Al,
I would venture to guess that if you went up to the owner of the property,
he/she would be more than happy to let you take close up photos, and maybe
even tell you all about it.
Good luck
Ray Bedard
San Jose CA
>From: Albert Kamm <akamm3@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>To: "landrowen@sbcglobal.net" <landrowen@sbcglobal.net>, CBQList
><CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
>Subject: [CBQ] Re: Random Waycar Sighting
>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
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>Thanks for the research, Larry.
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>According to Waycars of the CB&Q (Holbrook and Lorenz), Q 14351 was
>intended to be renumbered to BN 11087 but never received that number. It's
>a 30 foot Class NE-1 (steel underframe applied) originally built in Aurora
>in July 1906. Notes in the book say it was donated to WTTW (Public
>Television in Chicago) in July of 1971. Additional notes say WTTW
>auctioned it off to an individual in May 1977. These dates don't agree
>exactly with what you said below, but they are close.
>
>I would be interested in seeing your pictures. I didn't think going back
>and taking pictures through the fence would do the subject justice.
>
>Al Kamm
>
>"landrowen@sbcglobal.net" <landrowen@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Albert Kamm wrote:
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> > My wife and I were bicycling near St. James Farm near Warrenville,
>a Chicago suburb. For those of you who might not be familiar, this
>is a large farm/estate that is being left to DuPage County as a park
>when the current owner passes away. We were on the portion of the
>Illinois Prairie Path that skirts the northern portion of the
>estate. Since the leaves haven't come out yet, we could see
>significantly more of the farm than normally is visible while cycling
>the Prairie Path. And tucked among the buildings is a green waycar!
>It's clearly a wooden Q car. It's in BN green with a BN herald. I
>couldn't pick up a number at the distance I was at. Nor could I see
>if it was still on the original trucks. It is on trucks, as we could
>see one end pretty clearly. The lower portion of the side is hidden
>when viewed from that angle.
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> > I've ridden the path there many times and never noticed the waycar
>before. Does anyone know the history of this one? I may just have
>to wait until the place is open as a park to check it out.
> >
>
>Al and all,
>
>After reading your post I had to scratch my head -- isn't St. James
>Farm the place my nephew works? A couple of phone calls later I was
>on my way with camera in hand!
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>The Waycar is BN 14351 and is in perfect condition!! Markings on it
>indicate that the bearings had been repacked 12/25/70.
>
>The owner of the farm bought the waycar at auction in April, 1971 and
>moved it to the farm behind the original farmhouse(a log cabin).
>Fifteen years later it was moved to the picnic area of the farm and
>used as an office.
>
>The car is complete and everything looks brand new! Fresh paint and
>fresh upolstery throughout. I'm thinking that BN must have rebuilt it
>in December 1970. The coal stove and watertank/basin are there. An
>ice chest is in the opposite corner. The toilet is in place. Except
>for the lack of tools and no paperwork on board, it looks like it is
>ready for service!!
>
>I took about thirty pictures of it with my brand new digital camera
>and as soon as I figure out how to download them I will try to send a
>file to the photo section. (Can anybody tell me how? Feel free to
>contact me off-list.)
>
>Maybe someone can come up with the history of BN 14351.
>
>Larry Owen
>Bolingbrook,IL
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