Re: [CBQ] Gondola 71052

[STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>]

Some of those early drop bottom gons were built by Bettendorf as well and there are drawings and photos in early Car Builder Cyclopedias
My winter project is to reorganize my library so I can find things.  I know good luck
Steve in SC

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From: Kenneth Middleton <krmiddle@charter.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Gondola 71052

 

Thanks very much, Rupert. That's a big help. Does the ORER list a load limit or a light weight for these cars?

 

Best regards,

 

Ken Middleton
Portage, MI
krmiddle@charter.net

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From: Rupert & Maureen

To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 2:49 PM

Subject: RE: [CBQ] Gondola 71052

 

Ken

Gondola 71052 was a GA-7 from the group 70200-71199, built in 1911 by AC&F with 12 drop bottom doors.  They had an inside length of 40’, an inside  width of 9’ 6” and inside height of 4’ 4”.  The May 1936 ORER shows 17 left, but they were all gone by the following year.

Enlarging the photo on the Denver Library site, the number on the left hand car appears to be 173131 which would make it a GA-8 from the group 172200-173199, built by Pressed Steel in 1912, also with 12 drop bottom doors.  These cars also had an inside length of 40’ but the inside height was 4’ 7”. Nine were shown in May 1936, but none 12 months later.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Middleton
Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2013 2:04 a.m.
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Gondola 71052

On page 44 of the recent book entitled The Burlington Waycar by Randall Danniel, Marian Reis and Joe Douda thee is an Otto Perry photo of a train repairing a washout. In the photo are two gondolas. The right one appears to me to be numbered 71052 (though 71652 is a possibility). I can't read the number of the left hand car. The photo was taken on August 29, 1933. Can anyone tell me anything about the history of these cars? Were they later renumbered? How long did they last?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Ken Middleton
Portage, MI
krmiddle@charter.net

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