A friend showed me yesterday a list of car assignments for the
Chicago Great Western that he had received recently from a long
retired CGW conductor. In it were several car assignments that might
interest CB&Q modelers of the mid 1960s:
| RBL. 50' 1" Insulated Steel Box Car w/10' 6"
Door Opening. Youngstown Plug Door. Built 1965 by GATC.
Keystone cushion underframe. Equipco side fillers and load
dividers. CGW Series #516-527. Photo in CGW Color Guide on
p43. |
CGW Cars 518-521 Assigned Corn Products Co c/o CB&Q Agent North
Kansas City MO.
CGW Cars 526-527 Assigned Carnation Co St. Joseph MO.
| XM. 40' PS-1 Box w/6' Door Opening. Youngstown
Sliding Door. Built 1951 by P-S. Cars #5268 and #5356
Equipped w/Compartmentizers and Designated XML. 71 Cars
Equipped w/Evans DF Loaders and Designated XML. CGW Series
#5001-5600. Photo in Pullman-Standard Freight Cars 1900-1960
on p66. |
CGW Cars 5175, 5178, 5239, 5250, 5291, 5311, 5365, 5406, 5519, 5543,
5546 assigned Hotpoint Inc, Cicero Plant, Chicago IL.
| RBL. 50' Insulated Steel Box w/10' Plug Door.
Class RBL-2B. Built 1963 at Havelock (CB&Q). Evans
Lightweight Load Dividers. Keystone Cushion Underframe. RBBX
Series #79650-79749. |
RRBX Cars 79708-79711 assigned Carnation Co c/o CGW Agent Waverly
IA.
Bill Hirt
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Posted by: Bill Hirt <whirt@fastmail.com>
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