Which Burlington Diner are you talking about? Prewar or Postwar? If you are using the Walther's car to do a post war diner you don't want to use 41-N/41-D Commonwealth Trucks. The trucks used on the
By 1957 Parlor Passengers had dropped off Silver View and Silver Vista (the Dome Observations) could handle the parlor traffic . In Mike Spoor's equipment book there's a shot at Chicago that shows Si
"Outshopped" in this case means the Aurora Shops rebuilt Silver Parlor and Silver Chair the 2 flat top parolor cars into Dinette-Coaches in 1968 and one in 1969. I would think that no exterior change
Rich, Now there are some of us that do get those Zephyrs out on the mainline and let them roll! So west of Union Tower is also good indeed! Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
One story that I have heard over the years....... the railroads loaded up gons and open hoppers to get the snow out of town and headed south. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Leo LOL It could be true! Except this time my family doesn't have a Corvair Station Wagon that went charging through the drifts! As I remember we had about the only car out on the road! Loren [Non-te
Mike.... Nope... I wasn't a teenager I was 11. And I remember driving through the streets of Aurora over to my grandmother's house through the drifts in the Corviar. With the rear engine and of cours
Although I haven't tried to retruck any of the Walthers cars with the Train Station Truck.....with brass cars it does have a height problem. I planned to use them on the old Soho Empire Builder Domes
The new Walthers Dome is a start probably the best one ever offered in HO Scale. I'm surprised that Walthers is using the CP prototype for their dome since it's not really a dome coach. I was hoping
Another pilot you might consider if you can find one is the Oriental Limited, this pilot is brass. (Shock) I used it on my ABBA set of Pennsy F3's. It looks great! [Non-text portions of this message
Just a wild guess here..... But I don't remember the IT having any Northerns. Although I will ask a couple of people I know..... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
He must have been a Q Fan..... in one episode when "Barny" got the train over in that seedy town of "Mount Pilot" he boarded a UP City of "Somewhere" [Non-text portions of this message have been remo
About 10 years ago Microscale did a set of decals for the CB&Q-BN transition period, I don't know if 9920's scheme is on that sheet or not. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Dave, I have to agree.... and ya know the really strange thing here.... BRHS covered the breakin better than the Pennsy List did! I trust these idiots are caught! [Non-text portions of this message h
Bob, Glen, and List, I have 9 of the second run of the Oriental Burlington E's and 3 of the Pennsy versions, I have run them hours and hours. There's not a finer E unit that I've seen. Now I am talki
Sure is.... it's really hard to operate a "B" unit on the head end of a passenger train using the hustler controls! All kidding aside, I think the main reason why the Burlington never bought E7-9 boo