In a word (whether coaches modified into Way Cars had their #'s shown): no.
I think CB&Q A.R.'s may be a good subject for a future Zephyr. (C&S/FtW&D
stat's are included in later yrs but also had supplements available in some yrs)
All issues are roughly two parts: prose as to how the past year went, major
initiatives, challenges etc and what plans are going forward and then lots of
financial statistics.
Included are summary's of new track & signal work (and new passenger train
service), bridges and major bldgs constructed (depots, frt houses, etc) etc.
Until the Murphy yrs there is seldom any mention of car #'s (very early issues
do have a fold out detailing every locomotive - this was the source of the info
Bernie Corbin had in his "Steam Loco's", i.e. he xeroxed said pages.
Sometimes A.R.'s will get fairly detailed (elevation work in Chicago & Aurora)
and other times fairly sketchy. When equipment is built, modified or purchased
(or scrapped), it's in terms of "16 boxcars, 3 coaches, etc" with seldom much
info beyond that, usually no mention of which commercial builder (shop-built is
always mentioned however). The summaries always do included frt, pass AND MoW
which is a plus. I had intended this past w/e to look thru carefully for
experimental gas/electric motive power per Charlie's request. (my w/e ended up
with a visit to my parents & a depressing loss of our Hawkeyes to Northwestern
so has been put off to next w/e)
My A.R. collection is scattered from 1862 to late 1870's and then nearly a
solid 'run' to BN time. The odd year is 1916 when 2 A.R.'s were issued as BR
transitioned from a July to June Fiscal yr to a Calendar FY; photos were not
used til the PZ issue and then not again til 1949 with color coming in under
Murphy with his yrs being by far the best A.R.'s from a railfan viewpoint
although the detailed info as to carloadings in earlier issues is diminished so
is a trade-off.
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: gamlenz@ihug.co.nz
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:05:37 +1300
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Commercial Post - The Burlington Waycars
Gerald
I don't suppose it gave the numbers of the coaches?
And whilst you are going through the Reports, could you keep an eye out for a
"scale test car", please. In 1901, there was one
listed in the ORER as 90152 but no indication, of course, of its origins.
Bulletin 27 identifies early C&S and FW&D scale cars as
being converted from a coach and a tender but no information about the
Burlington's one.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Commercial Post - The Burlington Waycars
>
> GREAT!!!!
>
> AND hopefully not too late; going thur my OLD CB&Q A.R.'s (back to 1862) -
> first mention of "Waycars" in in Annual Rpt of 1868
> (printed late summer of 1868 as Fiscal yr was July to June says "two coaches
> converted to Way Car service" From this date forward
> "waycar" is the exclusive term, intially as two words, later as one. From
> 1876 back the term is alwats "Conductor's cars".
>
> yes I know - why in heck didn't I notice this before????
>
>
> Gerald A. & Virginia J. Edgar
>
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