While we're on the topic of calendars, is the BRHS doing a calendar for 2004? Perhaps I've been asleep, but I don't recall seeing anything mentioned about them. Best regards and Happy Holidays, Rob A
Florian; A few years ago, Railmodel Journal published an article on modeling the Q/C&S USRA O-4 locomotives in HO scale starting from a Rivarossi model. (There was also similar N scale coverage using
Greetings fellow CB&Q modelers; Due to some recent health-related developments with one of our children, I am offering the following HO scale CB&Q brass and kits for sale: BRASS Sunset Models CB&Q Cl
I recently acquired a neat Circa 1940 photo of the National Carbide plant in Keokuk, IA and am curious whether this plant was serviced by "our railroad" or one of the other guys. Thanks in advance. B
Hi Marshall; It was actually National Carbide, and the trademark is prominently stenciled on the side of a large storage bin/tank. (I have no idea if that was a precursor to Union Carbide). There is
Dave; For those of us unfamiliar...what is the Mooar track, and was that Q trackage or somebody elses? Best regards, Rob -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP,
Hank; I'm very familiar with the University of Iowa's holdings of Sanborn maps. With a few exceptions, they have Iowa cities and towns only. Also, the dates of the maps in their collection vary, but
Duncan; I'd be happy to scan the photo for you. What format would you like it in and what resolution (i.e. how big a file do you want?) I'm considering modeling a section of the K-Line (Maybe Burling
The Exposition Flyer issue of the BB along with issue #47 of the Zephyr showed up in my mailbox this week while I was out of the country on business travel. WOW. Nice work gents! It will take me a wh
The structure painting Data Sheet in the latest Zephyr includes some interesting information. Some of it is directly applicable to questions I posted to the list previously. I am very grateful to who
Brad; Is your S-4 an original with Elesco feedwater heater? If so, Bob is probably right. It is most likely a Sunset model. Nickel Plate imported models for one of the streamlined Aeolus (4001?) engi
Harry; The dates are September 19-21 and there is a little bit of additional information on the BRHS website at www.BurlingtonRoute.com. I suspect more information will be available soon. Kind regard
I'm interested to know what weight of rail might have been common on the Q mainline in the 1930s on the east/west mainline from Burlington to Ottumwa. Ditto for the K-line at least from Burlington th
Might anyone in the group have a list of steam-era water and fuel facility locations? I'm interested in knowing more about the locations of steel water tanks and ideally, when they were erected. How
The October through December 1936 public timetables show the following passenger trains running between St. Louis and Burlington: Northbound: Train 43 - Mark Twain Zephyr Train 1 - Fast Mail Train 15
Fellow CB&Q enthusiasts; I model the CB&Q in the mid-1930's am looking for some discontinued and limited run Sunshine kits. I would like to locate one or more of the following: 22.7 CB&Q XA-11 10' IH
Pete; I'll bet you are thinking of Harbor Tank Line, and their reporting marks were HTCX. I wonder if the notations in the book could have transposition of characters, although that seems unlikely fo
Malcolm; In my experience, fiber optics work very well for illuminating the HO scale castings from Details Associates, Details West and others. You'll probably want to start with relatively thick fib
Fellow Q modelers: I'm working on some projects and would like to do superficial detailing of the interior of some passenger equipment and a couple of gas-electric PMC models. Can anyone help me out
Greetings; Might one of you 1950's or 60's modelers be in need of custom painted Aurora Car Shops coach? I have one, the version with ice A/C, with gorgeous custom paint and glazing, lettered for CBQ