[Attachment(s) from
LZadnichek@aol.com included below]
February 17,
2015
Kirby - To give you some idea as to what a "typical" Q branch line train
would've looked like prior to World War Two, I've attached one of my favorite
archived digital images identified as 2-6-0 type No. 1223 taking
coal at Red Oak, IA, in 1938. Bringing up the rear end is one of the
Q's unique combination passenger coach/way cars equipped with a cupola.
Not sure of what branch line No. 1223 was operating on out of Red Oak
that day. Perhaps, other Group members will have similar images showing branch
line trains. Good luck with your modeling. Best Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
In a message dated 2/17/2015 12:50:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Guys:
All of this is helping a lot. What would have been the motive power
used by the Q on branches like the St. Frances? What would the single deck
and double deck (hog) stock cars look like? What was the difference between
a standard caboose and a stockman's caboose?
My interest in this comes from being a fan of Ralph Moody's books,
especially " The Dry Divide" and "A Horse Of A Different Color". Both books
are set around Cedar Bluffs, KS and the area between Oberlin, KS and McCook,
NB. The books are a combination of factual and fact based fiction. They
provide a great look at life in Northwest Kansas in the period immediately
after WW I. Some of what Moody wrote about had to be fictionalized because
the people involved were still alive. The old saw about the names have been
changed to protect the innocent (or guilty) applied.
In the second book part of the story is about a flash flood that wipes
out part of the branch line and it has to be rebuilt (1920-21-22-23?).