Charlie, You are right. That is what I get for writing something half a sleep in the middle of the night. Bill Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/g
I should also mention I agree you with this totally as I said in my original faulty message. I think this puts Atlas in there with Accurail and Athearn as a regular supplier. Since some shops have ch
I was reading again Steve Holding's excellent Burlington Bulletin (#22) article about breaking down a train sheet. Steve shows two examples: one for the mainline dispatched from Creston and a sheet f
How were junctions with trains coming on and off handled? There is a branch running north-south through Red Oak which intersects the main there. The same at Hastings. There does not appear to be anyt
Thanks Steve. I do have a couple of more questions if you do not mind. On the sheet on page 26-27. there are double lines between Red Oak and McPherson, and between Balfour and Glenwood. Now on page
Steve, That answers my question. I'm still working on it and your answers have helped greatly. Fortunately at my operating sessions I often have some current and former railroad employees and occasio
As Tom Mack announced yesterday, Life-Like will not be re-running the GP9 shells. I just talked to Chuck Friedlein at Life-Like and he will be sending out letters today to all that complained via let
I have a friend that is moving into a new house. His new HO scale railroad will model portions of Denver. He is a D&RGW modeler and is modeling the era when the Q power ran through on the D&RGW. He w
Just to give everyone an update on the Life-Like GP9 repaints, I received this from Life-Like this morning in response to asking me what was currently being done: "Hi there, We are making arrangement
I've had DCC now for 7 years. Take it from experience, the cheapest decoders are not always the ones you want. Many times problems will show up eventually and you'll have to toss them aside. Granted
Hank, Westerfield produces a kit which will do the box car fleet that the Hannibal Connecting had. Take a look at: http://www.westerfield.biz/2952.htm There is a web site that has 2 or 3 pictures of
I was just getting mine out the box today. I have a question about the paint jobs on the units. Life-Like has painted the gray stripes in a horizontal pattern on the cab doors. I have never seen any
Ray, I also fired off an email to Life-Like this afternoon. I would hope for the amount of money they are charging for these sound equipped engines they will offer us an exchange with the properly pa
Jan, I wonder if this would be Shattuc, Illinois. The Q crossed the B&O there. Shattuc is about 8 miles northwest of Centralia. Bill Hirt -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> In low income neighborhoods,
There is a member of this list who works for Life-Like. Or as my dealer says about this whole thing is that this person loves to flash his Burlington Route belt buckle at the manufacturer shows and c
Thanks to several people (especially Nolan, Dave Lotz, John Lee and Ray Bedard), Life-Like has notified me that they are currently looking into how to resolve the paint problem with their latest CB&Q
In contrast, Charlie you did a great job on the new Broadway Limited CB&Q SW7! I was at my dealer when the UPS man came this afternoon and picked up my unit. The paint and detail are extremely good.
Surprisingly around the Midwest, in most articles I've seen referring to the railroad, the railroad is always called by the formal name to start with and then just Burlington in subsequent references
My friend Mike Fyten has made some laser cut whistle posts and Zephyr speed posts. The posts are from the CB&Q Diagram book and should fit the BRHS Sign Decal set. He is also doing some stairs in HO
Gerald, This is the Nebraska football schedule for 1934. The "Aggies" referred to the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. In 1959, the name of the university was changed to Kansa