Hemi, The Q did have some cars painted BN green that arrived or were rebuilt closer to the merger. They just had Burlington on the side of the car...
Ken, If you're going to paint one I'll give some more info. My book only shows 2 series of steel ice reefers with the hinged doors. The 1st were...
Ken, My CB&Q Color Guide shows all reefers painted reefer yellow. The green cars were insulated boxcars that started arriving in 1961 with...
According to my 1978 Rand McNally C&S went through the northeast corner of New Mexico. The only shared trackage with ATSF I'm aware of is in...
I saw 9647 today with an eastbound coal train. Only saw the Fireman's side. Looked like the paint was peeling some behind the dynamic brake.
The 1st unit to recieve green & white was CB&Q GP-40 629 in 1968. CB&Q's SD-45's & U23C's were delivered new in green & white in 1969....
I, like Alan was a late comer. I bought my daughter(wink-wink) a train set for X-mas when I was 25. I always liked trains tho. My Grandpa worked...
I have 2 of the John Deere sets. The 1997 set has F7, tank car, 40' box car, 40' flat car with 2 JD tractors and caboose. The 1999 set has a...
Back in the late 80's or early 90's BN was running 2 empty coal trains together. I never counted cars but it shoulda been somewhere between 210...
There is some info at www.railserve.com/ Go to model rr-layout & design info then to all gauge model rr page then to build a model rr. Hope this...
I saw 2 Oakways thru here today. They both had the hatches back on. I read somewhere that they were removed because of low clearances at some...
here on bnsf's mainline across southern Iowa between 50 & 75% of coal tains have one mac in the lead and one pushing. I don't know if they come...
Justin regarding where all the coal goes go to www.railspot.com/ click on train symbols definitions. It has a page for BNSF & UP. It shows train...
