Passenger Cars
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ARKANSAS & MISSOURI #102
Baggage-Coach 1899
Builder: Boston and Maine RR
Combine
Carried passengers, baggage, light freight for B&M; restored
to as-built appearance.
BALTIMORE & OHIO #5551 “SKYDOME”
Dome-Coach 1949
Builder: Pullman-Standard
“Low-profile” dome car to fit tight clearances in B&O tunnels.
BOSTON & PROVIDENCE
Coach 1833
Builder: Boston & Providence
“Stagecoach” type on four wheels.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO #5
Office Car 1905
Builder: Pullman
Wood and steel-sheathed; built for Frederick Vanderbilt as “Wayfarer”;
luxurious accommodations for wealthy travelers.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO #970 “CITY TAVERN”
Dining Car 1925
Builder: Pullman
Modified with air conditioning, sealed windows; seats 40, with pantry, galley.
CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS #405
Coach (steel) 1911
Former Lehigh Valley car; all-steel construction.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY “ALEUTIAN”
Office Car 1923
Builder: Pullman
Built as Copper River & Northwestern #100; then to CB&Q.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #192 “SILVER SPOON”
Dining Car 1938
Builder: Budd
Stainless-steel car with fluted siding; built for Zephyr service.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #482 “DUBUQUE”
Sleeping Car 1948
Builder: Pullman
Smooth-sided, modern car with private accommodations for individual,
family travelers; has 8 duplex roomettes, 6 roomettes, 3 bedrooms, 1
compartment; painted in Northern Pacific colors for use on jointly
operated North Coast Limited.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #1582
Baggage 1916
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Used for bagged mail, express and baggage shipments; 70 feet long.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #1942
Baggage-Mail 1922
Builder: Standard Steel Car Co.
Mail was picked up “on the fly” by hook at Railway Post Office “apartment.”
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #6117
Coach (steel) 1922
Builder: Pullman
Heavyweight construction; six-wheel trucks.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #7200
Coach (steel) 1929
Builder: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
One end converted to carry electric generator for commuter trains.
CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLE (“Monon”) #90
Office Car Pre-1869
Wood and steel-sheathed; owned by Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
before Monon; rebuilt from shorter car then covered with steel; used by
railroad officials.
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC #s 14 and 27
Coaches 1955
Builder: General Motors
Aerotrain cars of 10-car train; 4-wheel cars adapted from intercity
bus bodies.
DELAWARE AND HUDSON #400
Office Car (steel) 1911
Builder: Pullman
Simulated wood sheathing.
GULF, MOBILE & OHIO #5998
Parlor-Observation Lounge 1935
Builder:American Car & Foundry
Round-end observation; aluminum-bodied car; used on B&O Royal Blue 1935-
1937, then on Alton/GM&O Abraham Lincoln.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY #54
Coach, Rail Diesel Car 1954 (Model RDC-1)
Builder: Budd
Self-propelled, diesel-powered, air-conditioned; built for Canadian Pacific Ry.
MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL,AND SAULT STE. MARIE (“Soo Line”) #49
Office Car 1911
Builder: Barney & Smith
Car has steel underframe; wood sides with steel sheathing.
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL #A-252
Coach (wood) 1905
Builder: Barney & Smith
Wood open-platform car; arched upper window sash; last used in
maintenance-of-way service.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #10
Coach (wood) 1891
Builder: M-K-T
Coach for Katy Flyer train.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #100262
Troop Sleeper 1946
Builder: Pullman
One of last built under WWII contract; carried 30 (29 troops and porter) in
triple bunks; sold to M-K-T and used in maintenance-of-way service.
MISSOURI PACIFIC #750
Parlor-Observation Lounge 1940
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Aluminum body; ridden by Harry S.Truman St. Louis-Independence, MO,
when he was Senator, Vice President, and retired President; part of first Eagle
passenger train.
MISSOURI PACIFIC #6210
Coach (steel) 1924
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Commuter car operated between Pacific and St. Louis, MO; equipped with
wide, open platforms and 3-2 seating.
PULLMAN “COLONIAL”
Office Car 1905
Builder: Pullman
Wood with steel sheathing; Pullman car first used for private lease, then sold
and used as office car by several railroads; later owned by private individual.
PULLMAN “ST. CARVAN”
Sleeper (heavyweight) 1923
Builder: Pullman
12-section, single drawing room – the “traditional” open-berth Pullman.
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO (“Frisco”) “BLUEBONNET”
Office Car
Builder: Milwaukee Road
Formerly named “Milwaukee,” then private car “Silurian.”
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO (“Frisco”) #200
Office (wood) 1891
Builder: St. Charles Car Co.
Short car, typical of the time; steel-sheathed.
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO (“Frisco”) #251 “NORMANDY”
Baggage-Mail 1940
Builder: Pullman-Standard
Has fluted stainless-steel sides.
ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN (“Cotton Belt”) #71
Baggage-Mail (wood) 1905
Builder: American Car & Foundry
60-foot-long car with steel center sill; mail was sorted en route in 15-foot
mail “apartment.”
TEXAS AND PACIFIC #23
Instruction Car 1920
Builder: Pullman
Arched roof; rebuilt from coach #1603.
UNION PACIFIC #903673
Baggage-Mail 1949
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Smooth-side car with six-wheel trucks; last used by UP in maintenance-of way
service; built as UP #5812. |
