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Re: [CBQ] NE-11 waycars

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:48:13 -0500
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Rupert
I would have not actual theory  but Great Depression(1929-39) era and then WWII 
would be possible reasons.  Use what you have and rebuild for less then new 
costs.  The WWII Era needed more freight cars rebuilt and built to move the 
vast amounts of freight moved.  This allowed for an increase in money coming in 
so after the war the new cabs could be built to go along with the new diesels 
being put in service.
Just a theory
See you in KC??
SJH
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rupert & Maureen 
  To: CBQ List 
  Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:20 PM
  Subject: [CBQ] NE-11 waycars


  What happened to the NE-11 waycars? Or, more accurately, what didn't happen? 
Why wasn't the NE-11 class designation used?

  The NE-10's (13500-13524) were built in 1930 at Aurora - the CB&Q's first 
group of waycars built with steel sides. (Incidentally, they were originally 
intended to be numbered 13714-13738, following on from the previous group. 
Possibly to differentiate these from the wood-sided cars, a new number sequence 
(13500- ) was started and used for all subsequent waycars. They were also the 
last group built at Aurora)

  The NE-12's with the sloping cupola (13525-13559) were built at Havelock in 
1954, so what happened between 1930 and 1954 to cause a class number to be 
omitted? Was it to emphasis the modernity of the NE-12's? Was it intended to 
build another group but this didn't eventuate? Was the NE-11 label going to be 
allocated to the "widow maker" box car conversions in 1943/45 or was it to be 
used for C&S or FW&D waycars (like the GM-4E, GM-7 & GM-8)?

  Other class designation gaps, such as GS-4 and XM-1, can be rationalised. Any 
suggestions for this gap?

  Regards

  Rupert Gamlen
  Auckland NZ

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