Passenger Cars of the South Park

Coach-Baggage #23 & #25 - Page 2

“Bowers-Dure” Combines

DSP&P

U.P. 1885 DL&G 1889 C&S 1899 C&S 1906
#23 #703 #703 #125 #25
#25 #704 #704 #126 #24


PHOTOGRAPHS & PLANS

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

# DATE PHOTOG. LOCATION SOURCE PAGE C REMARKS
(1) 1884 William H. Jackson / Miller & Nutt Bakers Tank Digerness2 112 RR DSP&P coach-baggage #23
Ferrell/SoPk 170 RR
Kindig 38(u) RR
(2) 1884 Everett E. Van Epps Boreas Pass Kindig 37(l) CC DSP&P coach-baggage #23, mis-identified as #20 (a Pullman-built coach)
  1884/85 Alex Martin / Robert M. Davis Farnham Chappell 58(d) GW DSP&P coach-baggage #23
Ferrell/C&S 15(u) GW
Ferrell/SoPk 166 MF
Poor 477(d)(ME) GB
  1884? Richard B. Jackson? Rocky Point Chappell 59(u) RJ DSP&P coach-baggage #23?
Ferrell/SoPk 172 RJ
(3) 1886 C.C. Rogers / Otto Westerman Keystone Digerness2 193(u) DD DSP&P coach-baggage #703? Baggage compartment windows have been covered.
Ferrell/SoPk 281 MF
Poor 308(ME) EW
  no date Unknown Trout Cr. Canyon Speas 62(d) RR Dark pic, hard to tell anything; possibly DL&G coach -baggage #703 or #704
  1889? Unknown Palisades Digerness2 351 DD DL&G coach -baggage #703 or #704
  1895 Sep Unknown Split Rock Ferrell/SoPk 124 LS DL&G coach -baggage #703 or #704
  1896 April 30 H.D. Newton Palisades* Digerness2 346 RR DL&G coach -baggage #703 or #704 behind Bowers-Dure coach. Roof no longer has distinctive contour
(4) 1896 April 30 H.D. Newton Atlantic* Chappell 78(u) FR DL&G coach -baggage #703 or #704 behind Bowers-Dure coach
Digerness2 320(d) RR
Ferrell/SoPk 123 MF
Helmers 157(u) FR
Kindig 396(d) GH
Wagner 14 FR
* Same train


We are aware of no plans or drawings of coach-baggage cars #23 or #25.

C&S coach-baggage car #24

Car diagram for C&S coach-baggage car #24 updated through 1916. (Note that this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement.


C&S coach-baggage car #25 diagram

Car diagram for C&S coach-baggage car #25 updated through 1916. (Note that this is not a scale drawing.) Click pic for enlargement.


SUMMARY

DSP&P No. #23 #25
1885 U.P. No. #703 #704
1889 DL&G No. #703 #704
1899 C&S No. #125 #126
1906 C&S No. #25 #24
Car Type

Coach-baggage

Capacity (seats) 1885 10 10
1916

14

10
Built by

Bowers, Dure & Company

Build Date

1874

Acquired From

Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe

Delivery Date

May 1880

Cost

$2,200 each

Length Over Endsills 1885 35'-0"
1916 40'-0" 35'-0"
Length Over Buffers (1916, with one end platform) 44'-11" 42'-3"
Truck Centers (1916) 29'-9" 25'-0"
Wheel Size 1885 24"
1916 26"
Truck Wheelbase (1916) 5'-0"
Width (1916) 8'-2" 8'-0"
Height of Body (1816) 9'-2" 9'-0"
Body Above Rails (1916) 35" 34"
Clear Opening of Door (1916) 3'-9˝" x 5'-6" 3'-10" x Unk.
Weight 1912 16 tons 20 tons
1916 40,900 lbs. 32,800 lbs.
Platform Roof 1885 Hooded
1916 Bullnose
Heating

Stoves

Lighting

Oil Lamps

Interior Finish (1916)

Ash stained oak

Termination Date February 1910 February 1924
Termination Method Destroyed Sold


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