Bob, Neat scene. You got one thing--probably many more--right for sure: The C&NW did not paint its heavyweight coaches in the yellow and green scheme but left them Pullman green. Some of its heavyweight baggage/mail/express cars did get the green and yellow but far from all. So your train is correct in that respect.
Thanks, the scene brings back memories of seeing the "Dakota 400" come through Owatonna, Minnesota, in the summer when I was working in the area. In 1959 the train still had mostly streamlined equipment and an E8 or an E7 for power. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Bob Werre Sent: Fri 7/11/2008 3:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} new panoramic Friends, I have just uploaded a panoramic view of my CN&W passenger train detouring through Madra. Since Council Bluffs/Omaha yards are still in a bottleneck all the member railroads of the GPNTRR have been sending their trains that way. Madra is a sleepy little granger town on the North/South Dakota border served by the Milwaukee and Soo Line Railroads. Here's the page: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/view/2e5f?b=18&m=f&o=0 The CN&W train, The Dakota 300, is not much of a revenue producer with only a RPO and one coach, but it's summer and traveling the dirt roads of the area is easy and indeed travelers have always been somewhat rare in that area. They consist mainly of vacuum cleaner salesmen, traveling gamblers, your's and my aunts, and the occasional revival minister. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com If anybody is interested, this photo was composed of three separate images, put into PhotoShop's merge program. It does a credible job if you don't try and get too fancy. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
