Bonanza, Leadville, San Juan - Page 3
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| # | DATE | PHOTOG. | LOCATION | SOURCE | PAGE | C | REMARKS |
| (1) | Early 1880s | Charles Weitfle | Arkansas River Bridge | Digerness1 | 227 | EG | Plan 73 Pullman sleeper; could be any one of the four: Kenosha, Leadville, San Juan or South Park |
| Ferrell/SoPk | 51 |
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| Poor | 178(ME) | AA | |||||
| 1883 Aug 1 | Geo. E. Mellen | Palisades | Digerness2 | 343 | DD | Pullmans Leadville and Kenosha | |
| (2) | 1894? | H.H. Buckwalter | Atlantic Siding | Digerness2 | 322 | RR | UPD&G coach #177 or #179 |
| 1895? | Ferrell/SoPk | 153 | WA | ||||
| late 1890s? | Kindig | 311(u) | FM | ||||
| 1898? | Speas | 80 | RR | ||||
| “1890s” | Unknown | High Bridge | Kindig | 233(d) | RR | Car on right may be (before 1892) Pullman Bonanza or Leadville, or (after 1892) UPD&G coach #177 or #179 [contra caption] | |
| 1895 | Unknown | Morrison | Digerness1 | 122/23 | DD | UPD&G coaches #177 and #179 (cars 3 and 4 from right) | |
| (3) | 1898 | Unknown | Roscoe (Clear Creek) | Digerness3 | 339 | DD | UPD&G coach #177 |
| Hauck | 98(u) | KS | |||||
| Poor | 281(u)(ME) | SW | |||||
| Mangan | 346 | ||||||
| (4) | 1906-1910 | Buffalo Station | KM | C&S coach #118 | |||
| 1958 June 8 | J.W. Maxwell | End Silica Branch | Maxwell | 580601 | JM | “Old N.G. Pullman on Silica Branch” | |
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Photo #1 is apparently the only photo of any of the plan 73 Pullman Palace sleeping cars before they were converted to coaches in 1892, while photo #2 appears to be the only photo of one of them as a coach. For photos of other coach-mail and coach-RPO cars and of unidentified cars, see THE COACH-RPOs page. |
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The John Maxwell Collection offers a floor plan and elevations of the Plan 73 Pullmans, based on a drawing in the National Car Builder for January 1880 (DSP-103). They also offer plans for C&S coach-mail cars #40-43 (MC-170), and for the proposed combination coach-baggage/express-mail cars that were never built (MC-171).
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Car diagram for C&S coaches #41 and #43 updated through 1916. (Note that this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement. |
SUMMARY
| DSP&P No. | Bonanza | Leadville | San Juan | |
| 1885 U.P. No. | Bonanza | Leadville | Gone | |
| 1892 UPD&G No. | #177 | #179 | ||
| 1899 C&S No. | #146/116 | #148 / #118 | ||
| 1906 C&S No. | #41 | #43 | ||
| Car Type | 1885 | Open Pullman | ||
| 1892 | Coach | Gone | ||
| 1906 | Coach-mail | |||
| 1932 | Coach-RPO | |||
| Built | 1879 | |||
| Builder | Pullmans Palace Car Co. | |||
| Date Assigned | November 1879 | |||
| Cost | $8,500 each | |||
| Capacity |
10 Sections (1885) est. 23 seats as coach 14 seats (1932 as coach-RPO) |
10 Sections | ||
| Length Over Endsills | 42'-5" | |||
| Length Over Buffers (1932, with only one platform) | 48'-1" | Gone | ||
| Truck Centers (1932) | 30'-11" | |||
| Truck Wheelbase (1932) | 5'-6" | |||
| Width | 1885 | 8'-4" | ||
| 1932 | 8'-2" | Gone | ||
| Weight | ca. 1885 | 15 tons (as sleeper) | ||
| 1912 | 20 tons (as coach-mail) | Gone | ||
| 1932 | 38,900 lbs. | 37,700 lbs. | ||
| Wheel Size | 1885 | 30" “paper” | ||
| 1932 | 26" | Gone | ||
| Heating | 1885 | Baker heater | ||
| 1932 | Spear Heater | Gone | ||
| Lighting | Oil Lamps | Hicks & Smith | ||
| Interior Finish | 1879 | Mahogany | ||
| 1932 |
Mahogany (passenger end) White (mail end) |
Gone | ||
| Platform Roof | Bullnose | |||
| Termination Date | 1928/29 | 1939 | 1881 | |
| Termination Method | Retired/dismantled | Dismantled/Body sold | Burned while in shops | |
| NOTE: The C&S passenger car diagram for cars #41 and #43 shows “corrections” were made 1-20-16, 6-22-16, 7-1-18 and 1-18-32. Presumable, then, many of the specifications indicated as “1932” above may have been applicable much earlier. | ||||
