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81. Re: [CBQ] Researching Divisions/ETT's for early 60's (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 19:21:27 -0500
Tom, I will be at the Operations Sig booth at the NMRA convention. Look me up there and I should be able to get you what you need. Bill Hirt On 5/22/2018 12:35 PM, Thomas Johnson (60/M) wrote: Thanks
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-05/msg00046.html (12,258 bytes)

82. Re: [CBQ] greetings, and question about classic CB&Q divisional organization (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:23:02 -0500
Fred, There was a big change in the divisional structure from 1957 to 1960 (consolidation), so you might want to pin down a year you are interested in. Here is a start based on employee timetables I
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-04/msg00037.html (12,978 bytes)

83. Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Divisions ca. 1956 (thanks and follow-up questions) (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:24:25 -0500
Fred, Chicago and Aurora Division - October 1957 Subdivisions: Chicago-Aurora Aurora-Galesburg Aurora-Savanna Montgomery-Streator Rockford-Flagg Center Mendota-Denrock Burgess Junction-Sterling Strea
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-04/msg00063.html (17,051 bytes)

84. Re: [CBQ] R T Davis Milling (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 09:33:22 -0500
About R T Davis. R T Davis was renamed Aunt Jemima Mills in 1913 and acquired by Quaker Oats in 1926. I recall in the early 1960's that the St. Joseph plant was the world's largest pancake flour faci
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-03/msg00087.html (11,871 bytes)

85. Re: [CBQ] Stainless steel fluting (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 15:10:31 -0600
On 2/1/2018 7:11 AM, thommack@yahoo.com [CBQ] wrote: Another reason may be that I believe Budd got a patent on the stainless welding process Rupert mentions. If so, it makes sense that other manufact
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-02/msg00007.html (14,344 bytes)

86. Re: [CBQ] Looking for a CTC Date at Lincoln (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:03:25 -0600
Glen, Lincoln Division ETT #68 effective January 2, 1949 says in the special instructions: LINCOLN: Move at restricted speed over crossover switches, Nos. 1-2-3 and 4 tracks, near subway, Lincoln Pas
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-02/msg00093.html (14,620 bytes)

87. Re: [CBQ] Re: Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:26:32 -0600
Ed, Re: bad job of maintenance I'll pass on a story that Ed Abbott, a Milwaukee Road Road Foreman during the Q years and later worked for Metra as road foreman, told me about Q E units in the late 19
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00078.html (17,361 bytes)

88. Re: [CBQ] Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:36:02 -0600
This was an issue on the Q too. Several years ago the TRRA Historical Society did an entire bulletin on the Zephyr Rocket. The Zephyr Rocket was always assigned one E unit. E5s at the inaugural in 19
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00079.html (15,336 bytes)

89. Re: [CBQ] Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:53:51 -0600
The Kansas City Zephyr and the Nebraska Zephyr were combined starting starting October 28, 1962 according to John Strauss Jr.'s Burlington Route Passenger Trains Volume 3. The train also picked head
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00080.html (17,426 bytes)

90. Re: [CBQ] Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:01:06 -0600
There were not enough cab cars in 1965 order to make ,many commuter trains push-pull. Only 6 cars (790-795) with cab controls were delivered by Budd. Nowhere near enough. So E units continued to turn
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00081.html (16,586 bytes)

91. Re: [CBQ] Question on CB&Q Freight Power (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:18:46 -0600
Scott, The first Dash 9-44CW was produced in 1993. Dash-9 indicates the decade GE introduced the model (just like their Dash-8s were introduced in the 1980s and Dash-7s in the mid 1970s). They were s
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00083.html (14,321 bytes)

92. Re: [CBQ] Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:05:09 -0600
The answer is yes. The KCZ had a much shorter consist and usually only had one E unit leaving Galesburg. Bill Hirt On 1/12/2018 6:06 PM, Edwardsutorik@aol.com [CBQ] wrote: The KCZ and NZ were split a
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00094.html (16,260 bytes)

93. Re: [CBQ] Re: Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:22:45 -0600
Ed, Get John Strauss Jr. Volume 2 and 3 Burlington Route Passenger Trains. You will find many many photos of trains starting in the mid-1950s with E units running elephant style. There also are some
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00095.html (16,404 bytes)

94. Re: [CBQ] Re: Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:19:58 -0600
Charlie, Your memory is good. The May 1952 Trains had an article on railroad commuter service. It stated the Q only had 2 Pacific-type steam locomotives still in commuter service. 14 E units handled
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00117.html (18,518 bytes)

95. Re: [CBQ] Re: Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:50:42 -0600
Archie, The E5 B units were the only B units the Q purchased. The Q bought 6 E5As and 5 E5Bs.  In Jim Sandrin's excellent Bulletin article about E units (Bulletin No. 10), he says management quickly
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00134.html (14,692 bytes)

96. Re: [CBQ] YouTube videos (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:41:11 -0600
Rupert, The description of the video states the run-bys shots were listed to be to near Keenesburg, Colorado. It makes me wonder then if the initial shots of the FTs at the terminal was Denver and th
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00165.html (14,062 bytes)

97. Re: [CBQ] Re: Elephant Style Es (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Hirt whirt@fastmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:21:34 -0600
As someone alluded to earlier, the Kansas City Zephyr and the American Royal Zephyr seemed to help the nose MU idea along because of the train split at Brookfield Mo. In John Strauss Jr.'s Burlington
/archives/BRHSLIST/2018-01/msg00180.html (14,227 bytes)

98. Re: [CBQ] Proto and Genesis GP7s (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 09:19:19 -0600
Duncan, The first time most of us saw the model paint on the new Proto SD9 was at Trainfest (and it looked very good). My local dealer received the SD9s I ordered on Saturday. So based on that timeli
/archives/BRHSLIST/2019-12/msg00042.html (11,634 bytes)

99. Re: [CBQ] Proto and Genesis GP7s (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 10:34:44 -0600
I must of been lucky. I have all four of them and they were flawless. Adjusted the speed curve in DCC and they run smooth and slow. Bill Hirt On 12/9/2019 9:53 AM, Dave Weber wrote: FTW: I was not im
/archives/BRHSLIST/2019-12/msg00044.html (11,547 bytes)

100. [CBQ] K Line steam excursions (score: 1)
Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:11:22 -0600
I had friend works as a BNSF engineer ask me about K Line steam excursions between 1962 and 1966. He is working with someone who said he rode one of the excursions as a boy during that time from Hann
/archives/BRHSLIST/2019-12/msg00117.html (9,970 bytes)

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