PAR Business Train (ST 100, 101, 102 & 103; PAR 1 & 2)

[shadyjay]

Found 391:
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20040 ... ODE=&POYE=

[MEC407]

Supposedely there is a GTI passenger car inside Waterville, that isn't the 100 or 101. I have never been there or have no evidence to this though.

That was the 391. City Point RR Museum bought it.

[diburning]

I don't know much about passenger cars. What types of passenger cars are ST 100 and 101?

[b&m 1566]

I was always under the impression that the open plat form car is a Pullman after hearing someone else talk about it but I don't really know.

[sery2831]

Great shot!

And here is what the train looked like before the cars were repainted:

http://www.railroadexplorer.com/media/c ... iginal.jpg

The car behind the engine in that shot... What ever happened to that car?

[jwhite07]

Supposedely there is a GTI passenger car inside Waterville, that isn't the 100 or 101. I have never been there or have no evidence to this though.

That car is suspected to be ex-Maine Central business car #333. No photographic evidence has been offered up, but I have it on good authority that that is the car in question inside Waterville.

[mec 381]

I have been reading some of the forums about Pan Am to keep up with what they are doing. I am also a rail fan around Waterville, Me. Today a former shop employee told me that Pan Am is repainting its business cars! He said that one of the cars should be in the shop and when both are repainted, they will be going to Canada for awhile to be used for some event. Not sure what. At least the cars are finally getting repainted!

[CN9634]

It was reported on a group that the New Brunswick Southern was holding an excursion train with its consist of cars as well as two cars from a railroad state side. Hmm....

[KSmitty]

Car #902?

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/11358497

The car in this picture is somewhere in Iron Horse Park. However I have no clue on the date of the photo. What happened to this car? was it part of the Business train at one point? and why was it left to rust?

[MEC407]

Looks to me like it was probably one of the work train or wreck train cars.

[KSmitty]

So it wasn't part of the Business train, how come the train went from 4-5 cars to 2 cars?

[MEC407]

They still had the D&H when the train was 4-5 cars. With the D&H long gone, they have a lot fewer managers/customers/big-wigs, and a much smaller railroad... thus it probably made good financial sense to sell the "excess" cars.

[bmcdr]

Car 902 was a former MEC work service car and before that it was probably ex Bangor & Aroostook as MEC did not own any "American Flyer" cars and the B&M's were all sold to the Long Island RR in the late 50's. It was re-lettered for Springfield Terminal and was torched by vandals shortly after that.

[KSmitty]

Thanks BM Conductor! Is the car still around or was it cut up and scrapped?

[bmcdr]

Shortly after that photo you had from Google was taken, it was cut up for scrap.