Kind of interesting CB&Q boxcar.
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Scott
Does anybody have any information on this car in the ebay page below? It says it was taken in 1963 but it looks like its been around for a while. Lots of little interesting details on it lime the roof to side transition and side rivit pattern. I wonder if this was a rebuild of a single sheathed car?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DUPLICATE-RAILROAD-SLIDE-CHICAGO-BURLINGTON-amp-QUINCY-20507-boxcar-TEXAS-1963-/143168131329?txnId=0 Scott McDonald
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Rupert Gamlen
Scott
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Sent: Saturday, 23 March 2019 6:34 p.m. To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Kind of interesting CB&Q boxcar.
Does anybody have any information on this car in the ebay page below? It says it was taken in 1963 but it looks like its been around for a while. Lots of little interesting details on it lime the roof to side transition and side rivit
pattern. I wonder if this was a rebuild of a single sheathed car? _._,_._,_
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mopacfirst
Might be possible to combine the end door from a Proto boxcar with a Proto 50' single door body.
As a general practice, 50' single door cars with end doors were very rare, and the 1942 build date suggests something specifically built for a defense plant contract. The hoist suggests something heavy like aircraft engines. This car is probably well documented by Burlington specialists, so I hope one enlightens us. Ron Merrick
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Hello Everyone, CB&Q 20500-20509 This is a rara avis! In a series of only ten, a photo is an unexpected treat. These cars, built 1941-1942, have inset side sills with brackets supporting the wider side sheathing. All other of the many 40-6 and 50-6 steel cars built new by the CB&Q have side sheets flush with the side sills. Maybe the 20500-20509 series are rebuilds? There is no note of this in equipment diagram but that they were built by CB&Q, Galesburg, IL. The reweigh date on #20507 looks like 5-7x? If somebody has more definitive information on this small series it would be great to hear from you! 20000-20024 25 XP-1 1940 Dreadnaught ( 20025-20090 65 XP-1 1941-2 Dreadnaught ( 20500-20509 10 XP-1A 1941-2 Auto end doors 20100-20199 100 XP-1B 1947 Dreadnaught Imp 20200-20299 100 XP-1B 1949 Dreadnaught Imp 1942 10 RBLT? Galesburg, IL. 1943(7) 10 1960(10) 10
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 12:33 AM Scott <repairman87@...> wrote: Does anybody have any information on this car in the ebay page below? It says it was taken in 1963 but it looks like its been around for a while. Lots of little interesting details on it lime the roof to side transition and side rivit pattern. I wonder if this was a rebuild of a single sheathed car?
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Were these cars built brand new, or were they rebuilds of older cars? I have several shots of cars without the end doors. Tim O'Connor
On 3/23/2019 2:50 AM, Rupert Gamlen
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Rich C
There are a few other railroads that had these also, Santa Fe and New York Central to name a couple. Ted Culotta has an excellent kitbashing article in: Rich Christie
On Saturday, March 23, 2019, 7:32:19 AM CDT, mopacfirst <ron.merrick@...> wrote:
Might be possible to combine the end door from a Proto boxcar with a Proto 50' single door body. As a general practice, 50' single door cars with end doors were very rare, and the 1942 build date suggests something specifically built for a defense plant contract. The hoist suggests something heavy like aircraft engines. This car is probably well documented by Burlington specialists, so I hope one enlightens us. Ron Merrick
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Charlie Vlk
All- Could the cars have been built for the same type of service (aircraft parts) as the XA-14D raised roof single sheathed 50 ft DD Boxcars rebuilt in 1942 for B-26 Marauder wings and later the B-29 Superfortress fuselage housings applied to 69 FM-14 Flatcars in 1944? Charlie Vlk
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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2019 1:50 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Kind of interesting CB&Q boxcar.
Scott
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Scott
Does anybody have any information on this car in the ebay page below? It says it was taken in 1963 but it looks like its been around for a while. Lots of little interesting details on it lime the roof to side transition and side rivit pattern. I wonder if this was a rebuild of a single sheathed car? _._,_._,_
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