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CB&Q HO Scale West Burlington Depot
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Located on
the north side of the Chicago to Denver CB&Q Mainline, the West
Burlington Depot was one of the smallest buildings in the West
Burlington Shop complex. This depot is a standard CB&Q
design that may be found in many smaller communities along the
CB&Q. As shown below, this depot lasted well into the BN
era.

Photo by Dave Lotz
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Screen Door &
Window Kit for the W. Burlington Depot

Kit includes wood frames and screening material for the trackside
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CB&Q HO Scale Wood Tower

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Wood
Tower, located at the junction of the Burlington, Iowa to St. Louis,
Missouri K-Line and the Chicago to Denver mainline, just on the west
bank to the Mississippi River, was built in the 1882 and was
operational until the 1959. Shown here is the West side away
from the tracks.

Photo Courtesy Norm Snider |
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CB&Q HO
Scale 30' 4-Window Wood Waycar

This
model represents the NE-2, NE-3, NE-6, NE-7, NE-8 and NE-9 class
waycars. Features include options to build with the older
wooden cupola or the more modern metal plated cupola, and an Athearn
floor and frame with provisions for modification.
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CB&Q NE-4 waycar #14534 passes through Brookfield, Illinois just
prior to the BN merger in 1969. Built in the Q's Galesburg,
Illinois Shops in December of 1871, this waycar is representative of
the family of 30' 4-window wooden waycars represented by this
model.

Photo by Mike
Bezin
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CB&Q HO Scale 30' Side-Door Wood Waycar

This model represents a group of NE4 class cars rebuilt by the
CB&Q with baggage doors for LCL service in the late 1950's and
early 1960's. Two different style baggage doors are included.
Kit features laser-cut parts for precise fit, modified Athearn
underframe, and white metal smokejack (Trucks, couplers, and decals
not included).
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Rebuilt CB&Q NE-4 waycar #14560 sits at Edgemont, South Dakota
on Otober 6, 1946. Built in the Q's Aurora, Illinois Shops in
August of 1877, this waycar is representative of some of the
rebuilt, side-door wooden waycars represented by this
model. 
Photo by Bernard Corbin |
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CB&Q 28' 3-Window Wood Waycar
(Model Photo
unavailable)
This model represents the NE-1 and NE-4 28-foot,
three-window prototype waycars that the CB&Q owned and operated
from the 1904 consolidation until the 1970 merger. Many of these
waycars received at least one if not two rebuilds during their
lifetime. Sometime in the 1930's, the wooden end ladders were
replaced with steel, wooden underframes were replaced with steel,
and the wooden cupola sides and ends were covered with zinc
sheeting. Some of these options are included with this kit. At least
54 of the 28', three-window wooden waycars survived the BN merger
and were used for several years before being retired, most of them
gone by 1978. This 100% laser-cut wood kit also includes an Athearn
underframe, Grandt Line turnbuckles, and AMB white metal smokejack
(less trucks and couplers) |
CB&Q NE-1 waycar #14073 sits in a waycar lineup in Cicero,
Illinois in June of 1963. Built in the Q's Aurora, Illinois
Shops in December of 1871, this waycar is representative of the
family of 28' 3-window wooden waycars represented by this
model. This waycar is now preserved at the Illinois Railway
Museum in Union, Illinois.

Photo by Mike Bezin |
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Base Finishing
Kit for Laserkit® HO waycars

This kit, appropriate for all of the AMB
LaserKit® waycars, includes one pair of Model Die Casting waycar
truck sideframes with four Kadee® #520 flat black 33"
wheelsets and Kadee® #58 couplers.
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Craftsman
Finishing Kit for Laserkit® HO waycars
Includes: Details
Associates AMB Detail kit (side, end, roof, drop and straight grabs;
coupler lift bars; ladders; eyebolts; NBW castings), and one Q
Connection toilet vent and a pair of Trout Creek Engineering etched
brass 4-rung ladders.
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Q Connection HO
Waycar Smoke Jack Kits
Q Connection Smoke Jack Kit (2 per
package)..............$6.95
Tired of those generic,
solid castings for your waycar’s smoke jack? Q Connection is proud
to offer a correct, two-piece smoke jack for your Q hacks. The stack
is cast in white metal, while the cap is formed out of brass. Two
drops of ACC, drill the correct dimension hole in the roof, add the
fine wire braces, and your waycar will look 10 times better!
KITS
ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
(These kits are
unavailable as I am out of the brass caps. My source for these
caps, Dave Beck has passed away and I do not have another source for
making these. If you know of someone who would be interested
in making these, please contact me. If you are interested in
the white metal stacks, I am selling these for $5.00 for a package
of 3.)
Q Connection HO Waycar Smoke
Stacks
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Screen Door & Window Kit for LASERkit HO
waycars
Both
3-Window Version and 4-Window versions are available. Please specify which
version you need.

