Several of the ex-Q and a few ex-BN cars are/were stored up in Owosso, Michigan
on the Great Lake Central Railroad. Three of them were used in the hourly
passenger excursions during last summer's Trainfest.
These are the numbers I found pictures of with FRYX reporting marks:
700
709
712
718
720
734
752
790
792
797 (ex-BN)
806 (ex-BN)
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1188345
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1187408
Most, if not all, of the BN cabcars that Metra kept have had their cabs plated
over and their striping removed.
Joe LeMay
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Bryan Howell <tubaman21@...> wrote:
>
> I haven't heard of any of these cars being scrapped. From what I understand,
> they are still in great condition. Ozark Mountain Railcar has some listed
> for sale, but do not include which numbers they have. I can only see 790 in
> their pictures. Last time I checked, 741-751, 753-780 and 782-787 are still
> in use. 790-795 were the cab cars bought by the Q and all have been
> retired.
>
> I'll send OMR an e-mail and perhaps they can provide us with the numbers and
> location of the cars for sale. I'll also do some digging to see if I can
> find out what happened to the cars that Mr. Gardner purchased for possible
> use in Madison, WI. Perhaps they are one in the same.
>
> http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/stainlessbilevelcommter.htm
> Bryan J. Howell
> tubaman21@...
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: William Barber <clipperw@...>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 3:32:39 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Re:Original Gallery Cars
>
>
> Group,
>
> A couple of years ago, Metra retired a number of the original Q
> gallery cars. At one time, I had heard that some or all of them were
> stored in Wisconsin. Does anyone know the current status of the cars,
> the number retired and the car numbers? Possibly, they were scrapped.
> Does Metra have any known plans to retire any more of the remaining Q
> cars in the near future?
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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