Re: CONX 14
Posted by Keith Hayes on
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CONX 14 was built by the D&RGW for Continental Oil as one of three similar cars. The cars used existing tanks on new frames. The cars are distinguished by the walks on either side, and the handrails angled out from the car sides.
This image (which Chris found and I captured from another post) shows CONX 14 returning to Leadville on May 2, 1941. As trains usually returned to Leadville late in the day prior to the Climax operation being isolated, it was unusual to capture a train entering the Cloud City. Evidently CONX 5 and 14 were sequestered for this service as the end of operations.
There were also some other cars built to a similar design, using other tanks, that survived in water service on the D&RGW. CONX 17 is one of these. The photo in the Dorman collection shows an archbar truck more similar to the C&S design than that used by the D&RGW.
FYI, I am loving that brakie, kneeling on the end platform with his hand on the club and ready to break. Or maybe he is just hanging on? I observed an engineer shunting cars in Chama a while back often sat on the armrest and leaned out of the cab to look backwards as he was switching. I have seen the same thing with 20 and 346 in Golden. I think I need to cut up some engineers and move them out of the traditional seated positions. But that is another project.
The model is starting to look like a tank car. The resolution was reasonably good, but an application of Tamiya primer showed some flaws. There are a couple coats of Primer on the model now with some plastic filler in between. Weights were epoxies inside, and some epoxy was added to the ends to beef them up internally. I was overly stingy on the thickness of the end for some reason. The ends are glued on with black CA, which will fill the joint and can be seen as it is sanded down.
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CONX 14 was built by the D&RGW for Continental Oil as one of three similar cars. The cars used existing tanks on new frames. The cars are distinguished by the walks on either side, and the handrails angled out from the car sides.
This image (which Chris found and I captured from another post) shows CONX 14 returning to Leadville on May 2, 1941. As trains usually returned to Leadville late in the day prior to the Climax operation being isolated, it was unusual to capture a train entering the Cloud City. Evidently CONX 5 and 14 were sequestered for this service as the end of operations.
There were also some other cars built to a similar design, using other tanks, that survived in water service on the D&RGW. CONX 17 is one of these. The photo in the Dorman collection shows an archbar truck more similar to the C&S design than that used by the D&RGW.
FYI, I am loving that brakie, kneeling on the end platform with his hand on the club and ready to break. Or maybe he is just hanging on? I observed an engineer shunting cars in Chama a while back often sat on the armrest and leaned out of the cab to look backwards as he was switching. I have seen the same thing with 20 and 346 in Golden. I think I need to cut up some engineers and move them out of the traditional seated positions. But that is another project.
The model is starting to look like a tank car. The resolution was reasonably good, but an application of Tamiya primer showed some flaws. There are a couple coats of Primer on the model now with some plastic filler in between. Weights were epoxies inside, and some epoxy was added to the ends to beef them up internally. I was overly stingy on the thickness of the end for some reason. The ends are glued on with black CA, which will fill the joint and can be seen as it is sanded down.
Keith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3
Leadville in Sn3
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