Re: Mystery DL&G outfit car
Posted by Todd Hackett on Jul 15, 2023; 1:54am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Mystery-DL-G-outfit-car-tp18906p18910.html
Technically, the GSL&P ceased to exist on April 1 1990 when it was absorbed into the new UPD&G (along with the Colorado Central and several others), so the line would have been the UPD&G by the time this car likely arrived (whether it was an outfit car or something else at the time, and whether they used it or just put it on the ground somewhere).
The car looks wide - could it be standard gauge? The number still doesn't make sense, nor does the DL&G make sense for a standard gauge car.
There appears to be a platform on the end, so it's likely that the body had been longer (maybe much longer) at one point. There's no sign of a side cargo door, so if this was a boxcar conversion, they did more than just add some windows. I don't see any sign of needle beams, which would have made it easier to estimate how much of the original car was left.
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That's quite a mystery. I can't make any sense of that number either, and I looked though my collection and have no photos showing a car that could be that one, but most of my photos would be later.
Technically, the GSL&P ceased to exist on April 1 1990 when it was absorbed into the new UPD&G (along with the Colorado Central and several others), so the line would have been the UPD&G by the time this car likely arrived (whether it was an outfit car or something else at the time, and whether they used it or just put it on the ground somewhere).
The car looks wide - could it be standard gauge? The number still doesn't make sense, nor does the DL&G make sense for a standard gauge car.
There appears to be a platform on the end, so it's likely that the body had been longer (maybe much longer) at one point. There's no sign of a side cargo door, so if this was a boxcar conversion, they did more than just add some windows. I don't see any sign of needle beams, which would have made it easier to estimate how much of the original car was left.
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