I have heard the term "Kansas City Waycars" applied to these WWII temporary
cars.....
Apparently the Santa Fe did similar conversions, also used in KC; maybe the
Frisco too.
Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. [mailto:cbqrr47@y...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:53 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Bay window Waycars
>
>
> Jerry
> Three of the last 4 of the "widowmaker" boxcar waycars
> were scrapped at GT on 1/4/56. They had been in
> service on the Zeigler & Buckner mine jobs at
> Christopher and the Old Ben # 9 job at West Frankfort,
> the week before! 14836 was on the Orient #2 job for a
> few weeks longer, then set around at Centralia (it was
> used as a MOW bunk car a few times), until it "went
> north" to be scrapped in 60.
> John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> --- Virginia Edgar <vje68@h...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Per "Waycars of the CB&Q" by Lorenz & Holbrook (soon
> > to be reprinted with
> > heavy expansion/revision by Milepost 206) there was
> > one true baywindow
> > waycar on the Q - #14700, Class NE. Reblt ("59
> > Havelock) from a wrecked o/b
> > wood boxcar (#16847)& painted mineral red, it served
> > in Chicago up to & thru
> > BN ("70) on transfer runs. Painted BN green, it
> > ended it's life in "72 in
> > Hannibal. (also ONCE, post-BN, on the W. Chicago
> > Branch while enroute for
> > green paint & new #11274). In appearance it was a
> > typical "transfer
> > caboose" - center of box car kept as "cabin" with
> > long open platforms @
> > either end w/railings.
> >
> > There were also a series of 40' doublesheathed
> > boxcars reblt into
> > "waycars" ("43-45 @ Havelock) by having door cut
> > into center plus a couple
> > windows - both sides. One window (both sides)was
> > "extended" (a quasi-bay).
> > Most were scrapped shortly after the War (all by "53
> > except 14836 whcih
> > lasted til "60). Used in yard, transfer & way frt
> > service. Numbered
> > 14800-90 from the extinct NE-5 class but were
> > classified plain "NE".
> >
> > Gerald Edgar
> >
> >
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