Re: [CBQ] Old Boxcar Colors

["Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>]

Maybe not.  According to the 1900 Freight Equipment Guide of the Burlington 
Route there were some H&StJ
box cars (no data given) in the 7700 series and there was a 7759.  I don't 
know if the H&StJ initials were just
in the Herald and the car had CB&Q reporting marks or if it had H&StJ 
marks...
Charlie Vlk

> Steve
>
> Not sure about the colours but the number is certainly wrong. Furniture 
> cars
> were numbered in the 9000's or 40-42000's.  I can supply you with exact
> numbers if you want them.  The number "7759" was a gondola/flat car until
> 1910 and wasn't reused until 1947!
>
> The height of the car should identify whether it was a furniture car 
> model,
> being usually taller than box cars of a comparable age.
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ



 
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