CB&Q 204738, the AC&F car was sold to Old Ben Coal
Company. When Old Ben went out of business, I arranged
for it to go to IRM at Union.
--- East Pass <EastPass@19main.com> wrote:
> Rupert,
>
> This ties right in with the covered gon thread. When
> BN
> needed additional scale test cars they used covered
> gons
> as there was no way to put any trash inside them and
> they
> could be maintained at a stable weight.
>
> Russ
> www.rrwebhost.com [Getting close to reality!]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rupert and Maureen
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 November, 2004 22:34
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Scale Test Car
>
>
>
> Ralph
>
> As Rob stated, there is a full article in Bulletin
> #27 on track scales and
> test cars.The CB&Q had 4 such cars (204738-41)
> built between 1916 and 1948,
> with the last three - all built by Southwark as
> opposed to AC&F - surviving
> through to BN.
>
> There are additional photos on
> www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq/html
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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