Re: San Juan baggage cars - Chili Line Baggage/RPO

Buffalo Bob Wrote:
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> Sometime long ago, I was informed that the Chili
> Line baggage/RPO car had a steam heat line that
> ran from one end to the other. However, it could
> not heat the Chili Line baggage/RPO. It was to
> allow locomotive steam to heat the San Juan
> between Alamosa and Antonito. The Chili Line
> baggage/RPO had a stove for its own heat.
>
> Robert

I believe you are correct. Similarly the Chili line coaches had electric lights added so they could use the power from the generator when added to the San Juan. However they also retained their oil lamps for use on the Chili line. 284 is still set up this way today at the Colorado railroad museum, the electric light still work.

Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.