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Subject: [CBQ] Looking for books and some models for a friend of Burlington Route / CB&Q, and narrow gauge
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:58:14 -0700
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Hello,
 
This is not a post asking for free stuff or to donate anything, just looking for links to books and possibly some HO Scale trains and Cars.
 
I have a good friend who used to be the owner of the Hobbycraft in Burlington, Iowa, Richard "Rich" Hood. He has been a massive CB&Q/and Burlington fan for decades (Afterall, Burlington, Iowa, was end of the Mark Twain Zephyr from Saint Louis, Missouri among other things :D ). Unfortunately he had to close the, Hobbycraft store a few years ago due to business conditions and age, and that was a deep shame as I had been going to the Hobbycraft for decades as a gamer and mini war game player. Rich in the last year has had to be moved up to Cedar Rapids and is in a nursing home now in a memory unit, and he lost everything, trains, books, everything... 
 
I am writing to ask for some help in finding some books and small things I can get for him to help brighten up his room and make him feel more comfortable and bring back memories of his love for railroading, the CB&Q/Burlington Route, and of course his passion Narrow Gauge. If you could help out by  providing any links or books/HO Scale models that I could get for him that would be fantastic! I grew up in Burlington, and Rich was a big help in getting me straightened out and becoming successful in life. I may not be a huge railroad nerd, but I know that it was a huge passion of a good friend who did a lot of good from my perspective.
 
Thank You for any help you can provide and I wish you a wonderful day.
 
Very Respectfully,
John "Darth Vader" Bonar
 
john.bonar@me.com
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