I would like to do the Heavy USRA 2-10-2, but it is a freight loco and I need a passenger loco so I can have an excuse to do some heavyweights. Still trying to figure out a good prototype that could
InterMountain has announced they will be doing their FTs in CB&Q. MicroTrains likely will as well on their FT. Bachmann is doing FTs in HO but I don't think they have said anything about doing CB&Q o
Both InterMountain and MicroTrains are entering the N Scale locomotive market this spring with EMD FT locomotives. Charlie http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
E-7 45 degree Numberboards were part of a series of drawings presented in Mainline Modeler some years ago. E8/9 used flush boards not installed on F Units. The earlier style small boards may have als
DaveI doubt it. The Hostler Window was there so the B units could be moved independently. The A units could be moved by themselves with the normal controls. If the units were intended for branchline
The paint job wasn't necessarily the problem....removing the skirts without any apologies made the car UGLY, not the silver paint (which worked well enough on the ex-C&NW 400 coaches). Charlie
DaveA rough measurement of the drawings in Loco 1 - The Diesel which were done by Al Kamm, Jr. from the EMD/Budd General Arrangement drawings indicates that the wheels were more likely 38" dia, not 2
DaveThe only other Burlington "Betterment" Pullman that I know of was the Zephyr Tower. The Rock Island had one "Rocket Tower", also for the Zephyr Rocket, but it was not identical to the Zephyr Towe
SILVER Crown was a 52 seat coach delivered for general service in 1940. It is the same class as Silver Alchemy/Dome and Silver Castle, the two pattern dome cars. Triple Crown is a series of horse rac
Cataloging trucks used on Burlington Route prewar cars is difficult as the truck diagram books I have seen for some reason stop with Gas Electric trucks and early shovelnoses. There are at least thre
Speaking about vintage books about the "Q"..... I would like to own a reprint of the original three volume set of Burlington Route Corporate Histories. Is there any interest in such a project? It pro
Judging from the contrast in most photos between the border and Chinese Red bodied locos and rolling stock they were different colors. I don't have any DuPont number references handy here, but a comp
JohnYes, Chinese Red and Santa Fe (Indian???) Red are supposed to be the same color. But I think there is a difference in the delivered color of the BR red in heralds (Decal, Scotchlight, and other m
John and List That explains it. I had heard that a red the CB&Q used was identical to the Santa Fe warbonnet red. It didn't seem right to me that Chinese Red and the ATSF were the same, but I can eas
I'm not a former railroader but my being a model railroader got me on the first outbound train out of Union Station in the AM after the storm (or at least I think it was the first outbound). I had a