In case you are interested, 7099 was a 28 foot car with a capacity of 30,000 or
40,000 lbs., built before 1885 and it was off the
roster by 1909.
Box 667 was built by 1888, with an inside length of 29 ft. 5½ in., inside
height of 6 ft. 10 in., and a capacity of just 28,000 lbs.
It survived until at least December 1908 when it was one of the last four
StLK&NW box cars - the balance having been renumbered as
CB&Q or scrapped. By that time, 667 had been rebuilt as a 34 foot car.
I suspect that this car, together with all the other 33/34 ft. left-over box
cars from the subsidiaries, was renumbered into the
17200-17184 and 17200-242 series, which were all off the roster by 1913.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald & Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 1:18 AM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] photo of SlK&NW boxcar
>
> Per Ken's link, note the flat car is CB&Q #7099; 2 vitnage Burlington photos
> for the price of one!
>
>
> Gerald
>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: kmartin537@surewest.net
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:27:23 -0700
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Door Style and Lettering for Boxcar circa 1907?
>
> Nelson,
>
> Good pics of early freight cars are hard to find.
>
> I am not sure when end of car data was moved to the right side but am
> sure it was done by WWI.
>
> Doors were generally just siding but some had a frame around them.
> Door tracks were covered with either a board or a sheet metal cover.
>
> By laterals if you mean the boards that run from the center to the
> edge then generally not. Most just had a grab iron on the roof.
>
> Here is a shot of a St. L. K. & NW boxcar.
> http://www.uiowa.edu/~calvin/image/cpc1129.jpg
>
> If you are modeling 1907 you might check out the early rail group on
> yahoo, they cover anything before WWI. Generally light on Q coverage
> though.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarlyRail/
>
> Ken Martin
>
> On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote:
>
>> What was boxcar door and door track construction like in 1907?
>>
>> Were laterals used on running boards in 1907?
>>
>> I'd appreciate any information or references on boxcars circa 1907
>> that
>> would help answer these questions.
>>
>> Nelson Moyer
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