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Stourbridge Lion Mar 27, 2006

  1. Stourbridge Lion

    Stourbridge Lion TrainBoard Supporter

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    Sad to say there has not been a post in this forum since 17 February, 2006...

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  2. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Me me me!
    Yeah, I haven't done too well creating traffic on this forum...
     
  3. marty coil

    marty coil TrainBoard Supporter

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    Does this Count??????

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  4. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    You can always count on Marty for Hill Lines cabeese....

    Great job!!
     
  5. Doug A.

    Doug A. TrainBoard Supporter

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    Well, I can add two "Q" related notes...

    1. While it's no high traffic affair, I have a Fort Worth & Denver Railway Yahoo group that any Q-fans are welcome to join and participate in. Pretty much any CB&Q topic would fly, and of course BN and BNSF, too. Kinda like the focus to be either FW&D or C&S territory, but we're not too strict in this forum, really. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDenverRoad

    2. Any CB&Q/BN fan should be at the Friends of the Burlington Northern convention this summer in Denver. Check out http://www.fobnr.org for more info.

    [ April 04, 2006, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Doug A. ]
     
  6. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    That convention is tempting...
    I should go, but I dunno if it is in the funds...

    Thanks, Doug, for the info on the FW&D group.
     
  7. I'm a Q fan from way back. One of my earliest rail memories is of watching SDs in black & gray switching in Ashland Nebr. Chalco, Nebr. was a great place to watch trains a night . Good parking and no one bothered you. You could sit there and listen to the relay box click till the next train showed up.
     
  8. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    A favorite trick!
    waiting for the relays to click...

    Welcome to Trainboard!!
     
  9. SDP45

    SDP45 TrainBoard Member

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    I would like to know the details of the exchange of FW&D switchers for old GN GP7s, which became FW&D 700 series units.
     
  10. Doug A.

    Doug A. TrainBoard Supporter

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    Dan, feel free to join the FW&D "Denver Road" group and post your question there as well. I've seen mention of the swap, but I don't know the details. I have two of the best FW&D books on the planet though and I'll see if I can find anything in those.
     
  11. Drewlikestrains4001

    Drewlikestrains4001 New Member

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    CB&Q has always been one of my favorite roads. I wonder why it isn’t more popular?
     
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  12. acptulsa

    acptulsa TrainBoard Member

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    It's pretty darned popular for a great plains regional.
     
  13. gmorider

    gmorider TrainBoard Member

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    Actually, I am more of a CB&Q admirer. I have a couple of "Q" boxcars on my layout module. Also, my first intro to HO was on my older cousins train set. He had a Chinese red GP-38. I was amazed at the realism on these model railroad things after working with Lionel three rail equipment. Another thing is that the GM&O in Alton, Illinois seemed to work closely with the "Q". All good!
     
  14. Doorgunnerjgs

    Doorgunnerjgs TrainBoard Member

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    Even though I am primarily a Northern Pacific/Rock Island fan, CB&Q is of interest since after 1918, the NP's trains between Chicago and St. Paul MN were operated by the CB&Q. Hard to believe this thread languished for 13 years!!!
     
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  15. Burlington Bob

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    I guess my moniker says it all! I grew up on a farm in central Illinois and the CB&Q ran right through the middle of it. Whenever I heard a train coming the race was on to make it to the crossing to watch. I really like the Chinese red paint but I love the Blackbird scheme!
     
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  16. Charlie

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    I am a retired BNSF engineer, but my "career" was on the former C.B.&Q. side of the railroad.

    Charlie
     
  17. Des Moines Rocket

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    Primarily a Rock Island fan myself, and Iowa interurbans, but I also like the CB&Q. They had a branch line into Des Moines, now BNSF. I think it is still extant, though I have not been back there myself in several years.

    Part of the allure of CB&Q for me is their fantastic Zephyr fleet, and I am working on a project in N scale to bring the Zephyr Rocket back to life. Bonus: CB&Q E5s and CRI&P E6s! Having a bit of trouble finding the proper consists for the early 1950s, though.
     
  18. Doorgunnerjgs

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    Found this, but don't know if it will help. Found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20150208074112/http://www.rits.org/www/equipment/rizeph.html

    7/6/96
    Zephyr Rocket Consists


    #61-561 (St. Louis)Burlington-St. Paul/Minneapolis
    #62-562 St. Paul/Minneapolis-Burlington(St.Louis)

    CB&Q; #15/#8: St. Louis-Burlington


    1940 semi-streamlined rebuild & rename

    60' RPO 861
    10-3 Minneapolis (1917)
    Cedar Rapids (1911 12-1-1 reblt 1931)


    1941 rebuild & rename

    8-1-3 Rocket Tower (1929 10-2)
    Zephyr Tower (1929 10-2)


    1-7-41 initial run

    bage-mail 800 CB&Q; 1601 Silver Mail
    bage 861 CB&Q; 902 Silver Express
    52 chair 312 Waterloo CB&Q; 4709 Silver Castle
    10-3 Cedar Rapids Minneapolis
    8-1-3 Rocket Tower Zephyr Tower
    dining-prlr-obs 432 St Louis 433 St Paul


    6-25-46 loco assignments for Mpls-StLo 561-62-8-15

    E3A 627


    8-12-46 actual at Fort Madison, Iowa

    E5A CB&Q; 9913A Silver Wings
    bage-RPO CB&Q; 1916
    bage CB&Q; 1508
    coach 200 Muscatine
    coach CB&Q; 4700 Silver Chariot
    coach CB&Q; 4702 Silver Spring
    8-1-3 Rocket Tower
    10-3 Cedar Rapids
    dining-prlr-obs 432 St. Louis


    1-5-48 RI assignment

    RPO
    bage
    chair
    chair
    8-1-3
    10-3
    dining-prlr-obs


    7-1-48 RI assignment

    E3A 627


    1-22-50 RI TT

    (unknown headend & order)
    chairs
    8-1-3
    10-3
    dining-prlr-obs


    4-1-52 RI circular
    car#
    60' RPO
    bage
    chair LW
    chair LW (Dorm)
    10-3 DBR B-155/36
    8-1-3 DBR B-156/39
    diner-parl-obs 150/620


    1960 sleepers replaced w/GS 6-6-4's


    4-8-67 discontinued


    NOTES
    All lightweights built by Pullman-Standard unless noted

    Sources: Car Names, Numbers & Consists - Robert J. Wagner
    The Official Pullman-Standard Library - Randall & Anderson
    Vol. 8 Rock Island
    The Zephyr-Rocket, RITS DIGEST Vol. 19 - Suhs

    Abbrevations: SP Southern Pacific EP El Paso
    Pu Pullman Mpls Minneapolis
    LR Leg Rest Pho Phoenix
    DH Dead Head Tus Tuscon
    ACF American Car & Foundry Tuc Tucumcari
    bage baggage LR Little Rock
    stge stage/express SD San Diego
    RICP RI Color Pictorial "e" electrically operated


    Thanks to Jim Bennett, Fred Frailey, Steve Hile, Greg Stout, Joel
    Boucher & others.

    Please report additions/corrections to John Matrow, 2753 N. Pershing,
    Wichita, KS 67220
     
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  19. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Well, enough to kit bash a Life Like E6 into an E5 a long time ago to pull my Sam Houston Zephyr made up of the Kato cars when they first came out. Of course, I showed the E5 to the folks at Kato and take full responsibility for them coming out with their own. ;)
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  20. Drewlikestrains4001

    Drewlikestrains4001 New Member

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    Nice e5! I just got the kato e5 for Christmas!
     
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