For those interested in the historical and/or modeling aspects of the Colorado Midland Railroad/Railway, Midland Terminal Railroad, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad and Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Railroad.
Tom Teeple on the EarlyRail forum asked about what percentage of foreign cars he should be running on his 1895 layout set in Kansas City, so I sent them this
Adrian,  Your dad and I have been trying to read the lettering on the Hanarahans at Hartzel and so far have been unable to come up with a legible copy. If
Cyril, the Hanrahans retained the four doors until around 1909, if I remember correctly. The photo Tom supplied is from the teens. There is a pair of L.C.
Actually, looking at my notes the "one door" version was done in the 1909 - 10 period. The first repainting was done, if on schedule, in 1900 and would have
I remember that photo from earlier discussions, but this is the one door version, right? Would this lettering scheme have been used just after 1900?  Cyril