Like Rich, I too enjoyed getting to see Milwaukee #261 this past weekend. Not too hard to pretend our '95 Taurus station wagon was really a '55 Nomad on US34 and #261 was really #5632! Hopefully BNSF
Rich and others, I drove down to Montgomery and spent an hour waiting for her to go through on Sunday morning with 12 cars in tow. She did look great. We stood where the Fox River Branch broke off an
Hopefully BNSF will stay steam friendly long enough for some group to restore a Q steamer. Doesn't that sound too good to be true??? An occasional MLW or for that matter even UP steamer on the Q main
Y'all, I also enjoyed seeing 261. I was lucky enough to catch her both days, the first by pure luck. I was returning from a family shindig Saturday, and just happened to be "in the right place at the
Hi Tom, It would be great for a group to restore a Q steamer and for BNSF to be friendly to the idea. I myself would love to see shovelnose Zephyrs and Chinese red GP-20's running in excursion servic
The comments about the GP20's reminds me of one time chasing the 261 up around Neenah, WI. We were waiting for the train to catch up to us and the friend that I was with mentioned to some of the othe
The equipment is out there if BNSF wants to use it. Ask IRM about their relationship with BNSF, which can only be described as fantastic. IRM has apparently proven to BNSF that they are good and appr
Ed, We all have our favorites. I like all railroad equipment, but like some more than others. I have 4 favorite railroads: Erie New York Central System Burlington Route Western Pacific Being from the
Jack, Last year Dave Lotz and I talked to the BNSF in regard to just repainting two of there loco's for the Q's anniversary, we wanted to have them in Chicago for the BRHS fall meet after that they c
It looks like somebody should dig out the news-magazine interview with L. W. Menk from around 25 years ago. He was whining about the general public (hence the shippers) lacking awareness of the Burli
John: If it makes any difference there is some internal resistance to painting BNSF locomotives as a waste of resources and an unnecessary removal of a unit from service. Russ
BNSF Russ, At the time we talk to the BNSF I was told that they were going to repaint 300 loco's that year, so the loco's would have been out of service anyway. Also I had my friend at DuPont talked
Interesting comments about Mr. Krebs and Frisco #1522 from John Lee. If Mr. Krebs did feel that way about the steam locomotive (wanting to cut it up on the spot) then I wonder why #1522 is scheduled
John: For what it's worth the time would still have be paid for. BNSF has never painted a locomotive. It is all contracted out since they do not have a an approved paint shop. Both BN and ATSF quit p