Hol
Judging by the arch in the boxcars’ floors, they have just had their rods tightened as well as being repainted, or is that a optical illusion?
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Black Boxcar Theory
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Here's another interesting photo to study, essentially
a 1920s view comparable to the famous 1940 view of O-5-A 5629 with a string of new XM-32 boxcars at Havelock. This one depicts O-1-A 4940 with a string of freshly shopped double-sheathed boxcars, most likely turned out by Plattsmouth (since Havelock was still
strictly a locomotive shop at this time. The photo can be dated to the period between 1923 when 4940 was delivered and 1925-26 when the Q began applying the full color Burlington Route herald to tenders. The Mike doesn't have the "back porch" tender with
which it was presumably delivered, so the longer underframe has already been swapped out with one from an O-3. The difference between the white lettering of the boxcars and the imitation gold (don't know if it was a Dulux paint this early or not) of the locomotive
and tender is particularly evident, and the black background of the heralds on the boxcars can also be distinguished from the mineral red of the carbodies.
Hol