I'm flattered!
Hee! Indeed.
LOL! 
As depicted in my article, yes. However, I figured it out. 
Cut down some tank cars and make water sprinklers, perhaps? 
Yeah, I wound up using a trolley pole on "Bessie". Quick and dirty answer would be a solid plastic pole from an Atlas/Industrial Rail car...
On "Bessie", I wound up scribing a door from one of the cab side windows and mounting a ladder beneath. 
You can never go wrong with Razorback Red! 
Mitch
Re the door, since I procrastinated for so long, I was going for quick-and-dirty. IMO, most people won't notice, and I wasn't going for realism anyway. If I tried to scribe one, it would look like Homer Simpson did it.
Thanks for the tip regarding the Atlas plastic pole - I didn't know that Atlas made such a thing. Realistically, it will be whatever I can find at a parts dealer or in a junk box.
Mallard I have long term plans to do a similar steeple cab. I've got one slope back tender and Mitch's cab plan. I still need a chassis, another slope back and time. Seems like absolutely everything is a project right now and my prioritization skills are shot so I've got things everywhere. I want to thank you for sharing, now I know I need to figure out a cab door.
As for color, as an homage to the brains behind Frankenshteeple how about Razor Back Traction red?
For the cab and chassis, I used the 6-8374 because I found a scratched up one at a meet for $30. I realized that I needed something with a small can motor in the chassis because the slope of the tender bodies leaves very little room above the trucks. Needed to move the circuit board to sit under the cab. It runs perfectly, and of course it doesn't need to pull a lot of cars. It was the perfect length. I think I paid $5 each for the tenders and $5 for a sheet of plastic to hold the sides together, so I'm in it for $45 plus the pole, glue, paint, and decals.
As for prioritizing projects, I'm in the same boat. I need to live to be at least 120 to get most of them done. FWIW, I think I've spent a total of about 4-6 hours on it so far, so it wasn't a huge investment of time. IMO, it's a good kick-starter, since it can be boxed up and set aside if it gets in the way.