Hi Bob and all -- The model railroad club I belonged to many years ago was housed in an old Daylight baggage coach that had been rebuilt with stainless sides. When we gutted the car (we bought it form a scrapper), we quickly understood the reason for the new sides – the corrosion of the structure under the corrugations was amazing. Lots of new bracing was added to make the car rail worthy, but I still doubt that it would have done very well in a major wreck. As it was, the scrapper got the car because it had derailed, and that was enough to twist the body sufficiently to take it out of service. We used a laser level to set up the model railroad, as you could not trust the floor to be straight...
Have fun! Bill Winans ------------------------------ I'm almost certain (need to check my records) that the Algoma car (s) mentioned were Ex-Espee and have since been sold. It seems that the last 2 unit articulated chair cars were built by PS for Espee in 1939 along with the Coast Daylight's triple-unit diners and the unique Lark Club cars. All were fluted side cars. The very last Espee articulated cars were the smooth side triple-unit diners built by PS in June 1949 for the Shasta Daylight and Cascade, both serving the Oakland to Portland route Bob Hogan ------------------------------ > If you define "articulated" as cars that share the same truck at one or both > ends, it isn't a terribly long list and mainly confined to pre-WW2. Obviously > whole train sets like the CB&Q Zephyrs and similar 1930's consists come to > mind. That would include B&M/MEC (Flying Yankee); IC (Green Diamond) and > CNS&M (Electroliner). If you get into non-powered car articulation, the list > is pretty decidedly western; probably owing to longer hauls and less terminal > switching: CRI&P, SP and the Overland Route (UP C&NW). From a quick look, > it appears the SP was the only railroad to have any brand new articulated > cars built after 1941. > > In addition to the Algoma Central car Tom References, one of the UP-C&NW car > sets, articulated on a Triple Bolster truck, still exists at the Illinois > Railroad Museum in Union, IL. > > I'm sure I missed some railroad here, but these are the main sets filling the > definition above. > > Jim Kindraka > Plymouth, WI
