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101. [CBQ] Re: Surviving saltboxes? (score: 1)
Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <randy@prototrains.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:39:35 -0600
OK, I'm gonna stop typing now. I don't know how I conflated Harold and Huber and got Hubert. I'm sorry, Harold. :) Randy -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore http://www.prototrains.com randy@prototrains.com -- Ya
/archives/BRHSLIST/2014-02/msg00343.html (9,977 bytes)

102. [CBQ] Truss bridge diagram? (score: 1)
Author: "randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 03 Jun 2015 08:08:31 -0700
Hi all, does anyone have an example of a CB&Q through truss bridge drawing? I'm trying to document the former bridge 0.91 at Ashland and would like to draw it up in the format that the Q used if poss
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00017.html (12,184 bytes)

103. RE: [CBQ] Truss bridge diagram? (score: 1)
Author: "randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 03 Jun 2015 15:41:18 -0700
Thank you for the reply, Nelson. I'll be modeling just pre-WWII. But I'm also writing a report on the bridge as part of my documenting the Ashland-Schuyler branch line, and I'm just looking for a typ
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00024.html (13,184 bytes)

104. Re: [CBQ] Truss bridge diagram? (score: 1)
Author: "randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 03 Jun 2015 15:45:18 -0700
Thank you for the reply, Noel, and the research. Was it specifically a Q bridge? I have bridge diagrams from several different railroads, but not seen a Q one. Strictly the bridge was built by the Bu
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00025.html (12,964 bytes)

105. [CBQ] Re: thru bridge (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:00:21 -0500
No, this was a basic thru-truss railroad bridge. I've put a draft PDF of my report in the files area (the notice should have since gone out to the group). I'm working on a CAD drawing of the bridge,
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00030.html (12,320 bytes)

106. Re: [CBQ] Truss bridge diagram? (score: 1)
Author: "randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 04 Jun 2015 11:13:03 -0700
Ken, thank you for those articles. The drawings and description in the Dec. 17 issue look like they will be fine as a template for my description of Bridge 0.91. Randy __._,_.___ Posted by: randy@pro
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00035.html (13,081 bytes)

107. [CBQ] Re: Truss bridge diagram? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 10:46:25 -0500
Yes indeed, Ed, and that truss chart you linked to is a very nice one. I have the isometric view with all the component names printed out and taped to the side of my PC at work. Bridge 0.91 was a six
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-06/msg00063.html (11,994 bytes)

108. [CBQ] Adams Express Company depot sign colors? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:23:06 -0500
The restored Wahoo NE depot has a reconstruction of an Adams Express Company sign with red letters on a white background. But uniformly, on vintage B/W depot pictures, where an Adams Express sign is
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00134.html (10,521 bytes)

109. [CBQ] Re: Adams Express Company depot sign colors? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 23:37:41 -0500
John and Ken, thank you for your answers. Yes, I also have seen photos of tin and other Adams Express signs in many different color schemes but was hoping to find what might have specifically been us
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00140.html (10,763 bytes)

110. [CBQ] Re: Adams Express Company depot sign colors? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:15:46 -0500
Thank you for pointing that out, John. I had omitted the intermediate machinations because I was only concerned about the 1930's timeframe. A capsule history of REA (where I learned the timeline) is
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00147.html (11,159 bytes)

111. [CBQ] Re: Not 14th Street [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:54:50 -0500
<*>[Attachment(s) from Randy Gordon-Gilmore included below] May be Lincoln. Lincoln's powerhouse smokestack was concrete, but the stack in the background looks like concrete to me. Here's the Lincoln
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00187.html (11,196 bytes)

112. [CBQ] Re: Wooden bridge over tracks in Lisle IL [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:25:37 -0500
<*>[Attachment(s) from Randy Gordon-Gilmore included below] Here is a skew version of the double-track variety, which crossed the tracks just west of Ashland, NE on 238th Street, once the southern ap
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00188.html (12,244 bytes)

113. [CBQ] RE: E-5B rooftop louvers (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:16:00 -0500
Charlie, thank you for your persistence in researching this matter. Could you please upload a scan of the photo in question, if it falls within "fair use" (I think single photos should qualify). Than
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00199.html (12,251 bytes)

114. [CBQ] Thank you Hol for Ashland photos (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:29:57 -0500
Hol, thank you for the photos of engine 2092 and motorcar 9726 at Ashland. Photos of Ashland and the Ashland-Schuyler branch are few and far between (at least in my experience), and the "incidental"
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-03/msg00200.html (9,882 bytes)

115. [CBQ] "Doodlebug" book? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:03:14 -0600
OK, after not seeing either for over a decade, which is the better reference for Q motorcars--"Doodlebug Country" or "Interurbans Without Wires"? I can only buy one or the other, and tomorrow is the
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-01/msg00102.html (10,534 bytes)

116. [CBQ] Re: "Doodlebug" book? (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:40:52 -0600
Roy and Nolen, thank you both for your replies. As it turns out, I wa not able to make it back to the show on Sunday. Nolen, the news about Randy Daniel's possible book is exciting. I will be happy t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2015-01/msg00131.html (11,075 bytes)

117. [CBQ] Re: Old Aurora-Chicago Track Diagram Books (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:15:51 -0500
The 1967 Lines East track charts PDF is online at http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CB&Q/CB&Q%20Track%20Charts%20c1967.pdf Be aware it's am 800+ MB download. Randy -- Randy Gordo
/archives/BRHSLIST/2016-04/msg00058.html (13,395 bytes)

118. [CBQ] Re: Old Aurora-Chicago Track Diagram Books (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:23:22 -0500
And an alternate source for the same PDF is http://multimodalways.org/archives/rrs/CB&Q/CB&C.html Randy http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CB&Q/CB&Q%20Track%20Charts%20c1967.pdf B
/archives/BRHSLIST/2016-04/msg00059.html (13,287 bytes)

119. [CBQ] Re: Q Cuckoo Clock Headlights [1 Attachment] (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 21:10:45 -0500
<*>[Attachment(s) from Randy Gordon-Gilmore included below] Ken, I took the liberty of doing a little image manipulation on the resource you helpfully provided. The views don't match up perfectly, an
/archives/BRHSLIST/2016-04/msg00103.html (13,806 bytes)

120. [CBQ] Re: Q Cuckoo Clock Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore randy@prototrains.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 21:25:33 -0500
Would I be correct in guessing that the configuration change from the early cuckoo headlights to the later round-top housings came with the move from flame to filament? There doesn't seem to be anyth
/archives/BRHSLIST/2016-04/msg00148.html (15,470 bytes)


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