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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
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?).