Ken --
A quick perusal of Holck's Color Pictorial (V.1) and Burlington in
Transition shows Gas Electric No. 9839 as the only 6-window
passenger-baggage-RPO unit converted to a trailer before your May, 1942
date. Holck shows its new number as 2752; Corbin & Hardy give it as 2725.
Glick's roster book agrees with C&H. All agree it was ex-574, later 839. It
was built by St. Louis-EMC in 1927, scrapped at Eola in 1958. Does the shoe
fit? Does it look like a St Louis car? I'm no doodlebug expert.
Great picture anyway. Thanks for sharing it!
Jonathan
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