Greetings, The final edit of The Burlington Waycars is just about complete. If the schedule holds the books will arrive from the printer in late January. We will be updating the website in the next f
GREAT!!!! AND hopefully not too late; going thur my OLD CB&Q A.R.'s (back to 1862) - first mention of "Waycars" in in Annual Rpt of 1868 (printed late summer of 1868 as Fiscal yr was July to June say
Gerald I don't suppose it gave the numbers of the coaches? And whilst you are going through the Reports, could you keep an eye out for a "scale test car", please. In 1901, there was one listed in the
In a word (whether coaches modified into Way Cars had their #'s shown): no. I think CB&Q A.R.'s may be a good subject for a future Zephyr. (C&S/FtW&D stat's are included in later yrs but also had sup
Gerald, Wow! What a source of info. I'd always assumed annual reports would be balance sheets and such. I'd never thought of them as a way to track the construction or installation of buildings and o
I am uncertain as to whether BRHS archives have any but regardless, til we find a permanent home for same, they are not readily accessible. CB&Q like many corporations, donated AR's ea yr to librarie
Yes, the archives does contain almost a complete collection of annual reports, but as Gerald said, until we can find a permanent home for them, they are pretty much inaccessible. Dave Lotz Past VP of
Thanks Gerald and Dave! Duncan Yes, the archives does contain almost a complete collection of annual reports, but as Gerald said, until we can find a permanent home for them, they are pretty much ina
There are copies of the Annual reports for 1912-15 in Railway Age Gazettes which you can download from Google Books. Maybe there are others? Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To vi
Thanks Rupert. I'll look into Google Books. Duncan There are copies of the Annual reports for 1912-15 in Railway Age Gazettes which you can download from Google Books. Maybe there are others? Rupert