The Kato model is very accurate for BURLINGTON - I believe Charlie
used Q plans for it. It would not be for The ROUND-UP. The height &
profile different, the underbody very different, the structural body
instead of a sheathed body would be telling, etc.
At 05:44 PM 4/11/2010, John Manion wrote:
>BB #42, *Exposition Flyer, *has quite an impressive spread on the Naperville
>accident with many photos, but one thing I noted is that CB&Q heavyweight
>buffet/parlor/solarium observation *Mississippi *was heavily damaged and
>then rebuilt at Aurora to stainless steel office car *Round-up* by 1953,
>which survives today in private hands. I have an HO Kato model of office
>car *Burlington, *which is very similar to *Round-up *and almost accurate to
>the diagrams of *Burlington *in Bill Glick's *Burlington Business Car
>Diagrams & More.* Rearranging the windows could lead to an accurate model
>of *Round-up*, a Naperville survivor.
>One question I have on this is why it took 7 years for *Mississippi *to be
>rebuilt to *Round-up.* Did the car spend the entire 7 years awaiting
>rebuilding in Aurora or was it rebuilt to its heavyweight configuration
>before the *Round-up *rebuild? As the stainless steel cars were quite in
>style after WW II, why such a long delay to build one?
>- John Manion
> Denver, CO
>On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Bill Hirt <whirt@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > The Naperville Sun had quite a collection of pictures of the aftermath
> > of the accident. If I recall right, Harold White, who was the editor and
> > publisher of the Sun, had just purchased a new camera and was quickly on
> > the scene taking pictures. When I worked on the Naperville Central High
> > School newspaper in the early-mid 70s, Mr. White was kind enough to
> > allow us to reprint several of his pictures in a series one of our
> > reporters wrote about Naperville history (at the time, the population
> > was highly transient with most people living in Naperville for 2 years
> > before moving on - so this was a way to connect students to historic
> > Naperville events). The Sun I believe published a retrospective not long
> > after. I've never seen these pictures anywhere else as Mr. White had
> > used a white ink pen to write copyright Naperville Sun on the images.
> > Even though the Sun has been owned by Sun-Times group since the 90s, I
> > would think they would still have these images in their files. If I was
> > writing an in-depth article or book about this event, I would definitely
> > seek these photographs out.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > William Barber wrote:
> > > Here is a web site that I found which provides some photos and a list
> > > of the dead and injured. In most cases, it also shows where the
> > > people were from.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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