Rupert,
Furniture, by it's nature, is a very light commodity. During the 70's
Ethan Allen was shipping a couple cars a week from somewhere
in the Southeast to unload at the team tracks along the street at
Downers Grove. Usual weight in a 40' standard box car was about
#12,000. Sometimes only half that. These cars contained furniture
in cardboard shipping boxes. If you think about how a wooden
kitchen chair would fit in a box you can see that it would be mostly
air. That two inches might allow you to stack 3 high instead of
2 high. Every little bit helps.
If the traffic man can go to the customer and say, "We built some
boxcars with higher cubic capacity just for your business", it
might draw a few loads the CB&Q way.
I'm sure you have seen trailers with the width or an assurance that
they were full width and height all the way to the front stenciled
on the back doors. Just a form of advertising.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 24 September, 2003 04:04
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] 1898 CB&Q equipment
> Gerald referred to the Furniture cars which had an internal height of 8' or
> more, which was about 2' taller inside than a box car of the era. I can't
> think of any furniture/household effects that would need the extra height.
> Any suggestions? And what is a "woodenware" car?
>
> Rupert
>
>
> > The only frt cars 36' & overat the time were 188 40' furniture cars among
> > the affiliated lines & 383 on the Q which also had thirteen 36' stock
> cars,
> > three 50' horse cars (8009, 8012 & 8036) and one 36' woodenware (#2800).
> I
> > recall Bernie Corbin showing me a fuzzy photo of one and was simliar to
> the
> > Menasha Woodenware car done by one of the obscure HO craft kit firms years
> &
> > years ago.
> >
> >
> > Gerald A. Edgar
> >
> > 230 W. 5th St.
> > Garner, IA 50438-1404
> >
> > (641) 923-2573
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