Speaking of the CB&Q derricks:
What are the best HO models to serve as a basis for the CB&Q derricks?
Any suggestions on special modifications (if any) to stock derrick models to better approximate the Q prototypes?
Would 204376 out of Galesburg have handled wreck clean-ups on the C&I in the late 60's?
Thanks!
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
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CBQ@yahoogroups.com, <holpennywagner@...> wrote :
Actually, the lettering reads:
DANGER
KEEP OUTSIDE THE RADIUS
OF THIS MACHINE
WHEN IN OPERATION.
Attached are scans of all or part of images that appeared in BB No. 18 on wreckers, and they show the lettering pretty well. The radius of the two hooks was also stenciled on the boom, though the 204375-204376 both only show the 41 ft. 0 in. radius of the main hook not the boom tip hook. Stenciled weight is 376,000 pounds, and by the 1960s the derricks were stenciled with their assignment, the 204376 having GALESBURG DERRICK at the upper rear of the side sill, the word GALESBURG hidden in the shadow. I'll probably send one of the scans in a second message, since Yahoo limits attachments to 10 MB.
Hope this helps.
Hol
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CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From:
CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 18:21:37 +0100
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Derrick 204376
FWIIW: Years ago End Cab Models sold the Athearn 250t crane in exactly this
paintscheme, inclusive the warning:
DANGER
keep outside the radius
of this machine when
it is in operation
(all in capitals). This confirms Scott’s interpretation as we may
assume that ECM had access to the original or solid
documentation.
Ben de Vries, the Netherlands