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Dr-Asterisk wrote:For those of you that would like to see this item.Dr-Asterisk, re that train order, where was "Mexico" on the Wabash?
Or a larger one here http://www.lukris.nu/ebay/JFKTrainOrder ... derJFK.jpg
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Dr-Asterisk wrote:For those of you that would like to see this item.Dr-Asterisk, re that train order, where was "Mexico" on the Wabash?
Or a larger one here http://www.lukris.nu/ebay/JFKTrainOrder ... derJFK.jpg
ThirdRail7 wrote:Speaking if which, I was looking at the consist information for this train. What is a "Congo Coach?" I tried to find pictures, but nothing came up."Congo Coaches" were built by the Budd Company in the years following WW-II, I think the early 50's especially for the Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional betwen New York and Washington and the Senator between Boston and Washington. They were great to ride, had decent seating and all systems worked well. In the Penn Central years the fleet got busted up and the cars appeared on many different trains mixed with almost anything else. At least a fair number of them ended up with Amtrak which ran them again mostly in the northeast. Some were rebuilt for New York State service but eventually they were withdrawn from service. They probably had some miles left on them when Amtrak pulled them out of service and I think they were every bit as comfortable as anything else that were running on Amtrak through the years. There were other cars in this order besides the coaches; parlor cars, observation/lounge cars and dining cars.
Noel Weaver wrote:ThirdRail7 wrote:Speaking if which, I was looking at the consist information for this train. What is a "Congo Coach?" I tried to find pictures, but nothing came up."Congo Coaches" were built by the Budd Company in the years following WW-II, I think the early 50's especially for the Pennsylvania Railroad Congressional betwen New York and Washington and the Senator between Boston and Washington. They were great to ride, had decent seating and all systems worked well. In the Penn Central years the fleet got busted up and the cars appeared on many different trains mixed with almost anything else. At least a fair number of them ended up with Amtrak which ran them again mostly in the northeast. Some were rebuilt for New York State service but eventually they were withdrawn from service. They probably had some miles left on them when Amtrak pulled them out of service and I think they were every bit as comfortable as anything else that were running on Amtrak through the years. There were other cars in this order besides the coaches; parlor cars, observation/lounge cars and dining cars.
Noel Weaver
ThirdRail7 wrote:...History buff Bennett Levin has preserved Pennsylvania 120.
As for the 120, yes it was the last car of the train. It had 21 cars and even stopped at Chester, PA and Perryville MD.