A.C. Gilbert Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) Side Dump Dump Cars
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
719
Prototype Info
Style:
side dump
Length:
43'
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1950
Road Number(s):
719
Product Type:
metal or plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Magazine Article:
S Gaugian, May 2006, pg 37
Online Article:
Notes:
This operating car is controlled via an external button interface and the use of a track trip. When the button is pressed, the side panel falls down, and the entire body tilts over to that side, thereby unloading everything that it contains. The car came with a 4" x 6" metal tray with raised edges which would catch whatever the car dumped. The car came in two versions. In the second photo you can see the plastic-body version that was only produced in 1950. The car in the back of the photo is the metal-body version which was made from 1950 through 1954.
(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
(image copyright © A.C. Gilbert)
Austin Birkey describes the model in detail