Box Cars
January 1873 | The first box cars arrive (these would be the Central Pacific (Sacramento) built outside braced boxcars (1001 - 1009 odd numbered). They are painted yellow. |
10 July 1874 | New box cars arrive (1011 & 1013). These were painted yellow. |
April 1908 | Box car 1003 was converted into Construction Dinning car No. 6 at a cost of $441.58. |
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Boxcar 1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009 |
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The five
box cars 1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009 were built by CPRR (Central Pacific
RailRoad) in their Sacramento shop.
These boxcars were (and one is) ventilated boxcars.
They were sheet iron, either all the way up or
down.
A ~1876 photo of a V&T ventilated boxcar taken by Watkins shows the lower vent cover in the up position.
There's a photo of a CP car on the Crown Point
Trestle (Crockwell, 7/31/1889) with the lower
vent covers in the up position.
The five CP built
cars appear to have kept the "California" or Central Pacific trucks Detrucked
1001 and 1005 were
placed at Carson and Scales. Retrucked
1001, 1005 and
1007 were retrucked when they were sold for movie work all using Kimball
trucks. Today1005 is again on the proper trucks. On display at Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City.
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Boxcar 1003 |
April 1908:
Box car 1003 was
converted into Construction Dinning car No. 6 at a cost of
$441.58. 1003 was the last to be detrucked, as construction #6 it was grounded at Reno. |
Boxcar 1005 |
The underframe
timbers on the 1005 are: The rebuilt V&T box car 1005 should match the yellow ochre. The color matches some original paint that was found on the car during reconstruction. |
Boxcar 1011, 1013 |
V.C. Chronicle 7/11/1874 New Box cars.
One of the new box cars built in the East for the V&TRR Co., arrived at the
depot in this city yesterday morning.
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Box cars 1011 and 1013 was bult by Wells French. These 2 box cars were painted yellow (ochre?) when they arrived.
When the V&T bought the WF cars
1011 and 1013, they were to be used mostly for hauling
hay to VC. 1011 and 1013 had the original type of trucks when they went to the movies. |
Boxcar 1015 |
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The following texts are from the Dale Darney Collection and Research.
On July 7th 1906 the V. & T. Railroad received Chicago & Northwestern boxcar No. 39010 at Moundhouse with sacked ore from Tonopah, consigned to the Butters Mill at Virginia City. The Butters Plant was located in Six Mile Canyon just below Virginia City and was served by an aerial tram with an ore dump on the C. & C. side track just beyond tunnel (#8#) under the Chollar waste dumps near the V. & T. Roundhouse. Master of Transportation, made this entry in his notes viz: July 7 1906 A. M. Ardery note book: CN&W box (sic) with ore from Tonopah would not clear in chollar tunnel. dimensions 40 ft long - 14 ft over rail - 8 ft 3 wide. With the problem at Virginia City apparently solved, box car #39010 was taken to the Gypsum mill (the old Mexican ore mill) at Empire, between Mound House and Carson, to be loaded with sacked Gypsum for shipment to San Francisco. Box car #39010 would never get to San Francisco as noted again by A. M. Ardery. July 13 1906, A. M. Ardery note book: C&NW 39010 loaded with sacked gypsum at Empire caught fire at end door near Andersons today, local train #3 All attempts control fire failed. Cut car off, took to long siding Reno where with assistance Reno fire department, fire put out. Car box top, side and end total loss. Load damaged. Ordeered load transferred and car taken to S. P. shops. (at Sparks) July 13 1906, Territorial Enterprise Virginia City: A Car is Burned. - When the local train was a short distance from Reno yesterday forenoon acar containing lime was discovered on fire, and the train was rushed to the city limits of Reno, where an alarm was sounded and the fire department called out. Most of the wood work was destroyed before the fire was extinguish.
Car repair in the large new car repair shops at Sparks should have gone quickly and without any major problems but this was not to be the case with C&NW #39010. H. M. Yerington could get little satisfaction in response to his inquiries as to its progress.
Failing to get satisfaction, Yerington sought assistance from a higher level.
Still without satisfaction, he went even higher!
Box car #39010 was repaired at the V. & T.'s Carson shops and became Virginia & Truckee #1015. October 1 1906. V. & T. R. R. Inventory ledger C. & N. W. Box Car -- Org Number 39010 - Now V. & T. #1015. badly injured by fire July 13 1906.Length 40-7in. width 8'-3". Weight 31,000 lbs. Paid C. & N. W. $308.74 Paid for repairs $324.15 1910. V. & T. ROLLING STOCK LEDGER #1015 Rebuilt C. & N. W. Box Car -Oct. 1 1906 - Partially destroyed by fire and purchased. V. & T. Box car No. 1015 is currently at the Nevada State Railroad Museum waiting it's turn for restoration. |
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[From Manx Quarterly #20 1919] THOMAS QUAYLE.Died 23rd April, 1918, Mr Thomas Quayle, nonagenarian sire of a family prominent in Oak Park and Chicago, passed away on 23rd April at his home, 229 North Harvey-avenue. He had passed his 90th birthday anniversary, and his mental and physical condition were still good. Mr Quayle was born on 21st January, 1828, in the Isle of Man. In 1840 he came to Chicago with his family, and in 1871 bined the Chicago and North Western Railroad in the passenger car department, where he remained until 18 years ago, when he retired from active business. For the last 26 years he had made his home in Oak Park. Impressive funeral services were conducted at the Cuyler Avenue Methodist Church.-Mr Quayle is survived by two sons, Robert Quayle, of Oak Park (general superintendent of motive power of the Chicago and North Western Railroad), and William Quayle (a master mechanic of the same concern at Green Bay, Wis.); three daughters, Misses Annie and Lizzie Quayle, and Mrs P. M. Watterson, of 306 North Elmwood-avenue; twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs Quayle died twelve years ago. The late Mr Thomas Quayle was a brother of the late Mr J. Quayle, a gentleman who some thirty years ago was prominent in Douglas circles.
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1015 had its original trucks when it too was detrucked and the body sold ~1950 |
There were seven box cars owned by
the V&T on the 1916 roster. 1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, and
1009 were built by CPRR, so had CPRR trucks as built.
1011 and 1013 were
Wells, French built.
Hay and Box Cars |
Kimball Manufacturing produced hay presses (and
wool presses) as well as The hay was
baled. In the 1870 's and after,
Hay was grown up and down the
Carson Valley, Eagle Valley, Walker Valley, etc. I have a switch list dated 7/31/07 for train 4 from Reno that has 1013 hauling
hay to Virginia City.
Looking through the July - Oct 1877 Train
Reports, |
Source of information: Mike Collins, Dale Darney, Jim Wilke.