What is out there - early steel passenger cars?

santafeboy · **Joined:** Tue May 26, 2009 12:42 am **Posts:** 113

According to their website the Napa Valley Wine Train has 8 cars built in 1915 6 ex Northern Pacific and 2 ex Southern

Brian Wise · **Joined:** Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:37 am **Posts:** 46

Randy Hees wrote:

Brian,

You may want to look at the top of the door and or top of the window sash... It was common to stamp the car number, plus a number to locate the window/door in the car when the sash was removed for painting and varnish...

Randy

Randy,

Thanks for the info, but there isn't a stick of wood left in the car body. Even most of the floor is gone.

Brian

M.M.C.C.H.S. · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:35 pm

Brian Norden, My railcar, The "Cuyamaca," though a motor car, was built in March of 1908 and is structurally all steel. I believe the is the Pennsy Passenger car and a NY Subway car are the only older all-steel railcars in the U.S.