hi rob, charlie, dale, and group,
thanks for replying! i've had several wonderful
contacts from folks like you from the cbq list. thank
you all for taking the time and making me feel
welcome! if you'll email me offlist, i'd be happy to
send particulars of how to contact me. with the
wealth of information you folks have been willing to
part with, this project will be the best yet. when
this project is completed, i hope you can point with
pride at YOUR accomplishment. i couldn't do it
without you!
george - moose the caboose
--- Robert MANLEY <robev1630@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> George,
> Plans for one of the sidedoor cars were printed in
> the ill-fated magazine " Model Transport" It was
> either 14006 or 14042. I've got the issue but I'm at
> work and it'll take a while to find it. If you send
> me your address I'll make some color copies of it.
> As I remember those waycars were converted in the
> '60s. So I wouldn't call them typical or Steam Era.
> A few months ago was a new product blurb about a
> O-Scale Q waycar. It was laser cut and incredibly
> detailed. It even had the interior framing. That
> could be a good source for copying up scale. I think
> it was a 4 window car. Highly typical of the Q.
> There was also a wood, illustration board and pot
> metal kit offered by All Nation Hobbies, in O, you
> might find at swap meets or e-bay. I've got 1 In HO
> walthers has a 4 window , almost accurate model of a
> typical wood waycar. Make sure you don't get the CNW
> car in Burlington paint. Oriental had many wood cars
> in HO brass and one of the side door cars in O.
> Echoing Ford's remarks, the Mike Spoor Color
> Freight & passenger car book or the old soft cover
> wacars of the CB&Q book by Dan Holbrook are a must
> have. Just be careful of the plans in the waycar
> book. I remember the doors on the NE-10 steel cars
> were too wide. Also look on the Fallen Flags website
> for good images of Q equipment.
> another suggestion for Unusual Q waycar would be the
> CW6 or CW7 class drovers car.
> Look on the railway Classics site under cabooses. I
> have heard that those models are not entirely
> accurate so again be careful.
> Happy Modeling
> Rob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Grice Dale-MGI1833 <dgrice@motorola.com>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2006 7:27:50 AM
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] cbq cabooses
>
> George,
>
> I was privileged several years ago to help a railfan
> buddy move a wood
> side-door CB&Q caboose # 14006 if I remember
> correctly. We moved it from
> a farmers field to West Liberty, IA. The West
> Liberty tourist train
> startup failed and the caboose was moved to
> Mid-Continent Museum in
> North Freedom, WI. It was subsequently donated to
> Mid-Continent upon his
> untimely death.
>
> The original move was quite interesting for this 18
> year old at that
> time. We borrowed a couple of I-Beams, a mess of
> cross ties and and 2
> track jacks. We jacked it up first one end, then the
> other, cribbing up
> the I-Beams each time until a flat bed semi could
> back under it. After
> 170 mile move, we then had to reverse the action.
> The caboose did not
> have any trucks at that time, but somehow,
> somewhere, my friend Chris
> found a set.
>
> Anyway, that side door caboose has a lot of
> character. Someday I need to
> get back up there and see it again.
>
> Dale Grice
> Atlanta, GA
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
>
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups. com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.
> com] On Behalf Of
> teb2771@earthlink. net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:32 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] cbq cabooses
>
> George: The Wausau Insurance Company, Wausau, WI
> (now owned by Liberty
> Mutual) has a full-sized CB&Q caboose by their
> training center that you
> might look at. Rumor is they are looking to sell it.
> Cupola-style with
> the passenger-like trucks (I'm clearly not a CB&Q
> caboose expert); nice
> inside with two walkover (reversible) seats in the
> cupolas. You could
> take your own measurements. Tom Burg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ke4fzf
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com <mailto:CBQ% 40yahoogroups.
> com>
> Sent: 9/6/2006 3:28:07 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] cbq cabooses
>
> hi all,
>
> i've just started watching this group because i've
> become interested
> in building a 1/8th scale cbq caboose. not just any
> caboose, but
> one with character, one that says 'hey, i may be
> homely, but i'm
> useful and unique'! i've been able to collect source
> photographs
> from the usual locations, but to date, i haven't
> seen anything that
> shouts 'build me'! i prefer wooden cabooses from the
> 1870's thru
> 1910's (however, if it is later and still unique,
> i'll still
> consider it). if i can get the data and source
> photos, i'll build
> it early next year. you can watch it being built on
> one of the live
> steam threads at www.railfan. net.
>
> there has to be something out there that should be
> shared with
> others even in model form. my equipment runs in a
> public park where
> more than 40,000 kids visit each year. there has to
> be something
> out there to represent the cbq to these young
> inquiring minds.
>
> can you help?
>
> george the caboose moose
>
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