Coach-baggage #5 - Page 2
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| # | DATE | PHOTOG. | LOCATION | SOURCE | PAGE | C | REMARKS |
| (1) | 1884 | Lachlan McLean | Guy Gulch siding | Digerness3 | 368(d) | DD | CC coach-baggage #5 |
| Kindig | 48 | BB | |||||
| (2) | 1890s | Unknown | High Bridge | Kindig | 233(d) | RR | DL&G coach-baggage #735, left-most car |
| late 1890s | G.E. Mellon | Platte Canyon | Ferrell/SoPk | 220 | MF | DL&G coach-baggage #45, 2nd car | |
| 1921 | Unknown | Chalk Creek Canyon | Speas | 150 | SP | C&S coach-baggage #21 or #22 | |
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1926 6 Sep |
Otto Perry | Alma Branch | Kindig | 300(u) | OP | C&S coach-baggage #21 |
| Poole | 171 | DP | |||||
| DPL WHC | #OP-6249 | DP | |||||
| (4) | c.1939 | Unknown | Denver | Poole | 181 | SS | DIM caboose #903 |
| c1949 | John W. Maxwell | Unknown | Maxwell | 490701 | ex-C&S 21 on standard gauge trucks on D&NW, DT 130 to right | ||
| (5) | Date Unknown | John Hammond | Denver |
davesrailpix. railfan.net/ odds/co/htm/ dim23.htm |
DIM caboose #903 |
We know of no plans for this car in any of its manifestations.
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(5) Denver Intermountain caboose #903 (former C&S coach-baggage car #21. Photo taken at the West End carhouse yard, date unknown. (John Hammond collection) |
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Car diagram for C&S coach-baggage car #21 updated through 1916. (Note that this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement. |
SUMMARY
| CC No. | #5 |
| 1885 U.P. No. | #735 |
| 1890 UPD&G No. | #735 |
| 1897 UPD&G No. | #45 |
| 1899 C&S No. | #120 |
| 1906 C&S No. | #21 |
| Car Type | Coach-baggage
(1877) DIM “Caboose” (1930) |
| Capacity | 11 seats (1885) / 10 seats (1916) |
| Build Date | November 1877 |
| Built by | Golden City shops of CCRR |
| Length Over Endsills | 33'-2" (1885) / 32'-6" (1916) |
| Length Over Buffers | 37'-3" (1916 minus one end platform) |
| Truck Centers | 22'-6" |
| Wheel Size | 26" |
| Truck Wheelbase | 5'-0" (1916) |
| Width | 7'-5" |
| Height of Body | 9'-2" (1916) |
| Body Above Rails | 2'-10" (1916) |
| Clear Opening of Door | Not given |
| Weight | 17 tons (1912) 35,580 lbs.(1916) |
| Platform Roof | Bull-nosed |
| Heating | Stove |
| Lighting | Oil Lamps |
| Interior Finish | Ash Stained Oak (1916) |
| Termination Date | Unknown |
| Termination Method | Last seen on the DIM with 30" gauge freight trucks as “Caboose” #903. |
