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Re: [CBQ] Air Brake Diagram Plates

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Air Brake Diagram Plates
From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:10:00 -0600
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Dave,  Was Murray a part og the Q or a private business that did work  
for them?  I have some cast iron stoves made by them 3 different  
sizes.  One from a depot , a coach , and a waycar.  Thanks, Archie
On Nov 30, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Dave Lotz wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
> <clip>
>
> 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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