Going back further than the foundry at the east end of the Shops grounds, and
further back than the empty factory downtown, I found that Murray once owned
one of the lots that became the current depot grounds in downtown Burlington.
There were several businesses in the area on small lots. At the time, I did
the research for the abstract of title when the City of Burlington acquired the
depot. If I recall, Charles Perkins bought up a lot of these properties. It
was a fun project and I was paid to do it. All of this information is public
record in the Des Moines County Courthouse.
Ken Vandevoort
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Lotz" <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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