I remember seeing NYC short four wheel-trucked baggage cars and converted
troop pullmans, UP horse baggages, and PRR B70 baggage cars in particular on
some of the secondary trains. Those cars, along with the Q "jeeps" (troop
kitchen cars, both converted and unrebuilt) were common cars across the US.
I think the common thread is that they were all carrying bulk printing for
nationwide distribution..... magazines and catalogs primarily.
Anyone else have any other common sightings? I think that these five are at
the top of the list (and, of course, the various REA owned and leased cars).
Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul/Celine Kossart [mailto:kozys@t...]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 11:18 AM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Non-Q Express/Mail Cars?
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Last night I was watching one of the Allen Keller "Great
> Model Railroads"
> videos on Chuck Hitchcock's ATSF layout, the (fictitious) Argentine
> Division of the Santa Fe set in Kansas. He focuses his operations on
> passenger trains and their switching. At one point, he
> mentions (and the
> video shows) non Santa Fe express and mail cars (box & baggage) in a
> passenger train consist which he says the actual ATSF brought
> out west from
> points east of Chicago. I believe the cars were from the
> Pennsy, NYC, and
> one other non-ATSF road.
>
> So I was wondering if the CB&Q had similar foreign road cars in their
> passenger trains for the same or other reasons.
>
> Anyone? Thanks!
>
>
>
> Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA
> BRHS, TP&WHS, La Salle & Bureau County Model Railroad Club
>
> Modeling the fictional CB&Q Illiniwek River Branch in HO in
> the 1960's.
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