Re: [CBQ] [EarlyRail] Photo: Simple Weathering Project - CB&Q Boxcar 12138

["Rupert Gamlen" <gamlenz@hotmail.com>]

Bill

42138 was from series 42011-42294 built at Aurora in 1899, later becoming class XF-7. They were the largest of the Burlington’s furniture cars with an inside height of 9’ 3” and inside length of 50’ 3”. They lasted on the roster until 1925.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of William Barber
Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 1:49 am
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] [EarlyRail] Photo: Simple Weathering Project - CB&Q Boxcar 12138

 

Actually, there are two photos of the furniture car that I think are related. What doesn’t make sense is the car number. In one photo it appears to be 12138 and in the other 42138. Is it possible that in the side view, the car number is really 42138? The photos were taken following a 1903 flood in Kansas City, and I believe the location is the West bottoms area of KC. The dirt on the side of the car is the height of the flood water. There is a second cor lodged between the furniture car and the freight house. That area, near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, has always been prone to flooding. I am glad that my furniture is not in that car!

Bill Barber

Gravois Mills, MO

 

 

 

 

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