Rob,
I know (probably through Phil) that it was a fixed system with a pit.
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Adams
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: coal tower
Thanks Phil. That may help Duncan decide whether to include a tower.
I'm a late 1930's modeler, so my plans remain unchanged.
Would you know whether the later solution was literally a portable
conveyor or whether it might have been a Red Devil coaling rig like many
other roads installed in later years? The Red Devil was produced by
Ross & White and had a fixed unloading pit and chute, but a hopper would
be placed above and unloaded as needed. There were probably similar
solutions marketed by R&W's competitors.
Kind regards, Rob Adams
Philip Weibler wrote:
>
> Hello Duncan, Rory, Rob and All -
> The coal conveyor system was in use in June of 1954. I don't know when
> the coal tower was removed, but the one in Quincy was gone before 1952
> and replaced with the same type coal yard conveyor system as used in
> Keokuk. PAW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Duncan Cameron
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: coal tower
>
> Thanks Rory. I'll take a look.
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rory Murchison
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:23 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Re: coal tower
>
> Try this one too Duncan:
>
> http://www.debenllc.com/servlet/Detail?no=2395
> <http://www.debenllc.com/servlet/Detail?no=2395>
>
> Not sure if its close to Keokuk, but it is a Fairbanks Morse wooden
> model.
>
> Rory
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>, "Duncan
> Cameron" <d.cameron@...> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Rob. I'll look for one of those. Not entirely sure when
> the tower was removed. It certainly wasn't being used in the early
> sixties (or even at the end of Wabash steam in Keokuk). It had been
> replaced by a conveyor system by the roundhouse. Unless I can find
> out when it was pulled down, I'm going to include the tower for
> visual interest.
> > Duncan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rob Adams
> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CBQ] coal tower
> >
> >
> > 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>
> <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@...
> > Modeling the CB&Q RR's Keokuk & Western branch,
> > along with connecting Wabash and CRI&P operations, circa 1938
> > <http://www.KeokukandWesternRR.com <http://www.KeokukandWesternRR.com>>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [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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