PSHedgpeth@a... wrote:
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> Who has information or a recommended source for info on the combination
> coaches (heavyweight) built specifically for branch line service. These were
> 6 wheel truck cars "factory equipped" with coal stoves and Kerosene lamps
> built for rear end service on mixed trains. The 3537 ran on the Corning
> Villisca branch for several years in the 1950's.
I am not sure that these were "factory built".
According to Mike Spoors "CB&Q color guide to Freight and Passenger cars" P16,
in 1948 & 1949 the Burlington converted eight class PB 13 & PB 13a coaches
built in 1904 to combination passenger-bunk-baggage cars. Most of them were
painted mineral red. There is a pic. of 3537 in Spoor. According to Glick's
Roster these were no.3530-3538. These cars were originally wood and were steel
sheathed by Pullman in 1924.
Ken Martin
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