I'm looking to see what info I can find on the car but it did exist. As
noted the car was an experimental car built to try out overhead bunkers
rather than the conventional end bunkers. As all refrigerators at that
date were steel underframe wood sheathed cars, the test car followed
suit. I've never seen any info on the door but I expect they too were an
experiment. I'm not sure if the doors were later changed to the regular
hinged doors but the car was still operating in 1957 but gone by 1960. The
car was noted in the Oct 1957 ORER as numbered CP289962 - Refrigerator,
steel frame, overhead ice tanks.
pbb
At 07:53 AM 15/05/03, you wrote:
Can you provide some details Peter? Going through Jim Little's three
part series on CPR wooden reefers in "CP Tracks", Riddell's CP Color
Guide and Yaremko's rail Car Pictorial Vol. 5, I've been unable to find
any wood sheathed reefers with plug doors. According to the latter, hinged
doors were employed on steel reefers built through 1948. The five foot
plug door was used on the steel cars built 1949 and onwards.
Regards,
Rainer Auer,
Morinville, AB
----- Original Message -----
From: "PBowers" <57era@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [cpsig] CP 8 Hatch Reefer
> Yes, the car did exist. It was a prototype of the steel overhead tank
cars
> and I expect the door was also an experimental door at the time.
> pbb
>
> At 12:12 AM 15/05/03, you wrote:
> >I have an old Ambroid kit for a CP 8 hatch reefer. The kit is of a wooden
> >car with plug doors. Did any wooden reefers with plug doors actually
> >exist? Were any wooden reefers equipped with 8 hatches?
> >
> >Thanks for your help! - Errol Holm
> >
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