List: I have interviewed over a dozen old heads who talked to me about the "dining car" track. For a great number of years, #47 carried a diner west out of Chicago to feed dinner to the westbound pas
John: We have been trying to keep the fact that you are a laywer a secret. Having been a U.S. Marine is pretty hard to beat (not many people on the List know that I was a grunt as well), but we got t
One more note - the Q had one of the NCL dome sleepers (CB&Q #304). It too was leased for at least a couple of winters to the IC. While business was slow on the NCL in the winters, Florida business w
Don: Thanks for the nice comments. I get lots of help on the photos and captions. Also, Vol#5 may be pushed back a little. Morning Sun has asked me to do a new all-color CB&Q book project. This will
Tom: I just got back from BRHS meet in St. Louie. The answer to your question is that most (but not all) new cars beginning in 1959 were painted Chinese red. This lasted until 1969 when the pre-merge
Jeff: The 2003 Spring Meet was in the last ZEPHYR. Mendota Spring Meet is Saturday 4-12-03. See ya there. Mike On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 23:34:20 -0000 "jworones" <jworones@y...> writes:
Bill: If you go back to BULLETIN #10 on the E-units, all were off the rosters of the Q, C&S and FW&D by March 1968. I have not seen a photo of a Q E-5 that is missing its red grills before that date
How about during the 2003 BRHS Annual Meet in St. Paul? Can we add a visit to the tentative list of events? Mr. Gortowski would be most appreciative. Mike On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 06:04:59 -0000 "Thomas J
List: This is a fascinating question that iw ill include in the next ZEPHYR. Does anyone else have memory or stories where the bilevels were used outside of Chicago-Aurora service? Please post your r
News Flash: Construction on Phase III of the Chicago & Aurora Division (HO scale) has commenced. The roof is off of the Mickey's bedroom. Estimated completion date is 2 weeks. Pray for dry weather! (
Tom: Look on page 43 of CB&Q In Color Vol #3. There is a shot of the remains of the KCZ at W. Quincy on 8-3-69, at that time running as the "Quincy Local". The change-over date on the train numbers w
Morning Sun shipped boxes of Volume #4 out to the shops and book stores on Monday, 8-26-02. Those of you who ordered from the flyer that was in the BULLETIN, those books have gone out this week. Monr
Darren: The process started in the late 1950s. As you will see in the upcoming CB&Q In Color Vol #4, some of the mainline bridges were still in mineral red until the mid 1960s. There is a photo in Vo
Darren: Shipping date is 9-1-02. There should be an order form with the next BULLETIN that gets BRHS members a pre-release discount. I think the BULLETIN is already in the mail. Mike
Lyle and others: There will be a flyer with the next BULLETIN. Vol 4 will be available on 9-1-02. Don't ask me why, but Vol 4 got bumped back by Morning Sun so he could publish a couple trolley books
Lenny: I used the 50/50 mix on the NE-12 #13525 that was in the model contest a couple of years ago. Yes, I used Floquil on that model. Mike On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:41:23 -0500 "Walter Ohrnell" <wohrn