Rupert-
Those cars would have been in use before the advent of mass
merchandisers.... A typical small town pattern would combine a furniture
showroom with a funeral parlor business.
The extra door would have allowed direct access to two different loads....so
each car could carry four consignees' worth of furniture without having to
touch a group
destined for another town. Sort of an LCL car, I would imagine.
Charlie Vlk
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From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:51 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Transfer cars
> In July 1907, 20 "Furniture, transfer" cars numbered 40000-40019 appeared
> on the roster for the first time (or at least they weren't there in May
> 1906).
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> The cars were very unusual in that, instead of the single door opening
> each side, there were two separate pairs of 4' wide doors each side, with
> about 14' of sheathing between the two sets of door frames
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> My research suggests that these cars had been rebuilt from a group of cars
> that had originally been built at Aurora and St Joseph in 1890 for the
> CB&Q, as well as for some of the subsidiaries (C&I 401-414, CB&KC
> 3001-3008) StLK&NW 5001-5009 and KCStL&CB 2042-2101). These cars had an
> inside length of 39' 5 1/2" and an inside height of 8' 9", and they were
> later classed in 1911 as XF-2's (41022-41151, 41352-41365, 14175-41529 and
> 41530-41544)
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> The question is, what were these cars used for? The extra doors would
> have enabled quicker loading and unloading, but where and why?
>
> Any offers.
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
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