Thanks to Peter for helping to unravel the mystery of the Ambroid kit
#K-14
/ CP 8 hatch wood reefer. This all begs some new questions:
1. If in fact this car was built or rebuilt with a plug door per the
kit,
would it have been the first and possibly only wood car with such a door?
2. When was plug door technology introduced and what was the first car
so
built?
3. If this was the only 8-hatch wood reefer built and it survived until
1957 as number 289962, was that also the original number of the car? As
Andreas points out, the decals supplied with the car indicate number 289987.
4. What type of door did 289962 have?
5. Dorin's picture of the steel 289988 shows swing type doors. Is that
representative of the all other cars in the original 289940-289989 series
with the exception of our mystery car? Riddell's photos and info on page 59
of his book mention only steel construction for 8-hatch reefers.
6. Does anyone have a photo of this one-of-a-kind car (either as 289962
or
as 289987)?
I know that we're getting pretty fine here, but I am intrigued with the
concept of wood cars with modern plug doors.
Bob Sanford
