gokeefe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 6:13 pmAssuming the older refurbishment dates are an indicator it would appear that the KCS cars will be replaced. They seem to have developed a preference for St. Louis Car Company units built late in the legacy era.
I was actually quite surprised to see "Pullman-Standard" as a builder with cars in active service. I'm assuming the issues with corten steel and stainless had been dealt with by 1965 when these cars were built.
As I have noted before, the KCS coaches at NCDOT are from the final 1965 order (270 series), last Class I private carrier coaches. These are full carbon alloy, unlike earlier Pullmans with stainless sheetmetal on carbon alloy shell. After being used at NJDOT/NJT on the CNJ lines (Coast Line and RVL) in the 1970s/80s, did they have another owner before heading to NCDOT?
The UP 5528-5542 series (which NCDOT now owns the bulk of) were the last UP coaches pre-RPSA and were delivered late 1964-March 1965. Imagine being at the St. Louis assembly plant in March '65 and seeing these (last) conventional coaches roll out alongside the modern aluminum PATH PA1s for PANYNJ...
Since my friend continues to chain smoke nonstop, she is probably an Alco.