Hello all, I'm in need of some assistance. About three years ago, while my wife and I were in upper Minnesota on vacation, we stopped in a local antique shop...
Sorry for the crosspost and advertisement but just in case someone didn't get theirs in time one, I have an extra ticket I'll sell for cost. Please contact me...
Rob You are in luck with finding this booty. I have operated these same jobs on Dan Holbrook's layout and can tell you that the first number is indeed the...
Greetings, Just wanted to introduce myself and make it short. I'm an HO modeler and have followed the BN since its birth. I'm planning on building a layout in...
Glad to have you on board. I too model BN but try to restrict mine to the 70's. I have tons of pictures from the 80's and 90's but very few from the 70's....
Well, the era I model is from 1970-1976 when you could find engines of any of the merged railroads along with BN equipment. My particular area had CB&Q mixed...
Speaking of BN SD45's, does anyone know how late the ex-Q SD45's lasted in the "hockey puck" green and white paint scheme? Don DeLay [Non-text portions of this...
... lasted in ... Not sure Don but as a logical "guesser" I believe I would say that by the close of 1976/1977 one could "PROBABLY" (Notice I say PROBABLY!!...
Does anyone on here know for sure or have a list of the units that were outfitted with the different colored numberboards that represented the type of oil that...
... Thanks, that's my conclusion too. There's a published photo caption saying one still in that paint in 1978, but it had it's 3 digit number. I found other ...
... Well, I can give you one operatoršs idea. I roster over 150 BN engines from re-numbered CB&Q right up to SD-70Macs and outside of those two bookends, it ...
Steve wrote ... Or, you could MU the SD45 to a MAC and tell any stickler it is a museum piece dead in transit!!! ... or an SF (MKM?) or SP you haven't had time...
... Hmmm...I might interject that if it's not our railroad, it's up to them how they like to run it... =) I try to make sure the *cars* are correct with the...
... Glenn- I'll have to admit I never saw an EMD unit with a "colored" board..I was always under the impression that this was a "GE kinda thang"..The number...
Thanks for the reply John,On the back cover of the book called BN into the 90's there is a picture taken by Jim Gilley of SD40-2 yellow board 7018. I t was...
... Actually, the first Plate B Railbox showed up in late 1974, with the large orders starting in 1975. The Plate C Railboxes started showing up in late 1976,...
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=82508 Here is a link to a photo I took of the BN #7009 with yellow numbers boards. I believe it was testing Shell...
LOL!! You learn new things every day! See, I'm not out of prototype after all! :) Do you have a source for your info, Scott? I can't remember now where I...
SD 45 6466 wore hockey stick into 1975. But the last CB&Q green unit was U23C 5206, repainted at Livingston August 27th, 1976. No pre merger schemes into ...
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Since we are talking about colored number boards can any one tell me why some of the BN U Boats had white number boards with black numbers? Seems like all the...
Jan, You should look into an Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for the time period you are modeling. They are on ebay all the time, usually under $20....
... me why ... Seems ... white ... From one John to another John!! - There was also white boards for a few Canadian built SD40-2's too due to EMD in LaGrange...
Red number boards indicated units with horsepower ratings that exceded the original specifications for that unit. Yellow boards were, in fact, indicative of...
From my number board notes. White with black numbers B32-8 test units U23C in Burlington test scheme C30-7 delivered?? then most changed to white on black. ...
... Yes, my photos for one. RMC did an article on the earliest RBOXs when they were new, and I think that article was in the December 1975 issue. And there's...
Matt, I just saw a photo of a U30C #5800 with white number boards and black numbers, didn't see that on your list, is this some kind of test unit? John Lee St....
John, There was a period of time when some thought that black on white was more readable than white on black. I can't recall the name, but there was a specific...
Hockey Pucks are green and white?? You lean something new every day.. I better throw away my black ones. Rick [Non-text portions of this message have been...
