Re: Digest Number 3197 GN Box Cars
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD <Elden.J.Gatwood@...>
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Thanks for all this insightful discussion! What recommendations do you all have in HO models for SS or DS cars (and their rebuilt brethren) in their late (50's+) configurations and paint schemes, for CB&Q, NP, GN and other users that rostered those cars that late? Thanks, Elden Gatwood -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Russ Strodtz Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:21 AM To: Steam Era Freight Subject: Re: [STMFC] Digest Number 3197 GN Box Cars Charlie, The age of the cars was a moot point. Age did not become an issue in car usage until the 80's. "War Emergency Cars"? Don't know what you mean there. While GN had a large fleet of double sheathed cars the NP, CB&Q, and SOO were mostly single sheathed. The GN got their money's worth out of that fleet of cars. At the time of the merger with the exception of the oddball 157M series every GN stock car in service had been converted from a box car. By the late 70's many were back in grain service. Other groups of double sheathed cars had been given steel sides and were still in service Russ 1a. Re: grain box cars Posted by: "Charlie Vlk" cvlk@... ncbqguy Date: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:00 am (PDT) During the 50's and 60's the CB&Q, GN and NP still had substantial numbers of wood-sided boxcars in general service. These cars were no less modern than all-steel cars and were quite a bit younger than some of the eastern road's cars that were still running (B&O "wagontops", PRR X29, etc..). Besides "War Emergency" cars the Hill Roads were late converts to steel sheathed cars; a combination of a deeply engrained streak of frugality and allegiance to lumber industry shippers. In general, the wood sheathed cars were maintained in A1 condidtion right up to the end. Charlie Vlk Here's another thought. I grew up in central Minnesota and watched many solid trains of red wooden boxcars moving towards Duluth-Superior on the GN; late 50's, early 60's. We would count the number of boxcars (usually around 100) and look at the built dates to see who could spot the oldest one. There were many from the 20's and 30's. I do NOT recall looking at the road name on these boxcars but I do recall that they were a mix of DS and SS. From these vague memories, I wonder if these cars were olde enough to not be in interchange service, but kept around for homeroad grain rush duty. Yahoo! Groups Links |
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