Re: Mountaineer in 1941
- From: "jshorvath10583" <jshorvath10583@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:41:08 -0000
"Roger Burrows" <rgburrows@...> wrote:
So that would make the first car [which appears to me to be a
combination-type car] a Pullman car also?
Yes. Pullman called these "composite" cars. They were essentially
baggage-buffet-lounges.
I only had time to do a preliminary assessment of the car in the photo but
based on the window pattern and other details I think one could narrow it down
to one of perhaps a half-dozen cars built to Pullman Plan 3951x which was the
latest and last group of conventional composite cars built by Pullman during
the 1925-7 timeframe. Relatively few were ever ACed (many were sold to the
railroads during WW2 and converted to coaches, the CNR in particular bought and
converted quite a few) and even fewer still with ice AC which is what this car
seems to have. Pullman records also indicate that these cars alternated between
service to Florida in the winter and pool availability during the summer which
would fit the use here.
John S. Horvath
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