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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:51:41 -0500
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Thank you. That confirms that there never was a 788 or 789. Of course, eventually all of them had the 27-pin wiring added.

"My observations" were made mainly in the early 2000s (or possibly late 1990s). With the dual goals of recording actual train consists and getting some exercise, I walked up and down the Naperville platforms recording engine and car numbers of dinkies and Amtrak trains on a mini-cassette recorder. Then I went home and transcribed the data onto my computer. For the dinkies, I had a spreadsheet of the car numbers, whether there was a toilet and name board, and the first and last times I saw it. After a while, I noticed that some of those last seen dates were getting old (which was one of my objectives -- I knew some of the cars were expected to be retired soon). For Amtrak, this was the Express era and eventually I got down to recording the numbers of the Roadrailer bogies and the destinations chalked on the trailers. Unfortunately, this was several computers ago and I don't think I copied the data forward as I got new ones. I have no idea whether the old hard drive would still be readable.

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David Streeter
On 10/10/2022 3:51 PM, Rupert Gamlen wrote:

According to the 1969 Ownership, Age & Condition Equipment List

700-729 built 1950
730-739 built 1953
740-749 built 1955
750-759 built 1957
760-787 built 1965
790-795 built 1965

96 seats lower level, 52 seats in the gallery, while toilet cars seated 94 and 51 respectively.

From the January 1965 List (before the 1965 equipment was listed), 725-731, 740-744 and 750-758 have an upper deck locker for trainmen, and 722-724, 733-736, 739, 745, 748-749 and 759 were “equipped with 27 conductor control wiring for push-pull service in 1964.”

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

 

From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Bryan Howell via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, 11 October 2022 8:14 am
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] types of gallery cars

 

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

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.

2: name board, toilet, no cab, ending with 787. (I have never seen a 788

3: name board, toilet, cab, 790-795. (no photo found on rrpicturearchives)

4: no name board, toilet, cab, 796-815.

blanked)

5: no name board, toilet, no cab, 816-820.

 

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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