Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904)
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Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh website: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.174.RR/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Eric Hansmann
An interesting paint-out section about the reporting marks.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:42 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904)
Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh website: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.174.RR/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Tony Thompson
Bob Chaparro wrote:
Must have been great climbing those wood end ladders in rain or snow. Tony Thompson
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There is a BCR&N boxcar under that bridge, with the outline of the RI shield, which reads Rock Island System. The Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern ceased to exist in June of 1903, when it was purchased by the Rock Island. The shield is brighter than the reporting marks, suggesting it was painted on an existing paint scheme soon after the takeover. If the photo dates from 1904, the shield is perhaps only few months old.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 12:42 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904)
Photo: PCC&StLR Boxcar 2607 (1904) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh website: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.174.RR/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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earlyrail
More interesting to me is BC-R&N 4178 merged into the Rock Island in 1903 ORER July 1904 series 4000-4268 inside: 28, 5 3/4; 7, 11 3/4; 6, 7 1/4;
40000 cpy; 213 cars original series 4002 - 5002 even numbers, stated in 1890 Howard Garner
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