Steve / Charlie
I suspect that the model suffers from some numerical inaccuracy!
The H&StJ furniture cars were 1928-1999 (39' 5 1/2" inside length) and
2600-2619 (50' 3 3/8" inside length). According to the ORER's, the only
H&StJ's 7000 series boxcars were numbered 7000-7457, were only 33' 4 1/2"
inside length, and were on the roster from 1896-1907. Also the ORER shows
that its cars were lettered "H & St. J. R. R." as opposed to a herald so I
don't think they are a match.
The furniture cars on the other subsidiary lines were B&MR 320-6 and
43400-14, KCStJ&CB 2000-2101 and 2200-68, CB&KC 3000-8, StLK&NW 5001-9 and
C&I 401-414, so none of these are a possible match.
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Old Boxcar Colors
> 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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