Charlie
Thanks for this information. I must confess that I had expected something
related to the transfer of goods between terminals or similar. Would these
cars have been used singly or in groups like a mobile trade fair on the
lines of the early agricultural or poultry specials?
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Transfer cars
> Rupert-
> Those cars would have been in use before the advent of mass
> merchandisers.... A typical small town pattern would combine a furniture
> showroom with a funeral parlor business.
> The extra door would have allowed direct access to two different
> loads....so
> each car could carry four consignees' worth of furniture without having to
> touch a group
> destined for another town. Sort of an LCL car, I would imagine.
> Charlie Vlk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
> To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:51 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Transfer cars
>
>
>> In July 1907, 20 "Furniture, transfer" cars numbered 40000-40019 appeared
>> on the roster for the first time (or at least they weren't there in May
>> 1906).
>>
>> The cars were very unusual in that, instead of the single door opening
>> each side, there were two separate pairs of 4' wide doors each side, with
>> about 14' of sheathing between the two sets of door frames
>>
>> My research suggests that these cars had been rebuilt from a group of
>> cars
>> that had originally been built at Aurora and St Joseph in 1890 for the
>> CB&Q, as well as for some of the subsidiaries (C&I 401-414, CB&KC
>> 3001-3008) StLK&NW 5001-5009 and KCStL&CB 2042-2101). These cars had an
>> inside length of 39' 5 1/2" and an inside height of 8' 9", and they were
>> later classed in 1911 as XF-2's (41022-41151, 41352-41365, 14175-41529
>> and
>> 41530-41544)
>>
>> The question is, what were these cars used for? The extra doors would
>> have enabled quicker loading and unloading, but where and why?
>>
>> Any offers.
>>
>> Rupert Gamlen
>> Auckland NZ
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