During the recent open house I put one of the BLI 10-6's into my 1956 Denver Zephyr which is made up from Shoreham Shops cars. The only differnce that really stood out was Silver Butte had lighting..
Bryan and fellow members of the list, It's my understanding the Burlington Observation book is delayed until sometime after the first of the year. TLC Publications on many of their fine books tend to
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The Slumbercoach would be easy to use, the Walthers done in "NP" as they had a number of them by 1967. You could use the BLI 10-6, it would require a bit of work to plug the extra windows to have the
Didn't that power pool end when a Q trainmaster or offical ws on vacation and saw one of his brand new GE's on a PC work train? Loren Johnson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --
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Bob, Bernie's books were done in black and white probably due to the cost of 4 color printing when he published his wonderful books. Also they were printed using "letter press" which answers the ques
John, This isn't a comment on the paint for the "Graybacks" but remember the DPS was the exact color when the units were painted. Not after a few years of sun, road grime, and trips through the wash
The Branchline single window coaches if memory serves me right is one window shy of the Q's 6100 series HW coaches. And ya know when they're finished, they look really fine. I know they're one window
I think BRHS Member Steve Holding was selling CD Roms of Burlington track charts. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Get fast access to your favorit
In a message dated 9/26/2005 3:18:43 PM Central Standard Time, ctsvobodny@yahoo.com writes: That's the 5 foot rule(10 foot in G gauge), if they look good, go for it. So very true! But also with the t
The 10-6 Sleepers BLI is producing do not match any of the Burlington's non CZ 10-6's. The 1952 order from Budd for 10-6 sleepers of which 2 were built for the CZ Silver Crag and Silver Chasm, do not
Some of the SD9's had one tank to make them lighter. They were called SD9s. I'm not sure of the numbering of these motors. Loren Johnson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo
John, Use the Champ Decal Set # PH-36. Although the shot in the "Classic Trains GN Book" is in black and white I think the lettering is bronz gold, not dulux gold. Hope this helps out! Loren Johnson
Well since both cars are the same, yes Shoreham Shops (Now Railway Classics) produced them back in the mid 1990's or so. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*>
Not to mention a good thunder and lightning storm while riding in the dome. Never got to ride far in Burlington domes before Amtrak but I did get a really nice storm across the plains of Canada on VI
Dave is correct on the 6-5 Pullman. I just want to add to the list the 6-5's built for the 1956 DZ, Silver Swan #453 and Silver Pelican #454. Loren Johnson [Non-text portions of this message have bee
Remember the 1952 10-6 Pullmans bought from Budd for the CZ were owned by the Burlington. They did lack the extra bedroom isle windows and were named Silver Crag and Silver Chasm. From what I underst
The 1956 DZ 10-6's had the bedrooms in the middle of the car. From the vestibule, 4 roomettes, then the 6 double bedrooms, then the other 6 roomettes. Thus placing the higher priced accommodations in
Yes there must be a better way. I remember when I wanted models of the Burlington Troop Kitchen cars brass was the only answer, now we have them in plastic. Note here the brass ones had to be modifie