Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Weigh Station Reporting Marks

["Nelson Moyer" <npmoyer@hotmail.com>]

Leo, it sounds like you just volunteered to write the article. Information is trickling in, so maybe we’ll have a relatively complete list of reweigh station before too long. The unanswered question is about when scale tracks were built and when they were no longer used. Another complication is that Jerry Hamsmith told me that some Q reporting marks changed with the BN merger to avoid duplication with the GN and NP. That means we modelers need two lists, one before the merger and one after. Us steam and transition era modelers only need the CB&Q list.

 

I’ll post my corrected and updated Q list in a few days after folks have had a chance to review it.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Leo Phillipp via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Weigh Station Reporting Marks

 



Aurora’s scale was between the car and paint shops and the storehouse.

Eola had two scales. West yard was on the scale/waycar track just below the roundhouse.

East yard was in the middle of track ten (at least that’s what my memory is telling me. Can’t find a track station diagram right now that shows either scale.

The R.I.P. tracks in both the East and West yards were equipped for light or running repairs so reweighs there would not be associated with major repairs or conversions as done at Aurora shops. 

 

Of course a car could be weighed and restencilled anytime something seemed out of place about it. Might be interesting for members to learn the actual process for weighing a typical car. Hint, you didn’t just set it on the scale.

 

Leo Phillipp

 

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