Business Car on EBay

Chris · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:35 pm

This one looks like a real fixer-upper. Perhaps someone will give it a good home. Perhaps it will become someone's home.

Pullman Railroad Business Car

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:45 pm

Anyone have any idea of its heritage?

> This one looks like a real fixer-upper.
> Perhaps someone will give it a good home.
> Perhaps it will become someone's home.

ryarger@rypn.org

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:40 pm

> This one looks like a real fixer-upper.
> Perhaps someone will give it a good home.
> Perhaps it will become someone's home.

Interestingly, there doesn't appear to be a reserve............

LNER4472-NOSPAM-@bcpl.net

C.Wylde · **Posted:** Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:16 am

Here's the response I received from the seller:

"In 1988, the car had a fire in the kitchen area and will require major restoration work

Car was built 1886 By Barney & Smith in Ohio
placed into service on the northern Pacific named "Oneonta" converted to business car 1921 by Pullman and MOW car 1950."

wyld@sbcglobal.net

Joshua · **Posted:** Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:25 am

Could this be Huntington's old car, or was it just named "Oneont" to evoke his car???

Joshua

joshua@joshuakblay.com

Smokebox · **Posted:** Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:24 am

"Oneonta" is the name of a creek and falls located in the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon side of the river. The NP ran over what is now the UP mainline, which is on the Oregon side, in the early early years. Both the NP and OR&N (UP) were owned by Henry Villard at this time frame I believe. The cars build date would fit the years the NP operated over this stretch of track.

Smokebox

> Could this be Huntington's old car, or was
> it just named "Oneont" to evoke
> his car???

> Joshua

Brian Norden · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:42 am

> Here's the response I received from the
> seller:

> "In 1988, the car had a fire in the
> kitchen area and will require major
> restoration work

> Car was built 1886 By Barney & Smith in
> Ohio
> placed into service on the northern Pacific
> named "Oneonta" converted to
> business car 1921 by Pullman and MOW car
> 1950."

I have a "Preliminary Edition" of a complilation entitled "Passenger Cars of the Northern Pacific Railway: An All-time Roster: 1870-1970" by Lorenz P. Schrenk in 1993.

Here is the information of one entry:

Oneota
Wood Sleeper
Barney & smith
unknown date
unknown length

Ex-StP&O 14Sec Sleeper Oneota. To NP sleeper Oneota, 6/00 to Bus. Car 11, 2/06, Steel underframe, Pullman, 1921. To supply Car X-583, 1/42. To Outfit Car X-139.

Hope this helps

Brian Norden

bnorden49@earthlink.net