Pete,
According to the book waycars of the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy RR comb waycar 3943 was a class
CW-3 Passenger-waycar combination. It was built in
Galesburg with a build date of 12-67 it was 41'-10"
long and had a former numbers of cb&q 11457,cb&q-41
and cb&q-29 it was scrapped at Aurora, Il.on 7/13/37.
--- Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
> Back in May 1919 the Rock Port Langdon and
> Northern's original coach
> became, in the words of agent L.R. Wasser in a
> message to my grandfather, Pete
> Hedgpeth" at Alliance, NE
> "we are the same as out of business with the old
> coach have pulled the north
> end out and are pushing it from Langdon and as the
> Waycar seemed to be the
> handiest and quickest available I asked Mr. Card (Q
> Supt. at St. Joseph, MO) to
> send it.
>
> Mr. Card had advised that "all we have to spare is
> comb way car 3943 which
> we can let you have temporarily if suitable."
>
> I don't know whether the RPL&N ever made use of the
> comb way car 3943, since
> my GF purchase Colorado Midland Combination Car No.
> 10 shortly thereafter,
> but I'm wondering what kind of WAYCAR the 3943 was
> and its final disposition,
> or perhaps it"s still extant.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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