After reading the article in the last Zephyr by Dave Beck on
building a model of the 14700 bay window transfer waycar
from the Accurail boxcar kit and then taking a look at the
drawings mentioned in the article (June 1997 RMC) and the
photos and drawings in "Waycars of the Chicago Burlington &
Quincy" by Holbrook and Lorenz (the original printing) I
have a few questions on this unique waycar.
Was the 14700 always painted mineral red while part of the
CB&Q? Did it always have the lettering style more commonly
found on the waycars painted Chinese Red? While Dave
mentions in the article that the end platforms are covered
with scribed siding, suggesting that the prototype waycar
had wood flooring here, did the Q ever cover the end
platforms with the steel safety tread decking like most if
not all of the Q's waycars had in later years on their end
platforms? The reason that I ask is because the photo on
page 84 of the waycar book by Holbrook and Lorenz would tend
to suggest that the platforms may have been covered with
either steel decking or thin plywood, but this may have been
an addition in later years by the Q to cover weathered
wooden platforms.
One last question, the waycar book mentions that the 14700
(11274 after the merger) was still in Hannibal, Missouri at
the time of the book's writing (1978), still existed at that
time. Anyone know if it is still around or when it may have
been scrapped?
Thanks in advance,
Ed Pavlovic
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