And adding to my post, there was extensive conversation on The Atlas Rescue Forum back in March 2013 on the KBM Lines U25C, including quite a number of posts by Scott Wendt of Korea-Brass Co., Ltd. C
Leo, A nice slide of the Eola roundhouse: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-color-slide-Burlington-CB-Q-roundhouse-at-E-Aurora-Eola-IL-1956-/221293195204?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33861a2fc4 Ric
Atlas announced that they are doing the 1947 steel express reefers in HO. Does anyone know what CB&Q trains these might have run on? Would they have been running on any CB&Q trains in the late 1960's
I forgot to post the link to the Atlas announcement: http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/hosteelreefer.htm#.UhATgKPD_IU Tom Mack Cincinnati, OH -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web,
I was looking through my 1967 CB&Q Annual Report (released May, 1968)and ran across a very interesting photo on page 4. It shows a "down on" view of apparently shot from some elevated vantage point o
Here is an update to my original post. The following information is based on a CB&Q (not BRHS) Burlington Bulletin I just obtained, Issue Number 35, September-October 1967 ("MEAT PROGRESS" on cover):
The latest copy of Classic Trains has a photo of the combined EB/NCL detouring over the Milwaukee Road in 1967 from Chicago to La Crosse because of the CB&Q bridge being out at Galena Jct. While this
Has anyone ever seen photographic evidence (or otherwise) of a Cal Zephyr Dome/Obs on the TCZ? Tom Mack Cincinnati, OH -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.
John, Tom Mack Cincinnati, OH -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To chang
Thanks John. Anyone know how late unit trains ran up the Pea Vine to the Twin Cities? I model 1967-1969 and have a lot of Q hopper cars. Would like an excuse to run unit coal trains over my Savanna-c
First, thanks for all the responses to my question on CZ dome-obs on the TCZ. The reason for my question has to do with running the TCZ on my layout, which is based on the C&I in the last Q years 196
Part 1 of 2 - Final Installment (Since this is a long post, I have split this post into two parts.) In the beginning, the first freight units, the EMD F-Units, were put in the 100-series with suffixe
Part 2 of 2 - Final Installment (Since this is a long post, I have split this post into two parts.) First, let's recap the Q roster just before the merger: 100-series: First generation frieght units
Finally a modern highly detailed plastic HO U25C has been announced as coming in early 2014. See Model Railroad News for details: http://www.modelrailroadnews.com/news.html and scroll down to the Feb
Railroads many times kept their numbering system consistent over time, and if you look at the final Q roster you can get a good feel where "new" locomotives would end up on a modern Q roster. First,
As the sesond installment, let's look a the Q's switcher numbering sysem: Low horsepower 6-cylinder EMD locomotives were in the 9100 series: 9130-9135 EMC SW 9136-9153 EMD SW1 12-cylinder EMD locomot
(I have reposted the following without changing the subject line so all replies to Dwight are properly linked by Yahoo) Railroads many times kept their numbering system consistent over time, and if y
As the final installment to the "new" Q roster, let's look at road locomotive numbering: First I need to mention that the use of 3-digit numbers on road locomotives can be a problem if we expect our
For those waiting for the next installment of the CB&Q roster system, I am working on it and hope to have it posted tomorrow. It will discuss the final locomotive purchases of the Q, where their numb
Brian, If you like the idea of running a UP C-630 (which I have as well), you might be interested to know that there is photographic proof of both PRR and UP Alco RS-27's on Q trains (HO RS-27's avai