Britt's about 100 miles north of Des Moines, 15 or 20 miles west of I-35 on US 18 (ramp at Clear lake) I don't know the schedule for next year's festival, but it'll be on the *Iowa Tourism* website u
Fellow BRHSers - Please be cautious with this book - there are over 2 dozen factual or drawing errors in it. For instance, Silver Dale, et al, are represented as CZ style solarium cars (!) - so in th
I'm afraid I can't agree with Paul and Jim regarding the Bulletins . . . I haven't seen #37 yet (my membership lapsed), but I am sure it will have information and photographs I can use - at some poin
[snip] ring. Prime Lincoln the to noise Without hearing the recording, I can't say for sure, but it could well be the idling diesel of 9900 . . . You are correct that the original 201A was replaced (
that the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia volume 2 has an article dealing with 1936 ART steel reefers. The two-herald version of the paint scheme was introduced with the 1951 rebuild program for these c
Good point, Randy . . . I've wondered about that myself. It *may* have been the sound department, using a dub off of a PE Hollywood car passing the studio . . . but OTOH, the original configuration o
The GHS team was "The Silver Streaks"? Anybody know when that started? And, as a sidelight to this thread, does anyone know of any other prototype railroad train that was ever named after a movie? (t
paint. A dynamometer car would be operated between the locomotive being tested and the trailing train. It should operate cupola-forward. I've never seen any information concerning support cars in CB&
It's Fort Madison, IA . . . where the former AT&SF main from Chicago to Kansas City crosses the former CB&Q's secondary main between St. Louis & Burlington, IA. Marshall
None. The odd cars out in the series were 4705 (Silver Leaf) and 4706 (Silver Eagle) for the General Pershing Zephyr. 4705 was a 70-seat coach, at 88'-8" coupled; 4706 was identical to the others exc
they They were distinctly similar, but not the same. C&S waycars used archbar trucks, rather than the passenger-style used on most Q wc s - They also tended to have unequally-spaced 3 window sides, a
A quick scan through Burlington Bulletin #33 (which you need to borrow or buy - available through BRHS - see www.burlingtonroute.com) seemed to confirm my recollection that such a configuration would
Like that live Actually, the Athearn is >supposed< to be an ATSF prototype, with 6' and 8' single two-window doors, while the Argo/Olympus had single 5' and double 9' doors - Plus which, the Athearen
Cities few The 49' (40 seat) coach was #525, built 6/35; the 64' (60-seat) coach was the Pioneer Zephyr was built 6/38. The history of these cars is often confused. her consist until delivery of #500
<blush> - That wasn't what I meant . . . I am concerned if Challenger is marketing their 4-car 9901/9902 as Twin Zephyr assignments. It just didn't happen. (I did offer to advise them & got a "yeah y
Maybe I didn't make it clear in my earlier post - 525 was added in '35 to expand 9900. While it had started out saving all the money Ralph Budd had hoped on the KC-Lincoln run, it rapidly started cos
guess before It's unwise to use anything stronger than the MicroScale solutions on thinfilm decals. Solvaset & DecalSet were formulated to deal with the old plexigla-style carrier films of Walthers a