Several gons and flats also received the green scheme. Some 70 ton covered hoppers received the newer style lettering font but were still gray with red...
Happy New Year everyone! I'm lettering a boxcar in the simplified Chinese Red paint scheme using Champ decals, set HB-336. This set includes codes for two...
I've just discovered a collection of photos and postcards of rail depots in Iowa, in the John Vander Maas Railroadiana Digital Collection at Iowa University,...
I'm playing catch up with my emails after the recent weekend and holiday, so please excuse my tardiness responding. I was shocked to read this about Jacob....
I've uploaded the latest version of the Publications Index to the Files section of the Lists. The Index includes details of photos, articles, plans, etc. that...
Finally got around to putting the Oregon Track Chart in the file section Do not know if I put it in right it is a TIFF file(what ever that it) There are two...
Wow! this is great - thank you so much for posting the track chart, Steven. It really clarifies what's in the photo - which we now can deduce was taken from...
Mark, The only Kansas City shop area that I am familiar with was and is located in Murray Yard in North Kansas City, MO., not Kansas. In BN days, the facility...
Yes Rupert, a wonderful collection. John Vander Mass collected literally thousands of depots photos, postcards, etc. along with other railroad paperwork. Upon...
Using the highway bridge as your vantage point and looking east: To the left of the main is the Mt Morris main,it runs all the way down to the east end where...
Thanks, Leo. FYI, that fan trip (6-23-1962) WAS the Oregon way freight. I don't remember where the cars were dropped off, but I do recall we had combine 3003...
Does anyone know of an internet digital source for CB&Q Annual Reports? I have gone to the Newberry Library in Chicago several times (when in Chicago, but I...
I don't know of any digitalized sources, Burlington Bulletins have some Burlington Route books have some. Lamoyne (BCR&NRY) ... From: richardforst2004...
Hi Bill, Thanks for the correction. With the shops being located in North Kansas City, was the shop code NKC or simply KC? Thanks again, Mark Heiden ... BN ......
I have 2 questions about this branch line that hopefully someone on the list can answer. At Galena Jct. the branchline appears to cross the CGW on a diamond ...
I don't know how much information is known about this short-lived line that lasted only about 10 years. The other day I followed the old roadbed using one of...
Could anyone please tell me if the Q did any street running/switching anywhere in Illinois, whether it be Chicago or through downstate villages' main or...
Glen, A little more about this line. The construction company named it the Big Horn Southern and it was named that until the CB&Q assumed it. The reason it...
North Aurora comes to mind. I have some track charts, will try and scan them if you like. (they are big - 40' by 3'!) Lots of industry. I am modeling that...
Steve- I am sure there are people on this list that can add to the obvious street running / switching venues on the Q at Aurora (the "alley job" along the old...
Steve, The "alley" job in Aurora, Illinois was Middle Ave. Which lasted until the mid 1990's when the last industry on the line the Aurora Beacon News moved...
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There was a short stretch of street running in Amboy down a beautiful brick street lined with handsome old homes. Also ran immediately adjacent to street in...
When they were doing all the work in downtown Aurora for the casino, a lot of the streets got rebuilt. During some of this work they dug up RR tracks including...
to the list in general please excuse this non Q item but there is a sad side to RR ing that comes up every so often no matter how much safety is stressed. All...
... anywhere in Illinois, whether it be Chicago or through downstate villages' main or sidestreets? If so, are there any good visual sources of what this...
I swear this is true. If I've told this one before I apologize upfront. The previous email/newspaper story about Marshall Aull brought this one back from the...
The old Fox River Branch is indeed immediately adjacent to Hydraulic St for a few blocks in downtown Yorkville,IL. Probably the most storied incidents I recall...
