The Supply Car Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) General Service Flat Cars
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
The Supply Car
Factory:
Chad Boas
Prototype Info
Style:
general service
Year/Era:
1940
Length:
53'6"
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Class:
FM14
Notes:
CBQ had a fishbelly center sill, but straight side sills. Two years later, in 1942, AAR standardized on both being fishbelly sills.
Model Info
Gauge:
S
Qty Made:
50
Product Type:
resin kit
Finish:
unpainted
Wheels:
not included
Couplers:
not included
Decals:
not included
Supplemental:
Notes:
The back story on these specific models, and it unclear how many more exist, was that Bob McCarthy acquired the patterns from Chad Boas for this car. Bob Hogan was helping Bob McCarthy at the time and wound up with two of these kits in his possession. The kit consisted of just the body casting and the wooden deck produced by Lake Junction Models; everything else the modeler had to acquire from then-Grandt Lines (part numbers were indicated in the one-page instruction sheet that accompanied the kit). The car never made it to full production due to Bob's passing. Jim King, of Smoky Mountain Model Works, acquired the patterns from Bob McCarthy somehow, and refined it and eventually released the kit under his own company name.
(image copyright © Bob Hogan; used by permission)
(image copyright © Bob Hogan; used by permission)