”I hope to model CB&Q #70 (4-4-0 American) in HO. I want to model it as it
operated in 1887 with the wagon-top boiler and larger drivers, rather than
after its rebuild and re-numbering to #412."
There were three different 4-4-0s numbered #70 on the CB&Q. I consulted a
number of different rosters and don’t see a #70 that got renumbered to #412.
Based on your criteria the one you want is likely second #70 (first was built
in 1855 as Quincy & Chicago “Macomb” and was off the roster by 1878. The
second #70 was built by Galesburg in 1878 which kept #70 until it was
renumbered to #1070 in 1898. It was re# 412 in 1904 when it was rebuilt into
an A-3. There was a third #70 built by Rhode Island in 1886 but it was
numbered #925 until 1904 when it got #70, only to be re# 462 in 1917 when it
was rebuilt into an A-2.
I haven’t found a roster that gives any specifications for locomotives in the
1880s, but since it was numbered #70 it was likely a Class A. I've attached a
drawing and specifications for a Class A which should be close to what
Galesburg built.
Charlie Vlk
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