John
This was a group of XA-15, XA-15A and XA-15B's, ex 9500-9749, 8000-8224 and
48500-48599, that were repaired Havelock 1967-68 and
renumbered to 48600-48774
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gillies" <gillies@webone.com.au>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:06 PM
Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q 48600-48774 series 50' box cars
> I've been doing some research on the box cars BN inherited from the
> pre-merger roads to aid my late 1976 era modelling using the
> April 1977 Official Railway Equipment Register, two BN lists of Equipment and
> a BN freight cars diagram book to help me decide
> what cars to model and the best models to use as a starting point.
>
> I recently came across this photo of CB&Q 48673
> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1725639 from the series
> CB&Q
> 48600-48774 taken in June 1978 which looks like it came from an XA-15 family
> 50' double door automobile car.
>
> The series CB&Q 48600-48774 is not shown in the January 1966 ORER, but it
> appears in the BN Lists of Equipment and 82 cars
> remained in CB&Q paint/reporting marks in the April 1977 ORER: 51 XM cars, 24
> XP cars with no doors in green veneer service and 7
> XP cars in hide loading service. The early 70s BN equipment diagram book
> makes mention of only the cars with no doors in green
> veneer service. The strengthened side sills are of similar design to the
> 1968 and 69 40' XM-32 and XA-16 Havelock rebuilds which
> I believe were done under sale and lease back with US Leasing such as these
> 1968
> http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=37579 and 1969
> http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=37595
> rebuilds.
>
> With the aid of Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Vol 13 (which covers the XA-15
> family of 50' steel auto cars and XA-16 40' steel auto
> cars) and the other references I have access to, I'm assuming the CB&Q
> 48600-48774 series cars were rebuilt sometime between 1966
> and 1968 from XA-15A cars. Does anyone know the source of the CB&Q
> 48600-48774 series? Thanks.
>
> John Gillies
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