The B&M RR Magazine, Jan 52, pg 17, has a picture and article on the W-3586 scale test car. The following is paraphrased from the article. 'It is used to ...
Kevin, There are two photos of W3586 and a brief article by Harry Frye in MN35. If you hsve the disk you can easily pull it up. Among other things Harry...
And don't forget that scale test cars were hauled at the rear of the train - they had no brakes since having them and being actuated when brakes were applied...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 11:47:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, bmbobwarren@... writes: And don't forget that scale test cars were hauled at the rear of...
The area shown is the junction of Barbers Crossing. The line north (going off to the left) is the B&M's Worceter-Perterboro branch. The buildings there at the...
In a message dated 1/29/2007 4:21:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, minute_man200@... writes: I'm going to put sound into my B&M HH660. I need to know what...
Well, Roy, I do have a few in saleable condition. Last sold one on eBay at $15.50 last March. A popular issue for many reasons. $8.50 POSTPAID FIRST CLASS mail...
... I purchased several and kept the best one ... Must be a Fairbanks :) Hmmm--What brands did the B&M use for various applications and locations? Dan ...
Note: forwarded message attached. Still think BLI/Precision Scale (irony huh?)isn't going the way of IHC by plastering roadnames all over their models without...
Alan, Neither forwarded message nor attached response got posted on group's list. Suggest that you copy and paste each so that its posted on Yahoo. Tim Gilbert...
_____----BLI/Precisioncraft will be bringing the Boston & Maine herald to it's line of highly detailed engines. Available in May 2007: B&M AC4/AC5 Cab Foward ...
... Thanks Roy! Bet the engineer lost his hearing rather quickly! Alan ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
I suppose using the same logic that BLI/Precision Craft would letter an F-16 fighter with a United Air Lines logo - at least the word "United" would be...
Hah! Maybe I could find a way to put my old Athearn pacific shell on their drive....wait...why am I even thinking like that?!? I have not replied to their...
Mr. Williamson, Do you remember what happened with the BLI Boston & Maine E7 shells that were painted incorrectly? How many were returned and how many...
I spoke with Matthew Williamson several months ago and while Alan has made an eloquent plea for a B&M 3713 the simple fact of the matter is that they want to...
Norton company had quite a network of track within their plant.They had through the 1970`s a large fleet of older retired boxcars from different New England...
I am thinking of adding a paper mill to my freelance B&M layout and am wondering what prototype would be good to use as reference. Any suggestions? Joe...
... Joe, Your first decision is whether you want one which is an integrated mill with pulp producing facilities, or one that buys its wood pulp. The former...
For my money, the mill at Lincoln, NH (no longer extant) would be the best. This would be Franconia Paper and later Profile paper (and perhaps a few other...
Ouch!!! One of the things I can do because it's just MY modeling of trains is to run and build trains that would never have seen each other. These all have...
Hello and thanks for all the interesting info. But I'm still looking for photos. Can anybody tell me how to get a hold of the said issue of the B&M Magazine...
... trains is to ... someone ... No problem with that. Everyone has a right to model the way they want to. ... Once again, no big deal. Many modelers mix...
... I recall that the Wolfeborough RR bought two or three of the outside braced Norton boxcars for storage and for their good wheelsets. One day, Brian Beeler...
At Des Plaines Hobbies on Friday, I saw a Roundhouse (?) 4-4-0, big display box, in both large and small headlight that looks a lot like the the B&M's in...
_____ From: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BM_RR@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of peteski7 Subject: [BM_RR] Re: B&M Scale Test Cars Hello and thanks for all the...