- 21. Re: [CBQ] Anything Q left in Lincoln? (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:47:31 -0700
- them. Directly across the platform tracks from the depot there was a boiler or power house, with a big concrete smokestack with "BURLINGTON ROUTE" cast into it with the lettering running vertically.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-09/msg00020.html (9,686 bytes)
- 22. Re: [CBQ] Platform to Rail dimensions (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:42:59 -0700
- Sam, I'm sure that someone will provide an authoritative answer (this list has an amazing wealth of knowledge!) but in the meantime, there is a 1920 clearance diagram at: http://www.burlingtonroute.c
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-08/msg00081.html (9,550 bytes)
- 23. Re: [CBQ] Signal Bridges (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:24:40 -0700 (PDT)
- Steve, there is a copy of Q standard clearance diagram from 1920 on the BRHS website at: http://www.burlingtonroute.com/gallery/Miscellaneous?page=3 Best regards, Randy -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-05/msg00135.html (9,098 bytes)
- 24. Re: [CBQ] 70 Years Ago Today: Pioneer Zephyr's Dawn-to-Dusk Run (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 00:36:57 -0700
- Hear Hear! The Little Engine (train) that Could! The start of a new era in passenger railroading and a brilliant achievement in technology. 1015 miles in 785 minutes -- 77.6mph average for 13 hours s
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-05/msg00155.html (9,859 bytes)
- 25. [CBQ] Re: Zimmermann Zephyr Book (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:21:04 -0700
- By the way, search on their site for "Zephyrs" rather than "Zimmermann," since Motorbooks has misspelled the name with one "n"... Best regards, Randy (whose mother's maiden name is Zimmermann) Randy
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-05/msg00180.html (8,940 bytes)
- 26. Re: [CBQ] Font question (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 23:34:56 -0700
- The closest font I know of is Cooper Bold: http://www.paratype.com/btstore/fonts/Cooper.htm Unforunately, Benn Coifman ( http://www.railfonts.com ) doesn't have the Santa Fe font in his collection. H
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-05/msg00187.html (9,129 bytes)
- 27. Re: [CBQ] NEW Pioneer Zephyr by ConCor (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
- For the past six years, Fine N-Scale Products ( http://www.finenscale.com ) has been selling a PZ kit, including car 500. List price has remained at $195 during that whole period. I can vouch for its
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-04/msg00075.html (9,747 bytes)
- 28. [CBQ] Photos, was RE: O5 builders plate (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:19:19 -0800
- That is true for photos in the photo section, Jan. But if you put photos in the *files* section of the group, they will remain unchanged by Yahoo. The only downside is that you don't see a thumbnail
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00048.html (9,258 bytes)
- 29. [CBQ] Re: Sound decoder (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:42:17 -0800
- And record it, please, if you have the facilities? I would enjoy a nice quality MP3 or WAV of the whistle... If you could even make a nice cassette recording I'd be happy to do the digitizing myself,
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-02/msg00330.html (9,238 bytes)
- 30. [CBQ] Re: Standard Lines West depot drawing? (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 04:49:04 -0800
- Mark, I have scans of a photocopy of a faded original drawing (loaned by Jim Reisdorff) for the 20x40 depot. I've been working on a CAD layout drawing, and am to the point of having made a paper "stu
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2004-01/msg00010.html (9,371 bytes)
- 31. [CBQ] Traintech book? (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:15:44 -0700
- I have not heard of that one, Bob. What is it like? Best regards, Randy Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,--.___________ ______________ _________________ ProtoTrains // = = == == || == == == =
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-09/msg00079.html (11,140 bytes)
- 32. Re: [CBQ] Traintech book? (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:01:34 -0700
- Thanks, Bob. Sounds great. I just ordered it (well, yesterday evening by now...) along with "Burlington's Zephyrs" and "Burlington Zephyrs Photo Archive" It seems that I've been a little behind in wh
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-09/msg00089.html (11,851 bytes)
- 33. Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q in South Dakota (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:55:52 -0700 (PDT)
- Wow, what a great map scan, Wolfee. Thanks for posting it. If you want to get the full-resolution map in one piece, a "hotlink" to the image (including the copyright notice!) is http://web4.lunaimagi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-06/msg00130.html (10,579 bytes)
- 34. Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q in South Dakota (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:00:26 -0700 (PDT)
- Oops, sorry for my mistyping of your name, wollffee! By the way, the full-res map image is 15.3MB, so it will take some time to load. Best regards, Randy Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group o
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-06/msg00131.html (9,942 bytes)
- 35. [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:25:04 -0800 (PST)
- Is that a specific brand of brick, Charlie, or a type? I have a brick from the old Ashland platform at home that I could dig out and measure. Best regards, Randy -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> What
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-03/msg00063.html (10,317 bytes)
- 36. Re: [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:11:43 -0800 (PST)
- I'll take a look at my brick when I get home, but if I remember it doesn't say Purington. I'm from Lincoln, and assumed (probably wrongly!) that all the brick in the area came from Yankee Hill ( http
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-03/msg00069.html (11,548 bytes)
- 37. [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:55:00 -0800
- Well, I'll be! The Ashland platform brick is marked "PURINGTON BRICK" ("PURINGTON is a shallow arch over "BRICK".) It is 8-1/4" long, 2-3/4" high and 3-3/4" wide at the ends, tapering to 3-7/8" wide
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-03/msg00071.html (12,221 bytes)
- 38. [CBQ] Thank you Re: Purington Pavers (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:20:33 -0800
- Thank you Charlie, Archie and Bob for the information on the bricks. The history makes the brick even more significant--"artifact" rather than "souvenir". Best regards, Randy Randy Gordon-Gilmore ,-
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-03/msg00072.html (11,670 bytes)
- 39. Re: [CBQ] Check This Out! (score: 1)
- Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <zephyrus@rickadee.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:02:07 -0800 (PST)
- Even if the guy wants $4k for the thing, it would have been a lot more reasonable to put a small starting bid and a $4k reserve price. That way his friend would have at least a gauge on the perceived
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-01/msg00336.html (10,369 bytes)
- 40. Re: [CBQ] Check This Out! (score: 1)
- Author: zephyrus@rickadee.net
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:13:33 -0800
- Maybe, but I don't think so in this case, Charlie. The seller has revised the sparse description three times! I just wonder what the original description said... I have emailed the seller asking who
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2005-01/msg00343.html (10,919 bytes)
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