Re: [CBQ] Detector Car Identification

["Kenneth Middleton" <krmiddle@charter.net>]

To me this looks a lot like AAR X-202, a rail detector tow car. There is a photo of that car on page 50 of Burlington Bulletin No. 39, but I believe the photo in the Burlington Bulletin was taken towards the back of the car (with Rail Detector Car X-201 in the foreground). The photo in the Burlington Bulletin was taken on the Burlington in 1941, and is credited to the Corbin/Wagner Collection.

 

Best regards,

 

Ken Middleton
Portage, MI
krmiddle@charter.net

----- Original Message -----

From: Bryan Howell

To: CBQ List

Cc: pwaldorf@selectnets.com

Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 7:25 PM

Subject: [CBQ] Detector Car Identification [1 Attachment]

 

List,

We received the following inquiry through the BRHS website about the attached photo.  Does anyone know if this was a CB&Q Detector Car and what the number was?  I did a quick scan through BB #39 and didn't see a match for the car in question.

Please be sure to include Paula in your response.

Thanks!

Bryan J. Howell

BRHS Assistant Webmaster

Hello,

I am trying to find someone who can help me identify a train vehicle/car that my grandfather worked with during his career as an engineer with the CB&Q Railroad.  My father sent me the photo after my grandfather died a couple years ago.  My grandfather worked for the CB&Q until 1974 when he retired.  I thought this might be some type of detector car but it doesn’t look like any I’ve seen on the internet.  The picture is attached.  Let me know if you can help.

 

Thank you!

Paula Waldorf

Ft Myers, FL 

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