Passenger Cars of the South Park

Baggage-Mail-Express #42 - Page 3

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U.P. 1885 DL&G 1889 C&S 1899 C&S 1906
#42 #1300 #1300 #113/#105 Baggage #4

C&S Baggage #4, 1936

(7) C&S Baggage Car #4 at Denver, 1936. Richard H. Kindig photo at Poole-175.


PHOTOGRAPHS & PLANS

(Photos with Source and Page in blue are best to show car details.)

# DATE PHOTOG. LOCATION SOURCE PAGE C REMARKS
(1) 1889-1899 J.B. Sturtevant near Kenosha Pass Ferrell/SoPk 229(u) BC C&S baggage #4
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Crossons Ferrell/C&S 97 RJ C&S baggage #4
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Denver Chappell 212(u) RJ C&S baggage #4
Kindig 259(u) RK
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Denver Chappell 212(d) RJ C&S baggage #4
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson South Platte Canyon Chappell 213(u) RJ C&S baggage #4
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Jefferson Chappell 213(d) RJ C&S baggage #4
Ferrell/C&S 102 RJ
Kindig 277(d) RJ
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Como Ferrell/C&S 104 RJ C&S baggage #4
  1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Boreas Pass Chappell 214(u) RJ C&S baggage #4
  1929 O.C. Perry Boreas Pass Beebe 142(d) OP C&S baggage #4
Digerness2 110(u) DD
Poor 335(u)(ME) OP
DPL-WHC OP-6156  
(6) 1929 Aug R.B. Jackson Bakers Tank Chappell 215(d) RJ C&S baggage #4
Ferrell/C&S 110/11 RJ
  1929 Aug 22 J.A. Grow Breckengidge Kindig 288(u) JG C&S baggage #4
  1931 R.B. Jackson Denver Ferrell/C&S 206 MF C&S baggage #4
Kindig 388(d) RJ
Speas 168* EH
(7) 1936 Aug 15 R.H. Kindig Denver Poole 175 RK C&S baggage #4
  1936 Dec 16 O.C. Perry South Platte River Kindig 411(u) OP C&S baggage #4
  1964 Jul 2 J.W. Maxwell Longmont Maxwell #4689 JM C&S baggage #4, ¾ side opposite stove
  1964 Jul 2 J.W. Maxwell Longmont Maxwell #4690 JM C&S baggage #4, end
  1964 Jul 2 J.W. Maxwell Longmont Maxwell #4691 JM C&S baggage #4, broadside, side opposite stove
  1964 Jul 2 J.W. Maxwell Longmont Maxwell #4692 JM C&S baggage #4, ¾ view of end
* Small image for all that’s shown.

The John Maxwell Collection offers plans for C&S baggage cars #1-4, all floor plans. It is their plan C-114.
 

C&S baggage car #4 diagram

Car diagram for C&S baggage car #4 updated through 1916. (Note that this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement.


SUMMARY

DSP&P No. #42
1885 U.P. No. #1300
1889 DL&G No. #1300
1899 C&S No. #113/#105
1906 C&S No. Baggage #4
Car Type Baggage-mail-express
Build Date December 1879
Built by DSP&P Denver shops
Length Over End Sills 39'-10" (1885)     40'-0" (1916)
Length Over Buffers 47'-4" (1916) *
Truck Centers 29'-10" (1916)
Truck Wheelbase 5'-0" (1916)
Width 8'-0" (1916)
Height of Body 9'-2" (1916)
Body Above Rails 34" (1916)
Clear Opening of Doors 3'-4 ½" x 5'-5 ½"
Weight 16 tons (1912)
34,100 lbs. (1916)
Wheel Size 24" (1885)    26" (1916)
Heating Stove
Lighting Oil Lamps (1916)
Interior Finish Poplar (1916)
Platform Roof Bullnose (1916)
Termination Date January 1939
Termination Method Retired / Dismantled / Sold
* This dimension seems wrong. No other car without end platforms was more than 3' longer over buffers than over endsills. This would be almost long enough for end platforms.


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