Tim,
Roof hatch cars were used for many things. The Southern had a large
fleet for clay loading. BN had cars for coke, soda ash, feed, hides,
& foundry sand.
CB&Q cars with unspecified roof hatches included:
30387,31103,31228,31349,32082,32623,32928,33582,34423,37321.
and 60079,60123,60393,60626,60811,61009,61791.
and 25541,25801,26113,26161,26448,26675,28082,28398,28440.
also 21200. There was also a GN 50' roof hatch sand car, 21975
which was built as 39158.
By the early 80's there were probably hundreds of 40' ice reefers
with roof hatches. The old ice hatches were usually welded shut
when the ice bunkers were removed for grain loading. They were
not in the right places on the roof. They went with much smaller
holes with plywood covers.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Orisek Sr." <torisek@c...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 15 March, 2002 22:12
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Removal of roof walks/ladders - Hubbinger
> I remembered reading about some hide car conversions recently while
> doing some research on the the XM-32. Turns out that trusty Burlington
> Bulletin #7 contained the additional info.
>
> Apparently there were a handful of Q boxes modified for hide service
> both pre- and post-BN. In May 1968, eight XM-32's were downgraded to
> hide service. Cars 30387, 31349, 32925, 37321, 60079, 60626, 61009, and
> 61791 received four large rooftop hatches and wre reclassed LC. The
> hatches were staggered, two per side. In 1982 a number of additional
> XM-32's were similarly converted for the BN. There is a picture of a
> freshly converted BN 124663 (former Q 63663) dated March 20, 1982.
>
> BTW, the 1982 photo clearly shows that the roofwalk and a full ladder on
> the A end were intact following the conversion. Makes sense that they
> would need to keep these to maintain access to the rooftop hatches. So I
> guess every rule has its exceptions. (The side ladder was still
> shortened to 4-rungs though.)
>
> Tim Orisek
> Woodridge, IL
>
> On Friday, March 15, 2002, at 06:51 PM, Virginia Edgar wrote:
>
> > Speaking of roofs - shortly after BN time, they took a number of ex-GN
> > 40'
> > steel boxcars & put hatches at either end for hide loading (saw them @
> > Morrell In Sioux Falls & elsewhere). Some were apparently modified by
> > GN
> > pre-BN but never saw a Q box so modified either pre- or post-BN. Anyone
> > know of any? Am aware of course of Q 40' wood box cars stenciled for
> > hide
> > loading only but no roof hatches. Gerald
>
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