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Flush window kit for the HO Scale Bachmann NE12 plastic waycar

NE12 Window set (w/backing in place)
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Bachmann
produces this plastic caboose that closely replicates the CB&Q
NE-12 all-steel waycars. Q Connection is pleased to provide
this flush window kit to help you complete this model. Because
the models are injection-molded, the window openings are exactly the
same on all the models, so we were able to design this kit for a
perfect fit.
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HO Scale HavelockBaggage/Express Kit
Kit includes:
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2 acrylic car sides
and 4 separate doors from American Model Builders (LaserKit).
The acrylic doors are scored replicating flush mounted windows
and are pre-masked for ease of painting. The grab iron holes are
pre drilled making installation easy!
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1 Train Station
Products Pullman Standard Core Kit for the floor, roof, ends,
truck frames and 8 roof vents. The TSP floor and roof need to be
shortened to the correct length.
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1 pair of Kadee #58
couplers and brass centering springs
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4 Kadee #522
smooth black 36" non-magnetic metal wheels with true to
prototype accurate markings, smooth tracking, free
rolling, insulated axles with RP-25 contour
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Assembly
instructions and BRHS scale drawing showing underbody equipment
and placements - a detailed list of detail parts are provided in
the instructions which you will need to purchase separately

Finished Kit sans underbody details

Parts included in the kit
N Scale Havelock
Baggage/Express Car Sides
(Car Sides Only - Use with American Limited Core Kit)
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Burlington's
Havelock Economy Baggage cars were built to meet the needs of a
booming mail and express business following the end of World War
II. Closely patterned after the GN-built lightweight
baggage and express cars, 273-276, the Q initially built 30 of these
cars at the Havelock, Nebraska Shops from October of 1950 through
May of 1951. Ten were fitted for Zephyr service with
electrically operated straight air brakes, painted in the
"Simulated Stainless Steel" (SSS) scheme (aluminum body
with dark gray shadow lining to simulate the fluting/corrugation of
the stainless steel Zephyr equipment) and were classed BA-19
and the other 20 were equipped for general service, painted in the
standard Pullman Green and were classed BA-19A. Another 30 of
these cars were built iat Havelock n March and April of 1952 with 10
as Zephyr-equipped, SSS painted BA-19s and the remaining 20
as general service cars in Pullman Green. By the 1960's the BA19s
all wore solid aluminum paint.



At the 1970 BN merger, 37 of the
original 60 cars remained in revenue service, with most in dead
storage. One car, Q 1036 was painted in the BN Cascade Green
and renumbered BN #7025 before the end of 1970. After Amtrak's
creation in 1971, there was no longer a need for these in passenger
service, so many of these cars ended up in BN Maintenance of Way
service, numbered in the 968000-series and 976000-series, some
retaining their old CB&Q paint, while others received a coat of
BN's boxcar red company service paint. A few even survived
beyond the BNSF merger.
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HO Scale GP Heater Cabinet & Vent Kit
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Jim Singer Photo
Craftsmen skill level kit with white
metal parts machined by the late Dave Beck, will provide
the discriminating modeler the detail parts to complete any
manufacturer’s GP7 or GP9 and make it more accurate for the
CB&Q.
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HO Scale SD Overnight Heater Vents
(2 per Package)

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Another never before offered
detail part to help make your HO scale SD’s appear more accurate!
Q Connection, with the invaluable machinist skills of the late Dave Beck,
we bring to you a white metal cast overnight heater vent for your fleet
of Burlington SD’s.
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CB&Q HO Scale Dry
Closet Kits

Double Compartment Assembled Kit
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Single Compartment
Prototype
These are easy kits to
assemble, requiring only one or at the most, two evenings to
complete. Please note that the kit does not include the prototypical
smell!
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HO
Scale Concrete
Instrument House
Q Connection
Kit...........................................$9.95
The Q Connection Ltd. Edition
kit includes a one-piece cast resin building with rough sides to
simulate the seamless concrete. The roof, door, hinges door handle,
door spring and door hook are part of the casting, all you need to
do is paint them silver. A separate roof vent, and appropriate
dimension lumber for the wire support.
TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE 
Production casting without additional parts.
Copyright
© 2002-2010 Q Connection. All rights reserved.
Revised: February 11, 2010
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When the Burlington wanted something to
last, they had it made out of concrete! These small, yet ubiquitous
concrete instrument houses were no exception, many still serving
today on the BNSF! Used system-wide, these virtually indestructible
buildings housed electrical signal equipment and were often found
near grade crossings. Q Connection is offering a kit of the 6' 6" x
9' 6" version. 
Jim Singer Photo
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