Hi Some exciting news....... Eastern Seaboard Models are planning to release painted sides for the ex MEC cafe lounges in Wabash and N&W blue (and will match...
... the ... products. ... Well, Gerry beat me to the punch on this one; but here is a little more info: Eastern Seaboard Models has announced that they are...
Fall 2007 Millikin University Archives exhibit is finally up online. The physical exhibit A RAILROAD RUNS THROUGH IT can be found inside Staley Library on the...
Very interesting reading. Thanks for sharing this and it looks like it was a fun topic to research. I hope I may be able to take in this interesting exhibit...
I am not RR savvy so please excuse my incorrect terminology: I need to know the (model, type), of the chair cars or coaches used in the old version of the Blue...
Great stuff.? Thanks Todd. I always wondered about the?abandoned right of way through Fairview Park.? Rumor had it that the interurban ran out there but your...
Ken, Well, we had a pretty good turn out. There were right at 100 members present, with about a 60/40 split MPHS/WRHS. I met a number of MPHS members that I...
Thanks Gary, hopefully we'll meet-up at Naperville. Ken Rees ... From: gary roe To: wabashrailroadhistoricalsoc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 09,...
Did the Wabash equip its F7 diesel locomotives with a backup light, as they did the E8 diesels? Also, what year(s) approximately did the Wabash start...
Here's a question for everyone: I'm looking to paint an Athearn PA in the Wabash blue scheme of the 60's, and need to know what the color combination is to get...
James, I can't say for sure about the backup lights or the sun visors; but the nose MU connections started appearing in early 1961, when the renumbering...
Per the request of our good editor, I added some photographs of the Columbia depot after the city's extensive restoration and expansion. You can see the...
Mike, Model Flex had some blue paint that was marketed as "Wabash Blue"; but this was the formula for the blue on the three color units, not the solid blue...
James and Gary, The nose MU receptacles actually began appearing in 1960. I have several photos of F units with them still numbered in the 1100 series. Might...
I understand that in modern times the Wabash just hauled freight cars on the ferries as any mixed train passenger combine, for example, or locomotive was for...
I'm new here, having joined only so that I may ask a question that may sound stupid to some. I model the Soo Line (hey, stop boo-ing!) but am building an...
Jim, The short answer is "No". The closest you can get is the Atlas cylindrical covered hopper which had the slogan "Cannonball Freight Service" on it. gary...
Gary, Thanks for the reply. I guess a cylindrical covered hopper would be a tad out of place on my 1957-era layout, too. Oh, well - didn't hurt to ask. Thanks...
... National) dating from 1897. Wabash passenger cars were ferried over from Detroit to Windsor - first with the Grand Trunk ferries Landsdowne and Huron, and...
Thanks for the information Chris. Incidentally, what's your source? Am I to understand that the locos for the passenger trains were not shipped on the ferries...
... Ferry and early passenger train infomation is from George Hilton's "Great Lakes Ferries". Despite being printed in 1962 it is still the bible of Detroit...
The Detroit River has not frozen since the early 1970s, but the channels leading to Lake Erie would plug with ice. This ice would have to be broken up or the...
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