Thanks Archie! I thought it might have been you who gave me the details.
I've got them safely tucked into a file somewhere.
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: "archie hayden" <kliner@mywdo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
> It was the Gravel Train out of Hannibal and my good friend Walter
> Kincaide who was agent at Alexandria, Mo was pulled out of service as
> well as the dispatcher. I still have the old coal stove that was
> salvaged from the wrecked combine. It was called the Gravel Train
> because it had a big pick up at the LaGrange, Mo gravel pits each
> trip. The job was seasonal corresponding with the construction of
> high ways in Missouri. Archie
> On Oct 11, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Duncan Cameron wrote:
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>> I had heard that the collision happened as it pulled off the K&W
>> onto the K-line. Can't remember which train collided with it, but my
>> impression was that it was rear-ended.
>> Duncan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>>
>> Duncan...WAs the collsion involving the 3537 the one with the Rock
>> Island train at the crossing east of C ville in the middle of the
>> night...One of those things that just shouldn't happen..Obviously
>> the whole Q crew went to sleep. That job always ran at night
>> IIRC...Never knew why.
>>
>> I think the last time Jim and I rode 93-94 was about November
>> 1956...I'd be pretty sure the car was still in that service then.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
>> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 1:55 pm
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>>
>> Pete,
>> Appreciate the offer! I've got a few photos from BRHS calendars,
>> Zephyrs and Bill Glick's books. More would always be great. I
>> believe 3537 made the move from the Villisca branch to the K&W in
>> the late fifties and brought up the rear of the mixed train running
>> from Keokuk to Centreville until it was involved in a collision in
>> 1963 and then was scrapped. I'm modeling the early sixties so want
>> to include this distinctive car on my mixed.
>> Duncan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
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>> Duncan: The 3537 ran on the Villisca-Corning (Tarkio Valley) branch
>> for many years...Jim Christen and I rode it several times in the
>> 1950's...I don't think it made it all the way to the end of through
>> service (September 1958) on that line since Jim and Charlie Able
>> made an end of the line trip down from Villisca to Corning in August
>> of 58 and Jim's photos show a converted motorcar as the waycar at
>> that time.
>>
>> If I can be of help with anything regarding the 3537 I'll be glad to
>> help...I'm not a modeler nor do I have any interest in same, but I
>> might be able to come up with an "in use" photo or two
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
>> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 6:52 am
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>>
>> Scott,
>> It's the branchline combine, 3537, which I've posted about before
>> that I'm considering modeling. I have two NKP kits, and certainly
>> plan to obtain several others eventually. It appears, having blown
>> Bill Glick's wonderful drawing up to full-size for HO that the
>> Branchline single-window coach is a bit short (at about 78 feet).
>> Does anyone know if the Walthers' coach is 80 feet and how easily it
>> might come apart?
>> Duncan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Myers, Scott V.
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:28 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>>
>> Duncan,
>>
>> Depending on what cars you want to model, I would suggest checking
>> out the available CB&Q cars from NKP Products at their website. As I
>> recall, he has kits for at least a dozen CB&Q heavyweight cars. I
>> suppose some of these might also serve as a starting point for
>> kitbashing as well.
>>
>> Scott Myers
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>> Duncan Cameron
>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 7:41 AM
>> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>>
>> Hi group.
>> In my future there's some kitbashing of heavyweight cars that will
>> have to happen and I wondered if anyone has had a go at using either
>> a Walthers or Branchline coach as a starting point. I suspect I'll
>> be using ends, roof and floor pretty much as is -- although I'll
>> need to remove the side doors from the vestibule leaving the
>> vestibule itself open to view (so the construction of the vestibule
>> is a consideration). The sides I imagine I'll need to build from
>> scratch for the most part. If anyone is willing to share
>> experiences, I'd appreciate it (or recommend another starting point).
>> Duncan Cameron
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