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Mr. Nichols, I guess I missed this, what "Official N&W Publication" are you quoting from?  
 
Rodney 




Frank: I don't have a scanner, but I can tell you where the photo is - 
page 218 of Wabash by Donald J. Heimburger (Heimburger House, 1984). 
BTW, on the preceding page there is a 1962 roster of passenger cars 
which does not list this series. Thankfully, they are listed in the 
Official Register. As to why - if you know the N&W of that era, you know 
how they liked to do things for themselves. Maybe they wanted to keep 
the workers in the passenger car shop employed with something to do. As 
best I know, New Haven did not have a resource like Roanoke Shops. Thus, 
it was more logical for them to lease Santa Fe surplus cars. Roanoke, on 
the other hand, had all these ex Wabash and ex NKP head end cars on 
their hands. It is just possible that they used parts from another car 
in the series to double the length of the RPO apartment in 160 (nee   Wab 
454). For whatever reason, they wanted one more 60' RPO, so they made 
one out of what they had one hand (and didn't need). Really....I am 
getting tired of continuing to quote the same official information for 
the doubters about this car. We have established that it is NOT an ex 
Frisco car, and I have quoted an official publication of the N&W which 
identifies it as ex Wabash 454, and says it was rebuilt in 1967. Your 
photlo clearly shows that it is a 60' RPO, and the 1966 Official 
Register lists "Wabash" 451-456 as "Baggage & Mail with  a 40' baggage 
section and a 30' RPO.  Unless somebody has some additional information 
(rather that just opinions), I think we should give it a rest.  Jim Nichols
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