former C&S stock car 7104

Posted by Mike McKenzie on
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Hey everybody!

I'm researching D&RGW MoW cable and tie car 07407, which was rebuilt from former C&S stock car 7104 (RGS 7407, thus the number) after a wreck on Marshall pass. 07407 was part of the D&RGW's Salida wreck train. The rebuild retained the steel underframe but added new side sills and end beams.

My C&S related question is about 07407's striker and likely draft gear. The rebuild apparently did not incorporate the existing typical stock car striker (as far as I know) but used a different style I've seen on C&S flats. See photos...



C&S flat 4511 at Leadville 1941 from NGP VIII, Best Collection, CSRM. Love that coupler lift bar...




D&RGW 07407 at Salida 1955 from the Dorman Collection, R.W. Richardson photo

As far as I can tell they're the same style striker. My question is do we know what this style of striker and it's associated draft gear is called and are there drawings perhaps? If I knew the style of the draft gear I could probably find reference to it online or in an old car cyclopedia. I don't find reference to this striker in the drawings I have, Derrell's C&S Connection and Ron Runick's DSP&P modeling guide. The drawings that exist for 07407 don't detail the draft gear but do show the striker somewhat clearly. It seems like kind of an oddball and I'm surprised to find it on the 07407, but I'd like to make as accurate a drawing as I can, at least make the most informed guesses anyway.

Thanks for any help...

Mike McKenzie