Re: [CBQ] Motor cars

["David" <davidpjordan1974@comcast.net>]

Rupert and List, 

I haven't found anything identifying the motor car involved in this incident, but here's the Peoria Evening Star article.

David P. Jordan
Morton, Illinois

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:03 AM, Rupert Gamlen wrote:

There are two photos on eBay of a motor car involved in a fire, at https://www.ebay.com/itm/Burned-Chicago-Burlington-Quincy-Rail-Car-Train-Photographs-5-17-1937/333579384819?hash=item4daae177f3:g:olcAAOSwqDhenKPG

The text on the back of the photos states that the motor car burned at Edwards, Illinois on May 17, 1937 after a piece of rail punctured the gas tank. The photos were apparently taken at Peoria Depot, and refer to Louis Bryant. A search of newspaper found three pieces as attached. Needless to say the accounts don’t exactly match each other.

The original thought was that this was 9509 which was damaged in May 1937, but that was at Rockford when it collided with a truck on or about May 8. A photo of the resulting damage is on page 126 or Burlington In Transition. As well as the unlikelihood of the unit being repaired in time to be wrecked again, 9509 was built by Brill and has a rounded front while the Edwards motor car has a flat front.

Has anyone any suggestions as to the identity of the Edwards motor car?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

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