Spoor's color guide, p. 121, has a 1972 photo of a Class TM-3. This is a high
walkway, 10,000 gal. single-dome car built by AC&F in 1911. The similarities to
your 4-dome car are obvious. Says the CB&Q purchased 107 of these cars in
1911, the FW&D 150 of them. 52 of the cars were in service still at the time of
the merger.
There was an HO scale brass model of this car maybe 15 years ago or so. I can't
recall the importer.
Jonathan
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert & Maureen" wrote:
>
> #973137 is not shown on the FOBN web site but it is not a number I've
> recorded as having originated with CB&Q. At least one TM-3
> tank car #230060 (ex 150060) made it to BN as #974050 but that class were
> built in 1911, not 1912.
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "smokyjoe66"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:11 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Riveted tank car photo uploaded
>
>
> >
> > Recently there has been some interesting discussion about riveted and
> > banded tank cars. In the early 1980s I photographed here in
> > the Brookfield, Missouri yards one of the most curious and beautiful tank
> > cars I have ever seen. It was a short (don't know the
> > exact length) 4-Dome riveted and banded steel tank car. It was not junk; it
> > was being used in Maintenance-of-Way service. I have
> > just uploaded a photo of it to the CB & Q Tank Car Album in Photos. It's
> > number was BN #973137. I do not know if it was originally
> > CB & Q or another railroad involved in the 1970 merger. What particularly
> > caught my attention was the reporting marks which
> > indicated it was built in 1912 !
>
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