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MONON Trains => Rolling Stock => Topic started by: George Lortz on December 07, 2013, 05:12:31 pm

Title: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: George Lortz on December 07, 2013, 05:12:31 pm: Anyone have any photos of baggage cars #101 - #104 they will share? They are needed for a modeling project. I looked through every source of photos I have and cannot find any of this series.

George L.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Roger Nulton on December 07, 2013, 06:47:58 pm: I have this one, George.
Roger Nulton
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: George Lortz on December 08, 2013, 10:07:00 am: Thanks, Ron.

This photo will help. Apparently, not many photos of this four-car series are in existence.

I'm told that they were rebuilt by the shops from other cars. It's highly probable that there are photos of these cars, but in other numbers, especially the MoW 80000-series. I've never seen a conversion chart showing how Monon cars were renumbered and what their final destination was.

The only chart like this I've seen is that information about most of the covered hoppers after the merger.

George L.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Robert Gibson on December 08, 2013, 10:08:53 am: This is 102
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Robert Gibson on December 08, 2013, 10:10:50 am: Baggage 103
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Steve Dolzall on December 08, 2013, 11:06:57 am: Car #101 was built by Pullman 4/16/29 Lot No. 6221. Converted at Shops 11/47.

Car #102 was built by Pullman 5/22/23 Lot No. 4691. Converted at Shops 11/47.

Car #103 was built by Pullman 6/13/23 Lot No. 4761. Converted at Shops 11/47.

Car #104 was built by Pullman 9/4/17 Lot No. 1422. Converted at Shops 6/49.

Steve
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: John Taylor on December 08, 2013, 11:36:24 am: This #104 at McDoel. The original car number is visible on the end door.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Robert Gibson on December 08, 2013, 12:33:50 pm: The discussion board comes through again. Good stuff.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: George Lortz on December 08, 2013, 01:02:23 pm: Thank you Robert, John and Steve. Yes, the Monon Board did come through again.

George L.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Steve Dolzall on December 08, 2013, 04:36:31 pm: From Railway Age, August, 1949.

Steve
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: John Taylor on December 09, 2013, 10:05:44 am: I said that I took the photo of #104 at McDoel. I believe it was actually taken at Shops.
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Michael Gron on February 05, 2016, 01:48:34 pm: Do we know what the length of these heavyweight baggage cars were? Surfing the internet I believe that:

101 was ex-Pullman Huron Valley, rebuilt from plan 3988T,
102 was ex-Pullman Louise, rebuilt from plan 2416T,
103 was ex-Pullman Amaryllis, rebuilt from plan 3416T, and
104 was ex-Pullman Siverly, rebuilt from plan 2410F.

Pullman records seem to indicate 14 of these cars were sold to CI&L at the end of September in 1947.

Is 79 feet about correct for the length of these cars?
Title: Re: Baggage Car Series #101 - #104
Post by: Steve Dolzall on February 05, 2016, 07:18:13 pm: Car 101 was 84' 6" over buffers, car 102 was 82' 2" over buffers, car 103 was 83' 3" over buffers, and car 104 was 82' 4 over buffers.

Steve