Hi Duncan;
I just finished commuting home in our lovely Iowa winter weather and saw
your post. Unfortunately, the tower plans in the June 84 MM are for a
substantially different tower design than the one at Keokuk (if my
recollections of that series of articles is still accurate).
But all is not lost for us Keokuk fans. There is a kit once produced by
Gloor Craft (Their catalog No. 406) that could serve as the basis for
the Keokuk tower with several modifications. The basic size, shape and
construction details are similar. Modifications of several framing
details, the roof, and sheathing on the hoist tower would make it a a
very close fit. Top it off with some modified Tichy parts for the
discharge chute and gate and you'd have a pretty credible and nicely
detailed model (in my humble opinion anyway). I have one of the kits
and this is my present plan for an eventual Keokuk terminal model.
I hope this is helpful.
Kind regards, Rob Adams
Duncan Cameron wrote:
>
> It caught my attention because the old tower in Keokuk was the same
> capacity.
> Rob Adams has a couple of pictures of it on his K&W website. Timber
> construction, spanning one track and serving a second.
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kenneth Martin
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] coal tower
>
> Duncan,
>
> The article is on the 150 ton tower at Eola, there is no mention of who
> built it.
>
> Ken Martin
>
> Duncan Cameron wrote:
>
> >Mainline Modeler, June 1984 apparently had plans for a CB&Q coaling
> tower. Does anyone have this issue? If so, can anyone tell me whether
> this might have been a Fairbanks-Morse design?
> >Thanks.
> >Duncan Cameron
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
--
Rob Adams
Wellman, IA
steamera@netins.net
Modeling the CB&Q RR's Keokuk & Western branch,
along with connecting Wabash and CRI&P operations, circa 1938
<http://www.KeokukandWesternRR.com>
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