Two potential options exist in HO scale that I'm aware of. The easiest to come by would be the CDS dry transfers for the SM-16 and SM-18 cars. This set is available in multiple scales. I've used seve
I've parted with most of my C&NW references, but I can rule out it being a Wabash engine. The Wabash 4-8-4 engines were numbers 2900-2924, built by Baldwin in 1930, and like the Q's O-5s, big, handso
Greetings fellow modelers of Q heavyweight equipment. This weekend I picked up some of the NKP Car Company kits for the Burlington's BA-10 baggage and rider cars. The kits look like they have the pot
Besides the hollow Precision Scale part with the separate back, are there any sources for HO scale castings of the Q's "cuckoo-clock" headlight? I recently acquired some of the Precision Scale castin
I'm working on some models of heavyweight passenger equipment and am trying to sort out the paint practices that would have been in use during the mid-1930's. On all-steel cars, would the roof have b
I recently saw an Oriental O-1A model for auction on eBay with straight (vertical) coal bunker sides rather than the later angled bunker sides. I own three of the Oriental models and all of them have
Greetings fellow web denizens; I posted several updates to the BRHS web site this evening, including the current Membership report, BRHS Personnel list, and also fixed a large number of obsolete link
I'm looking for information about the former CB&Q coal and water facilities at New London, Iowa. I assume that they may have been laid out in such manner as to serve the double track main, but am jus
Gerald; Thanks very much for the info! That gives me a place to start. Do your records have any info on the water station there...like whether it was a wood or steel tank, type of foundation, gallon
Rupert; Please do send them. We are in the process of applying updates to the site and reviewing the content for appropriate changes. Thanks for your efforts. Best regards, Rob Adams
Dave; Sorry to hear about the problems. I know my track record isn't the best due my own challenges during the past year or so, but perhaps folks are willing to give me another shot. I don't know if
I'm looking at the July 1991 issue of Mainline Modeler which contains an article titled "CB&Q FM-13 from Con-Cor". The author used a Con-Cor flat to model the Q's FM-13 flat cars, and the article inc