Re: [CBQ] Freight Car Rosters

[Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>]

Richard,

Challenger did one in brass lettered for the CB&Q. These are lettered  
as built in 1927 so should be similar.

http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/ho70tonhartballast4.htm

For a picture of prototype see:
http://www.railmodel.com/search/picturelink.asp?productid=2862

Ken Martin


On Sep 26, 2011, at 2:45 PM, richtownsend@netscape.net wrote:

>
> I'll try one.  I have ORER listings for the C&S from just about  
> every year.  Here is July, 1958, with my comments on HO models:
>
> 15150-15249, Ballast, 93 cars.  These were Hart selective ballast  
> cars, built in 1926.  Nothing very close is available that I know  
> of.  I'm toying with the idea of kitbashing one from an Accurail  
> Canton hopper as a stand-in, but I'm not at all sure how close it  
> would be since I haven't seen a photo of one of these cars.
>
> Richard Townsend
> Lincoln City, Oregon




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