Gentlemen,
Looking through my files I found an image (albeit poor) of the CB&Q car in question at the Texas State Railroad in Rusk, TX that I took in 1984 on a lousy rainy day. Unfortunately it’s horribly grainy and doesn’t offer much detail to the lettering questions since most of it is gone by this date, but I thought I’d offer it to the group in case it might help someone. I was hoping I could glean a car number off it but as you can see on the upper car end it has been painted out, probably by the railroad prior to the sale to Southwest Car Parts. In a color photo I have showing it from a distance the color of the car looks like boxcar red.
Using my photo editing platform I was able to zoom in on the remaining lettering and here’s what I found: Starting at the far (A end) of the car working towards us: “For Beet Loading Only” stencil, dimensional data stencil (two lines), more dimensional data stencil (two lines), “For Beet Loading Only” stencil, Repack Data BN (and unreadable location code), 8-17-70 second line, and wheel inspection dot.
Hopefully Greg can find an official document to fill in all the other questions.
For what it’s worth I hope this helps!
Tom Kline
Houston, Texas
From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Rupert Gamlen
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2019 8:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] CB&Q Ballast car
Louis
I suspect that your photo was a company photo, taken at Havelock, of the first of the class. Just a slight discrepancy between the date of the photo and the construction date on the car.
Were the wood sides a wartime economy measure?
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io
Sent: Monday, 3 June 2019 4:57 a.m.
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Greg - I can contribute the attached three-quarter side image of CB&Q 221500 taken in March 1943.
What is the original car number for the ballast hopper your group has restored? Best Regards - Louis
