Tom
46727 was an XA-14D single sheathed auto car built in 1937 at Havelock with
doors at one end.
There is a note in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #12 (a full article on CB&Q
auto cars) that many XA-14's received the new Block Gothic lettering
post-1958 but kept the mineral red paint. As the diagonal braces prevented
the usual placement of "Burlington" towards the top of the side, the word
was lowered to fit between the braces.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Mack" <thommack@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:43 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Interesting Double-Door Wood Box photo on eBay
> There is a negative for sale on eBay of CB&Q wood DD Boxcar 46727 - it
> is eBay item 150047476100. It is nothing I've seen before - appears to
> be a Chinese Red double door outside braced wooden auto boxcar (it has
> the auto box end doors). It has the modern BURLINGTON lettering placed
> diectly on the mid-line of the car so it fits well within the outside
> braces. The Burlington Route herald is mounted on the far left (1st)
> panel of the car at the very top, with the "CB&Q" reporting marks and
> number also mounted high up on the first panel, above the hand grabs
> and just below the herald. This is really sharp!! Does anyone have or
> know of any color photos of these boxcars in this scheme, or have I
> found something here???
>
> Tom Mack
> Cincinnati, OH
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