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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Rupert & Maureen
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 12:42 AM
To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: CB&Q tank car




Gary & Brian

Thanks for the suggestions. The Burlington didn't have any Bettendorf tank
cars, but it did purchase Standard Steel cars sometime
in 1918. These cars were class TM-5, #151000-151124 (some later
231000-231124 and 230800-230924) 12,500 gallon with an outside
length of 43' 5 1/4".

I notice that there is no ladder and platform below the expansion dome,
unlike the photos I have found of the TM-5. If these were
Standard Steel cars, would the ladder and platform have been on both sides
or only one?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "gary

laakso" <vasa0vasa@...> wrote:

It appears to be a Standard Tank Car Company product due to the placement

of the straps in the center of the car inbetween

the dome and the end of the car. The tool to confirm this would be a

picture of the bolsters which do not show in this picture.

Pressed Steel Car Company made a large number of tank cars for Great

Northern in 1911, so it could be from that builder also.

gary laakso
vasa0vasa@...


----- Original Message -----
From: Rupert & Maureen
To: STMFC List
Sent: 4/14/2011 4:09:22 AM
Subject: [STMFC] CB&Q tank car



I have posted a photo showing a CB&Q tank car oiling tracks west of

Chicago to keep down the dust. The photo has been copied from

the Railway Age Gazette of September 1911.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/2022239872/pic/list

A horizontal perforated pipe has been attached to the bottom outlet of

the car to distribute the oil "which is heated by steam

from the engine", but with baffles to prevent it being sprayed on the

rail, and the flow rate is controlled by a lever attached

to the outlet valve.

Can anyone give me some clues about the car?

Thanks

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