Chris, When Mike assembled these books, it was not always easy to find color photos in the time frame he was given to produce the book. I’ve attached a color photo of these cars for you. The B&W photo (which has been darkened so that the 4-61 build date can be seen is from the BRHS Burlington Bulletin #20, which unfortunately is out of print. Dave From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of popbumper1
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 11:25 PM
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Two announcements! Quick question on the HC's, if I may. I have the Michael Spoor CB&Q color guide. All of the HC1-A's and B's are mineral red or black, and then are painted grey in the group of 450 rebuilt in 1968 (starting at road #182250) as "HC1-C's". If the Intermountain models represent a 1961 build, why are they not in this volume? I realize that some cars ARE missed in various volumes, but I was surprised to find out about these models and see them missing in the Spoor book. Thank you! Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- Date: 8/27/21 9:21 AM (GMT-06:00) Subject: Re: [CBQ] Two announcements! Interesting. Thanks for doing the research and sharing! Dave On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:24 AM, Dave Lotz wrote: I received word last night that InterMountain has shipped our limited edition run of the Q’s HC-1 hoppers in grey with the placard herald. The built date on these cars is 4-61 and we’ve run six numbers, two with return stenciling.
Awesome news Dave! I just ordered three! I was really excited to see the two cars stenciled for Return to Oregon, IL since I model Oregon.
These cars that Dave is selling were numbered CB&Q 181900-182249 and built at Havelock in 1961. For those wondering what they might have carried, besides sand. the wheel reports for CB&Q trains 97 on 06-04-1966 and 07-02-1966 have seven of these cars listed (one on the 06-04-1966 train 97 and six on the 07-02-1966 train 97). Here is the list and loads:
Train 97 06-04-1966
CB&Q 181979 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Savanna Destination: Ranville, MI Consignee: The Hanna Mining Co.
Train 97 07-02-1966
CB&Q 181907 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Norshore Jct, MN Consignee: Reserve Mining Company
CB&Q 181941 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Emco, MN Consignee: Erie Mining
CB&Q 182097 Loaded 40 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Norshore Jct, MN Consignee: Reserve Mining Company
CB&Q 182179 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Norshore Jct, MN Consignee: Reserve Mining Company
CB&Q 182240 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Negaunee, MN Consignee: Empire Mine
CB&Q 182244 Loaded 50 tons CLAY Station: Minnesota Tfr MN Destination: Norshore Jct, MN Consignee: Reserve Mining Company
This would have been bentonite clay for making taconite pellets:
To process taconite, the ore is ground into a fine powder, the magnetite is separated from the gangue by strong magnets, and the powdered iron concentrate is combined with a binder such as bentonite clay and limestone as a flux. As a last step, it is rolled into pellets about 10 millimeters in diameter that contain about 65% iron. The pellets are fired at a very high temperature to harden them and make them durable. [source: Wikepedia]
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Cincinnati, OH
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