Re: [CBQ] types of gallery cars

["Bryan Howell via groups.io" <tubaman21=yahoo.com@groups.io>]

Groups 4 and 5 arrived after the merger. Group 4 was ordered by the Q, but delivered after the merger. WSMTD/BNSF still has 741-751, 753-780 and 782-787.

Bryan J. Howell

Superior, WI

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 1:41 PM, trains@davidstreeter.net

<trains@davidstreeter.net> wrote:

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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