Man, I'm glad I found this group! :) I used to live by the old CB&Q Hannibal > St. Joseph line in Missouri, and I moved in right after the BN takeover. I remember seeing red CB&Q locomotives coupled
Well, after hearing this figure, I was a bit surprised to hear 1976 as the last Chinese red GP9, I would have thought it were a bit later that I saw some...however, those are childhood memories, I m
Yep, got some more stuff from Bud Laws, and will be scanning it and posting it this evening. Some of the new stuff I have... CB&Q *previously unpublished photos of the Mark Twain Zephyr in Kansas Cit
Ok, I have posted the CB&Q pics, they are here. No captions yet, nor are they linked with the front page. http://www.castlegraphics.com/graphic/transportation/rail12.html http://www.castlegraphics.co
Wow, thanks for the info, Russ and Bill! Cheers! You are correct, Russ. Unit 462 was an Engineering test bed. IIRC, it was originally an NYC F3 traded in to EMD. In addition to an early 16-645 engine
Automobile cars were 40' or 50' box cars with double doors, to facilitate loading and unloading of automobiles. Many of the later ones were 50', all the way up until they started using the huge auto
I want to really thank Archie Haydens of Hannibal, he has helped me out with other research, if any of you are interested in the difference between the "Q" yard in Hannibal in 1905 and now, just go b
...at Castle Graphics. The Nebraska Zephyr at Aurora, unknown date (1960-something). This one has larger images for your viewing pleasure... :) http://www.castlegraphics.com Cheers! Jan [Non-text por
My only suggestion, Rick, is to try out a crafts store. Go to the bead section and see if you can find any really tiny beads that are dark burgundy in color. Other than that...out of ideas! :) Howeve
That reminds me...can someone explain to me (and others that may be wondering) the purpose of this Federal mandate for steam locomotives? I find it very strange that years after they were really in s
Got some pretty amazing things in today...in my second installment of photos purchased from Bud Laws (great guy), I have a whole series of a CBQ derailment...location and year unknown, I'm hoping som
Ok, new photos are posted at http://www.castlegraphics.com I did find out where the derailment was, there was one photo with the information on the back. However, I'm sure some of you would rather gu
If anyone would like to see some larger shots of the men or something, let me know and I'll do some zooms of them. As well, does anyone know what caused that derailment? I'd like to add it to the ca
Well, based on the photos I got, I think we can answer this question now...however, I do not see a PRR wrecker, only the CB&Q unit on site... ??? But it IS Fairview Ave that several people have said,
I've actually taken some more looks at the photos, and discovered a rather startling revelation that I didn't notice before (although maybe some of you already had). There are TWO wreckers, one worki
I've uploaded a ton more stuff this evening... Some new additions to the bottom of the CB&Q Misc page are 2 shots of the Montgomery, IL, switching tower, abandoned in 1969. The CB&Q derailment page h
I'll make an offer to the BRHS list; if you have photos that you'd like to post to the group, I'd be more than happy to host them. All you have to do is send them to me, tell me the caption (and any
Whenever you get back, you'll get this. I must say I'm really jealous, I'm going to St. Louis, but unfortunately several weeks after the BRHS meet tomorrow... :( Save me something... ;) The ICC datab