Re: [CBQ] XM21 to XM23 boxcars

[Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>]

Benjamin,

Car 131406 is a class XM-22  #'s 131251 - 132250

Some dimensions of Q single sheathed boxcars with composite ends (from `1930 
folio book)

                                                                       XM-20    
             XM-21 &  XM-22             XM-23
Inside height -                                             8' 0 1/4"           
               8' 0"                          8' 1"
Height to bottom of side sill -                   2' 8 7/16"                    
     2' 7 "                        2' 7"
Height to top of running board -            12' 11 5/16"                 12' 11 
7/8"                 12' 9"
Capy. Cubic ft. -                                           2733                
              2720                       2748
Wheat line -                                                                    
                   4' 10 1/2"               4' 10 1/2"
Corn line   -                                                                   
                     5' 10 1/4"               5' 10 1/4"

Good luck with your modeling.

Ken Martin



On Sep 19, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Benjamin Scanlon wrote:

> Hi 
> 
> I just joined the group to do some research on boxcars.  I model in TT scale. 
>  
> 
> We have a 'copy' of an Accurail single sheathed boxcar with Z section trusses 
> and composite ends, done by a Russian manufacturer and I'm trying to work out 
> what I can use it for, as it's a nice piece of work.  It's principally a 
> Canadian vehicle, apparently.  
> 
> However, having read an article in Feb 1993 'Rail Model Journal' about the 
> Accurail HO car which gave a bit of information on a few series that the Q 
> owned, I thought I should do some digging.  
> 
> I am trying to work out the height of these cars as the information in the 
> RMJ showed one car, 131409,  as being very low slung but said that the 
> 132000-132249 series were built as large capacity grain cars and matched the 
> Canadian cars height, which I think was 9' or so. It's hard to work out what 
> the RMJ article says about the low slung car as they muddled up the caption:
> 
> http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/144/10395/february-1993-page-21
> 
> I do not know if all the single sheathed Q boxcars with composite/single 
> sheathed ends were all 9' inner height?  Maybe someone can confirm that? 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Benjamin 




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