F. Bradlee wrote books on the early B&M, The Eastern and the B&L. Has there been a book done on the Fitchburg RR by him or anyone else? Thanks. Jim Flynn...
... I don't believe Bradlee ever wrote a book about the early Fitchburg; he seemed to favor the era before the 1900 merger. Best equivalent may be Carl Byron's...
Not really. The closest thing you will find is "The Life and times of Alvah Crocker", but it doesn't have much on things like FRR Motive Power. Further, there...
Hello all, I wanted if someone could help me with a question I had about BM Evans Boxcars # 100-119. I read somewhere that their lease had been given up ...
... Travis, The Evans Cars were not included in the January 1967 ORER. The 50 car #100-149 series was included in the July 1973 ORER. By January 1977, the ...
There are a couple of thin chapters in "The City and the River" by Doris Kirkpatrick (basically the history of Fitchburg). The Crocker family could probably...
Thank you, Tim, John and Sean. I ordered a copy of Harlow's "Steelways..." yesterday. I need the full name of the author of "Formation of the NE RR Systems", ...
George Pierce Baker, Harvard University press, 1938 This may be tough to find. Good Luck! JAR ... From: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BM_RR@yahoogroups.com]On...
If you have any questions please email off of this list. Thanks. The Torrington (CT)Area Model Railroaders club cars are now available. The latest release is...
Other than sharing the same 4-6-2 wheel arrangement, are there any other similarities between B&M's Pacifics and the Athearn Genesis model? There are 2 undecs...
... Athearn's smoke box, boiler and cab are OK, but they should be detailed with aftermarket parts. The tender and tender trucks have the right shape although...
... Off-hand, the Athearn USRA is a more modern design than the P-2, and was built for larger clearances, so the cab sits a lot higher on the boiler. The P-3...
Tim, Thanks. Can always count on you for a knowledgeable answer. Would just changing out the drivers work? Or at least get it a lot closer? Greenway products...
Tim, My sympathies. I'm B&M knowledge challenged, so we'd probably make a good pair :-)) What I meant was would changing the drivers to more correct ones be ...
... Definitely the replacement of the Boxpok Drivers will make the Athearn B&M P-4 closer to the real thing, but the lousy drive system would still remain. ...
I'm a little confused. What problem with the drive did you mean, Jim? I don't remember the Genesis USRA coming with Box-Poc drivers. As far as I know, the...
By the time you invest the money and effort, you may have spent as much as buying the brass p-2.... ... __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase:...
Norm, I think there is some confusion regarding the models Tim and I were discussing. I'm refering to the Athearn Genesis and I belive Tim is talking about the...
I, too, don't have time to "dig in my data" right now, but I bet you'd find a closer match between the Athearn Pacific (a USRA Light, IIRC) and the B&M P3. The...
The Athearn Genesis Pacific does have spoked drivers, not boxpoks. At least the 3 I've looked at have. Jim Flynn ... built with spoked drivers is beyond me....
Question for the entire group of individuals who have been to the B&MRRHS Archives..... Has anyone seen a land plan for the White River Jct station area? I am...
Jim, I haven't seen one but read the boxpok comment in another post. My understanding is that the Genesis engine is a USRA Light 4-6-2. However, I may have...
... But it will take a lot of work to make a Genesis Pacific into a B&M Pacific. As has been stated before, the closest to a USRA Light Pacific which the B&M...
Ah yes Tower "X", I never worked that place but dispatched it for years. The system was just as Dave explained, but had two major problems, 1. "the trap" which...
... Alan, One could quibble about your use of the adverb "very." Athearn's rendition of the USRA Light Pacific may be closer to the four B&M P-5's than a P-3,...
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