Good Afternoon on Stupor Bowl Sunday, ... The short answer is no. Of course your layout is your world, so can do whatever make you happy. The SD45s were gone...
... Thank you for measuring another one for me Mark! That's a great help. My eye typically wouldn't spot the 1" difference on the unit you measured the other...
For those of you who are current members of the TXRail Yahoo Group, the Groups name has been changed to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TEXASRAILFAN/ Please take...
U30C's did occasionaly operate in freight service. The only time I ever got to see U30C's were on KC-CHI freights as the Brookfield Sub had no coal trains till...
For Mike Farley, I was looking through the 1976-1977 BN Annual and came across a picture of BN Heater Car 16 on page 181. It's a picture taken from the side...
Dale, Just to add a little to the advice provided earlier by Rob, Jim and John regarding whether SD45s be run with the U30Cs on merchandise freights in the...
Not for long. New yes, the painters just spray on the green, but after the first load, its all scratched up and rusted, and dented. And after a few years, no...
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Feb 3, 2004 10:53 pm
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That's interesting. The model I have seems to have a wood floor, although the car is steel. I assumed gons had a wood lining on the floor of the car. Is...
Some older gondolas had wood floors, so the dunnage and bracing for certain loads could be nailed to the floor. In this case, the floor would end up looking...
... We were just talking about these cars on the 6-List (RPM-Forum@yahoogroups). Seems Life-Like used a prototype which had nailable steel flooring*. Out of...
Thank you very much gentlemen for your responses. I checked the numbers on my gons and they are all ex-CB&Q. I have to ask: What the heck is nailable steel?...
... A smart aleck would respond that it's the floor in any OTHER road's gon..... but the real answer is series of U-shaped steel channels with the legs bent ...
Hello, Im trying to model a BN gp38-2 #2264 (EX SLSF 409) as it looked in the 1990 to 1995. I have a picture of it in 1998 but not sure thats what it looked...
Alex, I'm guessing the headlight on the nose, is a Post BN (BNSF) conversion I'm guessing, so I'd say any time after the merger, but probably mid 1996. The ...
90 to 95 the 2264 would have had : early in the 90's the Pyle Gyralight still in place, ( although disconnected ) then, the Gryalight gone, but the notch...
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... I doubt it had a nose headlight (as opposed to its original Gyralite) before the BNSF merger. Some ex-Friscos did lose their Gyralites, but the headlight...
Just to let everyone know that I've posted a bunch more stuff at Castle Graphics (http://www.castlegraphics.com). New photos include more BN & CBQ photos, as...
1993 - train shows or used book dealers. (or eBay?) Where can I get a copy of the BN Caboose book that GNP publications released? When did this book come...
Hi Bill, This book is now out of print and is hard to find some times, don't be surprised to see this book going for big bucks. The last one that I saw was ...
Thanks to all that replied to my inquiry.Since I posted my question I found a bound photocopy of the BN's 1973 List of Equipment.I will however keep an eye out...
Forwarded from the Railroadiana list (originated with the RCAI list). Wes Leatherock wesrock@... wleathus@... ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi all-- I am looking for info and photos about BN woodchip cars inherited from the SP&S and NP, specifically, cars with diagonal outside bracing. If anyone...
Alex M wrote: I am looking for info and photos about BN woodchip cars inherited from the SP&S and NP, specifically, cars with diagonal outside bracing. If...
