MILW cars at Galveston Railroad Museum

skytop45 · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:01 pm **Posts:** 50

Curious if anyone has identified the two Milwaukee Road cars at the museum in Galveston. There is a ribside car and a postwar smoothside car. I am trying to determine their identities as I continue tracking cars. It is my intent to visit the museum one day, but I have neither the time or money at the moment. Photos of the cars below.

Justin Nelson

skytop45 · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:01 pm **Posts:** 50

pwkrueger · **Joined:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:46 pm **Posts:** 72

Here is what their web site says:
"Center for Transportation and Commerce Baggage Cars # 1001, 1002, 1103, 1204- owned by the Milwaukee Road, these heavyweight cars ran between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest until they retired in 1965. These four steel baggage cars will house the museum’s permanent exhibits. So come see us again soon! "

http://www.galvestonrrmuseum.com/rolling-stock.html

Could the numbers be the former MILW numbers?

Paul Krueger
Seattle, WA

skytop45 · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:01 pm **Posts:** 50

I did look into that...I think that the 1001, 1002 are heavyweight cars, 1103 is the car number on the ribside car, which I have determined is from a different subsequent road and not a MILW number. The 1204 was an earlier ribside car, and not the smoothside car, so I think it is also from a subsequent road (possibly the OP&E). Still a work in progress.

Justin

JMann · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:16 pm

Are they suffering the affects of the hurricane? Weren't they submerged up to window level?

Tavor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:32 pm **Posts:** 200

JMann wrote:

Are they suffering the affects of the hurricane? Weren't they submerged up to window level?

I know they have a lot of equipment up on Ozark listed as having flood/hurricane damage. I'd be curious to know the extent of the damage to their fleet in more detail myself.