Southern Kansas Railway

NUMBER SERIES	TYPE	BUILDER & DATE	CAP.	NOTES
SKRy 1-150	BOX	CB&Q 1870	15TON	28' OL, ex CB&Q, odd nos. re# SK 362-512even in 1887
SKRy 151-261	BOX	St. Charles Car Co 1879	15TON	28' OL, odd nos. re# SK 514-622even in 1887
KCL&SK 262-361	BOX	St. Charles Car Co 1881	15TON	28' OL, ex AT&SF 10268-10466even re# KCL&SK in 1883, re# AT&SF 10268-10466 in 1888
SKRy 600-749	Stock	Michigan Car Co 1885?	15TON	28' OL
SKRy 1200-1339	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL
SKRy 1340-1489	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL, ex AT&SF 3501-3799odd re# SKRy by 1885
SKRy 1490-1589	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL
SKRy 1590-1639	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL
SKRy 1901-1902	Flat	_	15TON	28' OL
SKRy 2001-2004	Reefer	Michigan Car Co 1884	15TON	28'-9" OL, Tiffany Patent, re# SKRy 5002-5008 c1887

1885 ORER Note: "The freight cars of this company are marked LL&G, KCL&S, KCL&SK, SKRy"
LL&G = Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston RR (21 Jan 1867 to 22 Oct 1878), to Lawrence & Galveston RR (1878 to 29 Mar 1879), then to KCL&S
SKRR= Southern Kansas RR (circa 1871 to 29 Mar 1879), then to KCL&S
KCL&S = Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern RR (1879 to circa Dec 1880), then to KCL&SK
KCL&SK = Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas RR (15 Dec 1880 to July 1883), then to SK RY
SKRy = Southern Kansas Railway (16 Jul 1883 to 16 Apr 1885)
SKRy = The Southern Kansas Railway (15 Apr 1885 to 15 Feb 1899)

NUMBER SERIES	TYPE	BUILDER & DATE	CAP.	NOTES
SKRy 2-150even	BOX	CB&Q 1870	15TON	28' OL, ex CB&Q
SKRy 152-260even	BOX	St. Charles Car Co 1879	15TON	28' OL
SKRy 362-512even	BOX	CB&Q 1870	15TON	28' OL, ex SKRy 2-150odd nos. re# in 1887, ex CB&Q
SKRy 514-622even	BOX	St. Charles Car Co 1879	15TON	28' OL, ex SKRy 152-260odd nos. re# in 1887
SKGD 724-822even	BOX	1887	20TON	34' OL
SKGD 824-822even	BOX	St. Charles Car Co 1887	20TON	34' OL
SKRy 5002-5008even	Reefer	Michigan Car Co 1884	15TON	28'-9" OL, Tiffany Patent, ex SKRy 2001-2004 re# c1887
SKRy 2324-2722even	Stock	Michigan Car Co 1885 St. Charles Car Co 1886	15TON	30' OL, ex SKRy 600-749 re# c1887
SKGD 2724-2822even	Stock	St. Charles Car Co 1886	20TON	34' OL
SKGD 2824-3322even	Stock	St. Charles Car Co 1886	20TON	34' OL, photo 3086 or 3088 Stock Cars of the Santa Fe p.14
SKRy 1-139odd	Coal	_	18TON	28' OL, ex SKRy 1200-1489? re# c1887
SKRy 291-539odd	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL, ex SKRy 1200-1489? re# c1887
SKRy 541-679odd	Coal	_	18TON	28' OL, ex SKRy 1490-1589? re# c1887
SKRy 981-1079odd	Coal	_	18TON	30' OL, ex SKRy 1590-1639? re# c1887
SKGD 1081-1579odd	Coal	_	20TON	34' OL
SKRy 2581-2583odd	Flat	_	15TON	28' OL, ex SKRy 1901-1902 re# C1887
SKGD 2585-2883odd	Flat	_	20TON	34' OL

Note: SKGD = Southern Kansas, Gulf Division
Source: Santa Fe Boxcars 1869-1953, Stock Cars of the Santa Fe Railway, Santa Fe Refrigerator cars: Ice Bunker cars 1884-1979, 1885 ORER, 1888 ORER

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