Re: [CBQ] Waycar Questions [3 Attachments]

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Hol,

 

Thanks for those additional images of Waycar #14151 with the side door.  A few observations:

• When the waycar was repainted around May 1959 (before side door) it was repainted with what appears to be a Chinese red roof.  Is that just overspray or was the entire roof repainted Chinese red?  It also appears that the waycar is still riding on its original trucks with a new Scotchlite stripe under the number designating Lines West
• Waycar #14151 with side door (May 1964 Wagner photo and Haskell Jan. 1976 photo).  Now it is quite obvious that the roof is black or dark gray, the Scotchlite stripe has been eliminated under the number and the waycar is riding on Allied Full Cushion Trucks.
• Interesting that this waycar remained in CB&Q colors until the end.  Was this a way of protecting the copyright on the "Q" name, herald, etc.?  Do we have evidence/knowledge of other waycars (wood or steel) remaining in "Q" colors until being sold or scrapped?

Thanks,  Dave Sarther   Tucson, AZ

 

 

 

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From: Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 8:14 am
Subject: [CBQ] Waycar Questions [2 Attachments]

 

Here are the promised views of 14151 with its side door.  The first, taken in Cheyenne during May 1964 at the western end of its run from Sterling, shows the other side of the car, with not only the 13554's Allied trucks and the side door in place but also the marker and interior light charging receptacle with its set of louvers -- and no horizontal Scotchlite stripe below the car number.  I feel pretty certain that once all the Q's waycars were outfitted with batteries -- or at least all those regularly used on Lines West -- and the charging receptacles were clearly visible on the side of the car (admittedly on only one side), the Scotchlite stripe was dispensed with.  It remained on some cars, however, throughout the 1960s.  The second photo, taken at the Q's 23rd Street coachyard in Denver, shows the 14151 in January of 1976.  The car had been moved over to the coachyard following the complete closure of the former C&S yard, roundhouse and shop facilities at Seventh Street (Rice Yard), where wooden waycars awaiting retirement had been stored awaiting disposition.  As Ken Martin has noted, the car still looked this way in August 1976, and it was retired and sold in September 1976, never having received its BN number or green paint.     

 

Next up:  photos of 13554 with and without Allied trucks.

 

Hol 

    

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CB&Q #14151,Lincoln,Neb, 5-30-1959,BGCorbin photo,Corbin-Wagner coll.jpg

CB&Q #14151 Cheyenne,WY 5-1964 HWagner photo.jpg

CB&Q #14151 Denver CO 1-13-1976 JHaskell photo.jpg

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