Aurora was not the only foundry for the Q. The Murray Iron Works Foundry,
located at the east end of the West Burlington Shops grounds, also did much
foundry work for the Q. I have wooden patterns (masters) for three of the
brake diagram plates and the one for the Q's pre-concrete, metal Whistle
Post Sign that were from Hank Kuepper. Hank's father either worked as a
supervisor for the foundry or the shops - I can;t recall which at the
moment. Anyway, I scanned one and have loaded the image to the Yahoo! Photo
Album in the CBQ Photo area so you can see what we are talking about.
Dave Lotz
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Gerald Edgar
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:01 AM
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] unit coal trains - equipment trusts
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I have also found them on old wood box cars which are by far the easiest to
remove and sometimes have the rare CB&Q-cast (Aurora Shops foundry) air
brake diagram plates with a linear drawing for he undercar brake lines and
CB&Q initials. Kind of going thru several subjects here in the course of
this post. I have also acquired a few such brake plates from 100 years old
tank cars used in stationery storage. From my experience,
carbuilders/railroads stopped using them in the 20's as by then brake gear
was standardized so there was not the need to indicate how/where each piece
fit, the length, etc. Any old carmen on our list???
Gerald
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