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Author:  Tom Cornillie [ Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:10 am ]
Post subject:  Disposition of RF&P Rider Car for their Business Car

Hello all,

I suspect that the second car in this train is a coach or some configuration of coach/parlor/lounge. Does anybody here know its current disposition and what its configuration was?

Tom Cornillie

http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=156945

Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Disposition of RF&P Rider Car for their Business Car

This is just a guess, but based on appearances, I'm guessing it's a former B&O heavyweight, possibly in the 3400/3500 series. Compare with 3587 at the B&O Railroad Museum.

Author:  Tom Cornillie [ Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Disposition of RF&P Rider Car for their Business Car

Hello all,

I received a nice PM pointing me to this site:

http://www.smv.org/Exhibits/CarONE.html

RF&P 20 and One may be the sole surviving pair of office cars from the breif time period where railroads tried to devise methods for using steam heat on a small scale, independently of locomotives. Most other steam generator cars have since been scrapped and the office cars converted to AC HEP.

Tom Cornillie

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