Murray was an independent company, but I'm certain they had very close
"ties" to the Q and was one of their "preferred" suppliers. I believe it
was more than just a coincidence that the foundry was located that close to
the WB shops.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
archie hayden
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:10 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Air Brake Diagram Plates
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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