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CB&Q HO Scale West Burlington Depot  

AMB Kit No. 157 w/rolled roofing ...$59.95              

Q Connection Kit w/tab roofing ......$64.95              

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

Screen Door & Window Kit for the W. Burlington Depot

Kit includes wood frames and screening material for the trackside door and six windows.

CB&Q HO Scale Wood Tower

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.

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

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). 

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)

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.

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.

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!

(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

Screen Door & Window Kit for LASERkit HO waycars
Both 3-Window Version  and 4-Window versions are available.  Please specify which version you need. 

Flush window kit for the HO Scale Bachmann NE12 plastic waycar

HO Scale HavelockBaggage/Express Kit

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.

HO Scale GP Heater Cabinet & Vent Kit

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.

HO Scale SD Overnight Heater Vents
                 (2 per Package)

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.

   CB&Q HO Scale Dry Closet Kits

Double Compartment Assembled Kit

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!

TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE 
Production casting without additional parts.

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Revised: February 11, 2010 .

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.