying to include the RedBirds, or avoid them? I ask because branchline Geeps and SDs didn't get red until fairly late. You didn't need a lot of heavy maintenance on branchline mot
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00060.html (7,288 bytes)
- 7. Re: [BRHSlist] A bit off topic (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 06:00:41 -0700
- a tickets on This thread reminds me of an Amtrak ride I took in 1979. I was living in Iceland, and preferred train travel from the coast when I went home to Iowa. Amtrak had re-instituted the Lake C
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00080.html (7,925 bytes)
- 8. Re: [BRHSlist] Boxcar in Gillette (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 09:55:32 -0700
- go up They are they BN numbers: number waycar Mike - According to Holbrook & Lorenz (Waycars of the CB&Q), 13675/10143 is a correct number match for an NE-13a built by Morrison in October '67. I can
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00093.html (7,690 bytes)
- 9. Re: [BRHSlist] CBQ waycar 14446 (score: 1)
- Author: "35582 - ginger shipley" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:14:13 -0700
- Bud: Your caboose (CB&Q 14446) is an NE-6 class waycar constructed at the CB&Q's Aurora Shops (IL) in June of 1910. It transferred to the Burlington Northern under the assigned number BN 11125. It w
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-09/msg00114.html (9,132 bytes)
- 10. Re: [BRHSlist] Bituminous vs. Lignite (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:02:46 -0500
- A belated additional comment: Locomotives equipped to burn lignite were marked with a 12" yellow square at the rear of the coal bunker. (This is included in the Burlington Steam set I designed for Mi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00223.html (6,878 bytes)
- 11. Re: [BRHSlist] Airbrushing (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:51:09 -0500
- A belated addition to the metallizer discussion: Another product, not marketed to MR or aircraft people directly, is found in the hobby & craft shops such as Hobby Lobby or Michael's. It is called "R
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00224.html (7,090 bytes)
- 12. Re: [BRHSlist] joint trains with CRIP? (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:41:09 -0500
- The SHZ and Texas Rocket (operated at various times with the 9901 and 9902 shovelnose sets) ran on the Burlington-Rock Island RR. This was a jointly-owned piece of traffic with a strange operating ar
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00231.html (7,650 bytes)
- 13. Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington "Motors" vs "Locomotives" (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:43:10 -0500
- True. Note also that the Zephyrs occupied the 9900 series . . . next logical opening after the motor car series running from 9500s to 9800s. Marshall [Non-text portions of this message have been remo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00233.html (7,885 bytes)
- 14. Re: [BRHSlist] Re: CB&Q NE-1 Waycar (Caboose) #14497 Now in Mundelein, IL (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:20:26 -0500
- All standard mineral red waycar paint jobs would include the BR herald. Prior to the early '40s, the herald would usually have the full black background. This was phased out during WW II. You mention
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00234.html (8,246 bytes)
- 15. Re: [BRHSlist] Very late NTS Show (St. Louis) CB&Q show report. (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:41:02 -0500
- Thank you (bowing & grinning) - but maybe you didn't get the *whole* news . . . The set that was displayed at the NTS was half my project - covering all non-superpower steam from the introduction of
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00238.html (9,203 bytes)
- 16. Re: [BRHSlist] Railway Classics Waycars (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:16:09 -0500
- Duncan - This is the wrong kind of "Combine Waycar". The CWs that Railway Classics are doing were rebuilds of wooden passenger cars with open platforms, baggage compartments and a cupola. Your Center
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00242.html (7,496 bytes)
- 17. Re: [BRHSlist] Very late NTS Show (St. Louis) CB&Q show report. (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:02:21 -0500
- The sets are from Microscale. I don't know what numbers they have assigned myself, but Microscale's intention is to have them (and similar-coverage sets for Rock Island steam) ready to sell by the MR
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00254.html (8,629 bytes)
- 18. Re: Offlist contact (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:16:38 -0500
- Will Ed DeRouin please contact me offlist at muffie@i...? Marshall Thayer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00255.html (6,649 bytes)
- 19. Re: [BRHSlist] Walthers Budd 45 seat coach (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:35:48 -0500
- It is true that some CB&Q cars had no fluting in the letterboards, but this was confined only to the 9904-9905 sets (2nd TCZ) and the 9906-9907 sets (1st DZ). Skirting *was* cut out for all pre-war c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00258.html (7,405 bytes)
- 20. Re: [BRHSlist] E's on Heavyweights. (score: 1)
- Author: "muffie" <muffie@i...>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:41:16 -0500
- Denny - There were at least four other heavyweight Pullmans which were modernized and "silvered" - for service with the 1st Texas Zephyr. I don't remember all the names offhand, but believe one was "
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2001-08/msg00259.html (6,981 bytes)
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