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Milwaukee Road stock car #105031, one of 486 of her class, was built in 1928. It is a 40-foot, 40-ton capacity car having a steel underframe, wood sides which are outside Z-bar braced, and wood ends. There are single wooden sliding doors, and the openings are 6' wide by 8' 3" wide. The A-end has a small hatch near the top. It is the only stock car in the Museum's collection. This car was used in the movie "Emperor of the North" and was painted with Denver and Rio Grande Western markings. In that movie, one end of the car is set afire so Lee Marvin, playing hobo A#1, can escape after being locked in. When the car was purchased from the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern in 1978 the floor and sides of the B end were still charred and had to be replaced. The DRGW markings were covered during restoration in 2001-02. It is painted freight car color and has white markings. |
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