Is there a readily available, reasonably accurate HO scale Q RPO that would be appropriate for the Chicago - St. Paul leg of the Empire Builder in the 1955-60 era? I just learned that the GN's RPO di
The MILW, I believe had the Chicago to St. Paul mail contract, so the CBQ only handled local mail. -Hudson _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#
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Q only handled local mail on the Blackhawk. Nothing on the Builder. On Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 4:12 PM little-q@att.net <trains@davidstreeter.net> wrote: Is there a readily available, reasonably accurate
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In the Strauss Passenger books, he says the RPOs were in service between St. Paul and Chicago on Trains 25 and 32 in addition to 47/48. BB #8 shows this route (Chicago, Savanna & Minneapolis) in serv
Let me give more details from GNRHS Reference Sheet No. 227: The consist list has Baggage car: storage mail, St. Paul to Spokane (westbound) RPO-storage mail car, St. Paul to Seattle Baggage car: sto
Attached are several photos of the Empire Builder from the BRHS Flickr gallery that show the train with a GN RPO mail car in consist while on the Q. The first was taken on 10-9-1950, the second on 6-
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If this is the first run of the mid-century Builder, the date is wrong. The first run was June 3rd, 1951. The Builder between St Paul and Chicago on Q tracks did have the RPO car. Definitely a stunni
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Rich, You are absolutely correct. The caption in the CB&Q Flickr account matches that of the Center for Rail Photography and Art caption. This is a Wallace W. Abbey photo in their collection. I can't
In the second and third photos, I think that's the baggage-dorm, not the RPO, based on the window pattern. The leading full baggage would be storage mail. Still, the photos are useful; thanks. Are th
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I'd like to run a combined EB/NCL in HO Scale. I have the Walthers Empire Builder cars, a number of their NP-painted cars, and several Proto Q E's. The info above on the Q RPO is helpful. What years
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Marty -- Beginning September 30, 1960, the eastbound Builder and North Coast were consolidated east of St. Paul in the "off season" (mid-September to mid-December; January 3 to May 31). Westbound, th
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Hi Bill, Thanks a ton! That helps a lot. I've got the NP books, and they talk about what cars ran through, but it's a bit confusing; maybe if I wasn't reading as I'm falling asleep! It would certainl
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Charlie, It might be that the mail contracts were set up before Hill gained control of the Q. At one time, Hill was looking at buying the Milwaukee for his Chicago connection, but personality conflic
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