Baggage car in Hill City, SD

Frank Hicks · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:05 pm

I found this photo, taken this past July, of a baggage car on the BHC in Hill City, SD:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1270326

The caption says that it's CB&Q baggage car 3525, but I wonder. The truck on the left side of the photo looks like a Standard C80P, a not-uncommon interurban type, and the ends of the car look much more like interurban design than railroad. Might this be Oregon Electric 350/OE 950/PGE 706/PGE X124, an interurban freight trailer formerly at the Vernonia South Park & Sunset along with the BHC's other ex-OE interurban cars?

ted_roy · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:31 am

Good catch Frank! I agree it look much more like an interurban than anything else....

Don C. · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:17 pm

CB&Q 3525 was a heavyweight, six wheel trucked, combination coach and baggage car. It was a steel car built by ACF in 1927. This obviously is not CB&Q 3525.

Don C.