The CPR E units where LaGrange built and were only allowed to stay in Canada for a short period of time, hence their alternating with the B&M on the...
Vic, Your comments on the CP E's are very interesting. B&M owned 22 E units by 1950. The original 1949 CP & B&M diesel pooling arrangement applied to a total...
... arrangement ... bound ... need ... units ... F ... Well, I didn't start railroading until the 60's, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge about what was...
... in Canada for a short period of time, hence their alternating with the B&M on the Boston-Montreal service. The reason for their short stay in Canada had to...
... I am too young to have seen them first-hand, but there are dozens of published pictures of the 3 CPR E-8s on the B&M New Hampshire Div. run-through trains...
... I believe the originally-intended service for diesel locomotives in the post-WW2 era was often quite different from the service they appeared in in later...
If one needs more proof, despite the abundance of photos in numerous publications, you can look at the Wells River Register in the group's file section. The...
Indeed many people have differing accounts of the CP E-8 units! However, the fact in the matter is that the three CP E-8 were purchased specifically to pool...
Hi All: On a two day railfanning outing to the Eastern Townships of Quebec July 19-20, 1954 I photographed CPR E-8 # 1800 at Foster, Quebec on Montreal to...
I need one of these conversions for the passenger trains on my Cheshire branch. I believe that B&M 10-1-2 car Martel became #3340 and that the Branchlines...
As an aside but part of the CP/BM E unit story. The Canadians were very particular about keeping their E units in 'almost' factory condition as far as the...
... It depends on what your threshhold of fidelity-to-prototype is, Phil. The BL and Walthers 10-1-2s both represent the later Pullman Plan 3585x design...
An additional difference for consideration is the car ends. The Plan 3585X cars had pedimented ends while the Plan 2585X cars did not. You have several other...
... Good point, Tom, to bring up the car ends as that is certainly a consideration as well. However some Plan 2585x cars that were built with round-top ends...
John, thanks for the clarification on the car ends. I have always been led to believe that B&M's 10-1-2 sleepers did not have the pedimented ends. Now you have...
... Tom, from what I have seen posted on other forums early 1923 was the transition from curved-top to pedimented car ends for Pullman-built cars. So if an...
... From: "Vic" <vic@...> To: <BM_RR@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:08 Subject: [BM_RR] Re: foreign power in Lowell in 40/50's ... Your...
Hello all I recently purchased a number of these stoppers and wonder if the B&M used them.Also if they were used would have been in the yards and the package...
We know from past discussions here that that the CP E-8's made it to Springfield, Mass at least twice. Probably because B&M power was not available. Tom...
Catching up on mail-- Thanks for the interesting info on this service. St. Johnsbury interchange: Regarding the CP/MEC/B&M service, I have read that there was...
That balloon track Scott notes is described in the 470 RR Club's OOP MeC Mountain Division book. Whether northbound from Portland or southbound from Montreal,...
About a year and one-half ago there was a thread started about tsunami decoders. The question was asked about appropriate whistles, but I don't believe there...
Can anyone help out this group? ... Watson Park website: http://www.merrimacknh.gov/town/boards_and_committees/watson_park TO:Mr. Warren B&M Railroad Club ...
I have no connection in this sale other than Paul asked me to forward his message. Roger Robar PAUL DOLKOS' BOSTON & MAINE NH DIVISION LAYOUT IS FOR SALE After...
For those of you who are presently Model Railroader subscribers, there is a PDF of the MR article about this masterpiece here (you'll probably have to log in):...
Sorry to hear Paul won't be modeling the B&M anymore, but I wish him the best in his new endeavor. His first B&M layout, which was in the September 1986 issue...
PAUL DOLKOS' BOSTON & MAINE NH DIVISION LAYOUT IS FOR SALE After 15 years of construction and many more years of enjoyable operation, Paul has decided to build...
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