[CBQ] types of gallery cars

["trains@davidstreeter.net" <trains@davidstreeter.net>]

The apparent confusion at Rapido got me to thinking...

From my personal observations, there are five types of Burlington 
gallery cars.
1: name board, no toilet, no cab, starting with 700. 
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4541152
2: name board, toilet, no cab, ending with 787. (I have never seen a 788 
or 789.) http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2694678
3: name board, toilet, cab, 790-795. (no photo found on rrpicturearchives)
4: no name board, toilet, cab, 796-815. 
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3308020 (shown with cab 
blanked)
5: no name board, toilet, no cab, 816-820. 
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3200666
I believe types 1 and 2 were ordered in alternating lots, but I don't 
have ready access to my notes detailing which numbers are which types.
I believe Metra has purged all of type 1.

Metra has removed the cabs from all type 3 and 4 cars, plating over the 
end and side windows.
In my mind, types 4 and 5 are "BN cars," but I don't know when they were 
actually ordered. I assume they were bought by WSMTD rather than the 
railroad itself.
All cars with toilets are oriented with the toilet in the southwest 
corner. This was the biggest flaw with the Holgate & Reynolds and Kiel 
(Keil?) Line models: they had the toilet in the wrong place so it would 
be the northwest corner.
In all groups, underbody details changed over time, first with 480V HEP 
replacing the propane air conditioners, and I think the HEP connectors 
were modified when the E9s were retired. And of course the big  BN logo 
boards were added below the windows, etc.
After type 5 come the various orders of "RTA cars" which look different 
and have 4-digit numbers.
Do I have all of this right?

--
David Streeter



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