Re: A gondola question for drgwcarman - The "Fair Gons" Part II
| July 27, 2014 02:17PM |
Some photos....
Cripple Creek & Tincup "John Evans" at the Chicago RR Fair, Sep. 21, 1949. Per AFE 1951, this is one of the cars built by the D&RGW's Burnham Shops. Notice the craftsmanship, the side sill has been covered in plywood to give it a smooth appearance, quarter round has been used between the endsill and endwall plywood and the corner post has a cap over the hole that the pipe railing runs through. Also notice the 1949 dated D&RGW stencil on the air reservoir.
Cripple Creek & Tincup "Brigham Young", Sep. 21, 1949. Per AFE 1951, this is one of the cars borrowed from the CB&Q (and presumably built by the CB&Q in 1948). Same basic car as the "John Evans" but quite obviously built by a different shop at a different time. No plywood to cover the rough side sill and the grab irons are attached in a different manner to name a few differences. These two photos to me confirm what AFE 1951 has to say about the source of the 4 gons used by the D&RGW at the 1949 RR Fair.
For future reference, note that the "John Evans" is coupled to D&RGW B-3, the "General William J. Palmer" and behind the "Brigham Young" is the "Heber C. Kimball" followed by passenger coach "Chief Ouray".
An interior view of the "Heber C. Kimball" from Sep. 21, 1949. This again is one of the cars sold to the CB&Q in 1948 and then borrowed back in 1949. The train ran around the edge of the fair grounds, thus everything worth seeing was on one side of the train, hence the seating setup and lack of view blocking center posts on the right side of the car. With the back seats higher than the front, it can be seen how these carbodies might make dandy cover bleacher seats.
A less than clear shot of either the "David Moffat" or John Evans" sitting on a spur along with the B-7 (today the D&SNG's General William Jackson Palmer) circa 1950.Such as it is, proof that the D&RGW built cars came back to Colorado narrow gauge land as intact cars.
Jason Midyette
Cripple Creek & Tincup "John Evans" at the Chicago RR Fair, Sep. 21, 1949. Per AFE 1951, this is one of the cars built by the D&RGW's Burnham Shops. Notice the craftsmanship, the side sill has been covered in plywood to give it a smooth appearance, quarter round has been used between the endsill and endwall plywood and the corner post has a cap over the hole that the pipe railing runs through. Also notice the 1949 dated D&RGW stencil on the air reservoir.
Cripple Creek & Tincup "Brigham Young", Sep. 21, 1949. Per AFE 1951, this is one of the cars borrowed from the CB&Q (and presumably built by the CB&Q in 1948). Same basic car as the "John Evans" but quite obviously built by a different shop at a different time. No plywood to cover the rough side sill and the grab irons are attached in a different manner to name a few differences. These two photos to me confirm what AFE 1951 has to say about the source of the 4 gons used by the D&RGW at the 1949 RR Fair.
For future reference, note that the "John Evans" is coupled to D&RGW B-3, the "General William J. Palmer" and behind the "Brigham Young" is the "Heber C. Kimball" followed by passenger coach "Chief Ouray".
An interior view of the "Heber C. Kimball" from Sep. 21, 1949. This again is one of the cars sold to the CB&Q in 1948 and then borrowed back in 1949. The train ran around the edge of the fair grounds, thus everything worth seeing was on one side of the train, hence the seating setup and lack of view blocking center posts on the right side of the car. With the back seats higher than the front, it can be seen how these carbodies might make dandy cover bleacher seats.
A less than clear shot of either the "David Moffat" or John Evans" sitting on a spur along with the B-7 (today the D&SNG's General William Jackson Palmer) circa 1950.Such as it is, proof that the D&RGW built cars came back to Colorado narrow gauge land as intact cars.
Jason Midyette
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