Re: Need info on early C&S inherited coal cars -- how were they numbered??

Posted by Dave Eggleston on
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Jim,

I just noticed your ask about adding the C&S (and I presume predecessor) pages from the ORER into the archives. I believe, unless a lawyer type says "NO," that it should be ok to do so. I'll need to dig through the 20 or so digital copies (1890-1917) I have and grab shots of the pages.

The big issue for anyone looking at the 1890s is that while the UPD&G reported regularly on equipment, the DL&G is a literal black hole of information. At least digitally--maybe not so in the stacks of the CHS--when it comes to any kind of car counts. The DL&G numbers basically are given once and pretty much don't change, meaning the DL&G folks didn't send updates so the editors of the ORER just published what was there the previous year!

The really fun part, and this is where Rudnick comes in very helpful, is the sudden arrival of KC, UN and other cars onto the ORER rosters. By other, I mean a very few of the cars on the GSL&P which were stranded in Boulder canyon after the 1894 flood!

Dave