For those of us not receiving the flyer and living out of state, can someone
provide the information to order a copy with P&H? TIA
gary laakso
From: gvlc6@hotmail.com
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:10 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Burt Mall's new steam book
BRHS mbrs rcvd a flyer concerning this new book with the most recent Zephyr
mailing. Burt also had a table at the Spring meet where you could buy directly
& save a few $$$. I've known Burt for years so knew it would be a good book as
a) he actually worked fro CB&Q and b) is a nice guy who is as honest as the day
is long. Thus the flyer was very accurate. Actually 31+ % of the books photos
are CB&Q and many of the C&NW/IC are in Q territory. What I especially liked
was that being a Q employee in various roles for 5 yrs gave Burt access to
locations and info that most railfans did not have. Thus you get a great book
for these reasons: 1) being self-published he got the book done the way he
wanted (larger than normal format); 2) his commentary is excellent; 3) photos
include 75 of the Q and 14 of C&S including at least 6 Q wheel arrangements
inc. a rare view of a shop 0-6-0; 4) incidental views of freight cars &
waycars, MoW, early diesels, servicing facilities, employees, etc & 5) only 5
pics in the entire book have ever been published! The rare pic to my mind
though was not one of the behind the scenes Q steam loco pics but a color view
of a 50' Central of Georgia box car behind an IC steam loco with the big oval
'football' herald. Although I have an HO model (early AHM) I'd never seen a
color photo of the 50' proto. (I know, you have to love freight cars to care!)
Great job Burt! (& if copies remain by Sept, I hope you have a table @ Rock
Island!) Gerald
PS - althouhg 4960 is on the cover, only 2 or 3 of the Q pics are of steam in
fan service; note #4000 is shown being serviced for a revenue freight run very
late in its career! This is a book of work-a-day steam.
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