Barry, BRHS put out an article and drawings of the Burlington's change of loco lettering dated April, 1927. These drawings show the Burlington Route herald on tenders for the first time. The article
Hi Barry, I believe the loco lettering plan was published in a Zephyr Newsletter but darned if I can remember which one. Hopefully someone with the BRHS will see this and come to the rescue. What eve
I wasn't aware of other Marines that model the Burlington! My Marine Corps flag will be flying in front of the house on November 10th. I am a retired Mustang officer working in Proto 48....CB&Q of co
Semper Fi, Bill! One of the monitors on our Marine Forum is Frank Duffy who worked the flight line at Chu Lai with VMFA-115 about the same time as you. I came over with HMM-165 (CH-46 helicopters) to
Semper Fi, John! My wife too kind of shakes her head with things said and done by Marines. She is from Denmark where I spent two miserable years (Ha!) in Copenhagen, Denmark as a Marine Security Guar
Gee whiz, Randy?you're going to scratch build a K-4 in N scale! At my age a magnifier is required to see some stuff on P48 engines! I'm intrigued with your use of a CNC mill. Just how detailed can on
I may be the 10% that never gets the word but Jon Cagle alerted me to a product from RailDriver that is a real boon to model railroad scratch builders. I had never heard of it before. RailDriver has
When will this book by MilePost 206 Pub. be issued? It was supposed to come out the middle of September I believe. Tom Mix -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your H
The Proto 48 site has posted an article of mine about building drivers for a CB&Q B-1 Mountain. Click on the Articles/Tips section. Is there anyone else out there doing this stuff? Would sure like to
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Hi Steve, Just one aluminum jig with slots was used starting with the small/medium counterweights portion cut out so that the rim with counter weight attached would be level with the bottom of the sp
I have Walthers CB&Q decals that show a wide red border around the black square. There also is a narrow yellow band. However when I look at black and white photos of steamers back in the 30's and 40'
Marshall, Thanks for your input. I model in O scale and would be looking for that size. I have thought about trimming the red border to make it look more like the older emblems. I have a number of bo
Hi Marshall, Thanks for that info including the graphite on the fire/smoke boxes! That was a question I asked on the Proto 48 site. And I have noticed in old photos that a lot of the Burlington steam
I am building an R4 2-6-2 and presently building up the boiler head. The only picture I have is a small photo in Corbin's Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route of #2196, an R5. Doesn't show much
Ken, Thanks for your suggestion. Over a lot of years I have purchased many Otto Perry photos from the DPL. Have a few of his R4 engine shots in fact. Sure wish he would have got up into a cab once in
John, If you should be visiting Denver during your trip and maybe want to drive south to see the Air Force Academy I live right near there. Can see the whole Academy from our house. I have a number o
Bob, F-1 0-8-0,s were USRA engines, number's 540-549, built 1919 by Brooks. Tender capacity was 16 tons coal, 8,000 gals water. Most of their tenders were modified for better vision. Three lasted unt
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John?.I have scratch built that CB&Q 2-10-4 (original version) and am now building an R-4 2-6-2. Both to Proto 48. I have studied that drawing in Mainline of the Wabash 2-6-2. There are a few differe