RIP. One of the forum good guys.

He will be missed.

Thank you Jim. Our condolences and prayers to his family. 

I believe this is his obituary in the Albany newspaper for those who are interested.  He also was a long time participant in the old AOL boards.

https://www.legacy.com/obituar...75111&fhid=27355

So sad. I never met him, but felt like I knew him just a bit. Sure seemed like a good guy. My condolences to his family should they happen to read this. 

George

RIP, C. W.

Thanks for letting us know, Jim.  My thoughts and prayers for him and his family.

-Greg

Prayers and condolences to the family of Charles Sigadel. You certainly offered good opinions and things to say on this forum. Now that you have gone home, may the Lord of Israel look kindly upon you.

Jim, Thank you for providing the update, sad though it is. 

And to C.W., riding the shiny rails in the sky, thank you for all the knowledge you shared on this forum. You will be missed.

My condolences to his family.

Chris

LVHR

62 is way too young.  Condolences to “CW’s” family and friends.

Curt

My condolences to CW and his family. We had many wonderful email exchanges over the years. Miketg

RIP CW. I remember back in the eighties he used to advertise in Model Railroader about buying complete train collections. I sold him some stuff back then long before I Knew him as CW.

My condolences to his family. Too bad I never knew who he was other than CWBURFLE.

From AOL to OGR, always enjoyed his posts. My sympathies to the family.

Paul

Sad news, he will be missed.

I only recently learned of CW's medical condition and certainly am very sorry to hear of his passing. Thanks to my friend and valued OGR contributor, Jim Policastro, for sharing the sad news with our forum family. My sincere condolences CW's family and many friends. His contributions to this forum will continue to be sorely missed.

So sorry to hear about this, May he rest in peace and run trains with the best, till we meet him.

Prayers!!!

Prayers up, for CW, and his family.

This is sad news. I had hoped he was just away on vacation. Condolences and prayers to his family.

Thank you Jim for sharing the news and Landsteiner for the obituary.  

George

R.I.P. CW.

Charlie (CW Burfle) became a regular customer of mine after I purchased the late Ted Nyerges' screw business. He had been a long-time customer of Ted's previously to that.  I did not know that CW and Charlie were one and the same person.

AN honorable, decent, always professional and kind fellow, he will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him or did business with him..  I'd never met him in person, and was quite surprised to hear that he was only 62 when he passed.  But, as my dear Mother used to say, when good people died, "The world is a poorer place now"....  how true.   My deepest sympathies to all of Charlie's family and friends.

Len Carparelli

Didn't he have a shop called Train City?

Chuck Sartor posted:

Didn't he have a shop called Train City?

Chuck, I believe you're thinking of Charles Siegel, who operates Train City in Florida.

Ron

Jim Policastro posted:

I'm sorry to have to update this thread with the news that "C.W." passed away this week from complications after a stroke. I've been privileged to have known "C.W." for many years here in the Albany NY area where he shared his expert knowledge in postwar repair and was active in many train related activities.

He was a good guy who simply prided himself in maintaining an anonymous presence online. I will continue to respect that in his passing, although most of us in the Albany Capital district have known him, and many others of you might remember him from the old auctions at the York train show at which he often volunteered.

As you all know, his desire for privacy didn't stop him from jumping in to help his fellow forumites and he will be missed here. We have lost a tremendous source of knowledge of all things postwar.

My prayers and condolences to his friends and family. 

Jim

Landsteiner posted:

I believe this is his obituary in the Albany newspaper for those who are interested.  He also was a long time participant in the old AOL boards.

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1st, I will add to the list of those who say he will be missed.  He was definitely one of the best forum members in terms of PW knowledge(and IIRC, he had a very good command of MPC items as well), and as others have said, he was always very willing to share that knowledge in a friendly way. 

Thanks to Jim for letting us know (without defeating CW's wishes now that he has passed).

I guess those who are not like minded in wishing to remain private/anonymous just cannot understand.  So now we all know his true identity. 

For the few who it turned out did know him personally by his real name, I suppose it's a connecting of dots that now makes more sense to them. There were some trying to connect the dots before his passing, attempts that he seemed in general to not be interested in.

Obviously he had local close friends in real life who knew, such as Jim.  For those of us who did not, did seeing the actual obit actually change anything other than violating CW's wishes to remain anonymous?

-Dave

Dave,

It was nice to know a little about him and to be able to pay proper respects. I hope he isn’t angry with us for this. Clearly folks noticed when he stopped posting and were worried. He connected with folks here, anonymous or not.

George

I am truly sorry to hear of his passing. I enjoyed his posts here and agreed with pretty much all of them. I did not know him personally but wish I did. My sincerest condolences to his friends and family. 

Thanks for posting the information regarding his passing Jim. CW was a productive contributor with a positive attitude and helpful knowledge. He will be sorely missed. My condolences to his family and friends.

i've written a few obits for family members.  be aware, if you leave it up to a funeral home (they will gladly do this for you), it will turn out to mostly be an ad for their business.  but once in a while reading a string like this (not the first time i've seen a "whereabouts unknown" post), i wonder if i should take care of this in my will;  a final post so to speak.   i have a pair of nephews who certainly understand internet forums and how they work.  one of them i have already appointed to be my executor anyway.

something to think about.

C.W. was always a gentleman. My thoughts and prayers to him and his family. I didn’t know him personally, but respected him, and enjoyed his posts. He will be missed.

Andy 

Didn't he have a shop called Train City?

Chuck, I believe you're thinking of Charles Siegel, who operates Train City in Florida.

Ron

Thanks Ron, I guess I was. Very similar names.

While Charlie was always a humble man who never flaunted his considerable knowledge and ability in the toy train field, he nevertheless deserves recognition for the number of people he has helped and befriended over the years both in person and on the forum.

I'm sure he would grudgingly admit that it is right and proper at this time to allow those who knew him as Charlie and those who only knew him as C. W. to join together in honoring his memory here on the forum.

Jim

I'm really bummed.  Although I do not know him personally , I could tell he was a really nice guy. This really stinks. Prayers to his family.

I'd like to offer my condolences to his family.

My sincere condolences to Charlie's family and close friends, it's sad to hear he is gone well before his time!  He was always a gentleman in his dealings, he will be missed.

My condolences as well............

Sad news.  My sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.

That is   V  E R Y  sad new to hear and read about C.W. Burfle............yes indeed, age 62  is way too young, but it must be the Almighty's' plan.

I'll miss his posts........

May he rest in peace.

Peter

Charlie was the same age as I am.  So sorry to learn he passed.  May he rest in peace.

Very sorry to hear this. Did not know Charlie, but always enjoyed his posts. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

Pat