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| Author: | David M. Wilkins [ Mon Jan 01, 2001 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Copper Passenger Cars |
I was reading John White's book on the American Passenger car when he discussed the New Haven's use of copper-clad passenger cars. Do any of these cars survive? wilkidm@wku.edu |
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| Author: | H Pincus [ Mon Jan 01, 2001 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Copper Passenger Cars |
> I was reading John White's book on the > American Passenger car when he discussed the > New Haven's use of copper-clad passenger > cars. Do any of these cars survive? Railroad Museum of New England has two of these cars, another is privately owned in Grafton, MA, and another privately owned copper-clad is at Willimantic, CT (at CT Eastern NRHS). One of RMNE's copper-clads was rebuilt to the original open platform configuration about 20 years ago. The other RMNE car, like the two privately-owned cars, have the enclosed steel vestibule ends that NYNH&H added in the 1929 rebuild of many of these cars for Boston commuter service. The surviving copper-clads were downgraded to work service after 1949, when NYNH&H rebuilt a large number of Pullman parlor cars to coaches, again, for the Boston commuter zone. |
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| Author: | Aarne H. Frobom [ Tue Jan 02, 2001 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Copper Passenger Cars |
> Railroad Museum of New England has two of > these cars, another is privately owned in > Grafton, MA, and another privately owned > copper-clad is at Willimantic, CT (at CT > Eastern NRHS). > One of RMNE's copper-clads was rebuilt to > the original open platform configuration > about 20 years ago. The other RMNE car, like > the two privately-owned cars, have the > enclosed steel vestibule ends that > NYNH&H added in the 1929 rebuild of many > of these cars for Boston commuter service. > The surviving copper-clads were downgraded > to work service after 1949, when NYNH&H > rebuilt a large number of Pullman parlor > cars to coaches, again, for the Boston > commuter zone. I believe there is a copper-clad business car at the National Museum of Transport at St. Louis. I'm pretty sure I recall seeing its unusual sheathing, in which each piece of wood siding is wrapped in sheet copper. - Aarne H. Frobom Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation, Inc. P. O. Box 665 Owosso, MI 48867-0665 froboma@mdot.state.mi.us |
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| Author: | Ron Goldfeder [ Thu Jan 04, 2001 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Copper Passenger Cars |
I'm not sure what car you mean. We have two with scribed steel siding meant to simulate wood but I'm rather sure that neither has any copper involved. The two are D&H office car #400 (blt by Pullman, 1911) and private car "Colonial," built by Pullman for rental in 1905 and later an office car on several lines. Museum of Transportation rdgoldfede@aol.com |
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