I've been looking for a picture of the boiler cars but
I thought there was only one car converted, #251500.
--- Tom Mack <thommack@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Charlie:
>
> Sorry about that, meant to say Kitchen cars not
> Sleepers.
>
> There is a photo of one in Mike Spoor's color guide
> (p. 115) of MOW
> car 250088 (ex 8848), but its still in green.
> Interestingly, it is one
> of the eight converted to the wider door that was
> assigned to Kable
> Printing in Mt. Morris (which I am modeling).
> Spoor's book states
> "Many of the baggage express cars ended up in
> maintenance-of-way
> service." Unfortunately, only one picture in the
> book. I just bought
> an undec Walthers model and would like to paint it
> into MOW orange.
>
> Bill Diven has sent me a scan of one in MOW orange
> that he shot at
> Oregon in 1970. He said the paint was "almost wet"
> when he shot it.
> You can't read the number but can tell it is a 6
> digit MOW number
> starting with a '2'. No other lettering other than
> the number is
> visible on the car. It is clearly in a Q work train.
> Anyway, Bill said
> he will check the original print and let me know the
> number (thanks Bill).
>
> And to anyone else out there that has or knows of
> any other pictures
> of ex-Kitchen cars in MOW Orange, I'm still waiting!
>:-)
>
> Tom Mack
> Cincinnati, OH
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Tom-
> > First of all, the Q only had Troop Kitchen Cars.
> > I've never seen a picture of one repainted for MOW
> service.
> > There were two fitted up as Boiler Cars (steam
> heat for the Casper
> trains, I
> > believe).
> > Charlie Vlk
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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