All
Only two of the PB&M 98xx G-E's were converted to PB&M 27xx cars the
rest
were converted to Pass-Bagg 36xx cars and the mail windows filled in or they
stayed as G-E till scrapped.
>From Corbin & Hardy
9839 - 2725 - conv. 12-41
9847 - C&H says 2627, Glick and '65 pass. folio say 2726 - conv. 12-42
Looking at the '65 passenger folio the two cars are similar however 2726
has
the engineers window on the side to the right of the old cab door
where 2725 does not. This indicates to me that the car in question is
2726 not 2725, it also indicates the 1950 date to be the correct one.
Ken Martin
jonathanharris@e... wrote:
>
> 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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