John
This car ("coach" with 7 windows) was the subject of slide #18 in the BRHS
MoW slide set. It is described as "Bunk car former boarding car and B&MR
engineering car". This photo was taken at Casper in October 1963.
The relabelling and renumbering of subsidiaries' cars (including B&MR) to
CB&Q was undertaken between 1904 and 1908. The B&MR had 36 boarding cars
in MoW service numbered A1-A36. The fact that it was used by B&MR as an
engineering car after it had been a boarding car suggests that it was one of
the early cars. However, the September 1904 ORER shows that all 36 boarding
cars were still on the roster!
211239 does not appear in Bill Glick's Passenger Car Roster book listing of
passenger cars converted to MoW use, which seems to support this non-Q /
non-passenger heritage. The allocated number doesn't really help date the
car as the number block 200000-211525 first appeared in 1904 and the next
block - 211526-214002 - doesn't appear until 1907.
Hope this helps
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Trulson" <norskeviking@msn.com>
To: "BRHS LIST" <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: [CBQ] caboose?
>I have a color slide in my collection that I would like to get information
>on. It's a Q drover's caboose #211239 in orange paint taken in Sterling
>Colorado 11-13-67. It appears to be at least 48' long, with seven windows
>on the side shown. I have no clue as to where I got it and who may have
>taken the photo. Any help would be greatly appreciated. John
>
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:CBQ-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:CBQ-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|