My dealer has one of these in Burlington Chinese red (Life Like cat no. 7243) with prototypical correct type couplers, not the rapidos. Every picture I can find of them has rapidos. I am curious if t
The Burlington line north of Denver, near my house, has a small yellow sign, black on yellow, rectanular about 12 inches by 30 inches, tilted 45 degrees. It is marked "25". It is posted about 500 yar
In the past year or so, I remember seeing a map in Trains magazine which showed the average number of trains per hour on most magor USA routes. Does anyone recall which issue that was? I want to give
Yup, that did it. Everybody should do it. After you do it, you can blow it up as big as you want. Now, how about seeing if you can get the Burlington Route Historical Society to hurry up and finish t
But, this is the only place I know I can get a quick, reliable train answer. What was the name of the flagship C&O passenger train? was there more than 1? Maybe one of them even connected to the Q an
The "Sportsman", that's what I was looking for. My Kato Burlington set makes a pretty fair replica of the last edition Denver Zephyr, except for the club car. It's too long, too tapered at the end, a
Hubert, thanks for the info. I didn't realize the DZ used the old one. The only one I remember is the square ended one, that's why my quest to recreate it. I almost need to call an electrician just t
Hubert, I am very well aware of the fabulous brass N Denver Zephyr one of our most knowledgable posters has available. Someone has a consignment of this model for sale at Caboose Hobbies in Denver. I
Anyone know a link where I can find most of the Q ads from the 50's? I have downloaded everything at RibbonRail and there was not much of interest. Most of the ones they had are pen drawings in black
Can anyone point me to a link that might have drawings of what the interior of observation car "Silver Fountain" (or similar) looked like. I can find the newer dome observation drawings, but not the
I see they still have the brass N scale Denver Zephyr available. Is anyone familiar with these models? They are supplied without couplers and I am wondering if I can just install a complete Kato truc
A recent EMD employee newsletter noted that a widow of a former EMD employee had donated his collection of memorabillia to the company. It included a "1956 press kit of the new Denver Zephyr". I have
It was the Q's best equipped Zephyr. It was the last one to be upgraded, it actually MADE MONEY all the way into the 60's, and I can hardly find anything useful on the net about it. Hopefully Michael
Dave, thanks, I'll get the book--and maybe buy a Denver Zephyr model from you as well! btw, I found some good stuff at the Denver Public Library. But, they turn off the web site on Sundays and Holida