This car has an Aladdin lamp. You can tell by the shade. Man, were those things bright. They were kerosene but had a mantle like present day Coleman lights. And the ladder to the cupola was on the flagmans side. After 40+ years, you forget some things! And not every car had the little screens to warm the crews feet in the cupola. The marker light hangers were back near the oil house on some cars.
From: HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@msn.com>
To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Standard Waycar Equipment [3 Attachments]
Here are three shots from the Corbin collection that I recently scanned for a guy restoring a waycar that may be of interest to the group.
Hol
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com From: kliner@mywdo.comDate: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04:18 -0600Subject: Re: [CBQ] Standard Waycar Equipment
My waycar is 14284. The emergency tool box was usually on the stove side of the car hanging on the wall. Is my memory correct on the glass front for this box, guys? At the end of the bunk on the stove side, were two metal brackets that held the markers when not in use. To the right of the stove in the corner was a cast iron wash basin that held a large oval shaped water can for washing up. This can had a large Burlington Route logo in the face of it also. On the wall up near the ceiling was a 12 inch square hole on each side that let warm air into the cupola where the trainman's feet would be. It was covered with strong chicken wire. Some cars had a shade that could be pulled across the isle about eye level so the light from the conductor's desk wouldn't bother someone setting in the cupola. The air mechanism under the car had a small pipe whistle that would let the crew know when the air was
releasing. In the ice box was a can that held about a gallon of drinking water and it too had a large Burlington Route logo. Under the desk was a large tapered block of wood for resting the conductor's feet on. You would wake up in the morning and all the nails in the wall would have frost on the heads, and the head brakeman who was the junior man had to get up and stoke the fire into gear. Brrrr!!! Boy, seems like yesterday. Many of the old timers hated the fresh coat of paint that was put on their floors when their car was shopped. It was very slick. So first thing the guys put lye on the floor and it was bleached almost white. More as the gray matter begins to warm up. Archie
Archie,
Thanks for your reply. That would be a great list of items to see if you can put yours hands onto it. Where would that "emergency box" have been located on a waycar? What waycar (number?) did you refer to in your response, "Dave, My waycar had a sheet of tin... " ? Asbestos? I didn't see any asbestos!
Thanks, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message----- From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>Sent: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 9:38 pmSubject: Re: [CBQ] Standard Waycar Equipment
Dave, My waycar had a sheet of tin on the wall behind the stove and a sheet under the stove. Under the tin was strips of that dreaded asbestos. Don't tell the feds. Don't forget your emergency tools that had a case of their own that hung on the wall. In it were a hand saw with Burlington Route logo on the blade, a sledge hammer, and a fireaxe. I seem to recall the case had a glass front. Don't forget your hot box cooler can. Wasn't it called a Keeley can? I have a list somewhere the company put out that showed everything one was supposed to have on the waycar. 4 bunks with horse hair mattresses. I will try to dig that up. I also have a similar list of items in a small country depot. Archie
John, Leo and dhartman,
Thanks for your replies. Some great ideas for realistic "stuff" to add to a waycar build.
Do any of you recall if there was any steel sheeting applie d to the walls or floor around the stove area?
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message----- From: qutlx1 <qutlx1@aol.com>To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>Sent: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 7:32 pmSubject: Fwd: [CBQ] Standard Waycar Equipment
John, just adding to the list. For me it's now been almost 3 3 years(man how time flies) since I swung onto or off a waycar but as you can see it's like yesterday.
Leo
Leo
I forgot about all that stuff. I was working off the top of my head and it has been many a day since even thought about these things!
From: "qutlx1@aol.com" <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:22 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Standard Waycar Equipment
Don't forget the mandatory chain or steel cable for tieing things together when they came undone. One never left the terminal w/o a chain,at lease one E and a F knuckle,hammer,chisel,bailing wire,rags,packing hook,journal oil,journal box coolant,spare air hoses,air hose wrench, all the extra flagging equip.,markers and their fuel,etc,broom,mop,a full tank of oil or coal for the stove,forms in the desk,ice in the ice box. In winter it was imperitive to put a soup can of water on the stove to act as a humidifier.It also was smart to tape the leading door jam with tape or wet paper towels. Yes they worked.
If these things weren't on the car at the terminal in pool waycar days you went to the supply point and the carman(helper) there would bring them to you. In assigned waycar days it's my understanding it was the rear brakemans job to find these items and secure them.
As to system map if yo u call a pinup a map then that was what you had one. Don't ever recall a w/c with a true company issued map on the wall.
Leo Phillipp
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