Definitely don't miss Des Planes Hobbies near O'Hare. Chris Atkins Lewisville, TX On 7/24/12 7:54 PM, Rick Keil wrote: All I figured this might be the best place to ask. A fellow railfan/model railro
I guess I'll also throw my hat in for the Cumbres and Toltec. Someone once described Chama to me as being like Durango in the 60s. I love staying in the hotel across from the station and spending the
I can imagine that Montgomery Ward sores were called Wards like Sears (Sears and Roebuck) to a point that in 1999 they changed their name officially to Wards. Alas, it was too little too late, and th
Husky had a refinery in Cody from 1938 until 1982. http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/cody-wyoming There is also a Cenex refinery on the south side Laurel, which I like to think of as the Q line
There is a guy on eBay selling prints of Gas-Electric 9845. He says it is Billings, MT in 1957. All the photos I have ever seen of the Q trains in Billings were E units with a heavyweight RPO and bag
Good morning Hol, Thanks for the clarification regarding the eBay pirate and the photo of 9845. I didn't think it felt right. Also, thanks for the link to the outstanding Otto Perry photo of train #4
Hi Mike, when was this? Take care, Chris Atkins Argyle, TX On 9/6/14, 11:04 AM, mdecker@gwtc.net [CBQ] wrote: I was the head man on one of the last stock movements on the Alliance Div. We had five
Hi Leo, my first guess would be the Digital Sanborn website which needs a login. http://sanborn.umi.com/ Libraries can usually provide those. I did a quick Google search for Aurora Illinois Sanborn M
Glad you found what you were looking for. Strange that you didn't get an email. The wonders of Yahoo I guess. Chris Atkins Argyle, TX On 8/13/14, 8:54 PM, Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] wrote: Thanks Chris
Hi Jeff, Is the E9 you are talking about the stuffed and mounted unit in Keller, TX on the old T&P/Katy now UP line? I've often wondered how it wound up there. I assume it has something to do with th
Hi Ray, It doesn't look like you have to log in to get the larger sizes. The user interface is different, but when you click on the photo, there is an ellipsis on the far right that if you click on w
I thought this photo of my 20 something grandfather, his dad and grandmother was taken at the depot in Gillette, WY until the Barriger Library photos became available. Unfortunately, the photographer
Hi Mike, I'd be interested in hearing more about using a missile silo to store rail cars. Most of the ones I have been around in Northern Wyoming and South Dakota have almost nothing above ground. Yo
Here are some that I have identified from the west end: 35 Broken Bow, NE, not WY - flipped 39 Newcastle, WY 40 Newcastle, WY depot 41 Newcastle, WY 177 Clearmont, WY - not MO 178 Gillette, WY 179 Gi
Could #243 be Cody, WY? There was a Husky oil refinery in Cody explaining all the tank cars, and it was at the end of a branch, so a 2 stall roundhouse wouldn't be out of the question. Also, the moun
Sorry. That was a cut and paste error. Thanks for the correction. Chris While there is a Sheridan, MT the CB&Q's Sheridan is in Wyoming as are those photos. I know. I live there. ;-) Nope. 463 and 46
Wow. Cody has really changed. 281, 286 and 287 must all be Cody too, not Powell. I found another photos of the Burlington Inn and the Cody depot here: http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/codyirma2.h
By the way Al, the stockyards in #185 must be the same as #463. #182 is the Gillette depot, #177 is the Clearmont depot. Do you recognize any in between? Is #178 also Clearmont? Why two water towers?
Hi Archie. Yes, those three have been a lot of help. That and Gimp. Best regards, Chris Chris, #208 is Edgemont. and the image is reversed. A good way to study these pictures in their largest version
Hi Harold, I think Hol nailed it by identifying #243 as Frannie. It has the small yard on a curve, which can still be seen in Google Satellite view. Here is the Basin depot on our friend Mark Brunton