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The two 20000 series CB&Q 50ft auto parts cars were called in the auto trade "PD" cars. This was a shortening of "Parts Device" cars. A PD car was lined with a steel interior wall with square holes. The cars were used to move auto parts from various parts plants to assembly plants. It was a universal car that could handle everything from stampings like hoods and fenders to engines and transmissions. There were cross bars to secure the load or two double or even triple deck the load. It depended on the load. The Q had cars assigned to various firms, generally Ford and the General Motors divisions, as well as various vendors. They were placed in to this service after WWII. They were replaced by1965 with
new 60ft and 86ft cars. I was in Detroit working for the Q in Sales during the 1960s. I never saw the interior of one of these cars. However there is a nice photo of a Pere Marquette PD car interior in Art Million and John Paton's book on PM freight cars. I do not know who made the interiors but Evans Products would be my guess. The PD car was the predecessor of the Damage Free (DF) car which Evans did hold the patents on. On Monday, November 17, 2014 10:45 AM, "'Gene Tacey' taceys@gpcom.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
wrote: Nelson, Information I have from the 1965 diagram book is as follows: 20000-20089 XP-1 50’ car with 10’ doors steel parts car 20100-20299 XP-1B 50’ car with 10’ doors steel parts car 20500-20509 XP-1A 50’ car steel parts car with 1 end door The next series gets a little muddled due to the numbering of hoppers in the number sequence at some
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Maybe this will help. Gene From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 9:28 AM To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Subject: [CBQ] Boxcar Series Question I went through the CB&Q listings in the 1953 ORER, and I found four number series between 20000-22749 that I can’t identify to class. They are listed as follows: XAP, auto, steel, 20000-20299 XAP, auto, steel, end door, 20500-20509 XM, steel, 21000-22749 (25 cars in this class were classed XME and they had DF loaders) I’m guessing these were the 50 ft. steel boxcars with and without end doors that Walthers offered, but I don’t know the CB&Q class to which
they were assigned. The publication index wasn’t helpful, as a search on these series number gave C&S hoppers. What classes were these cars? Nelson Moyer __._,_.___ Posted by: "fhc925@frontier.com" <fhc925@frontier.com> __,_._,___ |