New CB&Q Caboose Book

CB&Q had wood sided 4-window, 3-window, 3-window with side door and all those great coach-baggage-caboose combines.  Add in steel-sheathed, all steel, streamlined steel and wide vision.  Then toss in C&S and FW&D and you have a great variety of waycars.  Stop by Caboose Hobbies and check out the book.  There is a companion plan book at a lower price.  

I bought both and think they are well worth the rather high price.

If you search loonng and haarrd, you may find a very old copy of Prototype Modeler magazine devoted to CB&Q waycars.

ChipR

Chip, Can you provide titles please. Thanks, Malcolm

The latest caboose (WAYCAR in Burlington lingo) is "THE BURLINGTON WAYCARS", but Randy Danniel, Marian Reis and Joseph Douda. It is a very good reference book, tons of great photos and lots of information and history.

As ChipR stated, the Q had tons of different waycars. There are lots of modeling options to increase your fleet of Q cars, but most all require a lot of kitbashing.

The only O gauge waycars that I know of are from Mullet River and a brass one made by Sunset, I believe. These are 2 rail versions.

For 3 rail, there is the extended vision car offered by several manufacturers; Lionel, MTH, Atlas, etc.

Some one on the Forum took a Lionel 17600 series from 1992, and made it into a Q waycar. I picked up one and will kitbash mine into a 3 window waycar. What is nice about this car, the cupola is correct for the Q, a single window, and the windows on the side are also correct. Lots of possibilities with this car.

So if you like Q waycars, this book is worth adding to your library.

RAY

All Nation also made one.

Rusty

Malcolm,

The "The Burlington Waycars", mentioned by Ray O'Sun above.

The 2nd book is "The Burlington Waycar Drawing Book", by Randall R Danniel.

Both available at Caboose Hobbies with a discount.

ChipR

p.s., Malcolm, Would you be interest in producing one of your fine caboose from the plans?

CR

The Q caboose book is really a great referance guide.  I know the price will makle you stand back.  I got mine at Caboose hobbies in Denver two years ago on sale which helped my wallet.  The All Nation kit makes into a great NE-6 caboose.  You find them occasionally on E-bay.  A brass side door caboose was made years ago.  Don't remember the manufacturer.  Just finished a Lionel steel sided cupola caboose in Silver with the Q herald and it looks pretty close to the prototype without doing a lot of surgery on it.  Also La Belle made an O gauge kit of a  CW-6 combine coach baggage caboose.  I built one two years ago with a full interior and looks great.  That kit is not for the beginner.  It is a real challenge to build.   

For what it's worth, the CORRECT trucks for those beautiful CB&Q cabooses are VERY difficult to find. The brass CB&Q caboose models imported by Subset/3rd Rail are fantastic, with the correct trucks and even illuminated markers. I purchased two in 3-Rail, and then installed Kadee couplers, which makes them look so much better behind 50 or so reefers pulled by a CB&Q M4a 2-10-4 (which Sunset/3rd Rail also imported).

Malcolm,

Email sent.

Thanks,

ChipR

Glen Guerra from Mullett River Model Works has a kit for the CB&Q wood frame trucks, as well as C&NW, which are similar.  http://mulletrivermodelworks.c...&products_id=214

I just pulled up those Mullet River trucks, since I could use two pairs...they are
$120 Bucks a Pair!!  (which is more that one of his caboose kits!)

Right! Plus, those trucks are kits, and not the easiest to assemble either.

Yes, I would imagine they are tricky to assemble. But perhaps some folks remember the Chooch wood beam passenger trucks of perhaps 25 years ago. Very tricky to assemble, but beautiful. And the poor guy has done the masters for the trucks, which are probably low demand.

Oh, and toss in $17.95 for some NWSL wheelsets!  But these trucks are essentailly perfect reproductions. Depends on what you like! 

I fully agree. However, in checking Glenn's Mullett River Models website, his discussion about those particular trucks was posted after LAST YEAR'S "March Meet", i.e. dated April 2013.  In passing by his table this past weekend, I didn't see any trucks, if he actually them there. So, the big questions are; has Glenn actually MADE any truck kits, and are they available yet?

Maybe he makes them up as an order drifts in?