Jim: Thanks! Didn't mean to ambush you like that, but several members, particularly Dennis Popish, have been bugging me to contact you about an update and I just took advantage of the easy opportunit
To the best of my knowledge, and after extensive talks with Bernard about his modeling efforts over the years, he never built a live steamer. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: reforst@comcast.net Dat
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] While the CB&Q did indeed use lower quadrant semaphores, the FW&D until well after its mergerin BN was almost entirely dark -- unsignaled -- territory,
Right, but those were both instances where the signals were installed by the junior road to guard the corssing and were owned, operated and maintained by that road. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From:
Steve: By 1960 the ICC had become very selective in which accidents it investigated, and this one on the FW&D at Memphis, Tex., in October 1960 was not significant enough to warrant ICC attention. Bu
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] Answering this question, of course, depends entirely on the era. As Jonathan has noted, the four-car Pioneer Zephyr was used on trains 31-32 near the en
Anybody out there got answers to these questions for Bill? To: holpennywagner@msn.com; richtownsend@netscape.net From: fgexbill@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Perishable Movements on the CB&Q Date: Tue, 7
I'm just glad it's finally all done and in members' hands -- and apparently meeting expectations. And don't forget the monumental contributions of Dave Lotz, who started the writing when I burned out
This is actually a circular herald used in black-and-white only on Burlington public timetables of the early 1880s. In recent years a number of manufacturers have added color to the herald and reprod
In fact, when the Q began using the orange color in the late 1940s for cars of various types (waycars, company service cars and experimental roller bearing-equipped triple hoppers) the color was not
Burlington GA-9 gondolas 71200-72199 (1000 cars) were turned out by American Car & Foundry in 1912. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: 665463@bresnan.net Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:43:16 -0700 Subject:
Karl: Where in Trinidad is this waycar located? I sure missed it in a recent two-day stay there. Stayed at the new La Quinta up in Starkville; kind of hard for me to think of Starkville as part of Tr
Karl: Thanks. I remember the Army truck by the side of highway 12. I'll look for the waycar next time I'm down there, probably in the summer. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: qrailroadman@yahoo.com
Jonathan: There are many photos in the Denver Public Library Western History collection showing the mines served by these C&S branches. Several of the photos depict the car loading process, and one o
Jonathan: Another good source of information on this area is the Colorado Railroad Museum's Colorado Rail Annual No. 23, Santa Fe in the Intermountain West, which features a lead article entitled "A
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] Here are a few poor quality images showing how some of the mines at Berwind and Hastings, Colo., looked early in the 20th Century and how Hastings looks
[Attachment(s) from HOL WAGNER included below] Here are two present day images at Hastings, plus a shot of the UMWA memorial at Ludlow. I had to copy them as considerably smaller files than the origi
Indian Red and Copper Green were officially adopted as Burlington depot colors in 1908, though they were used before that time. The change to white began in 1955. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: st
Sorry, I got my metals mixed up and said Copper Green when I meant Bronze Green. Hol To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: ku0a@mchsi.com Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:35:06 -0600 Subject: [CBQ] More on Paint Co
C&S depots of the early 20th Century as a rule were painted either a light tan (depot buff) with darker brown trim or a light gray with dark green trim. There were numerous exceptions. The depots at