August 18, 2015
Group - Here's one for Rupert. Note the attached image. What are Allied
Cushion Trucks doing beneath two wood outside braced box cars shown
tucked-in behind fast moving Class S-4 No. 3001 on what may be a troop or
secondary passenger train at Clarendon Hills, IL, in 1945? I'm going to make the
assumption that all equipment is Q, but if indeed a troop train, then the box
and passenger cars may be from another road.
I had always understood that only steel box cars were so equipped for use
on fast passenger trains. After the War, Allied Cushion Trucks were applied to
both way cars and, of course, Jeep express cars converted from troop carriers.
But, was it common practice during the War to equip Q wood box cars along with
steel ones? I'd appreciate your thoughts on this image. Best Regards -
Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL