Early to mid 50s High Rail Automobile

[Roger Hensley]

High Rail Automobile sits by an Alco FA.
Location Unknown
Photographer Unknown
Photo supplied by Wayne Koch

[rlsteam]

I took this photo of president's car M-100 (a 1954 Chrysler Imperial) at Pittsfield, Mass. in August 1955. Possibly Alfred Perlman was in the car at the time.

[Allen Hazen]

Discrete oval New York Centrallogo on the passenger door, and (below the chrome strip) lettering I can't quite make out but which probably says "M-100." But no tiger-stripes on the ends: clearly a non-standard color scheme for an M-series car! (Grin!)
Thanks, both of you, for the images.

[BR&P]

*discreet

[rlsteam]

Discrete: "apart or detached from others; separate; distinct." I think that was the right word.

[BR&P]

Discrete: "apart or detached from others; separate; distinct." I think that was the right word.

Discreet: "Intentionally unobtrusive" A small dark oval on a large dark car could certainly be considered discreet, as well.

[BR&P]

I took this photo of president's car M-100 (a 1954 Chrysler Imperial) at Pittsfield, Mass. in August 1955. Possibly Alfred Perlman was in the car at the time.

Almost certainly. In Borntrager's book 'keeping The Railroad Running", he states "In mid-August [1955] Mr. Perlman and I again took a trip on that auto rail car from New York to Chicago. We stopped in all the yards in route."

While Pittsfield is not on the NYC-Chicago main line, it's quite logical that they covered the B&A as a side trip as well.

[Allen Hazen]

I intended the sense of deliberately unshowy. Sorry for the mis-spelling.