Jeff Wilson's book, "Burlington Route Across the Heartland," has a nice pic of train 48 arriving at St. Louis in what looks like the early 50's on page 121. Mike Spoor's latest Color Book also has a
Hi Tom and the list, To see some nice shots that Don Ross has added to his web site of Q graybacks in the Galesburg and Peoria areas go to http://donross.railspot.com/index.htm I really like the shot
Leo, I may have brought this up before so hit me if I'm repeating myself. I have a picture of the Q's (BN) roundhouse area in Peoria. Alongside the roundhouse appears to be a Q fuel service tank car.
John, The aluminum hoppers were the exQ "silver side " hoppers the Q built. I can't remember if these were on one of the data sheets. I'll have to check this out as well as what you said about the Ca
Could anyone out there help dan with his question on the waycar color for the interior? I doubt if it changed in the transition from Q to BN. Ken Thompson [Non-text portions of this message have been
Rick, The BN and BNSF engine house/shop and the maintenance of way equipment repair buildings are a light beige or buff color being more on the yellow side of the spectrum. (In my opinion) Ken Thomps
I can't speak for the coal fields, but I did read an article on grain doors which mentioned that coal was still occasionally loaded in 40' boxcars in the 1970s at the Port of Superior, WI on the BN.
My apologies if someone has already brought this web sit to the fore. Don Ross has a great web site showing a few Q depots and shots of Q center cabs at: http://donross.railspot.com/dr371.htm I'm a l
Hi Dave, The car we saw at Wataga was #1030 blt. 6-50. According to my Burlington Bulletin they were built in number series 990-1009 and classed BA-19 and BA-19A for the latter batch. The BA-19's wer
Hello, I'm hoping that some of you dispatchers, operators, or C&E's can help me out. On the Peoria Sub in the 50's and early 60's the Q used a manual block system on this "dark territory." In the tim
Leo and Russ, Thank you very much for your replies. This has made things much clearer. My next question would be is when did radios start to become a factor dispatching wise? Was it "legal" to receiv
I recall reading that the Q's hoppers never ever had "Way of the Zephyrs" on their sides. This may have been in one of the data sheets on the hopper cars. I'll check it out and see if I can locate th
Leo and others, If I missed this somewhere early in the "chalk marks" thread forgive me. What took the place of chalking cars or led to its demise in switching operations? My other question is about