Like many CB&Q fans, I now own enough HO Broadway-Limited California Zephyr passenger cars to recreate multiple consists. While the BLI cars aren't perfect, they do look good, run well and did not br
Dan - I too have two full trains of the BWL models and want to do the interiors. I have a number of books on the CZ, but none of them have diagrams or color pictures. The best source I have found are
Author: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:59:18 -0600
There are some color photos of the interiors of CZ cars in Burlington's Zephyrs (by Karl Zimmermann) and Way of the Zephyrs - The Postwar Years (by Geoffrey Doughty). Scott Myers ____________________
If I remember correctly from 1969 and 1970, the dome coach walls were painted brown, as was the walls and trim in the domes. The seats were a dark turquoise. I believe the walls of the sleepers I rod
I am not a modeler, nor do I have any interest in modeling, but, however, I recently purchased Doughty's POSTWARD ZEPHYRS...It has more information than, in my opinion, anyone would need or want, but
Soctt: Thanks for the helpful information. These two excellent books, however, illustrate the paucity of material that modelers face in trying to paint the interior of an entire CZ trainset of a give
When using tinted windows either with the BLI CZ cars or brass cars the interior colors aren't as important as the window glazing changes the colors used. I used for the dinning car a "Dusty Rose" wh