Re: D&RG "longhorns" on the C&S??

Posted by Pat Student on Mar 04, 2017; 1:03am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Cars-on-the-D-RGW-at-Marshall-Pass-tp7805p7888.html

The 1000 - 1249 had 10 stakes per side same as the 1500-899, 1900-1925 and 9200 -9574.  Only the 1250 - 1499 had 8 stake per side due to the bottom doors.  During the rebuilding oil the 20's ad later, many of the 120 - 1499 received 10 stake per side.

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Jim Courtney [via C&Sng Discussion Forum] <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'm usually not that enthusiastic about D&RG freight cars (probably comes from building too many 3000 series boxcars in my youth).

But these photos and Pat's research means that these D&RG cars were hauled over Fremont and Boreas passes and up Chalk Creek, often by 2, 3 or 4 C&S locomotives, in trains trailed by a C&S bobber caboose.

Suddenly that makes these cars fascinating.

And Mike, seems like you've already done the CAD work for D&RG 4 board stakes with the large cast stake pockets.  Any chance of another Shapeways gondola stake project?  A couple of D&RG gons might make an interesting addition to a 1909 C&S scene.

Weren't the stakes and stake pockets on the 1000-1399 gons of 1902 the same as on the dump gons 1400-1499? Any builders photos of the 1000-1399 standard flat bottom gons?

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