Here are some answers to some of the questions you had to the best
of my knowlege, hope this helps
1. In Burlington Route Color Pictorial volume 1 there is a picture
of #7020 with an oil tender. Does anyone know where I can find
drawings or a better picture of the oil tender so I can convert my
model from coal?
Answer- try the book by Bernard Corbin "Steam Locomotives of the
Burlington Route" it has many pictures of various tenders along
woith some good line drawings
2. Did the cab roof on the Mountains ever get the oxide red roof
coating?
Answer - Yes I have a few photos of the Mountains having red oxide
roofs from around the Alliance, NE area
3. The painting color guide on the BRHS website says to use Floquil
graphite for the smoke and fire box, but all the picture I've seen
look to be more silver than graphite. Any other color suggestions?
Answer - I belive it was a darker shade of silver from various
photos but the graphite color will depict the weathering and soot
that accompanied these locos. the 4-8-4 in Sheridan, WY on static
display is a darker silver color.
4. Microscale decals come with Gold and Imitation Gold letters &
numbers. Which is correct for this engine? Is the engine number on
the rear of the tender and if so, where and what size?
Answer - lol... still pondering that myself due to b/w photos, but I
belive the passenger locos were in the delux colors.
5. Were the bell, whistle or any other appliances brass or was
everything painted black?
Answer - from the photos in color I have of various CBQ steamers the
bells, whistles, and ect were of the background body color.
6. The only pictures I've seen show the Mountains stand alone or
pulling a train of heavyweight passenger cars. Did they ever pull
freight or lightweight passenger cars?
Answer - on the "mountain grades" (some were 1% or better in places)
between Edgemont, SD and Sheridan, WY they occasionally did
doublehead the mountains if no larger horsepower power was not
available.
7. What territories were the Mountains typically assigned to?
Answer - I can not help out there much... but there were several on
the Alliance and Sheridan divisions for passenger power. I belive
the book I mentioned above can help you out there also.
8. Which trains did they pull? For passenger trains, how many cars
and what types in a typical train? I don't feel I need to model a
specific train.
Answer - well they pulled the #41 and #42 passenger trains from
Alliance, NE to Sheridan, WY and beond.... Billings I do belive of
which had anywhere from 4 to 8 cars at various times throughout the
year.
The other questions that you had I would not be able to help you out
with.... hopefully someone out there has the info. Also the answers
I gave are probobly not system wide information due to the relative
remoteness of the western region of the CB&Q out here in the Powder
River area!! lol Hopefully these answers help you out!!!
Kevin
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