Bill
My apologies. When I enlarged the photo to view the number, the “TTX” disappeared off the screen.
And thanks for the number sequence for the CB&Q racks.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
On Behalf Of William Hirt
Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2022 4:12 pm
To: CBQ@groups.io
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Trailer Train
Rupert,
The reporting marks are T.T.X. 476996, not CB&Q. The CB&Q owned the rack. Trailer Train owned the car.
The Morning Sun book Auto Rack Color Guide Vol. 1 has a photo of TTX 476981 with a Burlington owned tri-level rack on page 49. The photo was taken in February 1964.
The caption says ACF provided the TTX class F85A as part of the series 476650-476999 built in October 1960. The caption goes on to say that ACF cushioned tri-level auto racks were applied in December 1960 to cars TTX 476981-476998. The caption goes on to
state this is a rare example of a block of sequential number cars assigned to one railroad.
Bill Hirt
On 1/31/2022 5:52 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote:
My thanks to all who responded to my query and the photo in question is attached. It appears that the reporting marks are
CB&Q 476996.
Does anyone have any additional information such as how many racks did the CB&Q and FW&D own?
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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