CB&Q RR Class Diagrams: Steam Locomotives, Waycars
Dave Beck's collection of HO scale steam locomotives and waycars
is permanently on display at Union RR Museum,
Mendota, IL
Dave Beck's layout has been donated to Union RR Museum
and will be incorporated into their existing layout.
An expanded version of this website is available on CD for $25. (or get both for $40)
A DVD on Dave's layout of approximately
one hour running time is available for $25. Run throughs included.
This site contains digitized copies of Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Class Diagrams. Class diagrams are schematic, non scale
drawings of equipment and include important dimensions and weights.
Ray Buhrmaster and Joe Douda have generously allowed their class
diagram books to be digitized and placed on the Web for
non-commercial use.
The images were scanned at 300 dpi, restored, and compressed. The
restoration attempted to retain as much as possible of the original
diagram consistent with their being line art. The originals are
unreadable in some places and I have filled in data from other
sources, principally Corbin and Kerka's book, Steam Locomotives
of the Burlington Route . "Comic sans serif" font was used to
fill in data which was unreadable on the originals and is clearly
different from the original hand lettering without being a
distraction. I have improved the cosmetics by removing most dirt and
stains, but I have not cleaned up edges. My object is to make the
information available, primarily to the modeling community. The
class diagrams are formatted as a single landscape "A" size page to
match current standards. The pages were assembled into a book
approximately 4" high by 11" wide using the hole punch marks. I have
not retained the margins used on the originals. Selecting the "Pixel
to pixel" option reached from "Options" on the Wang Imaging "PRINT"
screen will allow the diagrams to be printed full size on a 300 dpi
printer. Engine numbers listed on the links may not be valid, but
they (or numbers they span) appear on the class diagram. - Vernon
Beck
==========> Copyright Vernon Beck 2001 <==========
Select a Class to get a list of available diagrams
