The Archive CD reprint was just listed this past fall and the order form was included as a insert to the the last Bulletin package. Maybe someone from the BRHS Archives Committee can speak if it is s
Aaron, The speed limits can be pulled from the employee timetables. Several from the Chicago & Aurora division and the LaCrosse division can be found online at: http://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timeta
Louis, I recall a photo in a Kalmbach publication of a Q road foreman running an E5 on one of the Twin Zephyrs. Chomping his cigar and looking very calm, the caption stated he was running the locomot
Shell Scale is still in business. This is their web site: http://www.shellscale.com/ I am renumbering a friend's N scale locomotives with them and Microscale decals (I get 2 or 3 totally done each we
Tom, It looks like car in the photo on page 43 of the Morning Sun book "Chicago Intercity Passenger Trains" has Rockwell trucks. It is hard to be a 100% sure because the angle of the train to photogr
Dennis, Are you sure about this? I was just pushing around my Con Cor cars that the BRHS did over 20 years ago. The society did multiple numbers in both mineral red and black. Bill Hirt I have one in
There is problem why they may not do (or have not done) the mineral red cars. The Q cars had a unique roof hatch spacing that differed from the common P-S covered hopper arrangement. The CB&Q cars we
Dennis, No need for the photo. I just went down and looked at string of them on my layout. I have them assigned to my West Quincy-Hulls-Hannibal local which in prototype life served Marblehead Lime a
Dennis, On my Zephyr Rocket, I have all of the cars I need. One of my friends locally, Jim McCroskie (who started on the Q as a clerk), built the NKP Car Products kits I needed to fill out my train.
I have the book. The photo is on page 43. The second Flexi-Van is NYC. It is shorter in height than the Burlington one on head end of the flat car. Bill Hirt On 11/7/2021 8:29 AM, Tom Mack via groups
The Midwest Manufacturing Company (subsidiary of Admiral Corporation) was in Galesburg and served by the ATSF. It produced refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and ranges. The Sa
I've read and heard fights about CB&Q colors for 30+ years and I am just worn out on the topic. I agree the gray is dark, but it can be lightened with weathering. That is my eventual plan. I just fig
Nelson, They sent me this link to their web page for instructions: Here is a link on how we suggest removing pad-printed lettering (they are not decals) https://rapidotrains.com/warranty/product-supp
As Eric and Michael noted, covered hoppers came into use by World War II. The first Q series was a 29' 3" 2-Bay ACF-type Covered Hopper. 1958 cuft. Class HC-1. Built 1940 at CB&Q Galesburg. Welded Ro
I have a Bullingers 1926 Postal and Shippers Guide. There were 19 Palmyra's listed for the lower 48 states. The 3 Burlington related ones are listed as Money Order Post Office and Telegraph stations.
One of my periodic requests looking for a blank Form 1645 Burlington Lines switch list. The BRHS Members Only Flickr site has a image of one that is filled out. I would like to have blank one I can
Rupert, Many thanks. Bill On 6/6/2021 10:05 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote: Bill Here's a cleaned up version of the Flickr form until you can get an original. Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ --Original
Leo, Thank you for the clarification. I'm going to use what Rupert has provided me (I've already printed up about 20), but if you find the correct one, I will be happy to get the correct ones printed
Hank, The information at the top of the form is in regards on how ice reefers in the train were to be handled (ventilated, heaters, re-iced). Lenny Ohrnell worked for BREX, so he maybe able to provid
Mark Rickert posted a link to a 300 page PDF scan of various Monon railroad documents he had scanned from the mid-1960s on the Op Sig Google.io group. Included in the entire document were the scans o