No celestory, late build wooden cars

AlpineCMR Wrote:
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> These, to me at least, are very unusual US
> passenger cars in that, unlike most other cars of
> their era, they have no clerestory roofs. The only
> other cars that I can think of which had no
> clerestory roofs, on the narrow gauge, were the
> very early 2-axle Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
> cars and the Colorado Central/Argentine Central
> Railroad Excursion Cars.
>
And the D&RG Baggage & Express cars back in the 1870's-early 1880's.

[in reponse to Earl's question lower down]
Didn't Boston & Maine have some wooden cars built in the 1920's?

hank

PS Just checked, White lists last 1913 as the last year for new-build all-wood cars in the USofA. What I was remembering was that B&M was still running wood cars in service into the 1950's. (The American Railway Passenger Car, pg 49)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2020 04:32PM by hank.