What's New? Those of you, who have looked at the older version of my site know that this is a whole new
layout with a new menu system and more color. Hopefully you will like this format better, since it going to
be easier to navigate between the pages.
Only changes to the content of the site will be listed here. Technical changes and minor spelling or
punctuation corrections will not be listed.
| 02/25/2008 | |
Information about the paint and lettering scheme for the diesel engines is added to
the
Color Charts page, the
E8A page, the
E8B First B-Unit page, and the
E6B Secound B-Unit page in the COLA section.
The E6B information is updated to reflect the
new E6B model I have.
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| 01/25/2008 | |
Information about a second preserved 4-4-2 sleeper, the Hunters Point is added to the
Figueroa and the
Palos Verdes pages in the COLA section.
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| 01/13/2008 | |
The COLA Progress page has been updated.
I have checked and updated all external links, some had expired since I put them in.
I have also changed the picture format of all Ambroid pictures since the new ISP displays
the pages in a different format than the old ISP did.
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| 01/02/2008 | |
A Privacy Policy has been added to site.
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| 12/19/2007 | |
New model pictures added to the Baggage-Dormitory - 6006
and the Cafe-Lounge - Mission Inn pages.
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| 12/16/2007 | |
Updates on the Baggage-Dormitory car are added to the
Baggage-Dormitory - 6006 page.
Updates on the Cafe-Lounge car are added to the
Cafe-Lounge - Mission Inn page.
Updates to the modeling status are added to the
Consist page.
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| 12/15/2007 | |
I have changed ISP. There are a few changes because of the way the new ISP has decided to
host the site.
The picture of the Ambroid kit 5,000-2
(Von Allmen Pickle Tank Car) is
replaced with a picture of a car with the original lettering.
A note regarding the survival of the 6-6-4 sleeper
American Courier is added.
Time tables for the COLA and Amtrak Southwest Chief are added to a new
Time Tables page.
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| 11/18/2006 | |
Progress notes for July and August are added to the
Progress page.
Notes on the lettering of the cars are added to the Color page.
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| 09/03/2006 | |
Progress notes for July and August are added to the
Progress page.
Updates on the second B unit are added to the E6B page.
New model pictures added to the 6-6-4 sleeper American Command
and the Observation car Sun Valley pages.
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| 08/22/2006 | |
The note on the whereabouts of the sister car to the two 4-4-2 sleepers, the "Civic Center"
is updated on the Figueroa and
Palos Verdes pages in the COLA section.
The whereabouts of one of the sister cars to the Club-Lounge, the "Colombia River"
is added to the Loup River page.
A note on the truck designation for the trucks to the
Pacific Island sleeper is added.
I found a new Sun Valley observation car. The page is
updated with some information about that car.
Three new boxes AG1,
GR and
N2 have been added to the Ambroid
Boxes page. |
| 08/06/2006 | |
Design notes are added to the E8A page, the
Diner page, and the
Cafe-Lounge page, in the COLA section. |
| 08/05/2006 | |
The color chart for the 10-6 "Pacific Island"
sleeper is completed with color samples for all colors.
A paragraph on exterior colors is added to the color chart
home page.
I found a link showing that some of the PS Full Door Box Cars, the
1-of-5,000 Series Kit #2-2, were
rebuilt to bulkhead flat cars. |
| 07/27/2006 | |
I have added a number of references, web rings, and Yahoo groups on the
Home page.
There is a new mail form on the
Contact page. I haven't figured out how to incorporate
this form into my general page layout, so for the moment it appears on a separate
page.
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| 07/24/2006 | |
All Ambroid prices are updated as of July 23, 2006. The prices are found on the
K Series listing, the
1-of-5,000 Series listing, the
H Series listing, the
O Series listing, and the
S Series listing.
A reference to an explanation of "scale" and "gauge" is added to the
Ambroid Kits home page.
A clarification of the scale of my COLA train (H0) is added to the
COLA home page. |
| 07/22/2006 | |
The frame layout didn't last very long. I was never happy with the way the navigation
buttons looked so the layout is now back to a single frame. |
| 07/22/2006 | |
The introductory text on the Home page, the
Ambroid page, the
Ambroid Kits page, the
Ambroid Boxes page, and the
COLA page has been changed.
I moved the background image on the COLA pages to a position on top of the pages.
All COLA consist pages have been reworked. The intra-page navigation buttons are gone
and some text has been re-written.
A new Site Map page has been added. |
| 07/08/2006 | |
Title pictures are added on the Home page, the
Ambroid page, and the
COLA page. |
| 07/04/2006 | |
Prototype information and picture of Ambroid kit O-14
(Reading Outside Braced Reefer) added.
Prototype information for Ambroid kit H-14
(Reading Outside Braced Reefer) added.
Picture of Ambroid kit K-9 (Great Northern Caboose)
replaced. The former picture was not that of an Ambroid kit.
Box Y added to Ambroid kit 1-4 (Richter Vinegar Tank Car).
This abnormality is explained in the Boxes section. |
