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Posted by Joe V on Mon Jun 22 20:17:31 2009, in response to Re: *****PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: What car is this at the GW Bridge last night?****, posted by Dave on Mon Jun 22 19:57:57 2009. Yes, and the other giveaway hint is that had this been a T54, and gotten the 1950's rebuild, it would have been 6433, not 7433.The "LIE car" was 921. When it ran in service in the 1960's, it was 7921. (There was also a 7922). All the upper 700's, 800's, and 900's were built in 1917-21, as MU trailers. 921 and 922 were the only 2 in diesel service in later years, and the only 2 to get a rebuild. Most were scrapped in the 1955 Pullman-Standard onslaught, and only a few survived until the M-1. They were among the first MU's scrapped. Some of them had their window shaded replaced with a 8" wide corrugated green plastic about 50' long and bolted to the interior window posts. Very tacky. The 1917 cars has a different roof profile as well. The first arch roof cars were the B40 of 1915. They were 40' baggage/express cars. There are very few pictures of them. All were converted to MofW after the war. They were extinct by 1963. |
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