Don's Rail Photos
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee
Merchandise Dispatch Cars
200 thru 202 were built by Jewett in 1909 as combine. In January 1917 they were converted to a merchandise dispatch cars by removing the seating and adding doors at the former passenger end of the cars. 200 was retired in 1939 and sold for scrap in 1945. 201 was coverted to plow use in 1937. It was retired in 1947 and scrapped in 1948. In 1936 202 was converted to use as a supply car. In August 1946 it was sold to Chicago Hardware Foundry where the body was used as a storage shed for several years.
203 thru 214 were built by Cincinnati in 1920 and followed the pattern of the earlier cars. 203 was retired in 1943 and sold to Chicago Hardware Foundry in 1953 who numbered it 240. 204 and 206 were retired in 1945, 205 was retired in 1943, 208 and 209 were retired in 1947, and 210, 211, 212, and 214 were retired in 1948. They were all sold for scrap in 1948. 207 was converted to a tool car in 1942 and was retired and sold for scrap in 1948. 213 was rebuilt as an ice cutter in 1940. It was retired in 1955 and sold to CHF as 242.
215 thru 229 were built by Cincinnati Car in 1922 and moved the loading doors from the ends to the center. 215 was demotorized and used as a tool car. 216 was rebuilt in 1948 as a tool car. 217 and 218 were demotorized to be used as cabooses and later rebuilt as sleet cutters. 219 was rebuilt as a work car in 1948. 220 was rebuilt as a sleet cutter. 221, 225, and 226 were retired in 1947 and sold for scrap in 1948. 222, 223, 224, and 227 were retired and scrapped in 1948. 228 was rebuilt as a sleet cutter. 229 was rebuilt with 4 motors in 1944 and later converted to work car service. 218 and 229 are now preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.
230 thru 239 were built by Cincinnati in 1924 and were identical except that they were built with 4 motors instead of 2. 230 was retired in 1947 and scrapped in 1948. 231 and 238 were rebuilt as plows in 1949. 232 was rebuilt as a work car. 233 was burned at Highwood in 1947. 234 was rebuilt with 2 motors and became a tool car in 1948. 235 was burned at Highwood in November 1959. 236 was rebuilt with 2 motors and retired in 1954. It was sold to Chicago Hardware Foundry as 243 in 1955. 237 and 239 were rebuilt with 2 motors and then rebuilt as sleet cutters.
240 thru 244 were built by Cincinnati Car in 1926 as refrigerated trailers. A complete ammonia refrigerating machine was built into one end of the car. They were retired in 1938 except for the 242 which lasted until 1940. They were scrapped in 1945.
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