Hi, Rupert!
I guess I don't know what your question is... :)
Cheers!
Jan
On 3/5/2011 10:14 PM, Rupert & Maureen wrote:
>
> Jan
>
> Thanks for posting all these photos. I'm working my way through them but I
> have a query about file 82 - box car #4120 at Chicago in
> 1949, with a Havelock reweigh date of June 1945.
>
> My first impression of the photo was that the road number was wrong, and then
> that the painting of the road name, number and
> capacities was wrong, especially when compared to appearance of the
> Burlington
> herald. It looks as if they have been added later.
>
> The only CB&Q box car series that this number could fit was 3-4169 built
> before 1885 (when the equipment registers started), and
> they were a maximum outside length of 33' 5½" and a maximum capacity of
> 40,000
> lb. The last one of this group - #1590 - left the
> roster in 1914-5.
>
> There were a number of double sheath box car classes still around in 1949
> from
> XM-9 onwards, but the only class I can find that had
> 4120 as part of the number was XM-14 with #104120.
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Kohl" <j.kohl@wildblue.net <mailto:j.kohl%40wildblue.net>>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:49 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Major updates at Castle Graphics
>
> > I know I've not done a large update in a long time, I've been going through
> > over
> > 300 scans that needed cleaned and so on...well, finally got a bit over
> > halfway
> > through them and decided it was high time to post! :)
> >
> >>
> > At any rate, to see the latest updates just click here...
> >
> > http://transport.castlegraphics.com/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0
> <http://transport.castlegraphics.com/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0>
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