Re: Non-Revenue Service Cars

Posted by Jim Courtney on Aug 05, 2019; 6:17pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Non-Revenue-Service-Cars-tp14179p14184.html

Here are a couple of MOW cars from my files:




C&S 051, c1912-15: The other boxcar, with larger block monogram may be a 24 foot "block car", dunno for sure.





C&S 070, McClure photo c.1908-1912, with Litchfield flat car, 086.

Both cars evidently in "B&B" service, though looking at the contents on the work flat and the two being spotted at Crossons tank, suggest that they are specifically assigned to maintain water tanks.



C&S 1082 , a 1902 coal car, still carries a revenue freight car number, but this would make a great 1930s model of late MOW equipment.


In the files section are a few high-res scans of Folio-27 plans for C&S MOW cars:









All three of the box outfit cars in the plans appear to be 27 foot UP boxcars, like those produced by Cimarron Works as resin kits.
The two work flats are 30 foot cars, could be Peninsular 30 foot cars from the mid 1880s or rebuild from 1897 or 1898 coal cars.

EDIT:
Keith's info, quoting Derrell Pool, suggests the 084 was rebuilt from a 30' boxcar; the body height above the rails suggests it was originally a Peninsular boxcar. However, the folio sheet says it was converted from 4826, which would be a Peninsular 30' coal car.

Block and tool car 088 is noted on the folio sheet to have been converted from flat car 1070. The flat cars in the series 1063 -1077 were in turn converted in 1919 from surplus St Charles coal cars of 1897 and 1898.


I'll look for more photos in my book collection, will give me an excuse to scan them into my computer.